Komatsu Ltd. (OTCMKTS:KMTUY) Short Interest Up 101.3% in May

Komatsu Ltd. (OTCMKTS:KMTUY) saw a significant growth in short interest in May. As of May 31st, there was short interest totalling 89,600 shares, a growth of 101.3% from the May 15th total of 44,500 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 184,900 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.5 days.

Komatsu Stock Up 0.2 %

Shares of Komatsu stock traded up $0.07 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $28.44. 57,606 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 77,915. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $29.30 and a 200-day simple moving average of $28.21. The company has a quick ratio of 1.11, a current ratio of 2.07 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.19. The company has a market cap of $27.70 billion, a PE ratio of 9.74, a PEG ratio of 1.70 and a beta of 1.08. Komatsu has a twelve month low of $22.39 and a twelve month high of $31.03.

Komatsu (OTCMKTS:KMTUY) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Friday, April 26th. The industrial products company reported $0.63 EPS for the quarter. The business had revenue of $7.21 billion during the quarter. Komatsu had a return on equity of 13.37% and a net margin of 10.41%. Equities research analysts anticipate that Komatsu will post 2.73 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

About Komatsu

Komatsu Ltd. manufactures and sells construction, mining, and utility equipment; and forest and industrial machinery worldwide. The company operates through three segments: Construction, Mining and Utility Equipment; Retail Finance; and Industrial Machinery and Others. It offers construction and mining equipment, including excavators, wheel loaders, and bulldozers, motor graders, dump truck, rope and hybrid shovels, electric wheel loaders, continuous miners, and jumbo drills; The company also provides forestry equipment, including harvesters, forwarders, feller bunchers, excavators, mini excavators, and forklifts; demolition, waste, and recycling equipment, such as mobile crushers, hydraulic excavators, wheel loaders, and mini shovels; material handling equipment; and tunnel-boring machines, pipe layers, towing tractors, and engines.