Japan Steel Works (OTCMKTS:JPSWY) Trading Down 12.9% – What’s Next?

The Japan Steel Works, Ltd. (OTCMKTS:JPSWY) shares were down 12.9% on Tuesday . The company traded as low as $26.85 and last traded at $26.85. Approximately 25 shares were traded during trading, a decline of 91% from the average daily volume of 280 shares. The stock had previously closed at $30.8250.

Japan Steel Works Stock Down 12.9%

The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.22, a quick ratio of 1.16 and a current ratio of 2.18. The stock has a market cap of $3.95 billion, a P/E ratio of 28.87 and a beta of 0.28. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $28.20 and its 200-day simple moving average is $30.40.

Japan Steel Works (OTCMKTS:JPSWY) last released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, February 9th. The company reported $0.17 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.19 by ($0.02). The business had revenue of $417.46 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $486.28 million. Japan Steel Works had a net margin of 7.41% and a return on equity of 8.80%. As a group, research analysts forecast that The Japan Steel Works, Ltd. will post 0.81 earnings per share for the current fiscal 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.