HOYA Co. (OTCMKTS:HOCPY) Short Interest Up 8.3% in December

HOYA Co. (OTCMKTS:HOCPY) was the target of a significant growth in short interest during the month of December. As of December 15th, there was short interest totalling 2,600 shares, a growth of 8.3% from the November 30th total of 2,400 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 33,700 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.1 days.

HOYA Price Performance

Shares of HOCPY opened at $124.00 on Thursday. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $130.95 and a 200 day moving average price of $130.91. The company has a market cap of $43.19 billion, a P/E ratio of 33.24, a PEG ratio of 2.51 and a beta of 0.82. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.02, a current ratio of 5.14 and a quick ratio of 4.43. HOYA has a 12 month low of $108.12 and a 12 month high of $148.27.

About HOYA

HOYA Corporation, a med-tech company, provides high-tech and medical products worldwide. It operates through three segments: Life Care, Telecommunication, and Other. The company offers life care products, including eyeglass and contact lenses; medical endoscopes; intraocular lenses; laparoscopic surgical instruments; automatic endoscope cleaning equipment; and other medical related products, such as prosthetic ceramic fillers and metallic implants for orthopedics.