Sysmex Co. (OTCMKTS:SSMXY) Short Interest Update

Sysmex Co. (OTCMKTS:SSMXYGet Free Report) was the target of a large increase in short interest in the month of September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totalling 369,500 shares, an increase of 627.4% from the August 31st total of 50,800 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 765,400 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.5 days.

Sysmex Trading Down 1.9 %

SSMXY stock traded down $0.37 during trading on Wednesday, reaching $19.16. The company had a trading volume of 27,799 shares, compared to its average volume of 116,646. The business has a 50 day moving average of $18.14 and a 200 day moving average of $17.19. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.11, a current ratio of 3.23 and a quick ratio of 2.40. The company has a market cap of $12.06 billion, a P/E ratio of 37.82 and a beta of 0.84. Sysmex has a 52 week low of $14.38 and a 52 week high of $29.78.

Sysmex (OTCMKTS:SSMXYGet Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, August 6th. The company reported $0.11 earnings per share for the quarter. The company had revenue of $718.13 million for the quarter. Sysmex had a return on equity of 11.15% and a net margin of 10.25%. As a group, sell-side analysts forecast that Sysmex will post 0.65 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Sysmex Company Profile

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Sysmex Corporation engages in the development, manufacture, and sale of diagnostic instruments, reagents, and related software in Japan. It offers three-part and five-part white blood cell differentiation instruments for use in hematology; and transport systems for high-volume testing in labs. The company also provides automated urine particle analyzers; automated blood coagulation analyzers; automated immunochemistry systems, which perform assays on minute sample quantities, as well as reagents to test for infectious disease and tumor markers; and flow cytometers to perform analysis in diagnosing leukemia, malignant lymphoma, and HIV/AIDS.

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