The Japan Steel Works, Ltd. (OTCMKTS:JPSWY) Short Interest Update

The Japan Steel Works, Ltd. (OTCMKTS:JPSWY) saw a large growth in short interest in the month of July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totaling 772 shares, a growth of 77.9% from the June 30th total of 434 shares. Currently, 0.0% of the shares of the stock are sold short. Based on an average trading volume of 94 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 8.2 days.

Japan Steel Works Price Performance

OTCMKTS JPSWY traded down $0.23 during trading on Thursday, reaching $22.23. 17 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 34. Japan Steel Works has a 1-year low of $21.57 and a 1-year high of $40.40. The company has a market cap of $3.27 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.55 and a beta of 0.35. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $24.32 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $28.09. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.35, a quick ratio of 1.33 and a current ratio of 2.41.

Japan Steel Works (OTCMKTS:JPSWY) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May 13th. The company reported $0.21 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.14 by $0.07. Japan Steel Works had a return on equity of 8.48% and a net margin of 7.01%.The business had revenue of $466.91 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $575.14 million.

About Japan Steel Works

The Japan Steel Works, Ltd. engages in the provision of industrial machinery products, and material and engineering business in Japan and internationally. It operates through Industrial Machinery Products Business, and Material and Engineering Business segments. The Industrial Machinery Products Business segment offers plastic production and processing machinery, such as pelletizers, film and sheet manufacturing equipment, and twin-screw extruders; molding machines including plastic injection molding, magnesium injection molding, and blow molding machines; and other machinery consists of excimer laser annealing systems, defense equipment, railway products, hot press devices, vacuum laminators, and deposit systems, as well as after-sales services for plastics, mobility, high-performance batteries, electronic devices, and defense applications.