EMC (EMC) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of EMC shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of October 31st, investors have sold 6,100 shares of EMC short. Learn More on EMC's current short interest.

EMC saw a drop in short interest in October. As of October 31st, there was short interest totaling 6,100 shares, a drop of 28.2% from the previous total of 8,500 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 industry of "computer storage & peripherals" compare to EMC: NetApp, Inc. (4.36%), Western Digital Co. (4.70%), Synaptics Incorporated (7.44%), Immersion Co. (11.86%), and Intevac, Inc. (0.45%).

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.08 billion), AppLovin Co. ($3.18 billion), Paychex, Inc. ($2.64 billion), Nu Holdings Ltd. ($2.54 billion), International Paper ($2.46 billion), Cencora, Inc. ($2.27 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($1.87 billion), SoFi Technologies, Inc. ($1.81 billion), Lululemon Athletica Inc. ($1.75 billion), and Onsemi ($1.71 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling EMC is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from EMC as its price is falling. EMC shares are trading down $0.09 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 EMC 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 EMC, 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 EMC, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is October, 31 2024.