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Canadian Solar Inc Short % of float

What is the Short % of float of Canadian Solar Inc?

The Short % of float of Canadian Solar Inc is 7.00%

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 Canadian Solar Inc do?

canadian solar inc. (csi) designs, develops, manufactures and sells solar cell and module products that convert sunlight into electricity for a variety of uses. the company conducts all of its manufacturing operations in china. the company's products include a range of standard solar modules built to general specifications for use in a range of residential, commercial and industrial solar power generation systems. it also designs and produces specialty solar modules and products based on its customers' requirements. specialty solar modules and products consist of customized modules that its customers incorporate into their own products, such as solar-powered bus stop lighting, and complete specialty products, such as solar-powered car battery chargers. it sells its products under its canadian solar brand name and to original equipment manufacturing (oem) customers under their brand names.

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