Tosoh Co. (OTCMKTS:TOSCF) Sees Significant Growth in Short Interest

Tosoh Co. (OTCMKTS:TOSCF) was the target of a large growth in short interest in the month of February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totalling 219,900 shares, a growth of 39.5% from the February 13th total of 157,600 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 100 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2,199.0 days. Approximately 0.1% of the company’s stock are short sold.

Tosoh Stock Performance

OTCMKTS TOSCF remained flat at $13.55 during trading on Friday. The company has a current ratio of 2.09, a quick ratio of 1.43 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04. The firm has a market cap of $4.31 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 10.11 and a beta of 0.15. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $13.55 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $12.88. Tosoh has a 1 year low of $12.90 and a 1 year high of $13.55.

Tosoh (OTCMKTS:TOSCF) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, February 6th. The company reported $0.49 EPS for the quarter. Tosoh had a net margin of 6.10% and a return on equity of 7.39%.

About Tosoh

Tosoh Corporation manufactures and sells basic chemicals, petrochemicals, specialty products, and fine chemicals worldwide. It operates through four segments: Petrochemical, Chlor-Alkali, Specialty, and Engineering. The company provides advance materials, including battery, fabricated quartzware, silica glass, thin film depositions, zeolites for catalysts and molecular sieves, zirconia injection mold components and compounds, zirconia grinding and dispersion media, and zirconia fine beads and powders.