Delek Group (DGRLY) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Delek Group shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of January 29th, traders have sold 7,500 shares of DGRLY short. Learn More on Delek Group's current short interest.

Delek Group saw a decline in short interest in the month of January. As of January 29th, there was short interest totaling 7,500 shares, a decline of 66.8% from the previous total of 22,600 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 industry of "crude petroleum & natural gas" compare to Delek Group: Ecopetrol S.A. (0.49%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: GameStop Corp. ($6.96 billion), DuPont de Nemours, Inc. ($5.44 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($5.39 billion), Aon plc ($4.87 billion), Analog Devices, Inc. ($4.45 billion), Snap Inc. ($3.29 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($3.19 billion), The Clorox Company ($2.24 billion), Palantir Technologies Inc. ($2.18 billion), and Snowflake Inc. ($2.17 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling DGRLY is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Delek Group as its price is falling. DGRLY 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 Delek Group occurs when it has a large amount of short interest and its stock increases in price. This forces short sellers to cover their short interest positions by buying actual shares of DGRLY, 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 DGRLY, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is January, 29 2021.