Astellas Pharma Inc. (OTCMKTS:ALPMY) Short Interest Down 79.8% in October

Astellas Pharma Inc. (OTCMKTS:ALPMYGet Free Report) saw a significant decrease in short interest in the month of October. As of October 31st, there was short interest totalling 9,100 shares, a decrease of 79.8% from the October 15th total of 45,100 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 150,800 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.1 days.

Astellas Pharma Stock Performance

OTCMKTS:ALPMY traded up $0.04 on Tuesday, hitting $11.21. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 248,204 shares, compared to its average volume of 77,829. The firm has a market capitalization of $20.29 billion, a P/E ratio of 53.38 and a beta of 0.36. Astellas Pharma has a one year low of $9.15 and a one year high of $13.14. The company has a current ratio of 0.90, a quick ratio of 0.72 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.26. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $11.81 and a two-hundred day moving average of $10.94.

Astellas Pharma (OTCMKTS:ALPMYGet Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October 30th. The company reported $0.13 EPS for the quarter. Astellas Pharma had a net margin of 3.26% and a return on equity of 10.33%. The firm had revenue of $3.11 billion during the quarter. Research analysts predict that Astellas Pharma will post 0.56 earnings per share for the current year.

About Astellas Pharma

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Astellas Pharma Inc manufactures, markets, and imports and exports pharmaceuticals in Japan and internationally. The company provides XTANDI, a treatment for prostate cancer; XOSPATA, a treatment for patients who have relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia with a FLT3 mutation; and PADCEV, a treatment for patients with metastatic urothelial cancer.

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