Shin-Etsu Chemical (OTCMKTS:SHECY) Shares Gap Down – Should You Sell?

Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. (OTCMKTS:SHECY)’s stock price gapped down prior to trading on Wednesday . The stock had previously closed at $22.77, but opened at $21.36. Shin-Etsu Chemical shares last traded at $21.8180, with a volume of 10,216 shares.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Separately, Zacks Research upgraded Shin-Etsu Chemical to a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday, April 7th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Hold rating, According to data from MarketBeat, Shin-Etsu Chemical presently has a consensus rating of “Hold”.

Shin-Etsu Chemical Stock Performance

The business’s fifty day moving average price is $22.53 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $19.47. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.05, a quick ratio of 4.66 and a current ratio of 6.26. The stock has a market capitalization of $87.04 billion, a P/E ratio of 26.10 and a beta of 1.30.

Shin-Etsu Chemical (OTCMKTS:SHECY) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April 28th. The basic materials company reported $0.17 EPS for the quarter. The firm had revenue of $4.08 billion during the quarter. Shin-Etsu Chemical had a net margin of 18.50% and a return on equity of 10.67%. As a group, sell-side analysts forecast that Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. will post 0.93 earnings per share for the current year.

Shin-Etsu Chemical Company Profile

Shin-Etsu Chemical is a large Japanese chemical company that manufactures a broad range of basic and specialty chemical products for industrial and technology customers. The company is known for production of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and related vinyl products, silicones and silicone-based compounds, and high-purity silicon materials used in semiconductor and photovoltaic industries. Its product mix spans commodity chemicals for construction and plumbing as well as higher-margin specialty materials for electronics and precision manufacturing.

Key product lines include PVC resins and compounds for infrastructure and building applications; silicones and silicone elastomers used across automotive, healthcare and consumer markets; and semiconductor-grade silicon and silicon wafers that supply chipmakers and solar-cell manufacturers.