BALFOUR BEATTY/S Short Interest Ratio and Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of BALFOUR BEATTY/S shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of September 30th, investors have sold 100 shares of BAFYY short. 0.00% of BALFOUR BEATTY/S's shares are currently sold short. View details.

BALFOUR BEATTY/S saw a drop in short interest in the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totaling 100 shares, a drop of 99.5% from the previous total of 18,300 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.

0.00% of BALFOUR BEATTY/S's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "miscellaneous business services" compare to BALFOUR BEATTY/S: TENCENT HOLDING/ADR (0.00%), Sea Limited (0.00%), Johnson Controls International plc (1.34%), Flight Centre Travel Group Limited (0.00%), NV5 Global Inc (12.14%), Donnelley Financial Solutions, Inc. (0.00%), Altisource Portfolio Solutions S.A. (4.99%), Performant Financial Co. (0.45%), Applied DNA Sciences Inc (9.65%), and Helios and Matheson Analytics Inc. (0.00%).

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Charter Communications Inc ($5.12 billion), Aon PLC ($3.76 billion), Clorox Co ($3.07 billion), ViacomCBS Inc. ($2.89 billion), Analog Devices, Inc. ($2.49 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($2.37 billion), Datadog ($2.29 billion), Uber Technologies, Inc. ($2.22 billion), Kroger Co ($2.20 billion), and Simon Property Group Inc ($1.88 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling BAFYY is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from BALFOUR BEATTY/S as its price is falling. BALFOUR BEATTY/S's stock is trading up $0.09 today. To short BALFOUR BEATTY/S 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 BALFOUR BEATTY/S 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 BALFOUR BEATTY/S 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 BAFYY, 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 BAFYY, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is September, 30 2020.