Komatsu Ltd. (OTCMKTS:KMTUY) Sees Significant Growth in Short Interest

Komatsu Ltd. (OTCMKTS:KMTUY) saw a large growth in short interest in the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totalling 226,300 shares, a growth of 441.4% from the June 15th total of 41,800 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 187,200 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.2 days.

Komatsu Stock Performance

Shares of KMTUY traded up $0.04 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $30.05. The stock had a trading volume of 104,823 shares, compared to its average volume of 71,150. The firm has a market capitalization of $29.26 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 10.29, a PEG ratio of 1.80 and a beta of 1.06. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.19, a quick ratio of 1.11 and a current ratio of 2.07. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $29.44 and a 200 day moving average price of $28.73. Komatsu has a fifty-two week low of $22.39 and a fifty-two week high of $31.54.

Komatsu (OTCMKTS:KMTUY) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Friday, April 26th. The industrial products company reported $0.63 EPS for the quarter. Komatsu had a return on equity of 13.37% and a net margin of 10.41%. The company had revenue of $7.21 billion for the quarter. As a group, research analysts anticipate that Komatsu will post 2.73 EPS for the current year.

About Komatsu

Komatsu Ltd. manufactures and sells construction, mining, and utility equipment; and forest and industrial machinery worldwide. The company operates through three segments: Construction, Mining and Utility Equipment; Retail Finance; and Industrial Machinery and Others. It offers construction and mining equipment, including excavators, wheel loaders, and bulldozers, motor graders, dump truck, rope and hybrid shovels, electric wheel loaders, continuous miners, and jumbo drills; The company also provides forestry equipment, including harvesters, forwarders, feller bunchers, excavators, mini excavators, and forklifts; demolition, waste, and recycling equipment, such as mobile crushers, hydraulic excavators, wheel loaders, and mini shovels; material handling equipment; and tunnel-boring machines, pipe layers, towing tractors, and engines.