Atlas Copco AB (OTCMKTS:ATLKY) Short Interest Update

Atlas Copco AB (OTCMKTS:ATLKY) was the recipient of a significant growth in short interest in the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 106,300 shares, a growth of 556.2% from the December 31st total of 16,200 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 448,500 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.2 days.

Atlas Copco Stock Performance

OTCMKTS:ATLKY opened at $16.47 on Thursday. The company’s 50-day moving average is $15.99 and its two-hundred day moving average is $16.99. Atlas Copco has a 1-year low of $15.00 and a 1-year high of $20.03. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.30, a current ratio of 1.56 and a quick ratio of 1.08. The firm has a market capitalization of $80.29 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 29.41, a PEG ratio of 4.55 and a beta of 1.16.

Atlas Copco (OTCMKTS:ATLKY) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, January 28th. The industrial products company reported $0.15 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.14 by $0.01. Atlas Copco had a return on equity of 29.00% and a net margin of 16.37%. Analysts forecast that Atlas Copco will post 0.55 EPS for the current year.

Atlas Copco Company Profile

Atlas Copco AB provides compressed air and gas, vacuum, energy, dewatering and industrial pump, industrial power tool, and assembly and machine vision solutions in North America, South America, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and Oceania. It operates through Compressor Technique, Vacuum Technique, Industrial Technique, and Power Technique segments.