Obayashi Co. (OTCMKTS:OBYCF) Sees Large Increase in Short Interest

Obayashi Co. (OTCMKTS:OBYCF) was the target of a large increase in short interest in December. As of December 15th, there was short interest totalling 1,120,000 shares, an increase of 29.3% from the November 30th total of 866,200 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 100 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 11,200.0 days.

Obayashi Price Performance

Obayashi stock opened at $13.20 on Tuesday. Obayashi has a fifty-two week low of $13.09 and a fifty-two week high of $14.00. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.23, a current ratio of 1.20 and a quick ratio of 1.16. The firm has a market cap of $9.47 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.19 and a beta of 0.32. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $12.58 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $11.78.

Obayashi Company Profile

Obayashi Corporation engages in the construction business in Japan, North America, Asia, the Middle East, Europe, and Oceania. The company constructs buildings, including offices, condominiums, commercial facilities, factories, hospitals, and schools; and civil engineering projects, such as tunnels, bridges, dams, river works, urban civil engineering structures, railroads, and expressways.