Komatsu Ltd. (OTCMKTS:KMTUY) Short Interest Up 441.4% in June

Komatsu Ltd. (OTCMKTS:KMTUY) was the target of a large growth in short interest during the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totalling 226,300 shares, a growth of 441.4% from the June 15th total of 41,800 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 187,200 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.2 days.

Komatsu Stock Up 0.1 %

KMTUY traded up $0.04 during midday trading on Friday, reaching $30.05. 104,823 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 71,150. The company has a market cap of $29.26 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 10.29, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.80 and a beta of 1.06. Komatsu has a one year low of $22.39 and a one year high of $31.54. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $29.44 and its 200 day moving average price is $28.73. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.19, a quick ratio of 1.11 and a current ratio of 2.07.

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

Komatsu Company Profile

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.