Leifras Co., Ltd. – Sponsored ADR (NASDAQ:LFS) Sees Significant Increase in Short Interest

Leifras Co., Ltd. – Sponsored ADR (NASDAQ:LFS) was the recipient of a large increase in short interest in the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totaling 1,132,166 shares, an increase of 58.2% from the July 15th total of 715,704 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,218,487 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.9 days. Approximately 4.3% of the shares of the stock are short sold.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research firms have recently weighed in on LFS. Weiss Ratings raised shares of Leifras from a “sell (e)” rating to a “sell (d-)” rating in a report on Monday, July 13th. Wall Street Zen raised Leifras to a “hold” rating in a research note on Saturday, August 1st. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Sell rating, According to MarketBeat.com, Leifras currently has an average rating of “Sell”.

Leifras Trading Down 3.8%

NASDAQ LFS opened at $2.25 on Wednesday. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $2.25 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $2.32. Leifras has a twelve month low of $1.58 and a twelve month high of $12.49. The company has a quick ratio of 1.68, a current ratio of 1.69 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16. The company has a market capitalization of $58.86 million and a price-to-earnings ratio of 17.31.

Leifras (NASDAQ:LFS) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, June 18th. The company reported $0.03 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. The firm had revenue of $18.57 million during the quarter.

Leifras Company Profile

Headquartered in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, we are a sports and social business company dedicated to youth sports and community engagement. We primarily provide services related to the organization and operations of sports schools and sports events for children. Building upon our experience and know-how in sports education, we also operate a robust social business sector, dispatching sports coaches to meet various community needs. At the core of our operations is the children’s sports school business. When we refer to a sports school, it refers to a series of courses and programs that we offer to teach a sport, instead of a physical location.