Japan Tobacco Inc. (OTCMKTS:JAPAY – Get Rating) was the recipient of a significant increase in short interest during the month of October. As of October 31st, there was short interest totalling 286,900 shares, an increase of 442.3% from the October 15th total of 52,900 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 406,100 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.7 days.

Japan Tobacco Price Performance

OTCMKTS:JAPAY traded up $0.51 during trading hours on Friday, reaching $10.01. The company had a trading volume of 37,570 shares, compared to its average volume of 196,487. Japan Tobacco has a 1-year low of $7.85 and a 1-year high of $10.63. The firm has a market cap of $35.52 billion, a PE ratio of 10.80 and a beta of 0.40. The business's 50 day moving average price is $8.41 and its 200-day moving average price is $8.61.

Japan Tobacco (OTCMKTS:JAPAY – Get Rating) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Monday, October 31st. The company reported $0.29 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.21 by $0.08. The firm had revenue of $5.37 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $5.20 billion. Japan Tobacco had a return on equity of 12.02% and a net margin of 15.34%. On average, analysts expect that Japan Tobacco will post 0.92 earnings per share 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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