Obayashi Co. (OTCMKTS:OBYCF) Short Interest Down 23.3% in February

Obayashi Co. (OTCMKTS:OBYCF - Get Free Report) saw a large decline in short interest in February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totalling 467,100 shares, a decline of 23.3% from the February 13th total of 608,800 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 0 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently ∞ days. Approximately 0.1% of the company's shares are short sold.

Obayashi Price Performance

Shares of Obayashi stock remained flat at $13.00 during trading on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $9.33 billion, a PE ratio of 11.50 and a beta of 0.31. Obayashi has a 1-year low of $13.00 and a 1-year high of $14.00. The firm's 50 day simple moving average is $13.00 and its 200 day simple moving average is $12.45. The company has a quick ratio of 1.16, a current ratio of 1.20 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.23.

Obayashi (OTCMKTS:OBYCF - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Monday, February 10th. The company reported $0.34 earnings per share for the quarter. Obayashi had a net margin of 4.91% and a return on equity of 7.12%.

About Obayashi

Obayashi Corporation engages in the construction business in Japan, North America, Asia, the Middle East, Europe, and Oceania. The company constructs buildings, including offices, condominiums, commercial facilities, factories, hospitals, and schools; and civil engineering projects, such as tunnels, bridges, dams, river works, urban civil engineering structures, railroads, and expressways.