SIGNA Sports United (SSU) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of SIGNA Sports United shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of September 30th, traders have sold 254,300 shares of SSU short. 0.15% of SIGNA Sports United's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on SIGNA Sports United'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. 0.15% of SIGNA Sports United's floating shares are currently sold short.

SIGNA Sports United saw a increase in short interest during the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totaling 254,300 shares, an increase of 28.5% from the previous total of 197,900 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.

SIGNA Sports United currently has issued a total of 387,549,000 shares. Some of SIGNA Sports United'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. SIGNA Sports United currently has a public float of 166,710,000 shares.

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: TC Energy Corporation ($4.11 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.68 billion), T-Mobile US, Inc. ($3.56 billion), Canadian Natural Resources Limited ($3.54 billion), Occidental Petroleum Corporation ($3.02 billion), Tractor Supply Company ($2.29 billion), Rivian Automotive, Inc. ($2.10 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($1.91 billion), Celsius Holdings Inc. ($1.84 billion), and Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. ($1.76 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling SSU is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from SIGNA Sports United as its price is falling. SSU shares are trading down $0.00 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 SIGNA Sports United 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 SSU, 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 SSU, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is September, 30 2023.