Short Interest in Sysmex Co. (OTCMKTS:SSMXY) Grows By 96.2%

Sysmex Co. (OTCMKTS:SSMXY - Get Free Report) was the target of a significant growth in short interest in November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totalling 10,200 shares, a growth of 96.2% from the October 31st total of 5,200 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 103,400 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.1 days.

Sysmex Price Performance

Shares of OTCMKTS:SSMXY traded up $0.47 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $21.14. The company had a trading volume of 36,484 shares, compared to its average volume of 103,938. The business's 50-day simple moving average is $19.51 and its 200-day simple moving average is $18.02. The stock has a market cap of $13.30 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 40.80 and a beta of 0.84. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.11, a current ratio of 3.23 and a quick ratio of 2.40. Sysmex has a twelve month low of $14.38 and a twelve month high of $29.78.

About Sysmex

Sysmex Corporation engages in the development, manufacture, and sale of diagnostic instruments, reagents, and related software in Japan. It offers three-part and five-part white blood cell differentiation instruments for use in hematology; and transport systems for high-volume testing in labs. The company also provides automated urine particle analyzers; automated blood coagulation analyzers; automated immunochemistry systems, which perform assays on minute sample quantities, as well as reagents to test for infectious disease and tumor markers; and flow cytometers to perform analysis in diagnosing leukemia, malignant lymphoma, and HIV/AIDS.