Brother Industries, Ltd. (OTCMKTS:BRTHY) Sees Large Growth in Short Interest

Brother Industries, Ltd. (OTCMKTS:BRTHY) was the recipient of a significant increase in short interest in the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 1,500 shares, an increase of 1,400.0% from the December 31st total of 100 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,500 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.0 days.

Brother Industries Price Performance

Shares of BRTHY remained flat at $34.41 during mid-day trading on Thursday. The stock had a trading volume of 46 shares, compared to its average volume of 786. The stock has a market cap of $4.40 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 21.64 and a beta of 0.43. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $34.44 and a 200-day simple moving average of $36.98. Brother Industries has a 52-week low of $30.42 and a 52-week high of $42.95.

Brother Industries (OTCMKTS:BRTHY) last released its quarterly earnings results on Friday, November 8th. The company reported $0.61 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Brother Industries had a net margin of 3.59% and a return on equity of 4.51%. The company had revenue of $1.43 billion during the quarter. Equities research analysts forecast that Brother Industries will post 2.8 EPS for the current year.

About Brother Industries

Brother Industries, Ltd. manufactures and sells communications and printing equipment in Japan, the Americas, Europe, Asia, Oceania, the Middle East, Africa, and internationally. It operates through Printing & Solutions, Machinery, Domino, Nissei, Personal & Home, and Network & Contents segments.