Kubota Co. (OTCMKTS:KUBTY) Short Interest Update

Kubota Co. (OTCMKTS:KUBTY) was the recipient of a significant decrease in short interest in January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 1,100 shares, a decrease of 90.8% from the December 31st total of 12,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 161,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.0 days.

Kubota Stock Performance

Shares of OTCMKTS:KUBTY traded up $1.95 during trading on Tuesday, hitting $63.50. 50,144 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 76,685. The company has a market cap of $14.66 billion, a PE ratio of 8.81, a P/E/G ratio of 4.03 and a beta of 0.97. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $59.97 and a 200 day moving average of $65.69. Kubota has a 52-week low of $54.19 and a 52-week high of $85.00. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.50, a current ratio of 1.65 and a quick ratio of 1.23.

Kubota (OTCMKTS:KUBTY) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Friday, November 8th. The industrial products company reported $1.37 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Kubota had a return on equity of 9.73% and a net margin of 8.34%. The company had revenue of $4.69 billion for the quarter. As a group, equities research analysts predict that Kubota will post 6.71 EPS for the current year.

Kubota Company Profile

Kubota Corporation manufactures and sells agricultural and construction machinery in Japan, North America, Europe, Asia, and internationally. It operates through three segments: Farm & Machinery, Water & Environment, and Others. The Farm & Machinery segment offers tractors, power tillers, combine harvesters, rice transplanters, turf equipment, utility vehicles, other agricultural machinery, implements, attachments, post-harvest machinery, vegetable production equipment, intermediate management machine, and other equipment; cooperative drying, rice seedling, and gardening facilities; scales, weighing and measuring control systems, and air purifier; engines for farm equipment, construction machinery, industrial machinery, and generators; and mini excavators, wheel and skid steer loaders, compact track loaders, and other construction machinery related products.