L'Oréal Short Interest Ratio and Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of L'Oréal shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of August 31st, traders have sold 11,900 shares of LRLCY short. Learn More on L'Oréal's current short interest.

L'Oréal saw a increase in short interest in August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 11,900 shares, an increase of 2,280.0% from the previous total of 500 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 L'Oréal's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "private households" compare to L'Oréal: China Construction Bank Co. (0.00%), Prosus (0.00%), Agricultural Bank of China Limited (0.00%), Industria de Diseño Textil, S.A. (0.00%), Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd. (0.00%), Airbus SE (0.00%), Bank of China Limited (0.00%), Schneider Electric S.E. (0.00%), EssilorLuxottica Société anonyme (0.00%), and Deutsche Post AG (0.00%).

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Square, Inc. ($9.81 billion), S&P Global Inc. ($7.52 billion), Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. ($7.18 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($6.21 billion), Wayfair Inc. ($4.60 billion), Zoom Video Communications, Inc. ($3.23 billion), Uber Technologies, Inc. ($3.11 billion), Palo Alto Networks, Inc. ($2.74 billion), Teladoc Health, Inc. ($2.52 billion), and Etsy, Inc. ($2.16 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling LRLCY is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from L'Oréal as its price is falling. L'Oréal's stock is trading down $1.29 today. To short L'Oréal 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 L'Oréal 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 L'Oréal occurs when it has a large amount of short interest and its stock appreciates in price. This forces short sellers to cover their short interest positions by buying actual shares of LRLCY, 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 LRLCY, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is August, 31 2021.