Komatsu Ltd. (OTCMKTS:KMTUY) Short Interest Update

Komatsu Ltd. (OTCMKTS:KMTUY) saw a large growth in short interest in the month of September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totalling 25,000 shares, a growth of 323.7% from the August 31st total of 5,900 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 621,800 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.0 days.

Komatsu Trading Up 0.6 %

KMTUY stock traded up $0.17 during trading on Wednesday, hitting $27.23. 125,853 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 208,569. The firm has a market capitalization of $26.52 billion, a PE ratio of 9.33, a P/E/G ratio of 9.35 and a beta of 1.05. Komatsu has a 1 year low of $22.39 and a 1 year high of $32.16. The company has a 50-day moving average of $27.62 and a 200-day moving average of $28.76. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.19, a quick ratio of 1.11 and a current ratio of 2.07.

Komatsu (OTCMKTS:KMTUY) last issued its earnings results on Monday, July 29th. The industrial products company reported $0.75 earnings per share for the quarter. Komatsu had a return on equity of 13.14% and a net margin of 10.33%. The company had revenue of $6.16 billion during the quarter. Analysts predict that Komatsu will post 2.68 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Komatsu Company Profile

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.