Japan Tob (OTCMKTS:JAPAY) Shares Down 0.9% - Should You Sell?

Key Points

• Japan Tob shares fell by 0.9% to $16.29, with an increase in trading volume to 48,018 shares compared to an average of 47,647 shares.
• The company reported $0.32 EPS for the last quarter, exceeding estimates of $0.25, with revenue significantly surpassing expectations at $6.03 billion.
• Japan Tob has a market cap of $57.85 billion and a P/E ratio of 17.90, indicating a stable financial position with relatively low debt levels.

Japan Tob (OTCMKTS:JAPAY - Get Free Report)'s stock price traded down 0.9% during trading on Wednesday . The stock traded as low as $16.24 and last traded at $16.29. 48,018 shares were traded during trading, an increase of 1% from the average session volume of 47,647 shares. The stock had previously closed at $16.43.

Japan Tob Price Performance

The company has a market cap of $57.85 billion, a P/E ratio of 17.90 and a beta of 0.35. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $16.15 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $15.38. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.35, a quick ratio of 1.32 and a current ratio of 1.84.

Japan Tob (OTCMKTS:JAPAY - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July 31st. The company reported $0.32 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.25 by $0.07. The firm had revenue of $6.03 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $896.47 billion. Japan Tob had a return on equity of 11.97% and a net margin of 14.55%.

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.

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