Japan Steel Works (OTCMKTS:JPSWY) Shares Down 5.2% – Should You Sell?

The Japan Steel Works, Ltd. (OTCMKTS:JPSWY) was down 5.2% on Thursday . The stock traded as low as $30.3550 and last traded at $30.3550. Approximately 5 shares were traded during trading, a decline of 97% from the average daily volume of 175 shares. The stock had previously closed at $32.02.

Japan Steel Works Price Performance

The company has a current ratio of 2.18, a quick ratio of 1.16 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.22. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $28.23 and a 200-day simple moving average of $30.35. The stock has a market cap of $4.29 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 28.82 and a beta of 0.29.

Japan Steel Works (OTCMKTS:JPSWY) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Monday, November 10th. The company reported $0.20 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.19 by $0.01. Japan Steel Works had a return on equity of 10.37% and a net margin of 7.97%.The company had revenue of $444.78 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $428.31 million. As a group, equities research analysts expect that The Japan Steel Works, Ltd. will post 0.81 EPS for the current year.

About Japan Steel Works

The Japan Steel Works, Ltd. engages in the provision of industrial machinery products, and material and engineering business in Japan and internationally. It operates through Industrial Machinery Products Business, and Material and Engineering Business segments. The Industrial Machinery Products Business segment offers plastic production and processing machinery, such as pelletizers, film and sheet manufacturing equipment, and twin-screw extruders; molding machines including plastic injection molding, magnesium injection molding, and blow molding machines; and other machinery consists of excimer laser annealing systems, defense equipment, railway products, hot press devices, vacuum laminators, and deposit systems, as well as after-sales services for plastics, mobility, high-performance batteries, electronic devices, and defense applications.