UDG Healthcare (UDHCF) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of UDG Healthcare shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of March 15th, investors have sold 58,600 shares of UDHCF short. Learn More on UDG Healthcare's current short interest.

UDG Healthcare saw a increase in short interest in March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totaling 58,600 shares, an increase of 3,806.7% from the previous total of 1,500 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 in the sector of "medical" compare to UDG Healthcare: GN Store Nord A/S (0.00%), Zealand Pharma A/S (0.66%), Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (0.79%), Nihon Kohden Co. (0.00%), Orion Oyj (0.00%), Aspen Pharmacare Holdings Limited (0.00%), Sino Biopharmaceutical Limited (0.03%), Ramsay Health Care Limited (0.00%), Sysmex Co. (0.00%), Eurofins Scientific SE (0.18%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Aon plc ($5.63 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($5.41 billion), Analog Devices, Inc. ($5.32 billion), Baidu, Inc. ($4.45 billion), Snap Inc. ($3.86 billion), Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. ($3.30 billion), Airbnb, Inc. ($2.82 billion), Bilibili Inc. ($2.34 billion), GameStop Corp. ($2.24 billion), and Expedia Group, Inc. ($2.21 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling UDHCF is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from UDG Healthcare as its price is falling. 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 UDG Healthcare 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 UDHCF, 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 UDHCF, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is March, 15 2021.