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

The Japan Steel Works, Ltd. (OTCMKTS:JPSWY) was the target of a large growth in short interest in the month of April. As of April 15th, there was short interest totalling 500 shares, a growth of 400.0% from the March 31st total of 100 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 200 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.5 days. Currently, 0.0% of the shares of the company are sold short.

Japan Steel Works Stock Up 4.7 %

Shares of Japan Steel Works stock opened at $20.92 on Tuesday. The company has a current ratio of 1.84, a quick ratio of 0.99 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.10. The business’s 50 day simple moving average is $19.35 and its 200-day simple moving average is $19.31. The stock has a market capitalization of $3.11 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 26.48 and a beta of 0.36. Japan Steel Works has a twelve month low of $11.23 and a twelve month high of $24.41.

Japan Steel Works (OTCMKTS:JPSWY) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 13th. The company reported $0.30 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Japan Steel Works had a return on equity of 10.56% and a net margin of 7.01%. The business had revenue of $423.13 million during the quarter. Equities research analysts forecast that Japan Steel Works will post 0.81 earnings per share for the current year.

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.