Koninklijke DSM (RDSMY) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Koninklijke DSM shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of October 15th, investors have sold 25,000 shares of RDSMY short. Learn More on Koninklijke DSM's current short interest.

Koninklijke DSM saw a decline in short interest in October. As of October 15th, there was short interest totaling 25,000 shares, a decline of 43.1% from the previous total of 43,900 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 compare to Koninklijke DSM: BioLargo, Inc. (0.04%), The Sherwin-Williams Company (1.83%), Southern Copper Corporation (10.74%), Ecolab Inc. (0.87%), Rio Tinto PLC (0.78%), Newmont Corporation (2.20%), Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (2.06%), Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. (0.00%), Agnico Eagle Mines Limited (1.67%), Freeport-McMoRan Inc. (1.68%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Occidental Petroleum Corporation ($3.48 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($2.85 billion), Twitter, Inc. ($1.89 billion), T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. ($1.78 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($1.77 billion), Pacific Gas & Electric Co. ($1.75 billion), Lucid Group, Inc. ($1.58 billion), Rivian Automotive, Inc. ($1.42 billion), Roblox Corporation ($1.39 billion), and Williams-Sonoma, Inc. ($1.33 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling RDSMY is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Koninklijke DSM as its price is falling. RDSMY shares are trading up $1.08 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 Koninklijke DSM 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 RDSMY, 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 RDSMY, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is October, 15 2022.