Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. (OTCMKTS:KWHIY) Short Interest Up 193.1% in August

Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. (OTCMKTS:KWHIY) was the target of a significant growth in short interest in August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 11,836 shares, a growth of 193.1% from the August 15th total of 4,038 shares. Currently, 0.0% of the shares of the stock are short sold. Based on an average daily volume of 329,720 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.0 days.

Kawasaki Heavy Industries Trading Down 0.8%

Kawasaki Heavy Industries stock traded down $0.05 during trading on Monday, reaching $6.00. 91,143 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 276,155. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.38, a current ratio of 1.16 and a quick ratio of 0.70. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $6.70 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $14.67. The company has a market capitalization of $13.15 billion, a P/E ratio of 23.08 and a beta of 0.74. Kawasaki Heavy Industries has a 52-week low of $4.86 and a 52-week high of $9.73.

Kawasaki Heavy Industries (OTCMKTS:KWHIY) last issued its earnings results on Friday, August 7th. The industrial products company reported $0.05 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.07 by ($0.02). The company had revenue of $3.44 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.33 billion. Kawasaki Heavy Industries had a return on equity of 13.40% and a net margin of 4.74%.

About Kawasaki Heavy Industries

Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. is a Japanese industrial manufacturer that develops and supplies transportation equipment, machinery, infrastructure systems and other advanced industrial products. The company traces its origins to a shipyard established by Shozo Kawasaki in 1878 and was incorporated as Kawasaki Dockyard in 1896.

The company operates across several business areas, including aerospace systems, rolling stock, energy and environmental solutions, precision machinery and robotics, shipbuilding, and motorcycles and engines.