Future Retail Short % of float
What is the Short % of float of Future Retail?
The Short % of float of Future Retail Limited is N/A
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.
What does Future Retail do?
Future Retail Limited engages in retailing fashion, household, food, and consumer products in India. The company operates hypermarkets under the Big Bazaar and Big Bazaar GEN NXT brands; supermarkets under the HyperCity and foodworld brands; neighborhood food and grocery stores under the Easyday Club and Heritage Fresh brand names; fashion stores under the fbb brand; lifestyle food superstore under the Foodhall brand; and travel convenience stores under the WH Smith brand. It also operates lifestyle consumer electronics stores under the name eZone brand name. As of March 31, 2021, the company operated 1,308 stores comprising 285 Big Bazaar/ Hypercity stores, 88 fbb stores, 8 Foodhall, and 927 small format stores. The company was formerly known as Bharti Retail Limited and changed its name to Future Retail Limited in May 2016. Future Retail Limited was incorporated in 2007 and is based in Mumbai, India.