Atlas Copco AB (OTCMKTS:ATLKY) Short Interest Update

Atlas Copco AB (OTCMKTS:ATLKY - Get Free Report) was the recipient of a significant growth in short interest in the month of March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totalling 154,900 shares, a growth of 597.7% from the February 28th total of 22,200 shares. Currently, 0.0% of the shares of the company are short sold. Based on an average trading volume of 316,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.5 days.

Atlas Copco Stock Performance

Atlas Copco stock traded down $0.24 during midday trading on Friday, reaching $16.40. 132,389 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 430,461. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.28, a current ratio of 1.72 and a quick ratio of 1.20. Atlas Copco has a 12 month low of $15.00 and a 12 month high of $20.03. The firm has a market capitalization of $79.95 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 28.28, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.99 and a beta of 1.21. The business has a 50 day moving average of $17.16 and a two-hundred day moving average of $16.89.

Atlas Copco (OTCMKTS:ATLKY - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, January 28th. The industrial products company reported $0.15 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.14 by $0.01. Atlas Copco had a return on equity of 28.31% and a net margin of 16.84%. As a group, research analysts predict that Atlas Copco will post 0.55 earnings per share for the current year.

About Atlas Copco

Atlas Copco AB provides compressed air and gas, vacuum, energy, dewatering and industrial pump, industrial power tool, and assembly and machine vision solutions in North America, South America, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and Oceania. It operates through Compressor Technique, Vacuum Technique, Industrial Technique, and Power Technique segments.