Hoya Corp. (OTCMKTS:HOCPY) Short Interest Up 91.2% in April

Hoya Corp. (OTCMKTS:HOCPY) was the target of a significant increase in short interest during the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 11,124 shares, an increase of 91.2% from the April 15th total of 5,817 shares. Currently, 0.0% of the company’s shares are sold short. Based on an average daily volume of 125,160 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.1 days.

Hoya Trading Down 4.2%

Shares of HOCPY traded down $7.33 during mid-day trading on Tuesday, reaching $168.07. 4,121 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 34,769. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.03, a current ratio of 4.96 and a quick ratio of 4.27. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $177.87 and its two-hundred day moving average is $167.77. Hoya has a 12 month low of $110.85 and a 12 month high of $190.18. The stock has a market cap of $56.88 billion, a P/E ratio of 34.58, a P/E/G ratio of 2.59 and a beta of 1.01.

About Hoya

Hoya Corporation (OTCMKTS: HOCPY) is a Tokyo-based global manufacturer and supplier of optical products and related technologies. The company designs, produces and sells a broad range of optical materials and finished optics for consumer, industrial and healthcare markets, serving customers across Asia, Europe, the Americas and other regions worldwide.

Hoya’s product portfolio includes ophthalmic lenses and related vision-care products for eyeglasses, optical glass and lens blanks, and precision optical components used by original equipment manufacturers.