DNB Bank ASA (DNBBY) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of DNB Bank ASA shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of May 15th, traders have sold 400 shares of DNBBY short. Learn More on DNB Bank ASA's current short interest.

DNB Bank ASA saw a drop in short interest in the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 400 shares, a drop of 98.7% from the previous total of 30,600 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 "commercial banks, not elsewhere classified" compare to DNB Bank ASA: Banco Macro S.A. (1.13%), Grupo Financiero Galicia S.A. (2.55%), Intercorp Financial Services Inc. (0.36%), Royal Bank of Canada (1.34%), Commonwealth Bank of Australia (0.00%), Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. (0.08%), HDFC Bank Limited (0.52%), The Toronto-Dominion Bank (0.60%), ICICI Bank Limited (0.83%), Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (0.06%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: T-Mobile US, Inc. ($3.81 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.30 billion), Occidental Petroleum Co. ($3.10 billion), General Motors ($2.84 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($2.77 billion), AppLovin Co. ($2.22 billion), Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. ($2.22 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($2.16 billion), Tractor Supply ($2.12 billion), and Williams-Sonoma, Inc. ($2.12 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling DNBBY is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from DNB Bank ASA as its price is falling. DNBBY shares are trading up $0.24 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 DNB Bank ASA 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 DNBBY, 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 DNBBY, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is May, 15 2024.