HORIBA, Ltd. (OTCMKTS:HRIBF) Short Interest Update

HORIBA, Ltd. (OTCMKTS:HRIBF) was the recipient of a significant increase in short interest in August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totalling 100,300 shares, an increase of 39.7% from the August 15th total of 71,800 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 100 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1,003.0 days.

HORIBA Stock Performance

Shares of OTCMKTS:HRIBF remained flat at $62.84 during trading on Monday. HORIBA has a one year low of $51.03 and a one year high of $100.67. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.65 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 11.22 and a beta of 0.22. The company has a quick ratio of 2.14, a current ratio of 3.29 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $72.33 and a 200 day simple moving average of $84.37.

HORIBA (OTCMKTS:HRIBF) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, August 13th. The company reported $0.93 earnings per share for the quarter. HORIBA had a net margin of 11.49% and a return on equity of 12.45%. The business had revenue of $464.86 million during the quarter. On average, research analysts expect that HORIBA will post 5.26 EPS for the current fiscal year.

HORIBA Company Profile

HORIBA, Ltd. manufactures and sells instruments and systems worldwide. The company operates in five segments: Automotive, Environment/Process, Medical, Semiconductor, and Scientific. The Automotive segment offers engine emission measurement devices; in-use vehicle emission measurement devices; on-board emission measurement devices; in-vehicle exhaust gas measuring devices; driveline test systems; engine test systems; brake test systems; fuel cell test devices; battery test devices; and vehicle development engineering and test engineering services, as well as leases and manages research and development facilities.