Obayashi Co. (OTCMKTS:OBYCF) Short Interest Down 19.0% in March

Obayashi Co. (OTCMKTS:OBYCF) was the recipient of a large decline in short interest in March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totalling 378,200 shares, a decline of 19.0% from the February 28th total of 467,100 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 0 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently ∞ days. Approximately 0.1% of the company’s shares are short sold.

Obayashi Stock Performance

Shares of OBYCF opened at $13.00 on Wednesday. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $13.00 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $12.56. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.23, a current ratio of 1.20 and a quick ratio of 1.16. The firm has a market capitalization of $9.33 billion, a PE ratio of 11.50 and a beta of 0.31. Obayashi has a one year low of $13.00 and a one year high of $14.00.

Obayashi (OTCMKTS:OBYCF) last released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, February 10th. The company reported $0.34 earnings per share for the quarter. Obayashi had a return on equity of 7.12% and a net margin of 4.91%.

About Obayashi

Obayashi Corporation engages in the construction business in Japan, North America, Asia, the Middle East, Europe, and Oceania. The company constructs buildings, including offices, condominiums, commercial facilities, factories, hospitals, and schools; and civil engineering projects, such as tunnels, bridges, dams, river works, urban civil engineering structures, railroads, and expressways.