Fanuc Co. (OTCMKTS:FANUY) Short Interest Up 1,172.1% in August

Fanuc Co. (OTCMKTS:FANUY) was the target of a large growth in short interest during the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totalling 86,500 shares, a growth of 1,172.1% from the August 15th total of 6,800 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 497,600 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.2 days.

Fanuc Price Performance

OTCMKTS FANUY opened at $13.59 on Friday. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $13.94 and a 200-day moving average price of $14.16. The firm has a market cap of $27.05 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 28.31, a PEG ratio of 2.10 and a beta of 0.85. Fanuc has a 1 year low of $12.00 and a 1 year high of $15.54.

Fanuc (OTCMKTS:FANUY) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Monday, July 29th. The industrial products company reported $0.10 EPS for the quarter. The business had revenue of $1.25 billion for the quarter. Fanuc had a return on equity of 7.64% and a net margin of 16.72%. On average, research analysts anticipate that Fanuc will post 0.47 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Fanuc Company Profile

Fanuc Corporation provides factory automation products in Japan, the Americas, Europe, China, the rest of Asia, and internationally. The company offers CNC series products, servo motors, lasers, robots, compact machining centers, electric injection molding machines, wire electrical discharge machines, and ultra-precision machines.