Lynas Rare Earths Limited - Sponsored ADR (OTCMKTS:LYSDY) Short Interest Up 36.8% in March

Key Points

• Short interest rose 36.8% in March to 577,075 shares (about 0.1% of the stock), with a days-to-cover ratio of 0.7 based on average volume.
• Lynas opened at $13.52, trading above its 50-day and 200-day SMAs ($12.17 and $10.84), with a 52-week range of $4.20–$16.18 and low leverage (debt-to-equity 0.07) plus solid liquidity.
• Analyst sentiment has turned positive recently — Jefferies upgraded the stock to a Strong Buy, and overall analyst ratings average to a "Buy" (three Strong Buy, two Hold).

Lynas Rare Earths Limited - Sponsored ADR (OTCMKTS:LYSDY - Get Free Report) saw a large increase in short interest in March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 577,075 shares, an increase of 36.8% from the February 26th total of 421,886 shares. Currently, 0.1% of the company's stock are short sold. Based on an average trading volume of 786,799 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.7 days.

Lynas Rare Earths Stock Up 1.0%

OTCMKTS:LYSDY opened at $13.52 on Friday. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $12.17 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $10.84. Lynas Rare Earths has a fifty-two week low of $4.20 and a fifty-two week high of $16.18. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.07, a quick ratio of 1.67 and a current ratio of 2.83.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several research firms recently commented on LYSDY. Jefferies Financial Group raised shares of Lynas Rare Earths from a "hold" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a research note on Wednesday, March 11th. TD Securities upgraded shares of Lynas Rare Earths to a "hold" rating in a report on Monday, February 9th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of "Buy".

Lynas Rare Earths Company Profile

Lynas Rare Earths Limited OTCMKTS: LYSDY is a leading global supplier of rare earth elements, headquartered in Perth, Australia. The company's flagship operation is the Mount Weld mine in Western Australia, one of the world's highest‐grade rare earth deposits. Lynas extracts and concentrates rare earth ores, which serve as critical feedstock for the production of high-performance magnets, catalysts and other specialty applications used in automotive, electronics and renewable energy industries.

Beyond mining, Lynas operates a key processing facility at Kuantan in Malaysia, where it carries out cracking, leaching and separation of rare earth concentrate.

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