SMC Co. (OTCMKTS:SMCAY) Short Interest Update

SMC Co. (OTCMKTS:SMCAY) saw a large growth in short interest during the month of March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totalling 145,600 shares, a growth of 104.8% from the February 28th total of 71,100 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,046,800 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.1 days. Currently, 0.0% of the company’s stock are sold short.

SMC Stock Performance

Shares of OTCMKTS SMCAY opened at $18.68 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $24.41 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 22.78, a PEG ratio of 16.73 and a beta of 0.80. SMC has a fifty-two week low of $17.18 and a fifty-two week high of $29.49. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $18.78 and its 200 day simple moving average is $20.18.

SMC (OTCMKTS:SMCAY) last announced its earnings results on Friday, February 14th. The company reported $0.22 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. SMC had a return on equity of 8.31% and a net margin of 20.52%. The company had revenue of $1.28 billion for the quarter. On average, sell-side analysts predict that SMC will post 0.79 EPS for the current year.

SMC Company Profile

SMC Corporation manufactures, processes, and sells automatic control equipment, sintered filters, and various types of filtration equipment worldwide. The company offers air management system, directional control valves, air cylinders, rotatory actuators/air grippers, electric actuators/cylinders, fitting and tubing, and modular F.R.L./pressure control equipment, as well as vacuum, air preparation, and lubrication equipment.