Komatsu Ltd. (OTCMKTS:KMTUY) Short Interest Up 37.2% in August

Komatsu Ltd. (OTCMKTS:KMTUY) saw a large growth in short interest in 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 daily volume of 158,700 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.0 days.

Komatsu Stock Performance

Shares of OTCMKTS KMTUY traded down $0.04 during mid-day trading on Monday, hitting $26.25. The company had a trading volume of 261,600 shares, compared to its average volume of 121,085. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $28.14 and its 200-day simple moving average is $28.91. The firm has a market cap of $25.56 billion, a P/E ratio of 8.99, a PEG ratio of 1.63 and a beta of 1.05. Komatsu has a 12 month low of $22.39 and a 12 month high of $32.16. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.19, a current ratio of 2.07 and a quick ratio of 1.11.

Komatsu (OTCMKTS:KMTUY) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Monday, July 29th. The industrial products company reported $0.75 EPS for the quarter. Komatsu had a net margin of 10.33% and a return on equity of 13.14%. The business had revenue of $6.16 billion for the quarter. As a group, analysts predict that Komatsu will post 2.63 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

About Komatsu

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.