Short interest for AMZN is as follows:
Month Shares Short Avg Daily Volume S/A*
03/98 3,565,482 873,318 4.08
02/98 3,222,551 466,188 6.91
01/98 2,987,835 364,447 8.20
12/97 2,272,762 236,373 9.62
11/97 2,145,400 446,296 4.81
10/97 1,987,164 363,864 5.46
09/97 1,827,982 217,944 8.39
* S/A = Shares Short / Avg Daily Volume; it may be used
as a rough measure of days to cover
The shares outstanding for AMZN: 23.9 million
The shares float for AMZN: 3.0 million
The shares outstanding and float is data from quote.yahoo.com. I
don't know exactly why the # short is actually higher than the float,
but the data is reliable. |
