Bright Scholar Education (BEDU) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Bright Scholar Education shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of April 15th, traders have sold 4,000 shares of BEDU short. 0.05% of Bright Scholar Education's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Bright Scholar Education's current short interest.

Companies that have a short interest as a percentage of float below 10% indicates positive investor sentiment and few short sellers. Stocks with a short interest percentage above 10% is considered high, suggesting some investors are pessimistic about the stock. Companies with a short interest percentage of 20% or more indicates widespread negative sentiment. 0.05% of Bright Scholar Education's floating shares are currently sold short.

Bright Scholar Education saw a increase in short interest in the month of April. As of April 15th, there was short interest totaling 4,000 shares, an increase of 122.2% from the previous total of 1,800 shares. Changes in short volume can be used to identify positive and negative investor sentiment. Investors that short sell a stock are betting that its price will decline in the future. An increase in short sale volume suggests bearish (negative) sentiment among investors. A decrease on short sale volume suggests bullish (positive) sentiment.

Bright Scholar Education currently has issued a total of 29,726,000 shares. Some of Bright Scholar Education's outstanding shares are available for trading, while others are subject to various restrictions. The public float, also referred to as floating shares or "the float", are shares that publicly owned, unrestricted and available to trade on the open market. Bright Scholar Education currently has a public float of 7,720,000 shares.

0.05% of Bright Scholar Education's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the sector of "consumer discretionary" compare to Bright Scholar Education: Kuke Music Holding Limited (0.03%), 51Talk Online Education Group (0.23%), iHuman Inc. (0.00%), ATA Creativity Global (0.07%), Four Seasons Education (Cayman) Inc. (0.08%), QuantaSing Group Limited (0.05%), American Public Education, Inc. (3.01%), Clover Leaf Capital Corp. (0.01%), BuzzFeed, Inc. (5.90%), Natuzzi S.p.A. (0.02%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: T-Mobile US, Inc. ($3.70 billion), Occidental Petroleum Co. ($3.52 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.14 billion), General Motors ($2.68 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($2.57 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($2.18 billion), Tractor Supply ($2.10 billion), Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. ($1.91 billion), TC Energy Co. ($1.90 billion), and Williams-Sonoma, Inc. ($1.78 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling BEDU is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Bright Scholar Education as its price is falling. BEDU shares are trading down $0.03 today. To short a stock, an investor borrows shares, sells them and buys the shares back on the public market later to return it to the lender. Short sellers are betting that a stock will decline in price. If the stock does drop after selling, the short seller buys it back at a lower price and returns it to the lender. The difference between the sell price and the buy price is the trader's profit.

A short squeeze for Bright Scholar Education occurs when it has a large amount of short interest and its stock appreciates in price. This forces short sellers to cover their short interest positions by buying actual shares of BEDU, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further.

Short interest is typically published by a stock exchange once per month. However, NASDAQ publishes a report for U.S. stocks, including BEDU, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is April, 15 2024.