NMC Health Short Interest Ratio and Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of NMC Health shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of November 15th, investors have sold 49,000 shares of NMHLY short. 0.00% of NMC Health's shares are currently sold short. View details.

NMC Health saw a increase in short interest during the month of November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totaling 49,000 shares, an increase of 12,150.0% from the previous total of 400 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 NMC Health's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the sector of "medical" compare to NMC Health: LogicBio Therapeutics, Inc. (2.65%), Solid Biosciences Inc. (10.75%), Itamar Medical Ltd. (0.00%), Matinas BioPharma Holdings, Inc. (0.00%), ESSA Pharma Inc. (0.08%), Otonomy, Inc. (0.00%), Axcella Health Inc. (1.60%), Fennec Pharmaceuticals Inc (6.62%), Nicox S.A. (0.00%), and Genfit SA (0.00%).

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.96 billion), Aon Plc ($3.87 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($3.77 billion), Analog Devices, Inc. ($3.62 billion), Snap Inc. ($3.05 billion), The Clorox Company ($2.80 billion), The Kroger Co. ($2.11 billion), International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. ($1.98 billion), Expedia Group, Inc. ($1.95 billion), and Peloton Interactive, Inc. ($1.78 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling NMHLY is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from NMC Health as its price is falling. To short NMC Health 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 NMC Health 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 NMC Health 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 NMHLY, 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 NMHLY, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is November, 15 2020.