Derwent London (DWVYF) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Derwent London shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of May 15th, investors have sold 178,100 shares of DWVYF short. Learn More on Derwent London's current short interest.

Derwent London saw a increase in short interest in May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 178,100 shares, an increase of 1.5% from the previous total of 175,400 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 sector of "finance" compare to Derwent London: Onex Co. (0.17%), Shizuoka Financial Group,Inc. (0.00%), British Land Company Plc (0.00%), SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trust (0.36%), The Bank of East Asia, Limited (0.00%), LEG Immobilien SE (0.63%), Suntec Real Estate Investment Trust (0.17%), Raiffeisen Bank International AG (0.00%), abrdn plc (0.00%), The Berkeley Group Holdings plc (0.00%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Enbridge Inc. ($4.29 billion), T-Mobile US, Inc. ($4.17 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.07 billion), Occidental Petroleum Co. ($2.81 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($2.37 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($2.27 billion), T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. ($1.98 billion), Verisk Analytics, Inc. ($1.94 billion), Extra Space Storage Inc. ($1.88 billion), and Xylem Inc. ($1.61 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling DWVYF is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Derwent London as its price is falling. 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 Derwent London 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 DWVYF, 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 DWVYF, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is May, 15 2023.