DBS Group Short Interest Ratio and Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of DBS Group shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of March 31st, traders have sold 25,500 shares of DBSDY short.

DBS Group saw a drop in short interest in the month of March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 25,500 shares, a drop of 15.8% from the previous total of 30,300 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 DBS Group's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "national commercial banks" compare to DBS Group: Wells Fargo & Company (1.22%), Citigroup Inc. (1.19%), U.S. Bancorp (0.96%), Truist Financial Co. (0.80%), The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (1.48%), Capital One Financial Co. (1.06%), National Australia Bank Limited (0.00%), UBS Group AG (0.24%), Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A. (0.00%), and Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. (0.00%).

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Analog Devices, Inc. ($5.84 billion), Aon plc ($5.47 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($5.36 billion), ViacomCBS Inc. ($3.99 billion), Snap Inc. ($3.77 billion), Airbnb, Inc. ($2.90 billion), Peloton Interactive, Inc. ($2.43 billion), Discovery, Inc. ($2.38 billion), The Kroger Co. ($2.28 billion), and Expedia Group, Inc. ($2.18 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling DBSDY is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from DBS Group as its price is falling. DBS Group's stock is trading down $0.80 today. To short DBS 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 DBS 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 DBS 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 DBSDY, 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 DBSDY, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is March, 31 2021.