Short Interest in Subaru Co. (OTCMKTS:FUJHY) Rises By 43.0%

Subaru Co. (OTCMKTS:FUJHY) saw a large growth in short interest in the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 133,600 shares, a growth of 43.0% from the January 15th total of 93,400 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 816,900 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.2 days.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Subaru

Several large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in FUJHY. GAMMA Investing LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Subaru in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $83,000. Rhumbline Advisers raised its position in Subaru by 12.6% during the 4th quarter. Rhumbline Advisers now owns 17,444 shares of the company’s stock valued at $157,000 after purchasing an additional 1,947 shares in the last quarter. Beddow Capital Management Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Subaru by 38.1% in the 3rd quarter. Beddow Capital Management Inc. now owns 116,648 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,012,000 after buying an additional 32,205 shares during the period. Finally, Great Lakes Advisors LLC grew its position in shares of Subaru by 3.6% during the 4th quarter. Great Lakes Advisors LLC now owns 231,753 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,083,000 after buying an additional 8,063 shares in the last quarter. 0.01% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Subaru Trading Up 1.2 %

Shares of FUJHY opened at $9.64 on Friday. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $8.67 and its 200-day simple moving average is $8.62. The company has a market cap of $14.13 billion, a P/E ratio of 4.95, a P/E/G ratio of 0.26 and a beta of 0.58. The company has a current ratio of 2.35, a quick ratio of 1.87 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13. Subaru has a twelve month low of $7.51 and a twelve month high of $11.76.

Subaru (OTCMKTS:FUJHY) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, February 13th. The company reported $0.69 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.46 by $0.23. Subaru had a return on equity of 15.67% and a net margin of 8.36%. As a group, analysts expect that Subaru will post 1.39 EPS for the current year.

Subaru Company Profile

Subaru Corporation manufactures and sells automobiles and aerospace products in Japan, rest of Asia, North America, Europe, and internationally. It operates through three segments: Automotive, Aerospace, and Others. The company manufactures, sells, and repairs passenger cars and their components, aircrafts, aerospace-related machinery, and related components; and rents and manages real estate properties.