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

The Japan Steel Works, Ltd. (OTCMKTS:JPSWY) was the recipient of a significant growth in short interest during the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 520 shares, a growth of 1,475.8% from the May 31st total of 33 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 383 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.4 days. Currently, 0.0% of the shares of the company are sold short.

Japan Steel Works Stock Performance

JPSWY stock traded down $1.92 on Friday, hitting $23.88. The company had a trading volume of 27 shares, compared to its average volume of 153. Japan Steel Works has a 12-month low of $21.90 and a 12-month high of $40.40. The company has a current ratio of 2.41, a quick ratio of 1.33 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.35. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $26.69 and its 200 day simple moving average is $28.52. The stock has a market cap of $3.51 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 27.44 and a beta of 0.34.

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

Japan Steel Works Company Profile

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.