Just Eat Takeaway.com (TKAYY) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Just Eat Takeaway.com shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of April 30th, traders have sold 5,200 shares of TKAYY short. Learn More on Just Eat Takeaway.com's current short interest.

Just Eat Takeaway.com saw a decline in short interest during the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 5,200 shares, a decline of 52.7% from the previous total of 11,000 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.

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Aon plc ($6.19 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($5.76 billion), Analog Devices, Inc. ($5.70 billion), S&P Global Inc. ($5.03 billion), Airbnb, Inc. ($4.01 billion), Snap Inc. ($3.54 billion), Nuance Communications, Inc. ($2.72 billion), Expedia Group, Inc. ($2.31 billion), The Kroger Co. ($2.25 billion), and GameStop Corp. ($2.05 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling TKAYY is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Just Eat Takeaway.com as its price is falling. TKAYY shares are trading up $0.05 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 Just Eat Takeaway.com 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 TKAYY, 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 TKAYY, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is April, 30 2021.