Japan Tobacco Inc. (OTCMKTS:JAPAY) Short Interest Update

Japan Tobacco Inc. (OTCMKTS:JAPAY – Get Rating) saw a significant decrease in short interest during the month of February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totalling 49,100 shares, a decrease of 5.6% from the February 13th total of 52,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 137,100 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.4 days.

Japan Tobacco Trading Up 0.7 %

Shares of Japan Tobacco stock opened at $10.26 on Friday. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $10.10 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $9.49. The company has a market cap of $36.41 billion, a P/E ratio of 11.53 and a beta of 0.39. Japan Tobacco has a fifty-two week low of $7.85 and a fifty-two week high of $10.74. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.20, a quick ratio of 1.31 and a current ratio of 1.78.

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Japan Tobacco, Inc engages in the manufacture and sale of tobacco, pharmaceutical and processed food products. It operates through the following divisions: Japanese Domestic Tobacco, International Tobacco, Pharmaceutical, and Processed Food. The Japanese Domestic segment deals with the production and sale of tobacco products in domestic areas.