Japan Tob (OTCMKTS:JAPAY) Hits New 52-Week High - Time to Buy?

Key Points

• Japan Tob shares hit a new 52-week high of $16.47 during trading, closing at $16.23 with a volume of 17,224 shares.
• The company's earnings report showed an EPS of $0.32, exceeding the consensus estimate of $0.25, with a net margin of 14.55% and revenue of $6.03 billion.
• Japan Tob has a market cap of $57.64 billion and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.39, indicating a strong financial position.

Japan Tob (OTCMKTS:JAPAY - Get Free Report)'s stock price hit a new 52-week high during trading on Thursday . The stock traded as high as $16.47 and last traded at $16.23, with a volume of 17224 shares changing hands. The stock had previously closed at $16.33.

Japan Tob Trading Down 1.0%

The firm has a market cap of $56.57 billion, a P/E ratio of 17.51 and a beta of 0.36. The company has a current ratio of 1.78, a quick ratio of 1.25 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.39. The company's fifty day moving average price is $14.97 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $14.36.

Japan Tob (OTCMKTS:JAPAY - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July 31st. The company reported $0.32 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.25 by $0.07. Japan Tob had a net margin of 14.55% and a return on equity of 12.21%. The firm had revenue of $6.03 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $896.47 billion.

About Japan Tob

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.