Atlas Copco AB (OTCMKTS:ATLKY) Short Interest Update

Atlas Copco AB (OTCMKTS:ATLKY - Get Free Report) was the recipient of a large increase in short interest in the month of December. As of December 15th, there was short interest totalling 16,200 shares, an increase of 1,520.0% from the November 30th total of 1,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 302,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.1 days.

Atlas Copco Stock Up 0.7 %

ATLKY traded up $0.11 during trading on Thursday, reaching $15.46. 197,049 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 304,424. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.30, a current ratio of 1.56 and a quick ratio of 1.08. Atlas Copco has a fifty-two week low of $15.00 and a fifty-two week high of $20.03. The stock's 50-day simple moving average is $16.25 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $17.48. The stock has a market cap of $75.39 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 27.61, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.57 and a beta of 1.16.

Atlas Copco (OTCMKTS:ATLKY - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October 23rd. The industrial products company reported $0.14 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.15 by ($0.01). The company had revenue of $4.14 billion for the quarter. Atlas Copco had a net margin of 16.37% and a return on equity of 29.00%. As a group, equities research analysts expect that Atlas Copco will post 0.55 EPS for the current year.

Atlas Copco Company Profile

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.