Reading more, beyond the bottom line... Short Selling a stock - the opposite of regular buying: Short sellers hope a stock will go down.
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Think of "Shorts" as the "Bears" out there that are betting that your stock's share price will go down... When stock pundits and business news anchors talk about the bears in a stock, they are talking about those who believe a stock will go down, and often act on that belief by selling a stock short. This is a process where, instead of buying a stock hoping it will go up from there, to profit from the difference; they "sell a stock short," hoping it will go down from there, and profiting from that difference in share price. It is very important that you check how much of your stock's outstanding shares is considered "short shares" or what the short ratio is. That is what this step accomplishes.
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Short Shares Outstanding: The number of shares outstanding that are considered "short shares" for Intel is: 57.46 million short shares
% of Outstanding Shares that are Short: 1.04% 57.46 million short shares / 5.53 billion shares outstanding = 1.04% short
% of Outstanding Share Float that are Short: 1.04% The same percentage, given that the share "float" amount is the same as outstanding shares.
Short Ratio: 1% The Short Ratio is calculated as the number of shares outstanding that are sold short, divided by the average daily trading volume (from last 3 months). Therefore, Intel's short ratio is: 1% 57.46 million short shares / 62.971 million shares = 1% (a number rounded up from 91.3%)
Short Shares (from previous month): 54.31 million This can indicate short trending, up or down, from the previous month. Although slightly higher than the previous month (which would indicate increased bearishness or pessimism about Intel's stock) this change is not significant. [link to this information - here >]
Conclusions: Intel's short position is about 1%, which is not a significant amount, and does not present a major concern when considering ownership of Intel's stock.
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