Looking Into Viking Therapeutics's Recent Short Interest
Looking Into Viking Therapeutics's Recent Short Interest
Viking Therapeutics's (NYSE:VKTX) short percent of float has risen 6.35% since its last report. The company recently reported that it has 18.07 million shares sold short, which is 21.78% of all regular shares that are available for trading. Based on its trading volume, it would take traders 5.08 days to cover their short positions on average.
Viking Therapeutics（紐交所：VKTX）的空頭持倉佔比自上次報告以來上升了6.35%。該公司最近報告其做空的股票數量爲1807萬股，佔所有可交易普通股的21.78%。根據其成交量，交易者平均需要5.08天才能平掉他們的空頭頭寸。
Why Short Interest Matters
爲什麼空頭持倉重要
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.
空頭持倉是指已經被做空但尚未被平倉或關閉的股票數量。開空是指交易者賣出他們並不擁有的公司股票，期望價格下跌。如果股票價格下跌，交易者就能從開空中賺錢；如果價格上漲，他們就會虧損。
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.
跟蹤空頭持倉非常重要，因爲它可以作爲市場對特定股票情緒的指標。空頭持倉的增加可能表明投資者變得更加看淡，而減少則可能表明他們變得更加看好。
List of the most shorted stocks
做空集合股名單
Viking Therapeutics Short Interest Graph (3 Months)
Viking Therapeutics空頭持倉圖（3個月）
As you can see from the chart above the percentage of shares that are sold short for Viking Therapeutics 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.
正如你在上面的圖表中看到的，Viking Therapeutics的做空股票比例自上次報告以來有所增長。這並不意味着該股票將在短期內下跌，但交易者應意識到更多的股票正在被做空。
Comparing Viking Therapeutics's Short Interest Against Its Peers
將Viking Therapeutics的空頭持倉與其同行進行比較
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.
同行比較是分析師和投資者用來評估公司表現的流行技術。公司的同行是指與其具有相似特徵的其他公司，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、代理文件或進行自己的相似性分析來找到公司的同行群體。
According to Benzinga Pro, Viking Therapeutics's peer group average for short interest as a percentage of float is 13.65%, which means the company has more short interest than most of its peers.
根據Benzinga Pro，Viking Therapeutics的同行組平均空頭持倉佔流通股的比例爲13.65%，這意味着該公司的空頭持倉高於大多數同行。
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.
你知道增加的空頭持倉實際上可以看好一隻股票嗎？Benzinga Money的這篇發帖解釋了你如何從中獲利。
This article was generated by Benzinga's automated content engine and was reviewed by an editor.
這篇文章由Benzinga的自動內容引擎生成，並由編輯進行審閱。
譯文內容由第三人軟體翻譯。
