G. Willi-Food International Ltd. (NASDAQ:WILC) Sees Significant Growth in Short Interest

G. Willi-Food International Ltd. (NASDAQ:WILC) was the recipient of a large growth in short interest during the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totalling 4,500 shares, a growth of 246.2% from the August 15th total of 1,300 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 12,200 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.4 days. Currently, 0.1% of the company’s shares are short sold.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A hedge fund recently bought a new stake in G. Willi-Food International stock. Y.D. More Investments Ltd bought a new position in shares of G. Willi-Food International Ltd. (NASDAQ:WILC) in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm bought 4,237 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $39,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 9.45% of the company’s stock.

G. Willi-Food International Stock Up 2.8 %

Shares of NASDAQ:WILC opened at $10.72 on Friday. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $9.93 and a 200 day simple moving average of $9.70. G. Willi-Food International has a 12-month low of $8.00 and a 12-month high of $12.00. The firm has a market cap of $148.62 million, a P/E ratio of 13.56 and a beta of 0.84.

G. Willi-Food International (NASDAQ:WILC) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, August 13th. The company reported $0.13 earnings per share for the quarter. The business had revenue of $39.32 million during the quarter. G. Willi-Food International had a net margin of 7.49% and a return on equity of 7.74%.

G. Willi-Food International Company Profile

G. Willi-Food International Ltd. designs, imports, markets, and distributes food products worldwide. The company offers mushrooms, artichoke, beans, asparagus, capers, corn kernels, baby corn, palm hearts, vine leaves, sour pickles, mixed pickled vegetables, pickled peppers, olives, garlic, roasted eggplant sun, and dried tomatoes; and canned fish comprising tuna, sardine, anchovies, smoked and pressed cod liver, herring, fish paste, and salmon products.