Givaudan - GVDNY Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Givaudan shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of February 28th, traders have sold 5,600 shares of GVDNY short. Learn More on Givaudan's current short interest.

Givaudan saw a decrease in short interest in February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totaling 5,600 shares, a decrease of 1.8% from the previous total of 5,700 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.

Here is how the short interest of companies in the sector of "basic materials" compare to Givaudan: Wilmar International Limited (0.00%), Yara International ASA (0.00%), Croda International Plc (0.00%), Smurfit Kappa Group Plc (0.00%), Mondi plc (0.01%), JFE Holdings, Inc. (0.27%), Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. (0.00%), L'Air Liquide S.A. (0.00%), PPG Industries, Inc. (0.88%), and LyondellBasell Industries (2.74%).

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Suncor Energy Inc. ($3.27 billion), Occidental Petroleum Co. ($2.77 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($2.25 billion), T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. ($2.23 billion), Paramount Global ($1.92 billion), Etsy, Inc. ($1.75 billion), Voya Financial, Inc. ($1.74 billion), CarMax, Inc. ($1.62 billion), Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. ($1.62 billion), and Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. ($1.39 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling GVDNY is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Givaudan as its price is falling. GVDNY shares are trading up $1.30 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 Givaudan 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 GVDNY, 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 GVDNY, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is February, 28 2023.