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Darden Restaurants Short % of float

What is the Short % of float of Darden Restaurants?

The Short % of float of Darden Restaurants, Inc. is 4.64%

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.

Short % of float of companies in the Consumer Discretionary sector on NYSE compared to Darden Restaurants

What does Darden Restaurants do?

darden is a restaurant company featuring a portfolio of differentiated brands that include olive garden, longhorn steakhouse, cheddar's scratch kitchen, yard house, the capital grille, seasons 52, bahama breeze and eddie v's. our people equal our success, and we are proud to employ 165,000 team members in more than 1,600 restaurants. together, we create memorable experiences for 380 million guests each year in communities across north america.

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