Short interest as a percent of shares outstanding conveys what percentage of total
outstanding shares are sold short, but haven't been covered or closed yet.
At the time, 22 million
outstanding shares were selling for $ 7 each.
Not exact matches
That increases the
shares outstanding and dilutes the stake of existing shareholders, since
shares issued by the company through the exercise of options
are not
sold in exchange for cash at fair market value but
are exercised at a discount.
Of the
outstanding shares, all of the
shares sold in this offering will
be freely tradable, except that any
shares held by our affiliates, as that term
is defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act, may only
be sold in compliance with the limitations described below.
There
are currently 962 thousand
shares sold short, which equates to 9 % of
shares outstanding and 26 days to cover.
Furthermore, investors purchasing
shares of our Class A common stock in this offering will only own approximately % of our
outstanding shares of Class A and Class B common stock (and have % of the combined voting power of the
outstanding shares of our Class A and Class B common stock), after the offering even though their aggregate investment will represent % of the total consideration received by us in connection with all initial sales of
shares of our capital stock
outstanding as of September 30, 2010, after giving effect to the issuance of
shares of our Class A common stock in this offering and
shares of our Class A common stock to
be sold by certain
selling stockholders.
There
are currently 537 thousand
shares sold short, which equates to 1 % of
shares outstanding and one day to cover.
Because they have a smaller number of
shares outstanding, these stocks tend to
be less liquid, making buying and
selling more difficult.
the sale of
shares of common stock in an underwritten public offering that occurs during the restricted period, including any concurrent exercise (including a net exercise or cashless exercise) or settlement of
outstanding equity awards granted under our equity incentive plans or pursuant to a contractual employment arrangement described elsewhere in this prospectus in order to
sell the
shares of common stock delivered upon such exercise or settlement in such underwritten public offering; provided that, if required, any public report or filing under Section 16 of the Exchange Act will clearly indicate in the footnotes thereto that such disposition to us or withholding by us of
shares or securities
was solely to us pursuant to the circumstances described in this clause; or
Of the million
outstanding shares, all of the
shares sold in this offering will
be freely tradable, except that any
shares held by our affiliates, as that term
is defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act, may only
be sold in compliance with the limitations described below.
We have based our calculation of the number of
shares outstanding after the offering and the percentage of beneficial ownership after the offering on
shares of our common stock
outstanding immediately after the completion of this offering, including
shares that we estimate will
be issued pursuant to the 2014 Recapitalization assuming an initial public offering price of $ per
share (the midpoint of the price range on the cover of this prospectus), and no exercise of the underwriters» overallotment option to purchase
shares from the
selling stockholders.
All of the issued and
outstanding shares of Streetcar
were sold to the Company for an aggregate estimated consideration of $ 62.2 million.
There
are currently 3.2 million
shares sold short, which equates to 1 % of
shares outstanding and two days to cover.
Additionally, there
are 7.2 million
shares sold short, or just over 19 % of
shares outstanding.
If the company
is sold at the end of five years, without any additional dilution, everyone would vest all of their equity and the independent directors would have earned about 0.5 % of the
shares outstanding at the end of the third round per year.
They must deploy 100 % of any funds they receive into equities, and they must buy and
sell shares so as to establish positions that
are in exact relative proportion to the supply
outstanding.
There
is considerable skepticism among investors about whether this drug candidate will actually work, and as a result, 5 million Medico
shares have
been sold short of its 25 million
shares outstanding.
We have
been driving Sacramento Ford customers home for years with a friendly, enthusiastic sales staff who
are eager to
share their knowledge, great service and
outstanding value of the new and used Ford vehicles we
sell and service daily.
There
is considerable skepticism among investors about whether this drug candidate will actually work, and as a result, 5 million Medico
shares have
been sold short of its 25 million
shares outstanding.
Short interest refers to the total number of
shares sold short as a percentage of total
shares outstanding, while short interest ratio (SIR)
is the total number of
shares sold short divided by the stock's average daily trading volume.
Is it rational investment decision making to
sell short more than a quarter of the
outstanding shares of RIM?
What I can say from a strategic perspective
is that 1) I like a purchase of assets at historically low prices, 2) MFC has some expertise in the commodity business so this isn't completely outside their playing field, 3) perhaps, worst case, there could
be a strategy to purchase the assets in bulk at a distress sale and then
sell them off piecemeal for a profit, and 4) while this may
be a role of the dice (who knows where gas prices will
be a year from now) MFC
is not betting the ranch; the total investment will
be about CDN $ 75 million ($ 33 for the
outstanding shares, $ 8 million for the warrants, $ 30 million additional investment and I've estimated $ 4 million for transaction costs), or less than 25 % of MFC's current cash hoard.
Bogan argued that the fact XRT has so many more
shares sold short than its long
shares outstanding should
be a serious cause for concern for investors, regulators and believers of an efficient market.
Share prices can react more severely to buying or
selling pressure if only a limited number of
shares are outstanding.
It
is important to
be able to have a sufficient number of
outstanding shares to help ensure that investors can purchase and
sell shares at appropriate times.
Late Friday the US treasury announced that it will
sell another tranche of its holdings in AIG, about 9 % of
outstanding shares, or 163.9 million to
be precise.
Actually, I
'm quite amazed to see San Leon Energy (SLE: LN)
is still sporting a 50 million market cap... I suppose investors haven't
been able to
sell the
shares fast enough to keep up with all the dilution (over 2.5 billion
shares outstanding!)
«The board of directors of the Company
is pleased to announce that on 30th June 2014, the Company, Perfect Online Holding (the Company and Perfect Online collectively the Purchasers and each of them a Purchaser) and the shareholders (the Vendors) of Digital Extremes Ltd. entered into a non-binding term sheet, pursuant to which the Purchasers intend to purchase, and Vendors intend to
sell, all the
outstanding shares of Digital Extremes, subject to due diligence and execution of definitive agreements between the parties.»
Both parties have the
shared goal of creating and
selling outstanding art, but due to the subjective nature of our industry, there
are many opinions on how to achieve that goal in the most efficient and rewarding way possible.
Pursuant to such NYSE rules, and based upon information known to it at that time, Morgan Stanley
is expected to provide input to the DMM regarding Morgan Stanley's understanding of the ownership of our
outstanding ordinary
shares and pre-listing
selling and buying interest in our ordinary
shares that it becomes aware of from potential investors and holders of our ordinary
shares, in each case, without coordination with us.
The measure
is calculated simply by number of
shares sold divided by number of
shares outstanding.