Subaru Co. (OTCMKTS:FUJHY) Short Interest Down 13.1% in February

Subaru Co. (OTCMKTS:FUJHY) saw a significant decrease in short interest in the month of February. As of February 15th, there was short interest totalling 116,100 shares, a decrease of 13.1% from the January 31st total of 133,600 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 470,400 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.2 days.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in FUJHY. Beddow Capital Management Inc. boosted its holdings in Subaru by 38.1% during the third quarter. Beddow Capital Management Inc. now owns 116,648 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,012,000 after purchasing an additional 32,205 shares during the last quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC acquired a new stake in Subaru in the fourth quarter valued at $83,000. Great Lakes Advisors LLC lifted its stake in Subaru by 3.6% in the fourth quarter. Great Lakes Advisors LLC now owns 231,753 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,083,000 after acquiring an additional 8,063 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Rhumbline Advisers lifted its stake in Subaru by 12.6% in the fourth quarter. Rhumbline Advisers now owns 17,444 shares of the company’s stock valued at $157,000 after acquiring an additional 1,947 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 0.01% of the company’s stock.

Subaru Stock Performance

Shares of FUJHY opened at $9.52 on Friday. Subaru has a 12 month low of $7.51 and a 12 month high of $11.76. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $8.92 and a 200 day simple moving average of $8.67. The stock has a market capitalization of $13.96 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 5.29, a PEG ratio of 0.25 and a beta of 0.58. The company has a current ratio of 2.63, a quick ratio of 2.08 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13.

Subaru (OTCMKTS:FUJHY) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, February 13th. The company reported $0.69 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.46 by $0.23. Subaru had a net margin of 8.50% and a return on equity of 15.26%. Research analysts forecast that Subaru will post 1.44 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Subaru Company Profile

Subaru Corporation manufactures and sells automobiles and aerospace products in Japan, rest of Asia, North America, Europe, and internationally. It operates through three segments: Automotive, Aerospace, and Others. The company manufactures, sells, and repairs passenger cars and their components, aircrafts, aerospace-related machinery, and related components; and rents and manages real estate properties.