Sartorius Aktiengesellschaft (OTCMKTS:SARTF) Sees Large Increase in Short Interest

Sartorius Aktiengesellschaft (OTCMKTS:SARTF) saw a large growth in short interest in the month of August. As of August 15th, there was short interest totalling 4,000 shares, a growth of 29.0% from the July 31st total of 3,100 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 0 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently ∞ days.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Separately, Morgan Stanley downgraded shares of Sartorius Aktiengesellschaft from an “overweight” rating to an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Monday, May 22nd.

Sartorius Aktiengesellschaft Price Performance

SARTF opened at $325.92 on Monday. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $299.54 and a 200-day moving average price of $317.28. Sartorius Aktiengesellschaft has a twelve month low of $267.00 and a twelve month high of $405.00. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.88, a current ratio of 1.21 and a quick ratio of 0.48.

Sartorius Aktiengesellschaft (OTCMKTS:SARTF) last released its quarterly earnings results on Friday, July 21st. The company reported $1.37 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.78 by ($0.41). Sartorius Aktiengesellschaft had a net margin of 12.80% and a return on equity of 20.24%. The firm had revenue of $905.71 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $922.64 million. As a group, equities research analysts predict that Sartorius Aktiengesellschaft will post 8.67 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Sartorius Aktiengesellschaft Company Profile

Sartorius Aktiengesellschaft provides bioprocess solutions and lab products and services worldwide. It offers multi-parallel, benchtop, single-use, stainless steel, cell culture, rocking motion, and microbial bioreactors, as well as software apps for bioreactors and cell culture shake flask; fermenters; cell culture media products; cellcelector flex, incubator flowbox, nanowell arrays, and capillaries and tips; fluid management products; microbiology products; and membrane filters, glass and quartz microfibre filters, syringeless and in-line filters, lab chromatography, and filters and blotting papers.