Omron Corp. (OTCMKTS:OMRNY) Short Interest Up 56.0% in January

Omron Corp. (OTCMKTS:OMRNY) was the recipient of a large increase in short interest during the month of January. As of January 30th, there was short interest totaling 16,138 shares, an increase of 56.0% from the January 15th total of 10,346 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 64,084 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.3 days. Approximately 0.0% of the shares of the stock are short sold. Approximately 0.0% of the shares of the stock are short sold. Based on an average trading volume of 64,084 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.3 days.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Separately, Zacks Research raised shares of Omron from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, January 19th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Hold rating, Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Hold”.

Omron Trading Up 0.1%

Shares of OTCMKTS:OMRNY traded up $0.03 during trading on Monday, hitting $31.20. 69,262 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 53,534. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $26.19 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $26.57. The company has a current ratio of 2.14, a quick ratio of 1.40 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13. The firm has a market cap of $6.43 billion, a P/E ratio of 39.49, a PEG ratio of 0.62 and a beta of 0.98. Omron has a 1-year low of $23.23 and a 1-year high of $32.00.

Omron (OTCMKTS:OMRNY) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 5th. The company reported $0.17 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.36 by ($0.19). The company had revenue of $1.41 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.38 billion. Omron had a return on equity of 2.46% and a net margin of 2.80%.Omron has set its FY 2025 guidance at 0.960-0.960 EPS. Equities analysts predict that Omron will post 0.42 earnings per share for the current year.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Omron

An institutional investor recently raised its position in Omron stock. GAMMA Investing LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Omron Corp. (OTCMKTS:OMRNY) by 50.7% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 2,129 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 716 shares during the quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC’s holdings in Omron were worth $54,000 at the end of the most recent quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 1.09% of the company’s stock.

About Omron

Omron Corporation (OTCMKTS: OMRNY) is a global leader in automation, sensing, and control technologies. The company designs, manufactures, and sells a wide range of products and solutions for industrial, healthcare and social systems applications. Its core business segments include industrial automation—featuring programmable logic controllers, sensors, relays, servo motors and temperature controllers—and healthcare products such as blood pressure monitors, digital thermometers and nebulizers.

Founded in 1933 by Kazuma Tateishi in Kyoto, Japan, Omron began with the development of the first Japanese automatic timer.