Chr. Hansen Holding A/S Short Interest Ratio and Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Chr. Hansen Holding A/S shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of April 15th, investors have sold 5,900 shares of CHYHY short.

Chr. Hansen Holding A/S saw a decrease in short interest in April. As of April 15th, there was short interest totaling 5,900 shares, a decrease of 43.3% from the previous total of 10,400 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 Chr. Hansen Holding A/S's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "specialty chemicals" compare to Chr. Hansen Holding A/S: Akzo Nobel (0.00%), Borregaard ASA (0.00%), Brenntag SE (0.00%), Carbios SAS (0.00%), Clariant AG (0.00%), Corbion (0.00%), Daicel Co. (0.00%), Elementis plc (0.00%), EMS-CHEMIE HOLDING AG (0.00%), and Evonik Industries AG (0.00%).

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Analog Devices, Inc. ($5.85 billion), Aon plc ($5.61 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($5.44 billion), Snap Inc. ($3.49 billion), Airbnb, Inc. ($3.35 billion), Peloton Interactive, Inc. ($2.53 billion), ViacomCBS Inc. ($2.48 billion), Expedia Group, Inc. ($2.39 billion), The Kroger Co. ($2.26 billion), and Nuance Communications, Inc. ($2.18 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling CHYHY is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Chr. Hansen Holding A/S as its price is falling. Chr. Hansen Holding A/S's stock is trading up $0.03 today. To short Chr. Hansen Holding A/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 Chr. Hansen Holding A/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 Chr. Hansen Holding A/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 CHYHY, 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 CHYHY, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is April, 15 2021.