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Short Interest in Sysmex Co. (OTCMKTS:SSMXY) Expands By 633.0%

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Sysmex Co. (OTCMKTS:SSMXY - Get Free Report) was the target of a large growth in short interest in April. As of April 15th, there was short interest totalling 73,300 shares, a growth of 633.0% from the March 31st total of 10,000 shares. Approximately 0.0% of the shares of the company are short sold. Based on an average trading volume of 192,200 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.4 days.

Sysmex Stock Performance

OTCMKTS:SSMXY traded down $0.34 during mid-day trading on Wednesday, hitting $18.46. 38,897 shares of the company's stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 68,642. The firm has a market capitalization of $11.62 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 36.87 and a beta of 1.08. Sysmex has a 12 month low of $14.38 and a 12 month high of $22.00. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $18.59 and a two-hundred day moving average of $18.92. The company has a current ratio of 3.19, a quick ratio of 2.42 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.11.

Sysmex (OTCMKTS:SSMXY - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 12th. The company reported $0.17 earnings per share for the quarter. On average, equities analysts forecast that Sysmex will post 0.57 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

About Sysmex

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Sysmex Corporation engages in the development, manufacture, and sale of diagnostic instruments, reagents, and related software in Japan. It offers three-part and five-part white blood cell differentiation instruments for use in hematology; and transport systems for high-volume testing in labs. The company also provides automated urine particle analyzers; automated blood coagulation analyzers; automated immunochemistry systems, which perform assays on minute sample quantities, as well as reagents to test for infectious disease and tumor markers; and flow cytometers to perform analysis in diagnosing leukemia, malignant lymphoma, and HIV/AIDS.

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