Tosoh Co. (OTCMKTS:TOSCF) Short Interest Up 78.7% in February

Tosoh Co. (OTCMKTS:TOSCF) was the target of a large increase in short interest in February. As of February 15th, there was short interest totalling 157,600 shares, an increase of 78.7% from the January 31st total of 88,200 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 0 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently ? days.

Tosoh Stock Performance

Shares of OTCMKTS TOSCF opened at $13.55 on Monday. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $13.42 and its 200-day moving average price is $12.84. Tosoh has a 52-week low of $12.90 and a 52-week high of $13.55. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04, a quick ratio of 1.43 and a current ratio of 2.09. The company has a market cap of $4.31 billion, a PE ratio of 10.11 and a beta of 0.15.

Tosoh (OTCMKTS:TOSCF) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 6th. The company reported $0.49 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Tosoh had a return on equity of 7.39% and a net margin of 6.10%.

About Tosoh

Tosoh Corporation manufactures and sells basic chemicals, petrochemicals, specialty products, and fine chemicals worldwide. It operates through four segments: Petrochemical, Chlor-Alkali, Specialty, and Engineering. The company provides advance materials, including battery, fabricated quartzware, silica glass, thin film depositions, zeolites for catalysts and molecular sieves, zirconia injection mold components and compounds, zirconia grinding and dispersion media, and zirconia fine beads and powders.