Deutsche Lufthansa Short Interest Ratio and Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Deutsche Lufthansa shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of March 31st, traders have sold 33,000 shares of DLAKY short.

Deutsche Lufthansa saw a decline in short interest in the month of March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 33,000 shares, a decline of 60.5% from the previous total of 83,600 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.

0.00% of Deutsche Lufthansa's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "air transportation, scheduled" compare to Deutsche Lufthansa: Delta Air Lines, Inc. (1.99%), Ryanair Holdings plc (0.00%), United Airlines Holdings, Inc. (0.00%), American Airlines Group Inc. (0.00%), Azul S.A. (0.00%), China Southern Airlines Company Limited (0.00%), Alaska Air Group, Inc. (0.00%), China Eastern Airlines Co. Limited (0.00%), Air Canada (0.00%), and JetBlue Airways Co. (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 DLAKY is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Deutsche Lufthansa as its price is falling. Deutsche Lufthansa's stock is trading up $0.24 today. To short Deutsche Lufthansa 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 Deutsche Lufthansa 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 March, 31 2021.