Japan Tob (OTCMKTS:JAPAY) Shares Gap Up - Time to Buy?

Key Points

• Japan Tob's share price opened at $14.95 after closing at $14.29, indicating a gap up prior to Monday's trading.
• The company's recent earnings report showed $0.29 earnings per share with a revenue of $5.42 billion and a return on equity of 11.23%.
• Japan Tob has a market capitalization of $50.71 billion and operates in the tobacco, pharmaceutical, and processed food sectors.

Shares of Japan Tob (OTCMKTS:JAPAY - Get Free Report) gapped up before the market opened on Monday . The stock had previously closed at $14.29, but opened at $14.95. Japan Tob shares last traded at $14.29, with a volume of 40,671 shares traded.

Japan Tob Price Performance

The stock has a market capitalization of $52.74 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 17.27 and a beta of 0.34. The company has a quick ratio of 1.25, a current ratio of 1.78 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.39. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $14.82 and a 200-day moving average of $14.05.

Japan Tob (OTCMKTS:JAPAY - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Friday, August 1st. The company reported $0.32 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.25 by $0.07. Japan Tob had a net margin of 14.31% and a return on equity of 11.23%.

Japan Tob Company Profile

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.