Omron (OTCMKTS:OMRNY) Sets New 1-Year High – Still a Buy?

Shares of Omron Corp. (OTCMKTS:OMRNY) hit a new 52-week high during trading on Tuesday . The company traded as high as $32.0650 and last traded at $31.4992, with a volume of 38744 shares traded. The stock had previously closed at $31.20.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Separately, Zacks Research upgraded shares of Omron from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, January 19th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Hold rating, According to data from MarketBeat, Omron currently has an average rating of “Hold”.

Omron Trading Up 4.9%

The company has a market cap of $6.75 billion, a PE ratio of 41.46, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.63 and a beta of 0.98. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $26.50 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $26.68. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13, a current ratio of 2.14 and a quick ratio of 1.40.

Omron (OTCMKTS:OMRNY) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 5th. The company reported $0.17 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.36 by ($0.19). Omron had a net margin of 2.80% and a return on equity of 2.46%. The company had revenue of $1.41 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.38 billion. Omron has set its FY 2025 guidance at 0.960-0.960 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts anticipate that Omron Corp. will post 0.42 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

An institutional investor recently raised its position in Omron stock. GAMMA Investing LLC grew its stake in Omron Corp. (OTCMKTS:OMRNY) by 50.7% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm owned 2,129 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 716 shares during the quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC’s holdings in Omron were worth $54,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC. 1.09% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Omron Company Profile

Omron Corporation (OTCMKTS: OMRNY) is a global leader in automation, sensing, and control technologies. The company designs, manufactures, and sells a wide range of products and solutions for industrial, healthcare and social systems applications. Its core business segments include industrial automation—featuring programmable logic controllers, sensors, relays, servo motors and temperature controllers—and healthcare products such as blood pressure monitors, digital thermometers and nebulizers.

Founded in 1933 by Kazuma Tateishi in Kyoto, Japan, Omron began with the development of the first Japanese automatic timer.