Seiko Epson Co. (OTCMKTS:SEKEY) Short Interest Update

Seiko Epson Co. (OTCMKTS:SEKEY - Get Rating) was the recipient of a significant growth in short interest in the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totalling 44,600 shares, a growth of 100.9% from the April 30th total of 22,200 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 21,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.1 days.

OTCMKTS:SEKEY traded down $0.03 during trading hours on Friday, reaching $7.63. The company had a trading volume of 6,817 shares, compared to its average volume of 37,573. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $7.35 and a two-hundred day moving average of $7.27. Seiko Epson has a one year low of $6.61 and a one year high of $8.73. The firm has a market capitalization of $5.87 billion, a PE ratio of 8.97 and a beta of 0.97. The company has a quick ratio of 1.30, a current ratio of 2.32 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.27.

Seiko Epson (OTCMKTS:SEKEY - Get Rating) last announced its earnings results on Friday, April 28th. The company reported $0.15 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.02 by $0.13. The company had revenue of $2.47 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.41 billion. Seiko Epson had a return on equity of 10.79% and a net margin of 5.64%. Analysts forecast that Seiko Epson will post 0.7 earnings per share for the current year.

Seiko Epson Corp. engages in the development, manufacture, and sale of information equipment. It operates through the following business segments: Printing Solutions, Visual Communications, and Wearable & Industrial Products. The Printing Solutions segment offers Inkjet printers, serial impact dot matrix printers, page printers, color image scanners, large-format inkjet printers, industrial inkjet printing systems, printers for use in POS systems, label printers and related consumables, office papermaking systems, personal computers and others.

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