McDonald's's (NYSE:MCD) short percent of float has risen 13.39% since its last report. The company recently reported that it has 9.17 million shares sold short, which is 1.27% of all regular shares that are available for trading. Based on its trading volume, it would take traders 2.74 days to cover their short positions on average.
Why Short Interest Matters
Short interest is the number of shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. Short selling is when a trader sells shares of a company they do not own, with the hope that the price will fall. Traders make money from short selling if the price of the stock falls and they lose if it rises.
Short interest is important to track because it can act as an indicator of market sentiment towards a particular stock. An increase in short interest can signal that investors have become more bearish, while a decrease in short interest can signal they have become more bullish.
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McDonald's Short Interest Graph (3 Months)
As you can see from the chart above the percentage of shares that are sold short for McDonald's has grown since its last report. This does not mean that the stock is going to fall in the near-term but traders should be aware that more shares are being shorted.
Comparing McDonald's's Short Interest Against Its Peers
Peer comparison is a popular technique amongst analysts and investors for gauging how well a company is performing. A company's peer is another company that has similar characteristics to it, such as industry, size, age, and financial structure. You can find a company's peer group by reading its 10-K, proxy filing, or by doing your own similarity analysis.
According to Benzinga Pro, McDonald's's peer group average for short interest as a percentage of float is 10.04%, which means the company has less short interest than most of its peers.
Did you know that increasing short interest can actually be bullish for a stock? This post by Benzinga Money explains how you can profit from it.
This article was generated by Benzinga's automated content engine and was reviewed by an editor.
麥當勞 (NYSE:MCD) 流通股份的空頭持倉比例自上次報告以來上升了13.39%。該公司最近報告稱，其售空了917萬股，佔所有可供交易的普通股的1.27%。根據其成交量，交易者平均需要2.74天來平倉。
爲什麼空頭持倉很重要？
空頭持倉是指已經賣出但尚未償還或關閉的股票數量。空頭賣空是指交易者賣出一家公司的股票，但他們並未擁有這些股票，希望股票價格會下跌。如果股票價格下跌，交易者通過空頭賣空可以賺錢，如果股票價格上漲，則會虧本。
跟蹤空頭持倉很重要，因爲它可以作爲市場對特定股票情緒的指標。空頭持倉增加可能表明投資者變得更看淡，而空頭持倉減少可能表明他們變得更看好。
最受做空集合股的名單
麥當勞售空利益圖表 (3個月)
從上面的圖表中可以看出，自上次報告以來，麥當勞售空的股份百分比有所增加。這並不意味着該股將在短期內下跌，但交易者應該意識到更多的股份正在被售空。
將麥當勞的空頭持倉與同行進行比較
同行業板塊比較是分析師和投資者的一種常用技術，用於評估公司的表現。公司的同行是指具有類似特徵的另一家公司，例如行業、規模、年齡和財務結構。您可以通過閱讀公司的10-K、代理申報或進行自己的相似性分析來找到公司的同行群體。
根據Benzinga Pro的數據，麥當勞同行業的平均空頭持倉佔流通股份的比例爲10.04%，這意味着該公司的空頭持倉低於大多數同行。
您是否知道，空頭持倉增加實際上對股票有利？這篇文章由Benzinga Money撰寫，解釋瞭如何從中獲利。
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