YASKAWA Electric Co. (OTCMKTS:YASKY) Short Interest Up 57.8% in February

YASKAWA Electric Co. (OTCMKTS:YASKY) saw a significant growth in short interest in February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totalling 16,100 shares, a growth of 57.8% from the February 13th total of 10,200 shares. Approximately 0.0% of the company’s shares are short sold. Based on an average trading volume of 23,700 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.7 days.

YASKAWA Electric Stock Up 3.2 %

Shares of YASKAWA Electric stock opened at $55.03 on Monday. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $55.75 and a 200 day moving average price of $57.29. The stock has a market cap of $7.14 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 17.36 and a beta of 1.07. YASKAWA Electric has a twelve month low of $49.22 and a twelve month high of $87.95. The company has a current ratio of 2.41, a quick ratio of 1.27 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14.

YASKAWA Electric (OTCMKTS:YASKY) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Friday, January 10th. The technology company reported $1.45 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. YASKAWA Electric had a net margin of 11.36% and a return on equity of 14.92%. Equities research analysts forecast that YASKAWA Electric will post 3.02 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

YASKAWA Electric Company Profile

YASKAWA Electric Corporation engages in motion control, robotics, system engineering, and other businesses worldwide. It manufactures and sells various AC drives, including general purpose AC drives, specific purpose AC drives, AC Drive for systems, regenerative energy saving units, and PM motors for use in household appliances, such as air conditioners and refrigerators; social infrastructures comprising elevators, escalators, trains, cranes, fans, and pumps; and factories that manufacture printing machinery, textile machinery, rubber machinery, and other materials.