Sysmex Co. (OTCMKTS:SSMXY) Short Interest Down 55.9% in October

Sysmex Co. (OTCMKTS:SSMXY) saw a large decrease in short interest during the month of October. As of October 31st, there was short interest totalling 5,200 shares, a decrease of 55.9% from the October 15th total of 11,800 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 106,400 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.0 days.

Sysmex Stock Performance

Shares of Sysmex stock traded down $0.22 during trading on Friday, hitting $19.63. 70,967 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 105,155. Sysmex has a 1 year low of $14.38 and a 1 year high of $29.78. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $19.31 and a 200-day simple moving average of $17.75. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.11, a current ratio of 3.23 and a quick ratio of 2.40. The stock has a market capitalization of $12.35 billion, a P/E ratio of 39.49 and a beta of 0.84.

About Sysmex

Sysmex Corporation engages in the development, manufacture, and sale of diagnostic instruments, reagents, and related software in Japan. It offers three-part and five-part white blood cell differentiation instruments for use in hematology; and transport systems for high-volume testing in labs. The company also provides automated urine particle analyzers; automated blood coagulation analyzers; automated immunochemistry systems, which perform assays on minute sample quantities, as well as reagents to test for infectious disease and tumor markers; and flow cytometers to perform analysis in diagnosing leukemia, malignant lymphoma, and HIV/AIDS.