HOYA Co. (OTCMKTS:HOCPY) Short Interest Down 7.1% in October

HOYA Co. (OTCMKTS:HOCPY) saw a significant decline in short interest in the month of October. As of October 15th, there was short interest totalling 7,900 shares, a decline of 7.1% from the September 30th total of 8,500 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 22,800 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.3 days.

HOYA Trading Up 0.3 %

Shares of OTCMKTS:HOCPY opened at $134.27 on Friday. HOYA has a 12-month low of $95.84 and a 12-month high of $148.27. The company has a market capitalization of $47.12 billion, a PE ratio of 37.61, a PEG ratio of 2.45 and a beta of 0.84. The business has a 50 day moving average of $137.41 and a two-hundred day moving average of $127.00. The company has a current ratio of 5.14, a quick ratio of 4.43 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.02.

HOYA (OTCMKTS:HOCPY) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August 1st. The technology company reported $0.86 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. HOYA had a return on equity of 20.72% and a net margin of 23.32%. The company had revenue of $1.37 billion during the quarter. As a group, analysts forecast that HOYA will post 3.83 EPS for the current year.

HOYA Company Profile

HOYA Corporation, a med-tech company, provides high-tech and medical products worldwide. It operates through three segments: Life Care, Telecommunication, and Other. The company offers life care products, including eyeglass and contact lenses; medical endoscopes; intraocular lenses; laparoscopic surgical instruments; automatic endoscope cleaning equipment; and other medical related products, such as prosthetic ceramic fillers and metallic implants for orthopedics.