Sysmex Co. (OTCMKTS:SSMXY) Short Interest Down 79.7% in February

Sysmex Co. (OTCMKTS:SSMXY) was the recipient of a large drop in short interest during the month of February. As of February 15th, there was short interest totalling 4,000 shares, a drop of 79.7% from the January 31st total of 19,700 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 113,800 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.0 days.

Sysmex Trading Down 1.8 %

Shares of SSMXY stock traded down $0.34 on Friday, reaching $18.05. 49,931 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 74,953. The stock has a market capitalization of $11.36 billion, a PE ratio of 35.74 and a beta of 0.90. The company has a current ratio of 3.19, a quick ratio of 2.42 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.11. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $18.49 and its 200 day simple moving average is $19.12. Sysmex has a 52 week low of $14.38 and a 52 week high of $28.58.

Sysmex (OTCMKTS:SSMXY) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 12th. The company reported $0.17 earnings per share for the quarter. As a group, analysts forecast that Sysmex will post 0.57 EPS for the current year.

About Sysmex

Sysmex Corporation engages in the development, manufacture, and sale of diagnostic instruments, reagents, and related software in Japan. It offers three-part and five-part white blood cell differentiation instruments for use in hematology; and transport systems for high-volume testing in labs. The company also provides automated urine particle analyzers; automated blood coagulation analyzers; automated immunochemistry systems, which perform assays on minute sample quantities, as well as reagents to test for infectious disease and tumor markers; and flow cytometers to perform analysis in diagnosing leukemia, malignant lymphoma, and HIV/AIDS.