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Regis Short % of float

What is the Short % of float of Regis?

The Short % of float of Regis Corp. is 10.54%

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 Regis do?

regis corporation (nyse:rgs), headquartered in minneapolis, minn., is a leader in beauty salons and cosmetology education. the company owns, franchises or holds ownership interests in nearly 10,000 worldwide locations. regis'​ corporate and franchise locations operate under concepts such as supercuts, smartstyle, mastercuts, regis salons, sassoon salon, cost cutters and first choice haircutters. regis maintains ownership interests in empire education group in the u.s. and the my style concepts in japan.

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