Tosoh Co. (OTCMKTS:TOSCF) Sees Large Increase 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 15th, there was short interest totalling 157,600 shares, a growth of 78.7% from the January 31st total of 88,200 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 0 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently ? days.

Tosoh Stock Performance

Shares of OTCMKTS:TOSCF opened at $13.55 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $4.31 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 10.11 and a beta of 0.15. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $13.42 and its 200 day simple moving average is $12.84. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04, a current ratio of 2.09 and a quick ratio of 1.43. Tosoh has a fifty-two week low of $12.90 and a fifty-two week high of $13.55.

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

Tosoh Company Profile

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.