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

Asahi Kasei Co. (OTCMKTS:AHKSY) was the recipient of a significant growth in short interest in April. As of April 15th, there was short interest totalling 47,400 shares, a growth of 930.4% from the March 31st total of 4,600 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 55,100 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.9 days.

Asahi Kasei Trading Down 0.5 %

Shares of AHKSY stock opened at $13.67 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.38, a quick ratio of 1.01 and a current ratio of 1.70. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $14.35 and a 200-day moving average of $14.02. Asahi Kasei has a 52-week low of $11.80 and a 52-week high of $15.56. The stock has a market cap of $9.89 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -12.09 and a beta of 0.66.

Asahi Kasei (OTCMKTS:AHKSY) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 7th. The company reported $0.24 EPS for the quarter. Asahi Kasei had a negative net margin of 4.01% and a positive return on equity of 4.00%. The firm had revenue of $4.86 billion during the quarter.

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.