Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA (NYSE:FMS – Get Rating) was the recipient of a large decrease in short interest in the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totalling 262,000 shares, a decrease of 44.3% from the August 15th total of 470,600 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 953,800 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.3 days.

Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA Stock Down 0.7 %

NYSE:FMS traded down $0.12 on Friday, hitting $16.67. 1,785,818 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,010,924. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $19.14 and a 200-day moving average price of $26.32. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.47, a current ratio of 1.18 and a quick ratio of 0.85. Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA has a 52 week low of $16.06 and a 52 week high of $36.84. The company has a market cap of $9.77 billion, a P/E ratio of 10.62, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.84 and a beta of 1.03.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the company. FDx Advisors Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA in the 1st quarter valued at about $315,000. Freestone Capital Holdings LLC bought a new stake in shares of Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA in the 1st quarter valued at about $390,000. Guardian Capital Advisors LP raised its holdings in shares of Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA by 10.7% in the 1st quarter. Guardian Capital Advisors LP now owns 52,148 shares of the company's stock valued at $1,744,000 after purchasing an additional 5,045 shares during the period. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. raised its holdings in shares of Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA by 18.4% in the 1st quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 4,706 shares of the company's stock valued at $158,000 after purchasing an additional 730 shares during the period. Finally, Cacti Asset Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA by 35.8% in the 1st quarter. Cacti Asset Management LLC now owns 36,000 shares of the company's stock valued at $1,212,000 after purchasing an additional 9,500 shares during the period. 5.59% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

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About Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA

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Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co KGaA provides dialysis care and related dialysis care services in Germany, North America, and internationally. It offers dialysis treatment and related laboratory and diagnostic services through a network of outpatient dialysis clinics; materials, training, and patient support services comprising clinical monitoring, follow-up assistance, and arranging for delivery of the supplies to the patient's residence; and dialysis services under contract to hospitals in the United States for the hospitalized end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients and for patients suffering from acute kidney failure.

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