Kansas City Southern (KSU) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Kansas City Southern shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of November 30th, traders have sold 3,740,000 shares of KSU short. 4.12% of Kansas City Southern's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Kansas City Southern'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. KSU shares currently have a short interest ratio of 4.0. Learn More on Kansas City Southern'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. 4.12% of Kansas City Southern's floating shares are currently sold short.

Kansas City Southern saw a increase in short interest during the month of November. As of November 30th, there was short interest totaling 3,740,000 shares, an increase of 26.4% from the previous total of 2,960,000 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.

Kansas City Southern currently has issued a total of 90,980,000 shares. Some of Kansas City Southern'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. Kansas City Southern currently has a public float of 90,720,000 shares.

4.12% of Kansas City Southern's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the sector of "transportation" compare to Kansas City Southern: Norfolk Southern Corporation (1.39%), Union Pacific Corporation (1.12%), United Parcel Service, Inc. (1.94%), Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited (1.11%), Canadian National Railway Company (0.90%), CSX Corporation (1.58%), FedEx Corporation (1.77%), Wabtec (1.23%), Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. (5.52%), Delta Air Lines, Inc. (3.40%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. ($11.35 billion), S&P Global Inc. ($8.85 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($5.23 billion), Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited ($4.96 billion), Wayfair Inc. ($3.99 billion), Palo Alto Networks, Inc. ($3.89 billion), Etsy, Inc. ($2.57 billion), Zscaler, Inc. ($2.44 billion), eBay Inc. ($2.34 billion), and Teladoc Health, Inc. ($2.30 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling KSU is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Kansas City Southern 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 Kansas City Southern 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 KSU, 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 KSU, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is November, 30 2021.