Japan Tobacco Inc. (OTCMKTS:JAPAY) Short Interest Down 99.1% in February

Japan Tobacco Inc. (OTCMKTS:JAPAY) was the recipient of a significant decline in short interest in February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totalling 700 shares, a decline of 99.1% from the February 13th total of 81,400 shares. Approximately 0.0% of the company’s stock are sold short. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 732,600 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.0 days.

Japan Tobacco Trading Up 0.4 %

Japan Tobacco stock opened at $12.99 on Thursday. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $12.62 and a 200-day moving average of $13.48. Japan Tobacco has a one year low of $11.91 and a one year high of $14.99. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.22, a current ratio of 1.89 and a quick ratio of 1.34. The company has a market cap of $46.13 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.93 and a beta of 0.44.

Japan Tobacco (OTCMKTS:JAPAY) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 13th. The company reported $0.04 EPS for the quarter. The firm had revenue of $4.97 billion during the quarter. Japan Tobacco had a return on equity of 11.11% and a net margin of 14.74%.

About Japan Tobacco

Japan Tobacco Inc, a tobacco company, manufactures and sells tobacco products, pharmaceuticals, and processed foods in Japan and internationally. The company operates through three segments: Tobacco Business, Pharmaceutical, and Processed Food. It offers tobacco products, such as cigarettes, heat-not-burn tobacco products, E-vapor products, fine cut tobacco products, cigars, pipes, smokeless tobacco products, and hookah and kretek products.