Royal Dutch Shell (RDS.A) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Royal Dutch Shell shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of December 15th, investors have sold 2,540,000 shares of RDS.A short. 0.12% of Royal Dutch Shell's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Royal Dutch Shell's current short interest.

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. 0.12% of Royal Dutch Shell's floating shares are currently sold short.

Royal Dutch Shell saw a decrease in short interest during the month of December. As of December 15th, there was short interest totaling 2,540,000 shares, a decrease of 36.3% from the previous total of 3,990,000 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.

Royal Dutch Shell currently has issued a total of 3,903,710,000 shares. Some of Royal Dutch Shell'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. Royal Dutch Shell currently has a public float of 2,040,000,000 shares.

0.12% of Royal Dutch Shell's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the sector of "oils/energy" compare to Royal Dutch Shell: TotalEnergies SE (0.24%), Shell plc (0.18%), Canadian Natural Resources Limited (4.50%), EOG Resources, Inc. (1.67%), Pioneer Natural Resources (2.75%), Occidental Petroleum Co. (5.58%), Eni S.p.A. (0.07%), ConocoPhillips (1.09%), BP p.l.c. (0.21%), Chevron Co. (2.67%),

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 RDS.A is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Royal Dutch Shell 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 Royal Dutch Shell 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 RDS.A, 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 RDS.A, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is December, 15 2021.