Japan Tobacco Inc. (OTCMKTS:JAPAY – Get Rating) was the target of a large increase in short interest during the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 25,500 shares, an increase of 25,400.0% from the September 15th total of 100 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 451,500 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.1 days.

Japan Tobacco Stock Performance

OTCMKTS:JAPAY traded down $0.07 during mid-day trading on Wednesday, hitting $8.12. 136,215 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 122,086. The stock has a market capitalization of $28.81 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 9.12 and a beta of 0.37. The firm's 50-day simple moving average is $8.36 and its 200 day simple moving average is $8.58. Japan Tobacco has a fifty-two week low of $7.93 and a fifty-two week high of $10.63.

Japan Tobacco (OTCMKTS:JAPAY – Get Rating) last released its quarterly earnings results on Friday, July 29th. The company reported $0.30 earnings per share for the quarter, hitting the consensus estimate of $0.30. The business had revenue of $5.29 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $6.07 billion. Japan Tobacco had a return on equity of 12.14% and a net margin of 15.23%. On average, analysts predict that Japan Tobacco will post 0.82 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Japan Tobacco Company Profile

Japan Tobacco Inc, a tobacco company, manufactures and sells tobacco products, prescription drugs, and processed foods in Japan and internationally. The company operates through four segments: Domestic Tobacco, International Tobacco, Pharmaceutical, and Processed Food. It offers tobacco products, such as cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco, oral tobacco, waterpipe tobacco, kretek, and fine cut products under the Winston, Camel, MEVIUS, and LD brands.

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