Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China (PNGAY) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of April 30th, investors have sold 280,100 shares of PNGAY short. Learn More on Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China's current short interest.

Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China saw a drop in short interest in the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 280,100 shares, a drop of 22.2% from the previous total of 359,900 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.

Here is how the short interest of companies in the sector of "finance" compare to Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China: Hannover Rück SE (0.00%), ICICI Bank Limited (0.83%), AIA Group Limited (0.01%), KKR & Co. Inc. (0.86%), The Toronto-Dominion Bank (0.53%), Blackstone Inc. (3.06%), BNP Paribas SA (0.00%), Prologis, Inc. (1.14%), Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. (0.81%), American Tower Co. (1.01%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: T-Mobile US, Inc. ($3.98 billion), Occidental Petroleum Co. ($3.35 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.06 billion), General Motors ($2.88 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($2.32 billion), Tractor Supply ($2.27 billion), Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. ($2.22 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($2.18 billion), Williams-Sonoma, Inc. ($1.95 billion), and Chesapeake Energy Co. ($1.52 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling PNGAY is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China as its price is falling. PNGAY shares are trading up $0.04 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 Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China 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 PNGAY, 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 PNGAY, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is April, 30 2024.