Sumco Co. (OTCMKTS:SUOPY) Short Interest Up 150.0% in December

Sumco Co. (OTCMKTS:SUOPY) saw a large growth in short interest in December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 3,500 shares, a growth of 150.0% from the December 15th total of 1,400 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 9,700 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.4 days.

Sumco Stock Performance

Shares of OTCMKTS:SUOPY traded up $0.05 during trading on Thursday, hitting $14.30. The stock had a trading volume of 293 shares, compared to its average volume of 18,117. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $15.87 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $21.30. The stock has a market capitalization of $2.50 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 17.87 and a beta of 1.01. Sumco has a 12-month low of $13.97 and a 12-month high of $34.84. The company has a quick ratio of 1.20, a current ratio of 2.51 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.45.

Sumco Company Profile

Sumco Corporation manufactures and sells silicon wafers for the semiconductor industry in Japan, the United States, China, Taiwan, Korea, and internationally. It provides monocrystalline ingots, as well as polished, annealed, epitaxial, junction isolated, silicon-on-insulator, and reclaimed polished wafers.