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Japan Tobacco (OTCMKTS:JAPAY) Shares Cross Below Fifty Day Moving Average - Time to Sell?

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Japan Tobacco Inc. (OTCMKTS:JAPAY - Get Free Report)'s share price passed below its 50 day moving average during trading on Wednesday . The stock has a 50 day moving average of $14.30 and traded as low as $13.77. Japan Tobacco shares last traded at $13.77, with a volume of 18,653 shares traded.

Japan Tobacco Stock Up 0.2 %

The business has a fifty day moving average of $14.30 and a 200 day moving average of $14.03. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.24, a current ratio of 2.00 and a quick ratio of 1.45. The stock has a market capitalization of $48.86 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.20 and a beta of 0.43.

Japan Tobacco (OTCMKTS:JAPAY - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Friday, August 2nd. The company reported $0.27 EPS for the quarter. The business had revenue of $5.32 billion during the quarter. Japan Tobacco had a return on equity of 12.02% and a net margin of 16.58%.

Japan Tobacco Company Profile

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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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