BIO-key International, Inc. (NASDAQ:BKYI) Short Interest Update

BIO-key International, Inc. (NASDAQ:BKYI) saw a significant increase in short interest during the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totalling 15,300 shares, an increase of 56.1% from the August 15th total of 9,800 shares. Approximately 0.9% of the shares of the company are sold short. Based on an average trading volume of 2,500,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.0 days.

BIO-key International Price Performance

BKYI traded down $0.20 during trading on Friday, hitting $1.50. 603,431 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 1,090,717. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $1.49 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $1.69. BIO-key International has a 1 year low of $1.00 and a 1 year high of $10.58. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.28, a quick ratio of 0.46 and a current ratio of 0.54.

BIO-key International (NASDAQ:BKYI) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August 14th. The technology company reported ($1.00) earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.54) by ($0.46). BIO-key International had a negative return on equity of 673.82% and a negative net margin of 93.18%. The business had revenue of $1.14 million during the quarter.

About BIO-key International

BIO-key International, Inc develops and markets fingerprint identification biometric technology and software solutions, and enterprise-ready identity access management solutions for commercial, government, and education customers in the United States and internationally. The company offers BIO-key PortalGuard and PortalGuard IDaaS solutions, a customer-controlled and neutral-by-design cloud-based identity platform that allows customers to integrate with any cloud or on-premises SaaS application, as well as windows device authentication through IAM platform.