Inpex Co. (OTCMKTS:IPXHY) Short Interest Up 418.8% in May

Inpex Co. (OTCMKTS:IPXHY - Get Free Report) was the recipient of a large growth in short interest in the month of May. As of May 31st, there was short interest totalling 91,300 shares, a growth of 418.8% from the May 15th total of 17,600 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 124,400 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.7 days. Approximately 0.0% of the shares of the company are short sold.

Inpex Stock Performance

Shares of IPXHY traded up $0.46 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $14.80. The company's stock had a trading volume of 21,496 shares, compared to its average volume of 133,842. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $12.98 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $12.84. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18, a current ratio of 1.29 and a quick ratio of 1.22. Inpex has a 52-week low of $11.27 and a 52-week high of $16.06. The company has a market cap of $18.47 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 6.52 and a beta of 0.54.

Inpex (OTCMKTS:IPXHY - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, May 13th. The company reported $0.69 EPS for the quarter. Inpex had a net margin of 18.86% and a return on equity of 8.73%. The company had revenue of $3.52 billion during the quarter.

About Inpex

Inpex Corporation engages in the research, exploration, development, production, and sale of oil, natural gas, and other mineral resources in Japan, rest of Asia and Oceania, Europe and NIS countries, the Middle East and Africa, and the Americas. The company is involved in the investment and lending to the companies engaged in mineral resources business, etc.