Investors are looking at Tempur Sealy International, Inc. (NYSE:TPX)’s short data, trying to figure out market sentiment on which way the market thinks the stock is moving. The firm has 8.11% of total shares float short, yielding a short ratio of 6.06.

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They hope that the stock price will fall or that the company will fail and go bankrupt, leading the equity holders to ruin.  The short sellers will then buy the stock back at a much lower price and replace the borrowed shares, pocketing the difference. 

Shorting a stock can be very risky if the price doesn’t decline like planned and, in fact, increases.  It’s important for any investor to understand the dangers and potentially catastrophic financial losses of short selling.

RECENT PERFORMANCE AND RECOMMENDATION

Let’s take a look at how the stock has been performing recently.  Over the past twelve months, Tempur Sealy International, Inc. (NYSE:TPX)’s stock was 97.17%.  Over the last week of the month, it was 2.68%, 2.68% over the last quarter, and  33.49% for the past six months. 

Over the past 50 days, Tempur Sealy International, Inc. stock’s -3.79% off of the high and 12.73% removed from the low.  Their 52-Week High and Low are noted here.  -3.79% away from the high and 108.69% from the low. 

The consensus analysts recommendation at this point stands at 2.10 on Tempur Sealy International, Inc. (NYSE:TPX). 

This is based on a 1-5 scale where 1 indicates a Strong Buy and 5 a Strong Sell. The same analysts are predicting that the company shares will trade to $85.80 within the next 12-18 months. 

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