FANUC Co. (OTCMKTS:FANUY) Sees Significant Growth in Short Interest

FANUC Co. (OTCMKTS:FANUY) was the target of a large growth in short interest in the month of March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totalling 108,700 shares, a growth of 72.0% from the March 15th total of 63,200 shares. Currently, 0.0% of the company’s stock are sold short. Based on an average trading volume of 435,600 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.2 days.

FANUC Trading Up 3.3 %

Shares of FANUY stock traded up $0.38 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $12.05. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 436,795 shares, compared to its average volume of 497,314. The stock has a market cap of $23.99 billion, a PE ratio of 24.59, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.62 and a beta of 0.77. FANUC has a 12-month low of $10.54 and a 12-month high of $15.50. The company has a 50 day moving average of $13.76 and a 200 day moving average of $13.64.

FANUC (OTCMKTS:FANUY) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Monday, January 27th. The industrial products company reported $0.12 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.11 by $0.01. FANUC had a return on equity of 7.98% and a net margin of 17.59%. As a group, analysts anticipate that FANUC will post 0.46 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

FANUC Company Profile

FANUC Corporation provides factory automation products in Japan, the Americas, Europe, China, the rest of Asia, and internationally. The company offers CNC series products, servo motors, lasers, robots, compact machining centers, electric injection molding machines, wire electrical discharge machines, and ultra-precision machines.