Atlas Copco AB (OTCMKTS:ATLKY) Short Interest Update

Atlas Copco AB (OTCMKTS:ATLKY) saw a large growth in short interest in the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 47,200 shares, a growth of 33.0% from the September 15th total of 35,500 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 224,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.2 days.

Atlas Copco Stock Performance

Shares of OTCMKTS:ATLKY traded up $0.01 on Tuesday, hitting $18.84. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 65,293 shares, compared to its average volume of 320,156. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.32, a quick ratio of 1.02 and a current ratio of 1.51. The company has a market capitalization of $91.77 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 33.64, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 5.00 and a beta of 1.18. Atlas Copco has a 12 month low of $12.33 and a 12 month high of $20.03. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $17.98 and its two-hundred day moving average is $18.08.

Atlas Copco (OTCMKTS:ATLKY) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, July 18th. The industrial products company reported $0.15 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.14 by $0.01. The company had revenue of $4.19 billion during the quarter. Atlas Copco had a net margin of 16.59% and a return on equity of 30.38%. On average, equities research analysts forecast that Atlas Copco will post 0.59 EPS for the current year.

About Atlas Copco

Atlas Copco AB provides compressed air and gas, vacuum, energy, dewatering and industrial pump, industrial power tool, and assembly and machine vision solutions in North America, South America, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and Oceania. It operates through Compressor Technique, Vacuum Technique, Industrial Technique, and Power Technique segments.