Shin-Etsu Chemical (OTCMKTS:SHECY) Reaches New 1-Year High – What’s Next?

Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. (OTCMKTS:SHECY)’s stock price reached a new 52-week high on Tuesday . The stock traded as high as $21.36 and last traded at $21.12, with a volume of 14271 shares trading hands. The stock had previously closed at $20.70.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Separately, Zacks Research upgraded shares of Shin-Etsu Chemical to a “hold” rating in a research note on Tuesday, April 7th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Hold rating, According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Hold”.

Shin-Etsu Chemical Trading Up 0.0%

The firm’s 50-day moving average is $19.23 and its 200-day moving average is $17.04. The company has a current ratio of 6.26, a quick ratio of 4.66 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.05. The firm has a market cap of $84.20 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.66 and a beta of 1.28.

Shin-Etsu Chemical (OTCMKTS:SHECY) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, January 27th. The basic materials company reported $0.22 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Shin-Etsu Chemical had a net margin of 18.96% and a return on equity of 10.75%. The business had revenue of $4.22 billion during the quarter. As a group, sell-side analysts anticipate that Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. will post 0.86 EPS for the current fiscal year.

About Shin-Etsu Chemical

Shin-Etsu Chemical is a large Japanese chemical company that manufactures a broad range of basic and specialty chemical products for industrial and technology customers. The company is known for production of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and related vinyl products, silicones and silicone-based compounds, and high-purity silicon materials used in semiconductor and photovoltaic industries. Its product mix spans commodity chemicals for construction and plumbing as well as higher-margin specialty materials for electronics and precision manufacturing.

Key product lines include PVC resins and compounds for infrastructure and building applications; silicones and silicone elastomers used across automotive, healthcare and consumer markets; and semiconductor-grade silicon and silicon wafers that supply chipmakers and solar-cell manufacturers.