Kyocera Co. (OTCMKTS:KYOCY) Short Interest Up 179.6% in March

Kyocera Co. (OTCMKTS:KYOCY) was the target of a large increase in short interest during the month of March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totalling 30,200 shares, an increase of 179.6% from the February 28th total of 10,800 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 81,700 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.4 days. Approximately 0.0% of the shares of the company are short sold.

Kyocera Trading Down 2.1 %

OTCMKTS:KYOCY opened at $11.46 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.06, a current ratio of 3.20 and a quick ratio of 1.97. The firm has a market capitalization of $16.14 billion, a P/E ratio of 81.86, a P/E/G ratio of 3.05 and a beta of 0.25. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $11.26 and a 200 day simple moving average of $10.81. Kyocera has a 12-month low of $9.21 and a 12-month high of $13.38.

Kyocera (OTCMKTS:KYOCY) last released its earnings results on Monday, February 3rd. The company reported ($0.08) EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.16 by ($0.24). Kyocera had a return on equity of 0.82% and a net margin of 1.34%. Equities research analysts predict that Kyocera will post 0.32 EPS for the current year.

Kyocera Company Profile

Kyocera Corporation develops, produces, and distributes products based on fine ceramic technologies in Japan, rest of Asia, Europe, the United States, and internationally. It operates through Core Components Business, Electronic Components Business, and Solutions Business segments. The Core Components Business segment offers components, such as fine ceramic components for semiconductor processing equipment, automotive camera modules, and ceramic packages, as well as organic packages and boards to protect electronic components and ICs to industrial machinery, automotive-related, and the information and communication-related markets; optical components, and jewelry and applied ceramic related products; and medical devices comprising prosthetic joints and dental implants.