YASKAWA Electric Co. (OTCMKTS:YASKY) Short Interest Up 150.8% in May

YASKAWA Electric Co. (OTCMKTS:YASKY - Get Free Report) saw a large growth in short interest in May. As of May 31st, there was short interest totalling 16,300 shares, a growth of 150.8% from the May 15th total of 6,500 shares. Approximately 0.0% of the company's shares are short sold. Based on an average trading volume of 30,500 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.5 days.

YASKAWA Electric Trading Up 0.2%

Shares of OTCMKTS:YASKY traded up $0.10 during mid-day trading on Monday, hitting $45.44. The company had a trading volume of 12,354 shares, compared to its average volume of 28,023. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $43.33 and a 200 day moving average price of $50.01. The company has a market capitalization of $5.89 billion, a PE ratio of 14.33 and a beta of 1.06. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14, a current ratio of 2.41 and a quick ratio of 1.27. YASKAWA Electric has a one year low of $36.11 and a one year high of $76.37.

YASKAWA Electric (OTCMKTS:YASKY - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Friday, April 4th. The technology company reported $0.58 earnings per share for the quarter. The company had revenue of $935.09 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $998.44 million. YASKAWA Electric had a net margin of 11.36% and a return on equity of 14.92%. As a group, research analysts forecast that YASKAWA Electric will post 3.02 EPS for the current year.

About YASKAWA Electric

YASKAWA Electric Corporation engages in motion control, robotics, system engineering, and other businesses worldwide. It manufactures and sells various AC drives, including general purpose AC drives, specific purpose AC drives, AC Drive for systems, regenerative energy saving units, and PM motors for use in household appliances, such as air conditioners and refrigerators; social infrastructures comprising elevators, escalators, trains, cranes, fans, and pumps; and factories that manufacture printing machinery, textile machinery, rubber machinery, and other materials.