Komatsu Ltd. (OTCMKTS:KMTUY) Short Interest Update

Komatsu Ltd. (OTCMKTS:KMTUY) was the target of a large growth in short interest in the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totalling 5,900 shares, a growth of 37.2% from the August 15th total of 4,300 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 158,700 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.0 days.

Komatsu Price Performance

KMTUY traded down $0.04 during trading on Monday, reaching $26.25. The stock had a trading volume of 261,600 shares, compared to its average volume of 121,085. The business has a 50-day moving average of $28.14 and a 200-day moving average of $28.91. The stock has a market cap of $25.56 billion, a PE ratio of 8.99, a PEG ratio of 1.63 and a beta of 1.05. Komatsu has a one year low of $22.39 and a one year high of $32.16. 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 released its earnings results on Monday, July 29th. The industrial products company reported $0.75 earnings per share for the quarter. The company had revenue of $6.16 billion for the quarter. Komatsu had a net margin of 10.33% and a return on equity of 13.14%. As a group, equities research analysts anticipate that Komatsu will post 2.63 EPS for the current fiscal 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.