ANA Holdings Inc. (OTCMKTS:ALNPY) Shares Shorted: Short Interest Up 340.5% in October

ANA Holdings Inc. (OTCMKTS:ALNPY) saw a large growth in short interest in October. As of October 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,044 shares, a growth of 340.5% from the September 30th total of 237 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 2,126 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.5 days. Currently, 0.0% of the company’s stock are sold short.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Separately, Nomura raised ANA from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Thursday, July 2nd. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, ANA has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy”.

ANA Price Performance

OTCMKTS ALNPY opened at $3.68 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $8.58 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 9.12 and a beta of 0.50. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.73, a current ratio of 1.48 and a quick ratio of 1.40. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $3.89 and its 200 day moving average price is $3.82. ANA has a 1 year low of $3.30 and a 1 year high of $4.48.

ANA (OTCMKTS:ALNPY) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October 29th. The transportation company reported $0.12 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.11 by $0.01. ANA had a return on equity of 12.24% and a net margin of 6.27%. The business had revenue of $4.60 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.46 billion. As a group, equities research analysts forecast that ANA will post 0.29 earnings per share for the current year.

About ANA

ANA Holdings, Inc is a Japanese transportation and travel-services group best known for All Nippon Airways (ANA), one of Japan’s largest airlines. Through its airline businesses, the group provides scheduled passenger and cargo transportation, as well as related services such as airport operations, aircraft maintenance and travel arrangements.

ANA operates an extensive domestic network in Japan and serves international destinations across Asia, North America, Europe and other regions. The group also includes aviation businesses serving different customer segments, including Peach Aviation, a low-cost carrier, and AirJapan, an international airline brand.