Hannover Rück Short Interest Ratio and Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Hannover Rück shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of May 28th, investors have sold 1,700 shares of HVRRY short.

Hannover Rück saw a increase in short interest in the month of May. As of May 28th, there was short interest totaling 1,700 shares, an increase of 1,600.0% 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 Hannover Rück's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the sector of "finance" compare to Hannover Rück: Cigna Co. (1.53%), BNP Paribas SA (0.00%), The Bank of Nova Scotia (0.00%), The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (1.23%), CME Group Inc. (1.42%), Brookfield Asset Management Inc. (1.23%), Equinix, Inc. (REIT) (1.00%), Truist Financial Co. (0.00%), Chubb Limited (0.87%), and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. (0.07%).

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 HVRRY is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Hannover Rück as its price is falling. Hannover Rück's stock is trading down $0.40 today. To short Hannover Rück 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 Hannover Rück 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 Hannover Rück 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 HVRRY, 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 HVRRY, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is May, 28 2021.