Airbus Short Interest Ratio and Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Airbus shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of February 12th, traders have sold 51,800 shares of EADSY short.

Airbus saw a increase in short interest in February. As of February 12th, there was short interest totaling 51,800 shares, an increase of 0.2% from the previous total of 51,700 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 Airbus' shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "private households" compare to Airbus: China Construction Bank Co. (0.00%), L'Oréal S.A. (0.00%), Agricultural Bank of China Limited (0.00%), Bank of China Limited (0.00%), Industria de Diseño Textil, S.A. (0.00%), Schneider Electric S.E. (0.00%), Iberdrola, S.A. (0.00%), Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd. (0.00%), L'Air Liquide S.A. (0.00%), and KDDI Co. (0.00%).

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: ViacomCBS Inc. ($6.50 billion), Aon Plc ($5.58 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($5.30 billion), Analog Devices, Inc. ($4.97 billion), Snap Inc. ($3.80 billion), Futu Holdings Limited ($2.84 billion), Airbnb, Inc. ($2.40 billion), Discovery, Inc. ($2.35 billion), Snowflake Inc. ($2.07 billion), and The Kroger Co. ($2.00 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling EADSY is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Airbus as its price is falling. Airbus' stock is trading down $0.91 today. To short Airbus 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 Airbus 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 Airbus 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 EADSY, 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 EADSY, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is February, 12 2021.