Atlas Copco AB (OTCMKTS:ATLKY) Short Interest Update

Atlas Copco AB (OTCMKTS:ATLKY) saw a large increase in short interest during the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 106,300 shares, an increase of 556.2% from the December 15th total of 16,200 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 448,500 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.2 days.

Atlas Copco Stock Down 1.1 %

Shares of Atlas Copco stock opened at $15.58 on Tuesday. Atlas Copco has a 52-week low of $15.00 and a 52-week high of $20.03. The company has a 50 day moving average of $15.89 and a 200 day moving average of $17.13. The company has a market capitalization of $75.95 billion, a P/E ratio of 27.82, a P/E/G ratio of 4.57 and a beta of 1.16. The company has a quick ratio of 1.08, a current ratio of 1.56 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.30.

Atlas Copco (OTCMKTS:ATLKY) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October 23rd. The industrial products company reported $0.14 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.15 by ($0.01). The company had revenue of $4.14 billion for the quarter. Atlas Copco had a return on equity of 29.00% and a net margin of 16.37%. As a group, research analysts forecast 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.