KDDI Co. (OTCMKTS:KDDIY) Short Interest Up 754.0% in January

KDDI Co. (OTCMKTS:KDDIY) saw a large increase in short interest in January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 150,300 shares, an increase of 754.0% from the January 15th total of 17,600 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 555,900 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.3 days.

KDDI Stock Down 1.2 %

KDDIY stock opened at $16.02 on Thursday. KDDI has a twelve month low of $12.80 and a twelve month high of $17.64. The company has a quick ratio of 0.62, a current ratio of 0.65 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.40. The firm has a market cap of $70.23 billion, a PE ratio of 16.25 and a beta of 0.08. The business has a 50 day moving average of $15.98 and a 200 day moving average of $16.04.

KDDI (OTCMKTS:KDDIY) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 5th. The company reported $0.30 earnings per share for the quarter. KDDI had a return on equity of 10.87% and a net margin of 10.71%. On average, research analysts forecast that KDDI will post 1.11 EPS for the current fiscal year.

KDDI Company Profile

KDDI Corporation provides telecommunications services in Japan and internationally. It operates in two segments, Personal Services and Business Services. The Personal Services segment offers telecommunication services and other services such as finance, energy, and LX through its multi-brands au, UQ mobile, and povo.