Short Interest in Hoya Corp. (OTCMKTS:HOCPY) Rises By 91.2%

Hoya Corp. (OTCMKTS:HOCPY) saw a large increase in short interest in the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 11,124 shares, an increase of 91.2% from the April 15th total of 5,817 shares. Approximately 0.0% of the shares of the company are sold short. Based on an average trading volume of 125,160 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.1 days.

Hoya Price Performance

Shares of HOCPY stock traded down $1.98 on Monday, hitting $175.40. 21,454 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 35,101. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.03, a current ratio of 4.96 and a quick ratio of 4.27. Hoya has a 52 week low of $110.85 and a 52 week high of $190.18. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $177.90 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $167.65. The firm has a market cap of $59.36 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 36.09, a PEG ratio of 2.59 and a beta of 1.01.

About Hoya

Hoya Corporation (OTCMKTS: HOCPY) is a Tokyo-based global manufacturer and supplier of optical products and related technologies. The company designs, produces and sells a broad range of optical materials and finished optics for consumer, industrial and healthcare markets, serving customers across Asia, Europe, the Americas and other regions worldwide.

Hoya’s product portfolio includes ophthalmic lenses and related vision-care products for eyeglasses, optical glass and lens blanks, and precision optical components used by original equipment manufacturers.