Royal Vopak (OTCMKTS:VOPKY) Short Interest Up 146.7% in April

Royal Vopak (OTCMKTS:VOPKY) was the target of a significant increase in short interest in April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 592 shares, an increase of 146.7% from the April 15th total of 240 shares. Currently, 0.0% of the company’s stock are short sold. Based on an average trading volume of 415 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.4 days.

Royal Vopak Price Performance

Royal Vopak stock opened at $51.50 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $5.94 billion, a P/E ratio of 8.71 and a beta of 0.61. The company has a current ratio of 0.90, a quick ratio of 0.90 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.60. Royal Vopak has a twelve month low of $42.44 and a twelve month high of $56.66. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $52.58 and its 200-day simple moving average is $48.50.

Royal Vopak (OTCMKTS:VOPKY) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, April 22nd. The company reported $0.94 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Royal Vopak had a return on equity of 12.81% and a net margin of 45.03%.The firm had revenue of $389.91 million during the quarter.

About Royal Vopak

Royal Vopak is a global independent tank storage company specializing in the handling and storage of liquid and gaseous products. Its core business activities include the safe and efficient storage of crude oil, refined petroleum products, natural gas liquids, chemicals, liquefied natural gas (LNG) and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG). The company offers value-added services such as heating, blending, pumping and vapor recovery to support its customers’ supply chain needs.

Founded in 1999 through the merger of storage activities from major oil companies, Royal Vopak has grown into a market leader in terminal management.