YASKAWA Electric Co. (OTCMKTS:YASKY) Short Interest Update

YASKAWA Electric Co. (OTCMKTS:YASKY) was the target of a significant increase in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 30,300 shares, an increase of 352.2% from the December 15th total of 6,700 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 86,600 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.3 days.

YASKAWA Electric Price Performance

Shares of OTCMKTS YASKY opened at $51.91 on Wednesday. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $53.11 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $60.67. YASKAWA Electric has a fifty-two week low of $49.22 and a fifty-two week high of $92.51. The company has a market capitalization of $6.92 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 22.97 and a beta of 1.07. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14, a quick ratio of 1.32 and a current ratio of 2.44.

YASKAWA Electric (OTCMKTS:YASKY) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Friday, January 10th. The technology company reported $1.45 earnings per share for the quarter. YASKAWA Electric had a return on equity of 10.90% and a net margin of 8.11%. Analysts expect that YASKAWA Electric will post 3.26 EPS for the current fiscal year.

About YASKAWA Electric

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.