Auna SA (NYSE:AUNA) Short Interest Update

Auna SA (NYSE:AUNA) was the recipient of a significant drop in short interest during the month of October. As of October 31st, there was short interest totalling 226,400 shares, a drop of 6.3% from the October 15th total of 241,700 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 54,800 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 4.1 days. Currently, 1.0% of the shares of the stock are short sold.

Institutional Trading of Auna

A number of large investors have recently made changes to their positions in AUNA. Point72 DIFC Ltd grew its position in Auna by 75.3% in the third quarter. Point72 DIFC Ltd now owns 55,987 shares of the company’s stock worth $387,000 after acquiring an additional 24,056 shares in the last quarter. Fiera Capital Corp lifted its stake in shares of Auna by 4.1% in the 3rd quarter. Fiera Capital Corp now owns 1,338,918 shares of the company’s stock valued at $9,252,000 after purchasing an additional 53,024 shares during the last quarter. Deltec Asset Management LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Auna by 12.5% in the 3rd quarter. Deltec Asset Management LLC now owns 136,122 shares of the company’s stock worth $941,000 after purchasing an additional 15,122 shares during the period. Bank of Montreal Can bought a new position in shares of Auna during the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $1,148,000. Finally, Renaissance Technologies LLC purchased a new stake in Auna during the 2nd quarter valued at $105,000.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Separately, JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered their target price on shares of Auna from $14.00 to $13.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, September 20th.

Auna Trading Up 0.7 %

NYSE:AUNA opened at $7.06 on Tuesday. Auna has a 1 year low of $6.17 and a 1 year high of $10.85. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $7.06 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $7.66. The company has a quick ratio of 0.76, a current ratio of 0.82 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.07.

Auna (NYSE:AUNA) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, August 21st. The company reported $0.03 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.15 by ($0.12). The company had revenue of $292.00 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $299.17 million. As a group, analysts anticipate that Auna will post 0.33 earnings per share for the current year.

About Auna

Auna SA, a healthcare service provider, operates hospitals and clinics in Mexico, Peru, and Colombia. The company provides prepaid healthcare plans in Peru; and dental and vision plans in Mexico. The company was founded in 1989 and is based in Luxembourg, Luxembourg.