Kraft Heinz - KHC Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Kraft Heinz shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of March 15th, investors have sold 15,620,000 shares of KHC short. 1.41% of Kraft Heinz's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Kraft Heinz'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. KHC shares currently have a short interest ratio of 2.0. Learn More on Kraft Heinz's short interest ratio.

As of the most recent reporting period, the following institutional investors, funds, and major shareholders have reported short positions of Kraft Heinz: Parallax Volatility Advisers L.P., Portman Square Capital LLP, Point72 Middle East FZE, Jane Street Group LLC, Squarepoint Ops LLC, Millennium Management LLC, Marathon Trading Investment Management LLC, Maven Securities LTD, Centiva Capital LP, Point72 Hong Kong Ltd, Susquehanna International Group LLP, Clear Street Markets LLC, Barclays PLC, Capital Fund Management S.A., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Bank of America Corp DE, Capstone Investment Advisors LLC, BTG Pactual Global Asset Management Ltd, Group One Trading L.P., IMC Chicago LLC, Citigroup Inc., UBS Group AG, Cutler Group LLC CA, Simplex Trading LLC, and Concourse Financial Group Securities Inc.. These positions are disclosed in Form 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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. 1.41% of Kraft Heinz's floating shares are currently sold short.

Kraft Heinz saw a decline in short interest in March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totaling 15,620,000 shares, a decline of 11.0% from the previous total of 17,550,000 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.

Kraft Heinz currently has issued a total of 1,227,000,000 shares. Some of Kraft Heinz'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. Kraft Heinz currently has a public float of 1,110,000,000 shares.

1.41% of Kraft Heinz's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the sector of "consumer staples" compare to Kraft Heinz: Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. (1.81%), Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. (1.20%), Ambev S.A. (0.12%), Kimberly-Clark Co. (2.31%), General Mills, Inc. (2.11%), The Hershey Company (1.49%), Archer-Daniels-Midland Company (1.16%), Corteva, Inc. (0.84%), Constellation Brands, Inc. (1.36%), and Sysco Co. (2.53%).

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Canadian Natural Resources Limited ($3.66 billion), Occidental Petroleum Co. ($2.62 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($2.38 billion), T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. ($2.13 billion), Verisk Analytics, Inc. ($2.08 billion), Snowflake Inc. ($1.95 billion), Paramount Global ($1.78 billion), Etsy, Inc. ($1.60 billion), Teck Resources Limited ($1.51 billion), and Voya Financial, Inc. ($1.49 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling KHC is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Kraft Heinz as its price is falling. KHC shares are trading up $0.17 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 Kraft Heinz 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 KHC, 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 KHC, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is March, 15 2023.