Short Interest in Inpex Co. (OTCMKTS:IPXHY) Rises By 813.1%

Inpex Co. (OTCMKTS:IPXHY) was the target of a significant growth in short interest in February. As of February 15th, there was short interest totalling 76,700 shares, a growth of 813.1% from the January 31st total of 8,400 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 292,600 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.3 days.

Inpex Price Performance

Shares of Inpex stock traded up $0.24 on Friday, hitting $12.60. The company had a trading volume of 58,488 shares, compared to its average volume of 161,737. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $12.42 and a 200-day simple moving average of $13.18. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18, a current ratio of 1.29 and a quick ratio of 1.22. The company has a market cap of $15.72 billion, a PE ratio of 5.55 and a beta of 0.93. Inpex has a 52 week low of $11.45 and a 52 week high of $17.42.

Inpex (OTCMKTS:IPXHY) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 13th. The company reported $0.74 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. The business had revenue of $3.40 billion during the quarter. Inpex had a net margin of 18.86% and a return on equity of 8.73%.

Inpex Company Profile

Inpex Corporation engages in the research, exploration, development, production, and sale of oil, natural gas, and other mineral resources in Japan, rest of Asia and Oceania, Europe and NIS countries, the Middle East and Africa, and the Americas. The company is involved in the investment and lending to the companies engaged in mineral resources business, etc.