Nanophase Technologies Co. (OTCMKTS:NANX) Short Interest Update

Nanophase Technologies Co. (OTCMKTS:NANX) was the recipient of a significant drop in short interest in the month of March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totalling 300 shares, a drop of 91.4% from the February 29th total of 3,500 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 18,600 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.0 days.

Nanophase Technologies Trading Up 7.4 %

OTCMKTS NANX traded up $0.05 during mid-day trading on Wednesday, hitting $0.72. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 960 shares, compared to its average volume of 10,767. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.25, a current ratio of 0.88 and a quick ratio of 0.31. Nanophase Technologies has a 52-week low of $0.32 and a 52-week high of $1.49. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $0.66 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $0.74. The firm has a market capitalization of $35.72 million, a P/E ratio of -9.00 and a beta of 1.52.

Nanophase Technologies (OTCMKTS:NANX) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, March 20th. The industrial products company reported ($0.04) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Nanophase Technologies had a negative net margin of 11.75% and a negative return on equity of 96.09%. The firm had revenue of $8.01 million during the quarter.

About Nanophase Technologies

Nanophase Technologies Corporation provides engineered materials, formulation development, and commercial manufacturing with an integrated family of technologies in the United States. It produces engineered nanomaterial products from antimony, bismuth, cerium, iron, and zinc oxide formulation for use in various markets, such as energy storage, exterior coatings, integrated circuiy and data storage, optical surface polishing, personal care, plastics, and textiles.