Ozon (OZON) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Ozon shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of August 15th, traders have sold 19,350,000 shares of OZON short. Learn More on Ozon's current short interest.

Ozon saw a increase in short interest during the month of August. As of August 15th, there was short interest totaling 19,350,000 shares, an increase of 281.7% from the previous total of 5,070,000 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.

Here is how the short interest of companies in the sector of "consumer discretionary" compare to Ozon: Skechers U.S.A., Inc. (3.52%), Birkenstock Holding PLC (19.76%), Planet Fitness, Inc. (8.25%), New Oriental Education & Technology Group, Inc. (3.98%), Bilibili Inc. Sponsored ADR (4.49%), Paramount Global (13.54%), Light & Wonder, Inc. (5.29%), Sirius XM Holdings Inc. (9.49%), Gildan Activewear, Inc. (1.39%), Churchill Downs, Incorporated (3.01%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Occidental Petroleum Corporation ($4.13 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.94 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($2.38 billion), Lucid Group, Inc. ($2.30 billion), T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. ($2.22 billion), Williams-Sonoma, Inc. ($2.02 billion), Plug Power, Inc. ($1.94 billion), Chesapeake Energy Co. ($1.91 billion), Unity Software Inc. ($1.82 billion), and Rivian Automotive, Inc. ($1.74 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling OZON is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Ozon 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 Ozon 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 OZON, 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 OZON, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is August, 15 2022.