Adecco Group Short Interest Ratio and Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Adecco Group shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of December 31st, traders have sold 600 shares of AHEXY short. 0.00% of Adecco Group's shares are currently sold short. View details.

Adecco Group saw a decline in short interest during the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totaling 600 shares, a decline of 99.2% from the previous total of 79,600 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 Adecco Group's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "help supply services" compare to Adecco Group: ManpowerGroup Inc. (1.78%), ASGN Incorporated (1.46%), TTEC Holdings, Inc. (1.43%), AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. (0.00%), Insperity, Inc. (2.02%), HeadHunter Group PLC (0.00%), Kforce Inc. (2.45%), Kelly Services, Inc. (2.42%), Cross Country Healthcare, Inc. (1.63%), and StarTek, Inc. (2.17%).

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Charter Communications, Inc. ($5.18 billion), ViacomCBS Inc. ($4.71 billion), Analog Devices, Inc. ($4.45 billion), Aon Plc ($4.28 billion), Snap Inc. ($3.70 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($3.00 billion), The Clorox Company ($2.46 billion), Peloton Interactive, Inc. ($2.40 billion), The Kroger Co. ($2.38 billion), and Expedia Group, Inc. ($2.37 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling AHEXY is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Adecco Group as its price is falling. Adecco Group's stock is trading down $0.71 today. To short Adecco Group 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 Adecco Group 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 Adecco Group 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 AHEXY, 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 AHEXY, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is December, 31 2020.