G4S Short Interest Ratio and Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of G4S shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of September 30th, investors have sold 5,800 shares of GFSZY short. 0.00% of G4S's shares are currently sold short. View details.

G4S saw a increase in short interest in September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totaling 5,800 shares, an increase of 5,700.0% from the previous total of 100 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 G4S's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "private households" compare to G4S: Rakuten, Inc. (0.00%), Eurofins Scientific SE (0.00%), Atlantia SpA (0.00%), Terna - Rete Elettrica Nazionale Società per Azioni (0.00%), MONOTARO CO LTD/ADR (0.00%), CARREFOUR SA/S (0.00%), Davide Campari-Milano (0.00%), DiaSorin SpA (0.00%), NN Group (0.00%), and Halma plc (0.00%).

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Charter Communications Inc ($5.12 billion), Aon PLC ($3.76 billion), Clorox Co ($3.07 billion), ViacomCBS Inc. ($2.89 billion), Analog Devices, Inc. ($2.49 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($2.37 billion), Datadog ($2.29 billion), Uber Technologies, Inc. ($2.22 billion), Kroger Co ($2.20 billion), and Simon Property Group Inc ($1.88 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling GFSZY is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from G4S as its price is falling. G4S's stock is trading down $0.07 today. To short G4S 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 G4S 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 G4S 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 GFSZY, 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 GFSZY, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is September, 30 2020.