Short Interest In Abbott Laboratories Increases 307.3%
May 25, 2016 at 13:41 PM EDT
The most recent short interest data has been released for the 05/13/2016 settlement date, which shows a 30,397,771 share increase in total short interest for Abbott Laboratories (ABT), to 40,291,082, an increase of 307.26% since 04/29/2016. Total short interest is just one way to look at short data; another metric that we here at Dividend Channel find particularly useful is the "days to cover" metric because it considers both the total shares short and the average daily volume of shares traded..