1. For DE only: How many shares are sold short in the current month? What about the previous month? What do the Percent of Float and Short Ratio mean?

2. Compare and contrast the short sale data between your company and its competitor. What does the difference in the short ratio between the 2 companies imply about investor sentiment about the 2 companies?

Short sales data of DE from finance.yahoo. Accessed on October 1, 2017. Shares Short 3 Short Ratio 3 Short % of Float 3 Shares Short (prior month) 3 15.46M 5.32 4.85% 16.74M Shares sold short in the current month: 15.46M Shares sold short in previous month: 16.74 M Short sales data of DE from finance.yahoo. Accessed on October 1, 2017. Shares Short 3 Short Ratio 3 Short % of Float 3 Shares Short (prior month) 3 15.46M 5.32 4.85% 16.74M Shares sold short in the current month: 15.46M Shares sold short in previous month: 16.74 M