Deutsche Lufthansa - DLAKY Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Deutsche Lufthansa shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of November 15th, traders have sold 14,500 shares of DLAKY short. Learn More on Deutsche Lufthansa's current short interest.

Deutsche Lufthansa saw a increase in short interest in November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totaling 14,500 shares, an increase of 590.5% from the previous total of 2,100 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.

Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "air transportation, scheduled" compare to Deutsche Lufthansa: Air Canada (0.80%), Cathay Pacific Airways Limited (0.00%), Copa Holdings, S.A. (8.39%), easyJet plc (0.12%), Alaska Air Group, Inc. (2.47%), China Eastern Airlines Co. Limited (0.00%), International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. (0.02%), Azul S.A. (2.76%), Frontier Group Holdings, Inc. (15.25%), and JetBlue Airways Co. (4.82%).

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Enbridge Inc. ($4.34 billion), Occidental Petroleum Co. ($4.15 billion), T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. ($2.41 billion), Diamondback Energy, Inc. ($2.05 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($1.75 billion), Lucid Group, Inc. ($1.66 billion), PG&E Co. ($1.62 billion), Rivian Automotive, Inc. ($1.62 billion), Etsy, Inc. ($1.61 billion), and Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. ($1.60 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling DLAKY is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Deutsche Lufthansa as its price is falling. DLAKY shares are trading down $0.06 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 Deutsche Lufthansa 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 DLAKY, 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 DLAKY, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is November, 15 2022.