SMC Co. (OTCMKTS:SMCAY) Short Interest Update

SMC Co. (OTCMKTS:SMCAY) saw a significant decrease in short interest in February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totalling 71,100 shares, a decrease of 63.8% from the February 13th total of 196,200 shares. Approximately 0.0% of the company’s stock are short sold. Based on an average daily volume of 1,158,600 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.1 days.

SMC Stock Down 0.1 %

Shares of SMC stock traded down $0.01 during midday trading on Thursday, hitting $19.65. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 262,825 shares, compared to its average volume of 692,796. The firm has a market capitalization of $25.68 billion, a P/E ratio of 23.96, a PEG ratio of 16.73 and a beta of 0.80. SMC has a 1-year low of $17.18 and a 1-year high of $30.58. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $18.74 and a 200-day simple moving average of $20.43.

SMC (OTCMKTS:SMCAY) last released its earnings results on Friday, February 14th. The company reported $0.22 earnings per share for the quarter. The company had revenue of $1.28 billion for the quarter. SMC had a return on equity of 8.31% and a net margin of 20.52%. As a group, sell-side analysts predict that SMC will post 0.79 earnings per share for the current year.

About SMC

SMC Corporation manufactures, processes, and sells automatic control equipment, sintered filters, and various types of filtration equipment worldwide. The company offers air management system, directional control valves, air cylinders, rotatory actuators/air grippers, electric actuators/cylinders, fitting and tubing, and modular F.R.L./pressure control equipment, as well as vacuum, air preparation, and lubrication equipment.