Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. (OTCMKTS:NPSCY - Get Free Report) saw unusually-strong trading volume on Friday . Approximately 163,180 shares changed hands during trading, an increase of 11% from the previous session's volume of 146,863 shares.The stock last traded at $6.37 and had previously closed at $6.47.
Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Trading Down 1.6%
The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $6.72 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $6.94. The stock has a market cap of $20.52 billion, a PE ratio of 8.84 and a beta of 0.77. The company has a current ratio of 1.95, a quick ratio of 1.01 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.34.
Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal (OTCMKTS:NPSCY - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Friday, May 9th. The company reported ($0.03) EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.01 by ($0.04). Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal had a net margin of 3.73% and a return on equity of 5.54%. The firm had revenue of $14.78 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $14.19 billion.
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Nippon Steel Corporation engages in steelmaking and steel fabrication, engineering and construction, chemicals and materials, and system solutions businesses in Japan and internationally. The company offers steel plates, sheets, and slags; bar and rod materials; structural steel; pipes and tubes; titanium and stainless products; and railway, automotive, and machinery parts for applications in automotive, energy, infrastructure, and consumer electronics markets.
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