Danske Bank A/S Short Interest Ratio and Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Danske Bank A/S shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of August 31st, traders have sold 5,200 shares of DNKEY short. Learn More on Danske Bank A/S's current short interest.

Danske Bank A/S saw a decrease in short interest in August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 5,200 shares, a decrease of 85.6% from the previous total of 36,200 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 Danske Bank A/S's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "national commercial banks" compare to Danske Bank A/S: UBS Group AG (0.19%), DBS Group Holdings Ltd (0.00%), Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A. (0.00%), Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. (0.00%), Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (0.00%), Svenska Handelsbanken AB (publ) (0.00%), Standard Chartered PLC (0.00%), KeyCorp (1.25%), Regions Financial Co. (1.94%), and Shinhan Financial Group Co., Ltd. (0.00%).

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Square, Inc. ($9.81 billion), S&P Global Inc. ($7.52 billion), Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. ($7.18 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($6.21 billion), Wayfair Inc. ($4.60 billion), Zoom Video Communications, Inc. ($3.23 billion), Uber Technologies, Inc. ($3.11 billion), Palo Alto Networks, Inc. ($2.74 billion), Teladoc Health, Inc. ($2.52 billion), and Etsy, Inc. ($2.16 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling DNKEY is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Danske Bank A/S as its price is falling. Danske Bank A/S's stock is trading down $0.04 today. To short Danske Bank 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 Danske Bank 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 Danske Bank 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 DNKEY, 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 DNKEY, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is August, 31 2021.