YASKAWA Electric Co. (OTCMKTS:YASKY) Sees Significant Growth in Short Interest

YASKAWA Electric Co. (OTCMKTS:YASKY) saw a significant growth in short interest in the month of 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 stock are short sold. Based on an average daily volume of 30,500 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.5 days.

YASKAWA Electric Stock Down 1.1%

Shares of OTCMKTS:YASKY opened at $45.34 on Friday. The company has a current ratio of 2.41, a quick ratio of 1.27 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $43.20 and a 200 day simple moving average of $50.07. The firm has a market cap of $5.88 billion, a PE ratio of 14.30 and a beta of 1.06. YASKAWA Electric has a 12-month low of $36.11 and a 12-month high of $76.37.

YASKAWA Electric (OTCMKTS:YASKY) last released its earnings results on Friday, April 4th. The technology company reported $0.58 earnings per share for the quarter. YASKAWA Electric had a net margin of 11.36% and a return on equity of 14.92%. The firm had revenue of $935.09 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $998.44 million. On average, equities research analysts anticipate that YASKAWA Electric will post 3.02 EPS for the current fiscal year.

YASKAWA Electric Company Profile

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.