Subaru Co. (OTCMKTS:FUJHY) Short Interest Up 83,925.0% in January

Subaru Co. (OTCMKTS:FUJHY) saw a significant increase in short interest during the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 336,100 shares, an increase of 83,925.0% from the December 31st total of 400 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 421,700 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.8 days.

Subaru Price Performance

Shares of OTCMKTS:FUJHY opened at $8.69 on Wednesday. Subaru has a one year low of $7.51 and a one year high of $11.76. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13, a current ratio of 2.35 and a quick ratio of 1.87. The firm has a market capitalization of $12.74 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 4.91, a PEG ratio of 0.25 and a beta of 0.58. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $8.39 and its 200-day moving average price is $8.70.

Subaru (OTCMKTS:FUJHY) last released its earnings results on Friday, November 1st. The company reported $0.36 EPS for the quarter. Subaru had a return on equity of 15.67% and a net margin of 8.36%. The business had revenue of $7.89 billion for the quarter. On average, equities research analysts anticipate that Subaru will post 1.39 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Subaru

A number of institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. GAMMA Investing LLC bought a new position in Subaru during the 4th quarter worth approximately $83,000. CHICAGO TRUST Co NA grew its holdings in shares of Subaru by 53.6% in the third quarter. CHICAGO TRUST Co NA now owns 34,023 shares of the company’s stock worth $295,000 after purchasing an additional 11,872 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Beddow Capital Management Inc. increased its stake in shares of Subaru by 38.1% in the third quarter. Beddow Capital Management Inc. now owns 116,648 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,012,000 after buying an additional 32,205 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 0.01% of the company’s stock.

About Subaru

Subaru Corporation manufactures and sells automobiles and aerospace products in Japan, rest of Asia, North America, Europe, and internationally. It operates through three segments: Automotive, Aerospace, and Others. The company manufactures, sells, and repairs passenger cars and their components, aircrafts, aerospace-related machinery, and related components; and rents and manages real estate properties.