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Sysmex (OTCMKTS:SSMXY) Shares Gap Down - Should You Sell?

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Sysmex Corporation ADR (OTCMKTS:SSMXY - Get Free Report)'s share price gapped down prior to trading on Friday . The stock had previously closed at $16.95, but opened at $16.22. Sysmex shares last traded at $16.77, with a volume of 13,232 shares trading hands.

Sysmex Stock Down 0.9%

The firm has a market capitalization of $10.58 billion, a P/E ratio of 30.01 and a beta of 1.14. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.12, a current ratio of 2.97 and a quick ratio of 2.30. The firm's fifty day moving average price is $17.63 and its 200-day moving average price is $18.35.

Sysmex (OTCMKTS:SSMXY - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May 14th. The company reported $0.12 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.16 by ($0.04). Sysmex had a return on equity of 11.81% and a net margin of 10.56%. The firm had revenue of $958.89 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $991.22 million. As a group, equities research analysts forecast that Sysmex Corporation ADR will post 0.57 earnings per share for the current 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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