Subaru Co. (OTCMKTS:FUJHY) Short Interest Down 13.1% in February

Subaru Co. (OTCMKTS:FUJHY) was the target of a significant decline in short interest during the month of February. As of February 15th, there was short interest totalling 116,100 shares, a decline of 13.1% from the January 31st total of 133,600 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 470,400 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.2 days.

Subaru Trading Up 3.8 %

FUJHY opened at $9.52 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13, a current ratio of 2.63 and a quick ratio of 2.08. The company has a market cap of $13.96 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 5.29, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.25 and a beta of 0.58. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $8.92 and a 200 day simple moving average of $8.67. Subaru has a fifty-two week low of $7.51 and a fifty-two week high of $11.76.

Subaru (OTCMKTS:FUJHY) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 13th. The company reported $0.69 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.46 by $0.23. Subaru had a net margin of 8.50% and a return on equity of 15.26%. On average, sell-side analysts anticipate that Subaru will post 1.44 earnings per share for the current year.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Subaru

Several large investors have recently bought and sold shares of FUJHY. Beddow Capital Management Inc. increased its stake in Subaru by 38.1% in the third quarter. Beddow Capital Management Inc. now owns 116,648 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,012,000 after purchasing an additional 32,205 shares in the last quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC bought a new stake in Subaru in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $83,000. Rhumbline Advisers increased its stake in Subaru by 12.6% in the fourth quarter. Rhumbline Advisers now owns 17,444 shares of the company’s stock valued at $157,000 after purchasing an additional 1,947 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Great Lakes Advisors LLC increased its stake in Subaru by 3.6% in the fourth quarter. Great Lakes Advisors LLC now owns 231,753 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,083,000 after purchasing an additional 8,063 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 0.01% of the company’s stock.

About Subaru

Subaru Corporation manufactures and sells automobiles and aerospace products in Japan, rest of Asia, North America, Europe, and internationally. It operates through three segments: Automotive, Aerospace, and Others. The company manufactures, sells, and repairs passenger cars and their components, aircrafts, aerospace-related machinery, and related components; and rents and manages real estate properties.