HOYA Co. (OTCMKTS:HOCPY) Short Interest Up 2,345.5% in March

HOYA Co. (OTCMKTS:HOCPY) was the target of a significant growth in short interest during the month of March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totalling 26,900 shares, a growth of 2,345.5% from the February 28th total of 1,100 shares. Currently, 0.0% of the shares of the company are short sold. Based on an average daily volume of 90,700 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.3 days.

HOYA Price Performance

Shares of OTCMKTS HOCPY opened at $116.36 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.02, a current ratio of 5.04 and a quick ratio of 4.35. The company has a market cap of $40.24 billion, a PE ratio of 29.61, a P/E/G ratio of 2.38 and a beta of 0.83. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $124.02 and a 200 day moving average price of $129.84. HOYA has a 1-year low of $108.12 and a 1-year high of $148.27.

HOYA (OTCMKTS:HOCPY) last released its earnings results on Thursday, February 6th. The technology company reported $0.95 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.01 by $0.94. HOYA had a net margin of 24.17% and a return on equity of 21.34%. Sell-side analysts forecast that HOYA will post 3.66 EPS for the current year.

About HOYA

HOYA Corporation, a med-tech company, provides high-tech and medical products worldwide. It operates through three segments: Life Care, Telecommunication, and Other. The company offers life care products, including eyeglass and contact lenses; medical endoscopes; intraocular lenses; laparoscopic surgical instruments; automatic endoscope cleaning equipment; and other medical related products, such as prosthetic ceramic fillers and metallic implants for orthopedics.