Avon Products (AVP) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Avon Products shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of December 13th, investors have sold 18,100,000 shares of AVP short. 4.17% of Avon Products' shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Avon Products' 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. AVP shares currently have a short interest ratio of 3.0. Learn More on Avon Products's short interest ratio.

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. 4.17% of Avon Products' floating shares are currently sold short.

Avon Products saw a increase in short interest in the month of December. As of December 13th, there was short interest totaling 18,100,000 shares, an increase of 40.7% from the previous total of 12,860,000 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.

Avon Products currently has issued a total of 443,525,000 shares. Some of Avon Products' 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. Avon Products currently has a public float of 434,480,000 shares.

4.17% of Avon Products' shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the sector of "consumer staples" compare to Avon Products: Inter Parfums, Inc. (2.09%), Edgewell Personal Care Co (4.38%), Olaplex Holdings, Inc. (6.33%), e.l.f. Beauty, Inc. (4.95%), Coty Inc. (5.79%), Vestis Co. (2.88%), Utz Brands, Inc. (9.62%), Krispy Kreme, Inc. (17.70%), J&J Snack Foods Corp. (4.50%), Helen of Troy Limited (14.38%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: The Medicines Company ($2.12 billion), Genesee & Wyoming Inc ($433.11 million), Clovis Oncology ($306.74 million), Neogen Co. ($179.22 million), Jagged Peak Energy Inc ($168.19 million), Perdoceo Education Co. ($96.30 million), Arbor Realty Trust, Inc. ($89.67 million), Carbonite Inc ($65.84 million), Overstock.com, Inc. ($58.63 million), and Abeona Therapeutics Inc ($14.62 million). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling AVP is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Avon Products 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 Avon Products 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 AVP, 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 AVP, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is December, 13 2019.