Anhui Conch Cement Short Interest Ratio and Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Anhui Conch Cement shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of March 15th, investors have sold 7,500 shares of AHCHY short.

Anhui Conch Cement saw a increase in short interest in March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totaling 7,500 shares, an increase of 167.9% from the previous total of 2,800 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.

0.00% of Anhui Conch Cement's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the sector of "construction" compare to Anhui Conch Cement: Lennar Co. (3.60%), Otis Worldwide Co. (1.67%), Weyerhaeuser (0.00%), United Rentals, Inc. (4.15%), Vulcan Materials (1.06%), Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. (1.01%), Ferrovial, S.A. (0.00%), HeidelbergCement AG (0.00%), NVR, Inc. (1.29%), and Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (1.44%).

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Aon plc ($5.64 billion), Analog Devices, Inc. ($5.59 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($5.47 billion), ViacomCBS Inc. ($4.95 billion), Baidu, Inc. ($3.51 billion), Snap Inc. ($3.18 billion), Airbnb, Inc. ($2.38 billion), The Kroger Co. ($2.28 billion), Expedia Group, Inc. ($2.24 billion), and Bilibili Inc. ($2.06 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling AHCHY is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Anhui Conch Cement as its price is falling. Anhui Conch Cement's stock is trading down $0.16 today. To short Anhui Conch Cement 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 Anhui Conch Cement 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 Anhui Conch Cement 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 AHCHY, 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 AHCHY, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is March, 15 2021.