HOYA Co. (OTCMKTS:HOCPY) Short Interest Up 40.0% in January

HOYA Co. (OTCMKTS:HOCPY) was the recipient of a significant growth in short interest in the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 7,000 shares, a growth of 40.0% from the January 15th total of 5,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 45,900 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.2 days.

HOYA Stock Performance

OTCMKTS HOCPY traded down $1.20 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $126.38. The company had a trading volume of 15,510 shares, compared to its average volume of 22,846. HOYA has a fifty-two week low of $108.12 and a fifty-two week high of $148.27. The company has a quick ratio of 4.35, a current ratio of 5.04 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.02. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $129.54 and a 200-day simple moving average of $132.89. The firm has a market cap of $44.02 billion, a P/E ratio of 32.16, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.46 and a beta of 0.82.

HOYA (OTCMKTS:HOCPY) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, February 6th. The technology company reported $0.95 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.01 by $0.94. HOYA had a return on equity of 21.34% and a net margin of 24.17%. Equities analysts predict that HOYA will post 3.66 EPS for the current year.

HOYA Company Profile

HOYA Corporation, a med-tech company, provides high-tech and medical products worldwide. It operates through three segments: Life Care, Telecommunication, and Other. The company offers life care products, including eyeglass and contact lenses; medical endoscopes; intraocular lenses; laparoscopic surgical instruments; automatic endoscope cleaning equipment; and other medical related products, such as prosthetic ceramic fillers and metallic implants for orthopedics.