BBBY Stock: Why It's Getting Harder to Short [TheStreet.com]
Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. (BBBY)
Last bed bath & beyond inc. earnings: 4/15 04:15 pm
Check Earnings Report
US:NASDAQ Investor Relations:
bedbathandbeyond.com
Company Research
Source: TheStreet.com
Bed Bath & Beyond's current short interest corresponds to about 42% of its float. BBBY's borrow rates have been on a strong upward trend since June. The current scarcity of shares available for lending also indicates that short sellers must be increasingly resourceful to short BBBY. Figure 1: BBBY Stock: Why It's Getting Harder to Short Getty ( Read more from Wall Street Memes: ) What Is a Stock Borrow Fee? Stock borrow fees, also called stock loan rates, are fees charged by brokers to lend shares to short sellers who want to bet against the stock. Market supply-and-demand conditions determine borrow fee rates. When there is a lot of demand from short sellers, borrow fees will be proportionately high, based on the supply of shares available for lending. Borrow fee rates serve as a risk-return indicator for traders. When borrow fees are too high, you need a good reason to believe that the stock will plunge to make your short position worth the cost. What Can Borrow Fees Tell
Show less
Read more
Impact Snapshot
Event Time:
BBBY
Last Price
Price Change
Price Change%
Volume Shares
Max Up
Max Down
%
Volume Ratio
Performance Comparison
Updated
|
Event Day
Stock performance from the time of news release until the following 4pm ET market close
|
Last price at news event
|
Since Event
Multi-day stock performance from the time of the news release
|
|---|---|---|
|
EVENT DAY
Stock performance from the time of news release until the following 4pm ET market close
|
LAST
PRICE AT NEWS EVENT |
SINCE EVENT
Multi-day stock performance from the time of the news release
|
| Last Price | ||
| VWAP | ||
|
High:
|
Max Up |
High:
|
|
Low:
|
Max Down |
Low:
|
|
%
|
Post news range |
%
|
|
|
Price change |
|
|
|
Price Change Percentage |
|
|
|
S&P 500 (SPX) |
|
|
%
|
Volume ratio |
%
|
| Volume | ||
| Ticks | ||
|
|
Avg transaction size |
|
Don't Miss Out On The Next BIG Stock Move
Event day
Event Day Chart will not be displayed beyond 90-day period of the event
Performance since event
Time And Velocity Analysis
Be the first to know
Opt in for alerts from News Quantifed
Sign Up Today
Opt-in for
BBBY alerts
Learn More With NQ
Reading the Impact Report
Help Me Understand This Data
Help Me Understand This Data
How NQ Works
What is news-based trading?
And why is it so successful?
And why is it so successful?
Movers & Shakers
The biggest gainers and losers and WHY it moved
BBBY alerts
High impacting Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. news events
Weekly update
A roundup of the hottest topics