Subaru Corporation (OTCMKTS:FUJHY) Short Interest Up 196.1% in March

Subaru Corporation (OTCMKTS:FUJHY) was the recipient of a significant growth in short interest in March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 23,865 shares, a growth of 196.1% from the February 26th total of 8,060 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 774,001 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.0 days. Currently, 0.0% of the company’s stock are sold short. Currently, 0.0% of the company’s stock are sold short. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 774,001 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.0 days.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of large investors have recently made changes to their positions in FUJHY. GAMMA Investing LLC grew its position in Subaru by 8.4% in the 3rd quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 16,565 shares of the company’s stock worth $167,000 after purchasing an additional 1,279 shares in the last quarter. CHICAGO TRUST Co NA lifted its position in shares of Subaru by 27.5% during the 3rd quarter. CHICAGO TRUST Co NA now owns 64,666 shares of the company’s stock worth $663,000 after buying an additional 13,929 shares in the last quarter. Great Lakes Advisors LLC boosted its stake in shares of Subaru by 11.6% in the 3rd quarter. Great Lakes Advisors LLC now owns 356,206 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,601,000 after buying an additional 37,021 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Beddow Capital Management Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Subaru by 2.8% in the 3rd quarter. Beddow Capital Management Inc. now owns 595,371 shares of the company’s stock worth $6,019,000 after buying an additional 16,372 shares during the last quarter. 0.01% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Subaru Stock Up 0.4%

Shares of FUJHY stock traded up $0.04 during trading hours on Wednesday, reaching $8.10. The company had a trading volume of 151,644 shares, compared to its average volume of 194,849. The company has a market cap of $11.61 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.19 and a beta of 0.36. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13, a current ratio of 2.41 and a quick ratio of 1.86. Subaru has a 12 month low of $7.32 and a 12 month high of $11.70. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $9.69 and a 200-day simple moving average of $10.34.

Subaru (OTCMKTS:FUJHY) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Friday, February 6th. The company reported ($0.03) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.31 by ($0.34). Subaru had a return on equity of 3.87% and a net margin of 2.27%.The company had revenue of $7.23 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $7.22 billion. Subaru has set its FY 2026 guidance at 0.561-0.561 EPS. On average, research analysts expect that Subaru will post 1.44 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Separately, Zacks Research downgraded shares of Subaru from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, March 9th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, one has issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Hold”.

Subaru Company Profile

Subaru Corporation, traded over the counter as OTCMKTS:FUJHY, is a Japanese multinational automaker known for its distinctive use of the horizontally opposed “boxer” engine and standard symmetrical all-wheel-drive system across most of its vehicle lineup. Founded in 1953 as Fuji Heavy Industries, the company rebranded to Subaru Corporation in 2017 to align its corporate identity with its well‐established automotive brand. Subaru’s product portfolio includes compact and midsize sedans, sport wagons, crossovers and SUVs, with flagship models such as the Impreza, Legacy, Outback, Forester and Crosstrek (also marketed as the XV in some regions), as well as the performance-oriented BRZ sports coupe developed in partnership with Toyota.

In addition to passenger vehicles, Subaru Corporation is involved in the manufacturing of automotive components, aerospace products and industrial machinery, leveraging advanced materials and precision engineering capabilities inherited from its Fuji Heavy Industries heritage.