Change Healthcare (CHNG) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Change Healthcare shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of September 15th, investors have sold 14,390,000 shares of CHNG short. 5.44% of Change Healthcare's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Change Healthcare's current short interest.

The short interest ratio, also known as the "days to cover ratio", is calculated by dividing the number of shares of a stock sold short divided by its average trading volume. A short interest ratio ranging between 1 and 4 generally indicates strong positive sentiment about a stock and a lack of short sellers. A short interest ratio of 10 or greater indicates strong pessimism about a stock. CHNG shares currently have a short interest ratio of 4.0. Learn More on Change Healthcare's short interest ratio.

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. 5.44% of Change Healthcare's floating shares are currently sold short.

Change Healthcare saw a increase in short interest in the month of September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 14,390,000 shares, an increase of 9.3% from the previous total of 13,170,000 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.

Change Healthcare currently has issued a total of 328,309,000 shares. Some of Change Healthcare'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. Change Healthcare currently has a public float of 264,400,000 shares.

5.44% of Change Healthcare's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies compare to Change Healthcare: Globant S.A. (2.07%), DXC Technology (8.64%), Chindata Group Holdings Limited (4.54%), GoodRx Holdings, Inc. (12.64%), Roivant Sciences Ltd. (8.18%), Chemed Co. (2.96%), Henry Schein, Inc. (4.14%), Legend Biotech Co. (6.04%), Qiagen (1.34%), Repligen Co. (8.85%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Occidental Petroleum Co. ($4.11 billion), Canadian Natural Resources Limited ($3.64 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.15 billion), Lucid Group, Inc. ($2.09 billion), Chesapeake Energy Co. ($2.02 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($2.01 billion), T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. ($1.92 billion), Plug Power Inc. ($1.77 billion), Rivian Automotive, Inc. ($1.71 billion), and Williams-Sonoma, Inc. ($1.59 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling CHNG is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Change Healthcare as its price is falling. 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 Change Healthcare occurs when it has a large amount of short interest and its stock increases in price. This forces short sellers to cover their short interest positions by buying actual shares of CHNG, 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 CHNG, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is September, 15 2022.