Japan Steel Works (OTCMKTS:JPSWY) Shares Gap Up – Time to Buy?

The Japan Steel Works, Ltd. (OTCMKTS:JPSWY)’s share price gapped up prior to trading on Tuesday . The stock had previously closed at $24.55, but opened at $26.30. Japan Steel Works shares last traded at $26.30, with a volume of 1 shares changing hands.

Japan Steel Works Price Performance

The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.35, a current ratio of 2.41 and a quick ratio of 1.33. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $25.97 and a 200-day moving average of $28.31. The stock has a market cap of $3.87 billion, a PE ratio of 30.23 and a beta of 0.35.

Japan Steel Works (OTCMKTS:JPSWY) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May 13th. The company reported $0.21 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.14 by $0.07. Japan Steel Works had a return on equity of 8.48% and a net margin of 7.01%.The business had revenue of $466.91 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $575.14 million.

About Japan Steel Works

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.