Diversicare Healthcare Services (DVCR) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Diversicare Healthcare Services shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of November 15th, traders have sold 1,700 shares of DVCR short. Learn More on Diversicare Healthcare Services' current short interest.

Diversicare Healthcare Services saw a increase in short interest in November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,700 shares, an increase of 6.3% from the previous total of 1,600 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 "healthcare" compare to Diversicare Healthcare Services: AirSculpt Technologies, Inc. (61.97%), Viemed Healthcare, Inc. (1.14%), The Oncology Institute, Inc. (5.88%), Global Cord Blood Co. (0.02%), DocGo Inc. (7.01%), Exagen Inc. (1.83%), EUDA Health Holdings Limited (0.10%), Kindly MD, Inc. (3.94%), Quipt Home Medical Corp. (6.41%), Sera Prognostics, Inc. (3.75%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. ($11.06 billion), S&P Global Inc. ($8.74 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($5.66 billion), Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited ($5.43 billion), Wayfair Inc. ($4.23 billion), Palo Alto Networks, Inc. ($3.46 billion), DoorDash, Inc. ($3.41 billion), Teladoc Health, Inc. ($2.84 billion), Etsy, Inc. ($2.76 billion), and Zscaler, Inc. ($2.62 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling DVCR is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Diversicare Healthcare Services as its price is falling. DVCR shares are trading up $0.10 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 Diversicare Healthcare Services 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 DVCR, 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 DVCR, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is November, 15 2021.