Short Interest in Bright Scholar Education Holdings Limited (NYSE:BEDU) Increases By 622.2%

Bright Scholar Education Holdings Limited (NYSE:BEDU) saw a large growth in short interest during the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 6,500 shares, a growth of 622.2% from the December 15th total of 900 shares. Approximately 0.1% of the company’s shares are sold short. Based on an average trading volume of 9,500 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.7 days.

Bright Scholar Education Trading Up 21.8 %

Shares of Bright Scholar Education stock traded up $0.32 during trading hours on Tuesday, reaching $1.79. 5,261 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 6,883. Bright Scholar Education has a fifty-two week low of $1.35 and a fifty-two week high of $3.23. The stock has a market cap of $53.21 million, a P/E ratio of -0.38 and a beta of 0.40. The company has a 50 day moving average of $1.81 and a two-hundred day moving average of $1.92.

Bright Scholar Education Company Profile

Bright Scholar Education Holdings Limited, an education service provider, operates and provides K-12 schools and complementary education services in China, Hong Kong, Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom. The company operates in three segments: Overseas Schools; Complementary Education Services; and Domestic Kindergartens and K-12 Operation Services.