HOYA Co. (OTCMKTS:HOCPY) Sees Large Decrease in Short Interest

HOYA Co. (OTCMKTS:HOCPY) saw a large drop in short interest during the month of March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totalling 4,100 shares, a drop of 84.8% from the March 15th total of 26,900 shares. Currently, 0.0% of the company’s shares are short sold. Based on an average daily volume of 71,200 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.1 days.

HOYA Trading Up 3.2 %

OTCMKTS:HOCPY traded up $3.35 during trading hours on Monday, reaching $107.36. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 105,767 shares, compared to its average volume of 40,250. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $116.60 and a 200-day simple moving average of $127.00. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.02, a quick ratio of 4.35 and a current ratio of 5.04. HOYA has a 1 year low of $97.49 and a 1 year high of $148.27. The firm has a market capitalization of $37.13 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 27.32, a PEG ratio of 2.38 and a beta of 0.90.

HOYA (OTCMKTS:HOCPY) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 6th. The technology company reported $0.95 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.01 by $0.94. HOYA had a return on equity of 21.34% and a net margin of 24.17%. Research analysts expect that HOYA will post 3.66 EPS for the current fiscal year.

HOYA Company Profile

HOYA Corporation, a med-tech company, provides high-tech and medical products worldwide. It operates through three segments: Life Care, Telecommunication, and Other. The company offers life care products, including eyeglass and contact lenses; medical endoscopes; intraocular lenses; laparoscopic surgical instruments; automatic endoscope cleaning equipment; and other medical related products, such as prosthetic ceramic fillers and metallic implants for orthopedics.