Asahi Kasei Co. (OTCMKTS:AHKSY) Short Interest Update

Asahi Kasei Co. (OTCMKTS:AHKSY) saw a large growth in short interest in the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 55,800 shares, a growth of 117.1% from the January 15th total of 25,700 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 112,200 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.5 days.

Asahi Kasei Trading Down 1.6 %

Shares of OTCMKTS AHKSY opened at $12.91 on Thursday. The stock has a market cap of $9.00 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.34 and a beta of 0.64. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $13.62 and a 200 day simple moving average of $13.99. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.41, a quick ratio of 0.92 and a current ratio of 1.62. Asahi Kasei has a 52 week low of $12.14 and a 52 week high of $15.80.

Asahi Kasei (OTCMKTS:AHKSY) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, February 5th. The company reported $0.29 EPS for the quarter. Asahi Kasei had a net margin of 2.77% and a return on equity of 7.90%.

Asahi Kasei Company Profile

Asahi Kasei Corporation manufactures and sells chemicals. It offers caustic soda, chemical fertilizers, nitric acid, ammonia, acrylonitrile, methyl methacrylate, styrene, adipic acid, hexamethylene diamine, AH salt, propionitrile, sodium cyanide, acetonitrile, methacrylonitrile, cyclohexyl methacrylate, polyethylenes, polyethylenes powder, PMMA resin, polystyrene, polybutadiene rubbers, styrene/butadiene rubbers, clear styrenic copolymer, styrenic thermoplastic elastomer, hydrogenated styrenic elastomers, membranes and systems, functional materials, foams, purging compound, polyisocyanates, polycarbonatediol, aluminum paste, latex, photopolymers and platemaking systems, films, cyclohexanol, cyclohexane, and cyclohexene.