Dai Nippon Printing Short Interest Ratio and Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Dai Nippon Printing shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of May 28th, traders have sold 16,800 shares of DNPLY short.

Dai Nippon Printing saw a decline in short interest during the month of May. As of May 28th, there was short interest totaling 16,800 shares, a decline of 75.8% from the previous total of 69,300 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 Dai Nippon Printing's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "private households" compare to Dai Nippon Printing: UniCredit S.p.A. (0.00%), Sampo Oyj (0.00%), China CITIC Bank Co. Limited (0.00%), COSCO SHIPPING Holdings Co., Ltd. (0.00%), Associated British Foods plc (0.00%), BAE Systems plc (0.00%), Nippon Paint Holdings Co., Ltd. (0.00%), China Mengniu Dairy Company Limited (0.00%), Unicharm Co. (0.00%), and SGS SA (0.00%).

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Tesla, Inc. ($25.04 billion), AstraZeneca PLC ($7.50 billion), Aon plc ($7.09 billion), Square, Inc. ($6.95 billion), Analog Devices, Inc. ($6.90 billion), Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. ($6.79 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($6.18 billion), S&P Global Inc. ($5.54 billion), Sea Limited ($4.96 billion), and Wayfair Inc. ($4.25 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling DNPLY is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Dai Nippon Printing as its price is falling. Dai Nippon Printing's stock is trading down $0.07 today. To short Dai Nippon Printing 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 Dai Nippon Printing 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 Dai Nippon Printing 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 DNPLY, 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 DNPLY, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is May, 28 2021.