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Japan Tobacco (OTCMKTS:JAPAY) Hits New 1-Year Low - Here's Why

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Japan Tobacco Inc. (OTCMKTS:JAPAY - Get Free Report)'s stock price hit a new 52-week low during trading on Friday . The company traded as low as $12.02 and last traded at $12.36, with a volume of 123655 shares trading hands. The stock had previously closed at $12.64.

Japan Tobacco Trading Down 2.2 %

The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $13.44 and a 200 day simple moving average of $13.85. The stock has a market cap of $43.86 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 13.58 and a beta of 0.46. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.24, a quick ratio of 1.45 and a current ratio of 2.00.

Japan Tobacco (OTCMKTS:JAPAY - Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, October 31st. The company reported $0.26 EPS for the quarter. Japan Tobacco had a return on equity of 11.44% and a net margin of 15.64%. The firm had revenue of $5.53 billion for the quarter.

About Japan Tobacco

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Japan Tobacco Inc, a tobacco company, manufactures and sells tobacco products, pharmaceuticals, and processed foods in Japan and internationally. The company operates through three segments: Tobacco Business, Pharmaceutical, and Processed Food. It offers tobacco products, such as cigarettes, heat-not-burn tobacco products, E-vapor products, fine cut tobacco products, cigars, pipes, smokeless tobacco products, and hookah and kretek products.

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