Japan Tob (OTCMKTS:JAPAY) Shares Gap Down - What's Next?

Key Points

• Japan Tob's share price opened at $15.61, down from a previous close of $16.23, with a trading volume of 61,000 shares.
• The company reported a net margin of 14.55% and earnings of $0.32 EPS, surpassing analysts' expectations of $0.25 EPS.
• Japan Tob has a market capitalization of $58 billion and operates in tobacco, pharmaceuticals, and processed food sectors.

Japan Tob (OTCMKTS:JAPAY - Get Free Report)'s share price gapped down before the market opened on Tuesday . The stock had previously closed at $16.23, but opened at $15.61. Japan Tob shares last traded at $15.61, with a volume of 61,000 shares trading hands.

Japan Tob Price Performance

The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.39, a current ratio of 1.78 and a quick ratio of 1.25. The stock has a market capitalization of $58.00 billion, a P/E ratio of 17.95 and a beta of 0.36. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $14.88 and a two-hundred day moving average of $14.26.

Japan Tob (OTCMKTS:JAPAY - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, July 31st. The company reported $0.32 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.25 by $0.07. The company had revenue of $6.03 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $896.47 billion. Japan Tob had a net margin of 14.55% and a return on equity of 12.21%.

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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