Electricité de France Short Interest Ratio and Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Electricité de France shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of May 28th, traders have sold 1,100 shares of ECIFY short.

Electricité de France saw a decline in short interest during the month of May. As of May 28th, there was short interest totaling 1,100 shares, a decline of 95.8% from the previous total of 26,000 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 Electricité de France's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the sector of "utilities" compare to Electricité de France: NextEra Energy, Inc. (0.00%), Deutsche Telekom AG (0.00%), Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Co. (0.00%), Enel SpA (0.00%), Iberdrola, S.A. (0.00%), Duke Energy Co. (0.95%), The Southern Company (1.03%), Dominion Energy, Inc. (0.88%), National Grid plc (0.07%), and BCE Inc. (0.70%).

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 ECIFY is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Electricité de France as its price is falling. Electricité de France's stock is trading down $0.03 today. To short Electricité de France 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 Electricité de France 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 Electricité de France 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 ECIFY, 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 ECIFY, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is May, 28 2021.