Atlas Copco AB (OTCMKTS:ATLKY) Short Interest Up 1,520.0% in December

Atlas Copco AB (OTCMKTS:ATLKY) saw a significant growth in short interest during the month of December. As of December 15th, there was short interest totalling 16,200 shares, a growth of 1,520.0% from the November 30th total of 1,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 302,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.1 days.

Atlas Copco Trading Down 0.1 %

Shares of ATLKY stock traded down $0.01 during trading hours on Thursday, hitting $15.35. 145,041 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 304,857. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.30, a quick ratio of 1.08 and a current ratio of 1.56. Atlas Copco has a fifty-two week low of $15.00 and a fifty-two week high of $20.03. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $16.25 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $17.48. The firm has a market cap of $74.84 billion, a P/E ratio of 27.42, a P/E/G ratio of 4.57 and a beta of 1.16.

Atlas Copco (OTCMKTS:ATLKY) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October 23rd. The industrial products company reported $0.14 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.15 by ($0.01). Atlas Copco had a return on equity of 29.00% and a net margin of 16.37%. The company had revenue of $4.14 billion for the quarter. Equities analysts anticipate 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.