Atlas Copco AB (OTCMKTS:ATLKY) Sees Significant Increase in Short Interest

Atlas Copco AB (OTCMKTS:ATLKY) saw a large increase in short interest in December. As of December 15th, there was short interest totalling 16,200 shares, an increase of 1,520.0% from the November 30th total of 1,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 302,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.1 days.

Atlas Copco Stock Down 0.2 %

OTCMKTS ATLKY opened at $15.44 on Friday. Atlas Copco has a one year low of $15.00 and a one year high of $20.03. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.30, a quick ratio of 1.08 and a current ratio of 1.56. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $16.16 and a 200 day moving average price of $17.44. The company has a market cap of $75.27 billion, a P/E ratio of 27.57, a P/E/G ratio of 4.57 and a beta of 1.16.

Atlas Copco (OTCMKTS:ATLKY) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October 23rd. The industrial products company reported $0.14 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.15 by ($0.01). Atlas Copco had a net margin of 16.37% and a return on equity of 29.00%. The business had revenue of $4.14 billion for the quarter. Research analysts anticipate that Atlas Copco will post 0.55 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Atlas Copco Company Profile

Atlas Copco AB provides compressed air and gas, vacuum, energy, dewatering and industrial pump, industrial power tool, and assembly and machine vision solutions in North America, South America, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and Oceania. It operates through Compressor Technique, Vacuum Technique, Industrial Technique, and Power Technique segments.