Credit Suisse Group (CS) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Credit Suisse Group shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of May 31st, traders have sold 32,890,000 shares of CS short. Learn More on Credit Suisse Group's 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. CS shares currently have a short interest ratio of 1.0. Learn More on Credit Suisse Group's short interest ratio.

Credit Suisse Group saw a decrease in short interest in May. As of May 31st, there was short interest totaling 32,890,000 shares, a decrease of 5.0% from the previous total of 34,630,000 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 "finance" compare to Credit Suisse Group: Virtu Financial, Inc. (1.45%), Piper Sandler Companies (1.30%), Freedom Holding Corp. (2.77%), Navient Co. (7.19%), WisdomTree, Inc. (9.24%), Associated Capital Group, Inc. (0.37%), MarketAxess Holdings Inc. (3.14%), Jefferies Financial Group Inc. (1.19%), SEI Investments (2.02%), Medical Properties Trust, Inc. (35.20%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: T-Mobile US, Inc. ($4.00 billion), Suncor Energy Inc. ($2.98 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($2.88 billion), Occidental Petroleum Co. ($2.79 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($2.39 billion), Snowflake Inc. ($2.38 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($2.22 billion), Palantir Technologies Inc. ($2.18 billion), T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. ($2.03 billion), and Verisk Analytics, Inc. ($2.02 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling CS is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Credit Suisse Group 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 Credit Suisse Group 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 CS, 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 CS, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is May, 31 2023.