Ruhnn (RUHN) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Ruhnn shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of January 29th, traders have sold 700 shares of RUHN short. Learn More on Ruhnn's current short interest.

Ruhnn saw a drop in short interest in January. As of January 29th, there was short interest totaling 700 shares, a drop of 86.8% from the previous total of 5,300 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.

Here is how the short interest of companies compare to Ruhnn: MYT Netherlands Parent B.V. (0.75%), Betterware de México, S.A.P.I. de C.V. (0.56%), Onion Global Limited (0.00%), Healthcare Services Group, Inc. (2.39%), Youdao, Inc. Unsponsored ADR (1.20%), Yext (2.36%), Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc. (1.60%), Select Water Solutions, Inc. (3.25%), Montrose Environmental Group, Inc. (10.49%), Red Cat Holdings, Inc. (20.48%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: GameStop Corp. ($6.96 billion), DuPont de Nemours, Inc. ($5.44 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($5.39 billion), Aon plc ($4.87 billion), Analog Devices, Inc. ($4.45 billion), Snap Inc. ($3.29 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($3.19 billion), The Clorox Company ($2.24 billion), Palantir Technologies Inc. ($2.18 billion), and Snowflake Inc. ($2.17 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling RUHN is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Ruhnn 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 Ruhnn 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 RUHN, 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 RUHN, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is January, 29 2021.