Short Interest in YASKAWA Electric Co. (OTCMKTS:YASKY) Decreases By 83.3%

YASKAWA Electric Co. (OTCMKTS:YASKY) saw a significant decrease in short interest in the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 8,700 shares, a decrease of 83.3% from the January 15th total of 52,200 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 39,800 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.2 days.

YASKAWA Electric Trading Down 0.9 %

Shares of YASKAWA Electric stock opened at $56.78 on Thursday. The company has a 50-day moving average of $54.04 and a two-hundred day moving average of $58.76. YASKAWA Electric has a 12-month low of $49.22 and a 12-month high of $92.51. The company has a current ratio of 2.41, a quick ratio of 1.27 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14. The stock has a market cap of $7.36 billion, a PE ratio of 17.00 and a beta of 1.07.

YASKAWA Electric (OTCMKTS:YASKY) last released its quarterly earnings data on Friday, January 10th. The technology company reported $1.45 earnings per share for the quarter. YASKAWA Electric had a return on equity of 14.92% and a net margin of 11.36%. On average, research analysts anticipate that YASKAWA Electric will post 3.02 EPS for the current fiscal year.

About YASKAWA Electric

YASKAWA Electric Corporation engages in motion control, robotics, system engineering, and other businesses worldwide. It manufactures and sells various AC drives, including general purpose AC drives, specific purpose AC drives, AC Drive for systems, regenerative energy saving units, and PM motors for use in household appliances, such as air conditioners and refrigerators; social infrastructures comprising elevators, escalators, trains, cranes, fans, and pumps; and factories that manufacture printing machinery, textile machinery, rubber machinery, and other materials.