Obayashi Co. (OTCMKTS:OBYCF) Short Interest Down 26.2% in January

Obayashi Co. (OTCMKTS:OBYCF) was the recipient of a significant decrease in short interest in the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 734,700 shares, a decrease of 26.2% from the December 31st total of 995,700 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 500 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1,469.4 days.

Obayashi Price Performance

Shares of OBYCF stock opened at $13.00 on Friday. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $13.38 and a 200 day moving average price of $12.05. The firm has a market capitalization of $9.38 billion, a P/E ratio of 23.64 and a beta of 0.31. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.23, a quick ratio of 1.16 and a current ratio of 1.20. Obayashi has a 52-week low of $13.00 and a 52-week high of $14.00.

Obayashi (OTCMKTS:OBYCF) last issued its earnings results on Monday, November 11th. The company reported $0.15 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. The firm had revenue of $4.48 billion during the quarter. Obayashi had a net margin of 4.04% and a return on equity of 5.12%.

About Obayashi

Obayashi Corporation engages in the construction business in Japan, North America, Asia, the Middle East, Europe, and Oceania. The company constructs buildings, including offices, condominiums, commercial facilities, factories, hospitals, and schools; and civil engineering projects, such as tunnels, bridges, dams, river works, urban civil engineering structures, railroads, and expressways.