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Shares of North American Palladium (NYSE:PAL) were the target of a large increase in short interest in the month of August. As of August 15th, there was short interest totalling 8,371,449 shares, an increase of 2.8% from the July 31st total of 8,145,574 shares, Stock Ratings Network reports. Based on an average trading volume of 2,017,484 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 4.1 days. Approximately 2.3% of the shares of the company are short sold.
Separately, analysts at Zacks upgraded shares of North American Palladium from an “underperform” rating to a “neutral” rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 22nd. They now have a $0.30 price target on the stock. Two analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating and four have given a hold rating to the company. The stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $0.30.