YY Group (YYGH) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of YY Group shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of October 15th, traders have sold 18,900 shares of YYGH short. 0.27% of YY Group's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on YY Group's current short interest.

Companies that have a short interest as a percentage of float below 10% indicates positive investor sentiment and few short sellers. Stocks with a short interest percentage above 10% is considered high, suggesting some investors are pessimistic about the stock. Companies with a short interest percentage of 20% or more indicates widespread negative sentiment. 0.27% of YY Group's floating shares are currently sold short.

YY Group saw a decline in short interest in the month of October. As of October 15th, there was short interest totaling 18,900 shares, a decline of 4.5% from the previous total of 19,800 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.

YY Group currently has issued a total of 39,420,000 shares. Some of YY Group's outstanding shares are available for trading, while others are subject to various restrictions. The public float, also referred to as floating shares or "the float", are shares that publicly owned, unrestricted and available to trade on the open market. YY Group currently has a public float of 7,070,000 shares.

0.27% of YY Group's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "business services" compare to YY Group: RCM Technologies, Inc. (2.34%), Quest Resource Holding Co. (1.53%), Rimini Street, Inc. (4.03%), Information Services Group, Inc. (0.35%), Veritone, Inc. (16.14%), FiscalNote Holdings, Inc. (6.69%), Lightbridge Co. (0.77%), Bragg Gaming Group Inc. (0.48%), Phunware, Inc. (11.31%), Nutex Health Inc. (3.39%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.14 billion), AppLovin Co. ($3.15 billion), Paychex, Inc. ($2.69 billion), Nu Holdings Ltd. ($2.48 billion), Cencora, Inc. ($2.24 billion), International Paper ($2.04 billion), Tractor Supply ($1.96 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($1.93 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($1.91 billion), and SoFi Technologies, Inc. ($1.84 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling YYGH is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from YY Group as its price is falling. YYGH shares are trading up $0.15 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 YY 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 YYGH, 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 YYGH, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is October, 15 2024.