MS&AD Insurance Group (MSADY) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of MS&AD Insurance Group shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of April 30th, traders have sold 31,200 shares of MSADY short. Learn More on MS&AD Insurance Group's current short interest.

MS&AD Insurance Group saw a increase in short interest in the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 31,200 shares, an increase of 43.8% from the previous total of 21,700 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 sector of "finance" compare to MS&AD Insurance Group: The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (1.47%), Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited (0.35%), Arch Capital Group Ltd. (1.15%), W. R. Berkley Co. (1.85%), Cincinnati Financial Co. (1.41%), Loews Co. (0.99%), Everest Group, Ltd. (1.71%), The Allstate Co. (0.78%), CNA Financial Co. (0.24%), RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. (1.77%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: T-Mobile US, Inc. ($3.98 billion), Occidental Petroleum Co. ($3.35 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.06 billion), General Motors ($2.88 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($2.32 billion), Tractor Supply ($2.27 billion), Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. ($2.22 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($2.18 billion), Williams-Sonoma, Inc. ($1.95 billion), and Chesapeake Energy Co. ($1.52 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling MSADY is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from MS&AD Insurance Group as its price is falling. MSADY shares are trading up $0.09 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 MS&AD Insurance Group 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 MSADY, 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 MSADY, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is April, 30 2024.