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Unit Short % of float

What is the Short % of float of Unit?

The Short % of float of Unit Corp. is 26.62%

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 Unit do?

Unit Corp. engages in oil and gas exploration, production, contract drilling, and natural gas gathering and processing. It operates through the following segments: Oil and Natural Gas; Contract Drilling; Mid-Stream; and Other. The Oil and Natural Gas segment explores, develops, acquires, and produces oil and natural gas properties. The Contract Drilling segment contracts to drill onshore oil and natural gas wells. The Mid-Stream segment buys, sells, gathers, processes, and treats natural gas. The company was founded by King P. Kirchner and James Donald Bodard in 1963 and is headquartered in Tulsa, OK.

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