ZTE (ZTCOY) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of ZTE shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of April 15th, traders have sold 1,500 shares of ZTCOY short. Learn More on ZTE's current short interest.

ZTE saw a increase in short interest in April. As of April 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,500 shares, an increase of ∞ from the previous total of 0 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 "computer and technology" compare to ZTE: Rakuten Group, Inc. (0.00%), Seiko Epson Co. (0.00%), ROHM Co., Ltd. (0.00%), Nitto Denko Co. (0.00%), Brother Industries, Ltd. (0.00%), The Sage Group plc (0.00%), CyberAgent, Inc. (0.00%), SSE plc (0.01%), Fujitsu Limited (0.00%), Onto Innovation Inc. (2.59%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Palo Alto Networks, Inc. ($4.77 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.21 billion), HP Inc. ($2.60 billion), Lucid Group, Inc. ($2.33 billion), GameStop Corp. ($2.13 billion), Rivian Automotive, Inc. ($2.10 billion), Wayfair Inc. ($1.96 billion), Carnival Co. & plc ($1.81 billion), Teladoc Health, Inc. ($1.66 billion), and Plug Power Inc. ($1.63 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling ZTCOY is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from ZTE as its price is falling. ZTCOY shares are trading up $0.24 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 ZTE 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 ZTCOY, 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 ZTCOY, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is April, 15 2022.