Kubota Co. (OTCMKTS:KUBTY) Sees Significant Decline in Short Interest

Kubota Co. (OTCMKTS:KUBTY) saw a significant decline in short interest in March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totalling 5,600 shares, a decline of 67.6% from the March 15th total of 17,300 shares. Approximately 0.0% of the shares of the stock are short sold. Based on an average trading volume of 39,600 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.1 days.

Kubota Stock Performance

Shares of OTCMKTS KUBTY traded down $0.87 during trading on Tuesday, reaching $56.81. 41,004 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 49,749. The stock has a market capitalization of $13.12 billion, a PE ratio of 8.70, a P/E/G ratio of 5.29 and a beta of 0.95. The company has a quick ratio of 1.23, a current ratio of 1.65 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.50. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $61.61 and a 200-day simple moving average of $62.37. Kubota has a 52-week low of $51.65 and a 52-week high of $83.00.

Kubota (OTCMKTS:KUBTY) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 13th. The industrial products company reported $0.94 earnings per share for the quarter. Kubota had a return on equity of 8.73% and a net margin of 7.63%. The firm had revenue of $4.85 billion during the quarter. Equities research analysts anticipate that Kubota will post 5.57 earnings per share for the current year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Separately, The Goldman Sachs Group raised shares of Kubota from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Tuesday, February 4th.

About Kubota

Kubota Corporation manufactures and sells agricultural and construction machinery in Japan, North America, Europe, Asia, and internationally. It operates through three segments: Farm & Machinery, Water & Environment, and Others. The Farm & Machinery segment offers tractors, power tillers, combine harvesters, rice transplanters, turf equipment, utility vehicles, other agricultural machinery, implements, attachments, post-harvest machinery, vegetable production equipment, intermediate management machine, and other equipment; cooperative drying, rice seedling, and gardening facilities; scales, weighing and measuring control systems, and air purifier; engines for farm equipment, construction machinery, industrial machinery, and generators; and mini excavators, wheel and skid steer loaders, compact track loaders, and other construction machinery related products.