Sartorius Aktiengesellschaft (OTCMKTS:SARTF) Sees Large Growth in Short Interest

Sartorius Aktiengesellschaft (OTCMKTS:SARTF) saw a significant growth in short interest in the month of February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totalling 3,000 shares, a growth of 25.0% from the February 13th total of 2,400 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 100 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 30.0 days. Approximately 0.0% of the company’s stock are short sold.

Sartorius Aktiengesellschaft Price Performance

Shares of SARTF opened at $196.00 on Wednesday. The company’s 50-day moving average is $209.60 and its 200-day moving average is $202.95. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.17, a current ratio of 2.02 and a quick ratio of 1.13. The firm has a market capitalization of $6.71 billion, a PE ratio of 148.49 and a beta of 1.11. Sartorius Aktiengesellschaft has a fifty-two week low of $175.93 and a fifty-two week high of $299.94.

Sartorius Aktiengesellschaft (OTCMKTS:SARTF) last released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, February 17th. The company reported $1.11 earnings per share for the quarter. Sartorius Aktiengesellschaft had a net margin of 2.48% and a return on equity of 7.33%. The firm had revenue of $967.37 million for the quarter.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Separately, Guggenheim upgraded shares of Sartorius Aktiengesellschaft to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Thursday, December 19th.

About Sartorius Aktiengesellschaft

Sartorius Aktiengesellschaft provides bioprocess solutions and lab products and services in the United States and internationally. The company offers multi-parallel, benchtop, single-use, stainless steel, cell culture, rocking motion, and microbial bioreactors, and software apps for bioreactors and cell culture shake flask; fermenters; cell culture media products; cellcelector flex, incubator flowbox, nanowell arrays, and capillaries and tips; fluid management products; microbiology products; and Ultrafiltration membrane filters, glass and quartz microfiber filters, clarification, syringeless and in-line filters, lab chromatography, and filters and blotting papers.