Japan Steel Works (OTCMKTS:JPSWY) Reaches New 1-Year High – Still a Buy?

The Japan Steel Works, Ltd. (OTCMKTS:JPSWY)’s share price reached a new 52-week high on Friday . The company traded as high as $40.40 and last traded at $34.1550, with a volume of 51 shares. The stock had previously closed at $30.1175.

Japan Steel Works Price Performance

The firm has a market capitalization of $3.86 billion, a PE ratio of 28.17 and a beta of 0.27. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.27, a quick ratio of 1.19 and a current ratio of 2.18. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $30.78 and a 200-day moving average price of $30.37.

Japan Steel Works (OTCMKTS:JPSWY) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Monday, February 9th. The company reported $0.17 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.19 by ($0.02). Japan Steel Works had a return on equity of 8.81% and a net margin of 7.41%.The company had revenue of $417.46 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $486.28 million. Sell-side analysts forecast that The Japan Steel Works, Ltd. will post 0.81 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Japan Steel Works Company Profile

The Japan Steel Works, Ltd. engages in the provision of industrial machinery products, and material and engineering business in Japan and internationally. It operates through Industrial Machinery Products Business, and Material and Engineering Business segments. The Industrial Machinery Products Business segment offers plastic production and processing machinery, such as pelletizers, film and sheet manufacturing equipment, and twin-screw extruders; molding machines including plastic injection molding, magnesium injection molding, and blow molding machines; and other machinery consists of excimer laser annealing systems, defense equipment, railway products, hot press devices, vacuum laminators, and deposit systems, as well as after-sales services for plastics, mobility, high-performance batteries, electronic devices, and defense applications.