The Japan Steel Works, Ltd. (OTCMKTS:JPSWY - Get Free Report) was the target of a significant growth in short interest in April. As of April 15th, there was short interest totalling 500 shares, a growth of 400.0% from the March 31st total of 100 shares. Currently, 0.0% of the company's stock are short sold. Based on an average daily volume of 200 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.5 days.
Japan Steel Works Trading Down 5.9 %
Shares of JPSWY stock opened at $19.98 on Friday. Japan Steel Works has a fifty-two week low of $11.23 and a fifty-two week high of $24.41. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $19.34 and a 200 day moving average price of $19.31. The stock has a market capitalization of $2.97 billion, a P/E ratio of 25.29 and a beta of 0.36. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.10, a quick ratio of 0.99 and a current ratio of 1.84.
Japan Steel Works (OTCMKTS:JPSWY - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 13th. The company reported $0.30 EPS for the quarter. Japan Steel Works had a net margin of 7.01% and a return on equity of 10.56%. The business had revenue of $423.13 million during the quarter. Equities research analysts predict that Japan Steel Works will post 0.81 EPS for the current fiscal year.
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The Japan Steel Works, Ltd. engages in the provision of industrial machinery products, and material and engineering business in Japan and internationally. It operates through Industrial Machinery Products Business, and Material and Engineering Business segments. The Industrial Machinery Products Business segment offers plastic production and processing machinery, such as pelletizers, film and sheet manufacturing equipment, and twin-screw extruders; molding machines including plastic injection molding, magnesium injection molding, and blow molding machines; and other machinery consists of excimer laser annealing systems, defense equipment, railway products, hot press devices, vacuum laminators, and deposit systems, as well as after-sales services for plastics, mobility, high-performance batteries, electronic devices, and defense applications.
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