HOYA Co. (OTCMKTS:HOCPY) Short Interest Up 2,345.5% in March

HOYA Co. (OTCMKTS:HOCPY) saw a significant increase in short interest in March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totalling 26,900 shares, an increase of 2,345.5% from the February 28th total of 1,100 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 90,700 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.3 days. Currently, 0.0% of the company’s stock are short sold.

HOYA Trading Down 0.5 %

Shares of HOYA stock opened at $116.36 on Friday. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $124.02 and a 200-day simple moving average of $129.84. HOYA has a 12-month low of $108.12 and a 12-month high of $148.27. The company has a current ratio of 5.04, a quick ratio of 4.35 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.02. The stock has a market cap of $40.24 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 29.61, a PEG ratio of 2.38 and a beta of 0.83.

HOYA (OTCMKTS:HOCPY) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 6th. The technology company reported $0.95 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.01 by $0.94. HOYA had a return on equity of 21.34% and a net margin of 24.17%. On average, equities analysts forecast that HOYA will post 3.66 EPS for the current fiscal year.

About HOYA

HOYA Corporation, a med-tech company, provides high-tech and medical products worldwide. It operates through three segments: Life Care, Telecommunication, and Other. The company offers life care products, including eyeglass and contact lenses; medical endoscopes; intraocular lenses; laparoscopic surgical instruments; automatic endoscope cleaning equipment; and other medical related products, such as prosthetic ceramic fillers and metallic implants for orthopedics.