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 December 31st, investors have sold 23,600 shares of LRLCY short. 0.00% of L'Oréal's shares are currently sold short. View details.

L'Oréal saw a decline in short interest in December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totaling 23,600 shares, a decline of 18.1% from the previous total of 28,800 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%), Agricultural Bank of China Limited (0.00%), Bank of China Limited (0.00%), Industria de Diseño Textil, S.A. (0.00%), Iberdrola, S.A. (0.00%), Airbus SE (0.00%), Schneider Electric S.E. (0.00%), Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. (0.00%), L'Air Liquide S.A. (0.00%), and Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd. (0.00%).

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Charter Communications, Inc. ($5.18 billion), ViacomCBS Inc. ($4.71 billion), Analog Devices, Inc. ($4.45 billion), Aon Plc ($4.28 billion), Snap Inc. ($3.70 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($3.00 billion), The Clorox Company ($2.46 billion), Peloton Interactive, Inc. ($2.40 billion), The Kroger Co. ($2.38 billion), and Expedia Group, Inc. ($2.37 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 $1.20 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 increases 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 December, 31 2020.