The Japan Steel Works, Ltd. (OTCMKTS:JPSWY - Get Free Report) saw a significant decrease in short interest in May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totalling 200 shares, a decrease of 33.3% from the April 30th total of 300 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 200 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.0 days. Approximately 0.0% of the company's shares are short sold.
Japan Steel Works Stock Down 9.9%
Shares of Japan Steel Works stock traded down $2.67 during trading on Tuesday, hitting $24.23. 50 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 127. The company has a current ratio of 1.84, a quick ratio of 0.99 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.10. The stock's fifty day simple moving average is $20.36 and its 200 day simple moving average is $19.82. The firm has a market cap of $3.61 billion, a P/E ratio of 30.67 and a beta of 0.39. Japan Steel Works has a 52-week low of $11.23 and a 52-week high of $26.91.
Japan Steel Works (OTCMKTS:JPSWY - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, May 13th. The company reported $0.22 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Japan Steel Works had a net margin of 7.01% and a return on equity of 10.56%. The company had revenue of $497.32 million for the quarter. On average, equities analysts predict that Japan Steel Works will post 0.81 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
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The Japan Steel Works, Ltd. engages in the provision of industrial machinery products, and material and engineering business in Japan and internationally. It operates through Industrial Machinery Products Business, and Material and Engineering Business segments. The Industrial Machinery Products Business segment offers plastic production and processing machinery, such as pelletizers, film and sheet manufacturing equipment, and twin-screw extruders; molding machines including plastic injection molding, magnesium injection molding, and blow molding machines; and other machinery consists of excimer laser annealing systems, defense equipment, railway products, hot press devices, vacuum laminators, and deposit systems, as well as after-sales services for plastics, mobility, high-performance batteries, electronic devices, and defense applications.
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