Adecco Group - AHEXY Short Interest Ratio & 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 November 15th, traders have sold 30,900 shares of AHEXY short. Learn More on Adecco Group's current short interest.

Adecco Group saw a increase in short interest during the month of November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totaling 30,900 shares, an increase of 151.2% from the previous total of 12,300 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.

Here is how the short interest of companies in the sector of "business services" compare to Adecco Group: Insperity, Inc. (3.17%), ManpowerGroup Inc. (3.25%), Robert Half International Inc. (8.01%), TTEC Holdings, Inc. (2.63%), The Western Union Company (9.70%), Lumen Technologies, Inc. (14.25%), Elastic (6.90%), TELUS International (Cda) Inc. (1.42%), Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc. (5.20%), and Stantec Inc. (0.43%).

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Enbridge Inc. ($4.34 billion), Occidental Petroleum Co. ($4.15 billion), T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. ($2.41 billion), Diamondback Energy, Inc. ($2.05 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($1.75 billion), Lucid Group, Inc. ($1.66 billion), PG&E Co. ($1.62 billion), Rivian Automotive, Inc. ($1.62 billion), Etsy, Inc. ($1.61 billion), and Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. ($1.60 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. AHEXY shares are trading down $0.15 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 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 November, 15 2022.