Hot Watch List: BT Group plc (NYSE:BT), Portugal Telecom, SGPS (NYSE:PT), Telefonica S.A. (NYSE:TEF), VimpelCom Ltd (NASDAQ:VIP), Magyar Telekom Tavkozlesi Nyrt (OTCMKTS:MYTAY)

BT Group plc (ADR) (NYSE:BT) announced a seven year extension to its global networked IT services contract with Syngenta, one of the world’s leading agribusiness companies. BT has worked with Syngenta since 2000, managing all aspects of communications including an integrated IP infrastructure to reduce costs and enable expanded collaboration services. BT will provide new services to Syngenta under this contract such as wide area network (WAN) optimization, wireless local area network expansion, unified communications support and application performance monitoring. BT Group plc (ADR) (NYSE:BT) net profit margin is 11.00% and weekly performance is 0.96%. On last trading day company shares ended up $63.97. Analysts mean target price for the company is $76.94. BT Group plc (ADR) (NYSE:BT) distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is 1.15%.

Portugal Telecom, SGPS (ADR) (NYSE:PT) was the target of a large growth in short interest in April. As of April 15th, there was short interest totalling 2,181,980 shares, a growth of 184.8% from the March 31st total of 766,084 shares, Analyst Ratings News reports. Currently, 0.0% of the company’s stock are sold short. Based on an average trading volume of 805,936 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.7 days. Portugal Telecom, SGPS (ADR) (NYSE:PT) shares fell -5.61% in last trading session and ended the day on $3.70. Gross Margin is 59.40% and its return on assets is 1.80%. Portugal Telecom, SGPS (ADR) (NYSE:PT) quarterly performance is -17.96%.

Telefonica S.A. (ADR) (NYSE:TEF) was downgraded by equities research analysts at TheStreet from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note issued to investors on Friday. Telefonica S.A. (ADR) (NYSE:TEF) shares moved down -0.91% in last trading session and was closed at $16.40, while trading in range of $16.35 – $16.46. Telefonica S.A. (ADR) (NYSE:TEF) year to date (YTD) performance is 3.80%.

“VimpelCom Ltd” (ADR) (NASDAQ:VIP) a leading global provider of telecommunications services, filed its Annual Report on Form 20-F for its fiscal year ended December 31, 2013 (the “Form 20-F”) with the U.S. Securities and Exchange at www.sec.gov. VimpelCom Ltd (ADR) (NASDAQ:VIP) ended the last trading day at $7.83. Company weekly volatility is calculated as 3.68% and price to cash ratio as 2.81. VimpelCom Ltd (ADR) (NASDAQ:VIP) showed a negative weekly performance of -5.21%.

Widening margins caused Magyar Telekom Tavkozlesi Nyrt (ADR) (OTCMKTS:MYTAY)’s profits to swell in the first quarter, the company’s consolidated IFRS report published Thursday shows. MT’s net income rose to HUF 4.8 billion in Q1 from HUF 1.7 billion in the same period a year earlier. According to estimations of analysts net income was over the HUF 3.0 billion. Earnings per share came to HUF 4.6 for the period. Revenue fell 3.0% to HUF 151.9 billion, but direct costs dropped at triple that rate, declining 9.5% to HUF 53.9 billion. Operating profit was up 13.0% at HUF 16.1 billion. Financial losses narrowed by HUF 1.7 billion to HUF 6.0 billion.Magyar Telekom Tavkozlesi Nyrt (ADR) (OTCMKTS:MYTAY) On last trading day company shares ended up $7.21 .

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