If 18.99 Million Short is Correct Shorts Need to Cover FastIt's possible that with the shares tanking from Mar. 01 high of $50.54 to Mar. 05 low of $48.70, that the short interest did increase by approx. 7 million in order to drop the share price.
With the share price moving higher, that makes for a very good push by shorts that will need to cover if the share price continues to move closer and closer to $50 plus level prior to ex-dividend date.