G. Willi-Food International Ltd. (NASDAQ:WILC) Sees Large Increase in Short Interest

G. Willi-Food International Ltd. (NASDAQ:WILC) saw a significant growth in short interest in February. As of February 15th, there was short interest totalling 9,900 shares, a growth of 41.4% from the January 31st total of 7,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 9,200 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.1 days. Currently, 0.3% of the shares of the company are short sold.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On G. Willi-Food International

An institutional investor recently bought a new position in G. Willi-Food International stock. IFP Advisors Inc bought a new position in shares of G. Willi-Food International Ltd. (NASDAQ:WILC) during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The institutional investor bought 3,400 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $55,000. 9.45% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

G. Willi-Food International Stock Performance

WILC opened at $16.89 on Tuesday. The stock has a market capitalization of $234.21 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.95 and a beta of 0.86. The company has a fifty day moving average of $16.55 and a two-hundred day moving average of $13.71. G. Willi-Food International has a fifty-two week low of $8.18 and a fifty-two week high of $17.58.

About G. Willi-Food International

G. Willi-Food International Ltd. designs, imports, markets, and distributes food products worldwide. The company offers mushrooms, artichoke, beans, asparagus, capers, corn kernels, baby corn, palm hearts, vine leaves, sour pickles, mixed pickled vegetables, pickled peppers, olives, garlic, roasted eggplant sun, and dried tomatoes; and canned fish comprising tuna, sardine, anchovies, smoked and pressed cod liver, herring, fish paste, and salmon products.