Fanuc Co. (OTCMKTS:FANUY) Short Interest Down 49.2% in February

Fanuc Co. (OTCMKTS:FANUY) was the recipient of a significant drop in short interest in the month of February. As of February 15th, there was short interest totalling 103,200 shares, a drop of 49.2% from the January 31st total of 203,300 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 665,700 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.2 days.

Fanuc Stock Performance

Shares of FANUY traded down $0.28 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $14.40. 231,514 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 476,008. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $14.13 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $13.79. The firm has a market capitalization of $28.67 billion, a PE ratio of 29.39, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.62 and a beta of 0.85. Fanuc has a 1-year low of $12.46 and a 1-year high of $15.50.

Fanuc (OTCMKTS:FANUY) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Monday, January 27th. The industrial products company reported $0.12 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.11 by $0.01. Fanuc had a net margin of 17.59% and a return on equity of 7.98%. As a group, equities research analysts forecast that Fanuc will post 0.46 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Fanuc Company Profile

Fanuc Corporation provides factory automation products in Japan, the Americas, Europe, China, the rest of Asia, and internationally. The company offers CNC series products, servo motors, lasers, robots, compact machining centers, electric injection molding machines, wire electrical discharge machines, and ultra-precision machines.