YASKAWA Electric Co. (OTCMKTS:YASKY) Short Interest Up 57.8% in February

YASKAWA Electric Co. (OTCMKTS:YASKY) was the recipient of a significant increase in short interest during the month of February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totalling 16,100 shares, an increase of 57.8% from the February 13th total of 10,200 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 23,700 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.7 days. Currently, 0.0% of the shares of the company are short sold.

YASKAWA Electric Trading Up 3.2 %

YASKY stock opened at $55.03 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14, a quick ratio of 1.27 and a current ratio of 2.41. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is $55.75 and its 200 day simple moving average is $57.37. YASKAWA Electric has a 52 week low of $49.22 and a 52 week high of $87.95. The company has a market capitalization of $7.14 billion, a PE ratio of 17.36 and a beta of 1.07.

YASKAWA Electric (OTCMKTS:YASKY) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Friday, January 10th. The technology company reported $1.45 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. YASKAWA Electric had a net margin of 11.36% and a return on equity of 14.92%. As a group, sell-side analysts anticipate that YASKAWA Electric will post 3.02 earnings per share for the current year.

About YASKAWA Electric

YASKAWA Electric Corporation engages in motion control, robotics, system engineering, and other businesses worldwide. It manufactures and sells various AC drives, including general purpose AC drives, specific purpose AC drives, AC Drive for systems, regenerative energy saving units, and PM motors for use in household appliances, such as air conditioners and refrigerators; social infrastructures comprising elevators, escalators, trains, cranes, fans, and pumps; and factories that manufacture printing machinery, textile machinery, rubber machinery, and other materials.