Subaru (OTCMKTS:FUJHY) Shares Gap Up – What’s Next?

Subaru Corporation (OTCMKTS:FUJHY) gapped up before the market opened on Friday . The stock had previously closed at $7.58, but opened at $8.00. Subaru shares last traded at $8.0075, with a volume of 117,060 shares trading hands.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Separately, Zacks Research cut Subaru from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a research report on Tuesday, April 7th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold”.

Subaru Stock Performance

The company has a market capitalization of $11.59 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.16 and a beta of 0.36. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $7.92 and a 200-day moving average price of $9.71. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13, a current ratio of 2.41 and a quick ratio of 1.86.

Subaru (OTCMKTS:FUJHY) last released its quarterly earnings data on Friday, May 15th. The company reported $0.04 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.22 by ($0.18). Subaru had a net margin of 2.27% and a return on equity of 3.87%. Subaru has set its FY 2027 guidance at 0.572-0.572 EPS. As a group, analysts forecast that Subaru Corporation will post 0.53 earnings per share for the current year.

Institutional Trading of Subaru

A number of hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in FUJHY. Great Lakes Advisors LLC lifted its position in shares of Subaru by 11.6% in the third quarter. Great Lakes Advisors LLC now owns 356,206 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,601,000 after buying an additional 37,021 shares during the last quarter. Beddow Capital Management Inc. lifted its position in shares of Subaru by 2.8% in the third quarter. Beddow Capital Management Inc. now owns 595,371 shares of the company’s stock valued at $6,019,000 after buying an additional 16,372 shares during the last quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC lifted its position in shares of Subaru by 14.0% in the fourth quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 18,891 shares of the company’s stock valued at $203,000 after buying an additional 2,326 shares during the last quarter. Finally, CHICAGO TRUST Co NA lifted its position in shares of Subaru by 10.8% in the first quarter. CHICAGO TRUST Co NA now owns 69,466 shares of the company’s stock valued at $542,000 after buying an additional 6,761 shares during the last quarter. 0.01% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

About Subaru

Subaru Corporation, traded over the counter as OTCMKTS:FUJHY, is a Japanese multinational automaker known for its distinctive use of the horizontally opposed “boxer” engine and standard symmetrical all-wheel-drive system across most of its vehicle lineup. Founded in 1953 as Fuji Heavy Industries, the company rebranded to Subaru Corporation in 2017 to align its corporate identity with its well‐established automotive brand. Subaru’s product portfolio includes compact and midsize sedans, sport wagons, crossovers and SUVs, with flagship models such as the Impreza, Legacy, Outback, Forester and Crosstrek (also marketed as the XV in some regions), as well as the performance-oriented BRZ sports coupe developed in partnership with Toyota.

In addition to passenger vehicles, Subaru Corporation is involved in the manufacturing of automotive components, aerospace products and industrial machinery, leveraging advanced materials and precision engineering capabilities inherited from its Fuji Heavy Industries heritage.