Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (OTCMKTS:MITSY) Short Interest Update

Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (OTCMKTS:MITSY) was the target of a large growth in short interest in March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totalling 16,500 shares, a growth of 2,257.1% from the February 28th total of 700 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 30,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.6 days. Approximately 0.0% of the shares of the company are sold short.

Mitsui & Co., Ltd. Stock Performance

OTCMKTS MITSY traded down $4.07 during trading on Wednesday, reaching $395.00. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 6,395 shares, compared to its average volume of 20,598. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $382.79 and a 200 day moving average price of $407.83. Mitsui & Co., Ltd. has a 12 month low of $335.73 and a 12 month high of $550.00. The firm has a market capitalization of $57.24 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 8.97 and a beta of 0.77. The company has a current ratio of 1.48, a quick ratio of 1.23 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.49.

Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (OTCMKTS:MITSY) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February 4th. The industrial products company reported $10.87 earnings per share for the quarter. Mitsui & Co., Ltd. had a net margin of 6.91% and a return on equity of 12.55%. As a group, equities analysts anticipate that Mitsui & Co., Ltd. will post 42.43 EPS for the current fiscal year.

About Mitsui & Co., Ltd.

Mitsui & Co, Ltd. operates as an trading and investment company worldwide. The company engages in the manufacture and sale of steel products; steel processing, maintenance, and recycling activities; investment, development, and trading of mineral and metal resources, as well as resource recycling and industrial developing solutions; and upstream development, logistics, and trading of energy resources, such as natural gas/LNG, oil, coal, and uranium.