Shares of VE fell by 0.75% or $-0.2232/share to $29.46. Veolia Environnement S.A. is trading at a price to book ratio of 1.28. This indicates that the shares are relatively cheap compared to book value which means the market is pricing in going concern value. The PEG is 1.42. The price to sales ratio came in at 0.29. Hence, the firm is extremely cheap relative to its top line sales figures. On average, 329628 shares of VE exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 66855. These factors combined make this company a prime takeover candidate. Lookout for any takeover chatter or takeover news regarding this stock as one of the bigger players may have an eye on this one.
Veolia Environnement is a provider of environmental management services, which include water and wastewater services, environmental services, energy services (excluding the production, trading and sale of electricity, other than production through co-generation) and transportation services.