Vale's (NYSE:VALE) short percent of float has fallen 6.51% since its last report. The company recently reported that it has 67.43 million shares sold short, which is 1.58% of all regular shares that are available for trading. Based on its trading volume, it would take traders 2.82 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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Vale Short Interest Graph (3 Months)
As you can see from the chart above the percentage of shares that are sold short for Vale has declined since its last report. This does not mean that the stock is going to rise in the near-term but traders should be aware that less shares are being shorted.
Comparing Vale'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, Vale's peer group average for short interest as a percentage of float is 4.53%, 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.
自上次報告以來，淡水河谷（紐約證券交易所代碼：VALE）的空頭浮動量已下降6.51％。該公司最近報告稱，已賣空6743萬股股票，佔所有可供交易普通股的1.58％。根據其交易量，交易者平均需要2.82天才能填補空頭頭寸。
爲什麼空頭利息很重要
空頭利息是指已賣空但尚未被償還或平倉的股票數量。賣空是指交易者出售不擁有的公司的股票，希望價格下跌。如果股票價格下跌，交易者通過賣空獲利，如果股票價格上漲，他們將蒙受損失。
空頭利率很重要，因爲它可以作爲指標 市場情緒 轉向特定股票。空頭利率的增加可能表明投資者變得更加看跌，而空頭利率的減少可能表明他們變得更加看漲。
做空次數最多的股票清單
淡水河谷短期利率圖（3 個月）
從上面的圖表中可以看出，自上次報告以來，淡水河谷賣空股票的百分比有所下降。這並不意味着該股將在短期內上漲，但交易者應意識到，做空的股票減少了。
將淡水河谷的空頭利率與同行進行比較
同行比較是分析師和投資者常用的衡量公司表現的技術。公司的同行是另一傢俱有相似特徵的公司，例如行業、規模、年齡和財務結構。你可以通過閱讀公司的10-k、代理文件或自己進行相似度分析來找到公司的同行群體。
根據Benzinga Pro的數據，淡水河谷同行平均空頭利率佔浮動量的百分比爲4.53％，這意味着該公司的空頭利率低於大多數同行。
你知道增加空頭利息實際上可以看漲股票嗎？Benzinga Money的這篇文章解釋瞭如何從中獲利。
本文由Benzinga的自動化內容引擎生成，並由編輯審閱。
