Grafton Group (GROUF) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Grafton Group shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of November 30th, traders have sold 1,200 shares of GROUF short. Learn More on Grafton Group's current short interest.

Grafton Group saw a decrease in short interest during the month of November. As of November 30th, there was short interest totaling 1,200 shares, a decrease of 20.0% from the previous total of 1,500 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 "private households" compare to Grafton Group: Air China Limited (0.00%), Toray Industries, Inc. (0.01%), Recordati Industria Chimica e Farmaceutica S.p.A. (0.24%), DS Smith Plc (0.01%), Carrefour SA (0.01%), Daiwa Securities Group Inc. (0.00%), Zalando SE (0.00%), Eurofins Scientific SE (0.16%), ageas SA/NV (0.00%), Redeia Corporación, S.A. (0.00%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: AppLovin Co. ($5.70 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.55 billion), Spotify Technology S.A. ($3.84 billion), Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. ($3.07 billion), International Paper ($3.00 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($2.93 billion), Cencora, Inc. ($2.54 billion), Paychex, Inc. ($2.53 billion), SoFi Technologies, Inc. ($2.24 billion), and Reddit, Inc. ($2.00 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling GROUF is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Grafton Group as its price is falling. 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 Grafton 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 GROUF, 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 GROUF, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is November, 30 2024.