Kyocera Co. (OTCMKTS:KYOCY) Short Interest Up 426.3% in December

Kyocera Co. (OTCMKTS:KYOCY) saw a significant increase in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 50,000 shares, an increase of 426.3% from the December 15th total of 9,500 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 293,100 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.2 days.

Kyocera Trading Up 3.4 %

OTCMKTS KYOCY traded up $0.33 on Tuesday, reaching $10.18. The stock had a trading volume of 300,517 shares, compared to its average volume of 142,697. Kyocera has a 12-month low of $9.21 and a 12-month high of $15.63. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $9.89 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $11.05. The firm has a market capitalization of $14.34 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 18.16, a P/E/G ratio of 2.05 and a beta of 0.28. The company has a quick ratio of 1.91, a current ratio of 3.13 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.06.

About Kyocera

Kyocera Corporation develops, produces, and distributes products based on fine ceramic technologies in Japan, rest of Asia, Europe, the United States, and internationally. It operates through Core Components Business, Electronic Components Business, and Solutions Business segments. The Core Components Business segment offers components, such as fine ceramic components for semiconductor processing equipment, automotive camera modules, and ceramic packages, as well as organic packages and boards to protect electronic components and ICs to industrial machinery, automotive-related, and the information and communication-related markets; optical components, and jewelry and applied ceramic related products; and medical devices comprising prosthetic joints and dental implants.