Vinci (VCISY) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Vinci shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of May 15th, traders have sold 7,000 shares of VCISY short. Learn More on Vinci's current short interest.

Vinci saw a drop in short interest in the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 7,000 shares, a drop of 74.1% from the previous total of 27,000 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.

Here is how the short interest of companies in the sector of "construction" compare to Vinci: Ferrovial, S.A. (0.00%), Atlantia SpA (0.00%), The Sherwin-Williams Company (1.06%), D.R. Horton, Inc. (3.04%), CRH plc (0.17%), Otis Worldwide Co. (0.99%), Lennar Co. (3.02%), Quanta Services, Inc. (2.91%), Vulcan Materials (1.01%), Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. (0.99%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Enbridge Inc. ($4.29 billion), T-Mobile US, Inc. ($4.17 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.07 billion), Occidental Petroleum Co. ($2.81 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($2.37 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($2.27 billion), T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. ($1.98 billion), Verisk Analytics, Inc. ($1.94 billion), Extra Space Storage Inc. ($1.88 billion), and Xylem Inc. ($1.61 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling VCISY is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Vinci as its price is falling. VCISY shares are trading down $0.19 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 Vinci 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 VCISY, 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 VCISY, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is May, 15 2023.