Tate & Lyle Short Interest Ratio and Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Tate & Lyle shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of December 31st, investors have sold 100 shares of TATYY short. 0.00% of Tate & Lyle's shares are currently sold short. View details.

Tate & Lyle saw a decrease in short interest during the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totaling 100 shares, a decrease of 99.5% from the previous total of 21,400 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 Tate & Lyle's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "food & kindred products" compare to Tate & Lyle: Conagra Brands, Inc. (0.00%), Campbell Soup (10.27%), Beyond Meat, Inc. (37.59%), Nomad Foods Limited (0.93%), Flowers Foods, Inc. (4.53%), The Hain Celestial Group, Inc. (7.27%), The Simply Good Foods Company (0.00%), B&G Foods, Inc. (35.31%), BellRing Brands, Inc. (2.88%), and TDH Holdings, Inc. (0.36%).

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 TATYY is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Tate & Lyle as its price is falling. Tate & Lyle's stock is trading up $0.12 today. To short Tate & Lyle 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 Tate & Lyle 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 Tate & Lyle 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 TATYY, 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 TATYY, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is December, 31 2020.