MCCORMICK & CO/SH SH (MKC.V) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of MCCORMICK & CO/SH SH shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of December 15th, traders have sold 600 shares of MKC.V short. Learn More on MCCORMICK & CO/SH SH's current short interest.

MCCORMICK & CO/SH SH saw a increase in short interest during the month of December. As of December 15th, there was short interest totaling 600 shares, an increase of 50.0% from the previous total of 400 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.

MCCORMICK & CO/SH SH currently has issued a total of 0 shares. Some of MCCORMICK & CO/SH SH'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. MCCORMICK & CO/SH SH currently has a public float of 14,240,000 shares.

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. ($10.20 billion), S&P Global Inc. ($9.27 billion), Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited ($8.89 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.91 billion), Palo Alto Networks, Inc. ($3.82 billion), Wayfair Inc. ($3.47 billion), Lucid Group, Inc. ($3.06 billion), Zscaler, Inc. ($2.54 billion), Teladoc Health, Inc. ($2.27 billion), and Datadog, Inc. ($2.24 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling MKC.V is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from MCCORMICK & CO/SH SH as its price is falling. MKC.V shares are trading down $1.04 today. 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 MCCORMICK & CO/SH SH 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 MKC.V, 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 MKC.V, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is December, 15 2021.