RISE Education Cayman (REDU) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of RISE Education Cayman shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of May 31st, traders have sold 196,100 shares of REDU short. 0.35% of RISE Education Cayman's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on RISE Education Cayman'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. 0.35% of RISE Education Cayman's floating shares are currently sold short.

RISE Education Cayman saw a increase in short interest during the month of May. As of May 31st, there was short interest totaling 196,100 shares, an increase of 8.2% from the previous total of 181,300 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.

RISE Education Cayman currently has issued a total of 59,250,000 shares. Some of RISE Education Cayman'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. RISE Education Cayman currently has a public float of 55,980,000 shares.

0.35% of RISE Education Cayman's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the sector of "consumer discretionary" compare to RISE Education Cayman: Bright Scholar Education Holdings Limited (0.02%), Kuke Music Holding Limited (0.03%), 51Talk Online Education Group (0.23%), iHuman Inc. (0.00%), ATA Creativity Global (0.08%), Four Seasons Education (Cayman) Inc. (0.09%), QuantaSing Group Limited (0.22%), American Public Education, Inc. (2.61%), Clover Leaf Capital Corp. (0.01%), Natuzzi S.p.A. (0.01%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.12 billion), Palo Alto Networks, Inc. ($3.85 billion), Lucid Group, Inc. ($2.66 billion), HP Inc. ($2.31 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($2.14 billion), GameStop Corp. ($1.94 billion), T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. ($1.91 billion), Chesapeake Energy Co. ($1.79 billion), Rivian Automotive, Inc. ($1.62 billion), and Carnival Co. & plc ($1.59 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling REDU is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from RISE Education Cayman as its price is falling. REDU shares are trading up $0.05 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 RISE Education Cayman 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 REDU, 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 REDU, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is May, 31 2022.