HelloFresh Soars as Peer Ocado Surges, Short Interest High
By Henry Ren
(Bloomberg) --
HelloFresh shares soar as much as 11% on Thursday, their biggest intraday climb since March. Peer Ocado spiked after a Times report cited “speculation of bid interest” from tech firms such as Amazon in the online grocer.
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• Shares out on loan, an indication of short interest, represent about 13% of HelloFresh’s free float as of Wednesday, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence
• Trading volume of HelloFresh is almost three times the 20-day average level, with over 700,000 shares changing hands as of 1:19 p.m. in Frankfurt
• The stock was earlier initiated as neutral by Goldman Sachs