Radius Recycling Short % of float

What is the Short % of float of Radius Recycling?

The Short % of float of Radius Recycling Inc. is 11.19%

What is the definition of Short % of float?



Short percentage of float is the amount of shares being shorted compared to the float expressed as a percentage.

= short interest / float shares

Short percentage of float, or short interest ratio, is calculated by taking the total amount of shares shorted and dividing it by the total amount of shares available for trade. It is an indirect metric of investor sentiment. When short percentage of float is high, above 40%, it implies company investors hope shares will decline in value. The percentage is used by both fundamental and technical traders to identify trends. The short percentage of float can also be calculated for entire exchanges to determine the sentiment of the market as a whole. If it is high of around five or greater for an exchange, this can be taken as a bearish signal, and vice versa.

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What does Radius Recycling do?

founded in 1906 as a one-man scrap metal operation, schnitzer steel industries, inc., has become one of the nation's largest recyclers of scrap metal, a leading provider of used and recycled auto parts and a manufacturer of finished steel products. with a rapidly growing national and global reach, the company achieved $2.5 billion in revenues in fiscal 2014 and was ranked #853 in the 2015 fortune 1000 list of companies. schnitzer steel common stock is traded on the nasdaq stock market under the symbol schn. with corporate headquarters based in portland, oregon, the company is split into three vertically integrated business units, the metals recycling business, the auto parts business and the steel manufacturing business. career site: http://www.schnitzersteel.com/careers.aspx

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