Asahi Kasei Co. (OTCMKTS:AHKSY - Get Free Report) saw a significant decrease in short interest in March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totalling 3,000 shares, a decrease of 93.4% from the February 28th total of 45,200 shares. Approximately 0.0% of the company's stock are short sold. Based on an average daily volume of 57,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.1 days.
Asahi Kasei Stock Down 1.4 %
OTCMKTS AHKSY traded down $0.21 during trading on Friday, reaching $14.57. 15,641 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 43,083. The firm has a market capitalization of $10.15 billion, a PE ratio of 18.44 and a beta of 0.55. Asahi Kasei has a fifty-two week low of $12.14 and a fifty-two week high of $15.80. The company has a current ratio of 1.69, a quick ratio of 0.99 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.43. The company's fifty day simple moving average is $13.73 and its 200-day simple moving average is $14.02.
Asahi Kasei (OTCMKTS:AHKSY - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 5th. The company reported $0.29 earnings per share for the quarter. Asahi Kasei had a net margin of 2.77% and a return on equity of 7.85%.
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Asahi Kasei Corporation manufactures and sells chemicals. It offers caustic soda, chemical fertilizers, nitric acid, ammonia, acrylonitrile, methyl methacrylate, styrene, adipic acid, hexamethylene diamine, AH salt, propionitrile, sodium cyanide, acetonitrile, methacrylonitrile, cyclohexyl methacrylate, polyethylenes, polyethylenes powder, PMMA resin, polystyrene, polybutadiene rubbers, styrene/butadiene rubbers, clear styrenic copolymer, styrenic thermoplastic elastomer, hydrogenated styrenic elastomers, membranes and systems, functional materials, foams, purging compound, polyisocyanates, polycarbonatediol, aluminum paste, latex, photopolymers and platemaking systems, films, cyclohexanol, cyclohexane, and cyclohexene.
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