UnitedHealth Group is in a holding pattern this week, with short interest frozen at 14.0 million shares for the second consecutive week and the stock trading at a widening discount to where analysts think it should be. The positioning picture is unusually clean for a stock of this size. Short interest has not moved a share since the large cover that dropped the book from 15.95…
UNH short interest jumps 20.7% in one week to 1.76% of free float, highest since early September, as borrowing costs surge to 0.47% annually.
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UNH short interest jumps 20.7% in one week to 1.76% of free float, highest since early September, as borrowing costs surge to 0.47% annually.
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