Siemens Healthineers Short Interest Ratio and Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Siemens Healthineers shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of April 15th, investors have sold 17,900 shares of SMMNY short.

Siemens Healthineers saw a increase in short interest in the month of April. As of April 15th, there was short interest totaling 17,900 shares, an increase of 152.1% from the previous total of 7,100 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 Siemens Healthineers' shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the sector of "medical" compare to Siemens Healthineers: 1933 Industries Inc. (0.00%), 4Front Ventures Corp. (0.00%), AB Science S.A. (0.00%), Abattis Bioceuticals Corp. (0.00%), Acreage Holdings, Inc. (0.00%), Acreage Holdings, Inc. (0.00%), ADiTx Therapeutics, Inc. (3.81%), Affymax, Inc. (0.00%), AgraFlora Organics International Inc. (0.00%), and Aksys Ltd. (0.00%).

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Analog Devices, Inc. ($5.85 billion), Aon plc ($5.61 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($5.44 billion), Snap Inc. ($3.49 billion), Airbnb, Inc. ($3.35 billion), Peloton Interactive, Inc. ($2.53 billion), ViacomCBS Inc. ($2.48 billion), Expedia Group, Inc. ($2.39 billion), The Kroger Co. ($2.26 billion), and Nuance Communications, Inc. ($2.18 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling SMMNY is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Siemens Healthineers as its price is falling. Siemens Healthineers' stock is trading up $0.25 today. To short Siemens Healthineers 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 Siemens Healthineers 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 Siemens Healthineers 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 SMMNY, 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 SMMNY, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is April, 15 2021.