Komatsu Ltd. (OTCMKTS:KMTUY) Short Interest Update

Komatsu Ltd. (OTCMKTS:KMTUY - Get Free Report) saw a significant growth in short interest during the month of March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totalling 34,500 shares, a growth of 148.2% from the March 15th total of 13,900 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 112,200 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.3 days.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Separately, The Goldman Sachs Group cut shares of Komatsu from a "neutral" rating to a "sell" rating in a research report on Thursday, December 14th.

Komatsu Trading Up 1.4 %

Shares of KMTUY traded up $0.41 during trading hours on Thursday, reaching $29.75. 62,992 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 110,897. The firm has a market cap of $28.97 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 9.75, a PEG ratio of 1.21 and a beta of 1.15. Komatsu has a 12-month low of $22.39 and a 12-month high of $31.03. The company has a current ratio of 2.20, a quick ratio of 1.17 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.22. The stock's fifty day moving average price is $29.26 and its 200 day moving average price is $26.91.

Komatsu (OTCMKTS:KMTUY - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, January 30th. The industrial products company reported $0.71 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.68 by $0.03. The firm had revenue of $6.58 billion during the quarter. Komatsu had a net margin of 10.69% and a return on equity of 14.04%. Sell-side analysts forecast that Komatsu will post 2.81 earnings per share for the current year.

Komatsu Company Profile

Komatsu Ltd. manufactures and sells construction, mining, and utility equipment; and forest and industrial machinery worldwide. The company operates through three segments: Construction, Mining and Utility Equipment; Retail Finance; and Industrial Machinery and Others. It offers construction and mining equipment, including excavators, wheel loaders, and bulldozers, motor graders, dump truck, rope and hybrid shovels, electric wheel loaders, continuous miners, and jumbo drills; The company also provides forestry equipment, including harvesters, forwarders, feller bunchers, excavators, mini excavators, and forklifts; demolition, waste, and recycling equipment, such as mobile crushers, hydraulic excavators, wheel loaders, and mini shovels; material handling equipment; and tunnel-boring machines, pipe layers, towing tractors, and engines.