Yatra Online Short Interest Ratio and Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Yatra Online shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of February 12th, investors have sold 89,200 shares of YTRA short.

Yatra Online saw a increase in short interest in February. As of February 12th, there was short interest totaling 89,200 shares, an increase of 3.6% from the previous total of 86,100 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.

0.00% of Yatra Online's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "transportation services" compare to Yatra Online: Booking Holdings Inc. (1.99%), DSV Panalpina A/S (0.00%), Expedia Group, Inc. (9.35%), XPO Logistics, Inc. (4.35%), Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. (15.88%), MakeMyTrip Limited (3.34%), GATX Co. (11.44%), Verra Mobility Co. (4.99%), National Express Group PLC (0.00%), and ModivCare Inc. (3.12%).

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: ViacomCBS Inc. ($6.50 billion), Aon Plc ($5.58 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($5.30 billion), Analog Devices, Inc. ($4.97 billion), Snap Inc. ($3.80 billion), Futu Holdings Limited ($2.84 billion), Airbnb, Inc. ($2.40 billion), Discovery, Inc. ($2.35 billion), Snowflake Inc. ($2.07 billion), and The Kroger Co. ($2.00 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling YTRA is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Yatra Online as its price is falling. Yatra Online's stock is trading down $0.07 today. To short Yatra Online 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 Yatra Online 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 Yatra Online 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 YTRA, 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 YTRA, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is February, 12 2021.