The Weir Group Short Interest Ratio and Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of The Weir Group shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of July 15th, traders have sold 700 shares of WEGRY short. Learn More on The Weir Group's current short interest.

The Weir Group saw a decrease in short interest in the month of July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totaling 700 shares, a decrease of 58.8% from the previous total of 1,700 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 The Weir Group's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "private households" compare to The Weir Group: Shimano Inc. (0.00%), Eisai Co., Ltd. (0.00%), SGS SA (0.00%), Unicharm Co. (0.00%), Swire Pacific Limited (0.00%), Associated British Foods plc (0.00%), China CITIC Bank Co. Limited (0.00%), Deutsche Wohnen SE (0.00%), China Mengniu Dairy Company Limited (0.00%), and Eurofins Scientific SE (0.00%).

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. ($7.55 billion), Square, Inc. ($7.47 billion), S&P Global Inc. ($7.40 billion), Analog Devices, Inc. ($6.82 billion), Aon plc ($5.98 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($5.10 billion), Wayfair Inc. ($4.38 billion), AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. ($2.87 billion), Teladoc Health, Inc. ($2.55 billion), and Nuance Communications, Inc. ($2.41 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling WEGRY is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from The Weir Group as its price is falling. The Weir Group's stock is trading up $0.12 today. To short The Weir Group 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 The Weir Group 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 The Weir Group 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 WEGRY, 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 WEGRY, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is July, 15 2021.