Japan Steel Works (OTCMKTS:JPSWY) Reaches New 1-Year High – Should You Buy?

The Japan Steel Works, Ltd. (OTCMKTS:JPSWY) reached a new 52-week high on Thursday . The stock traded as high as $21.94 and last traded at $20.30, with a volume of 41 shares changing hands. The stock had previously closed at $19.00.

Japan Steel Works Stock Performance

The company has a market capitalization of $3.02 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.70 and a beta of 0.61. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.10, a quick ratio of 0.99 and a current ratio of 1.84. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $19.17 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $18.65.

Japan Steel Works (OTCMKTS:JPSWY) last released its earnings results on Thursday, February 13th. The company reported $0.30 earnings per share for the quarter. The company had revenue of $423.13 million during the quarter. Japan Steel Works had a return on equity of 10.56% and a net margin of 7.01%. On average, sell-side analysts anticipate that The Japan Steel Works, Ltd. will post 0.81 EPS for the current fiscal year.

About Japan Steel Works

The Japan Steel Works, Ltd. engages in the provision of industrial machinery products, and material and engineering business in Japan and internationally. It operates through Industrial Machinery Products Business, and Material and Engineering Business segments. The Industrial Machinery Products Business segment offers plastic production and processing machinery, such as pelletizers, film and sheet manufacturing equipment, and twin-screw extruders; molding machines including plastic injection molding, magnesium injection molding, and blow molding machines; and other machinery consists of excimer laser annealing systems, defense equipment, railway products, hot press devices, vacuum laminators, and deposit systems, as well as after-sales services for plastics, mobility, high-performance batteries, electronic devices, and defense applications.