UniCredit Short Interest Ratio and Short Volume

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

UniCredit saw a drop in short interest in December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totaling 100 shares, a drop of 99.9% from the previous total of 70,400 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 UniCredit's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "banks—regional" compare to UniCredit: Aozora Bank, Ltd. (0.00%), Bangkok Bank Public Company Limited (0.00%), Bankinter, S.A. (0.00%), BAWAG Group AG (0.00%), BDO Unibank, Inc. (0.00%), CIMB Group Holdings Berhad (0.00%), Kasikornbank Public Company Limited (0.00%), Komercní banka, a.s. (0.00%), Krung Thai Bank Public Company Limited (0.00%), and Malayan Banking Berhad (0.00%).

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 UNCRY is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from UniCredit as its price is falling. UniCredit's stock is trading down $0.21 today. To short UniCredit 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 UniCredit 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 UniCredit 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 UNCRY, 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 UNCRY, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is December, 31 2020.