BNP Paribas Short Interest Ratio and Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of BNP Paribas shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of March 15th, traders have sold 222,500 shares of BNPQY short.

BNP Paribas saw a decrease in short interest during the month of March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totaling 222,500 shares, a decrease of 42.8% from the previous total of 389,100 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 BNP Paribas' shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "commercial banks, not elsewhere classified" compare to BNP Paribas: HDFC Bank Limited (0.33%), Royal Bank of Canada (0.39%), The Toronto-Dominion Bank (0.41%), Commonwealth Bank of Australia (0.00%), Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. (0.04%), Westpac Banking Co. (0.00%), Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (0.00%), Banco Santander, S.A. (0.00%), Bank of Montreal (0.51%), and ICICI Bank Limited (0.00%).

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 BNPQY is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from BNP Paribas as its price is falling. BNP Paribas' stock is trading down $0.44 today. To short BNP Paribas 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 BNP Paribas 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 BNP Paribas 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 BNPQY, 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 BNPQY, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is March, 15 2021.