GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft (GEAGY) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of March 15th, investors have sold 300 shares of GEAGY short. Learn More on GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft's current short interest.

Here is how the short interest of companies in the sector of "industrials" compare to GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft: Crane (1.26%), Flowserve Co. (1.52%), BWX Technologies, Inc. (0.86%), Casella Waste Systems, Inc. (2.81%), Schneider National, Inc. (6.09%), Hillenbrand, Inc. (2.25%), International Distributions Services plc (0.00%), Korn Ferry (1.12%), ABM Industries Incorporated (4.26%), TFI International Inc. (0.65%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Aon plc ($5.63 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($5.41 billion), Analog Devices, Inc. ($5.32 billion), Baidu, Inc. ($4.45 billion), Snap Inc. ($3.86 billion), Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. ($3.30 billion), Airbnb, Inc. ($2.82 billion), Bilibili Inc. ($2.34 billion), GameStop Corp. ($2.24 billion), and Expedia Group, Inc. ($2.21 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling GEAGY is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft as its price is falling. GEAGY shares are trading up $1.59 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 GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft 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 GEAGY, 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 GEAGY, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is March, 15 2021.