Short Interest in Healthy Choice Wellness Corp. (NYSEAMERICAN:HCWC) Grows By 216.5%

Healthy Choice Wellness Corp. (NYSEAMERICAN:HCWC) was the target of a large growth in short interest during the month of August. As of August 14th, there was short interest totaling 2,088,903 shares, a growth of 216.5% from the July 30th total of 660,018 shares. Approximately 8.1% of the company’s stock are short sold. Based on an average daily volume of 73,281,675 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.0 days.

Institutional Trading of Healthy Choice Wellness

A hedge fund recently raised its stake in Healthy Choice Wellness stock. Virtu Financial LLC grew its position in Healthy Choice Wellness Corp. (NYSEAMERICAN:HCWC) by 303.7% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 59,195 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 44,533 shares during the period. Virtu Financial LLC owned about 0.39% of Healthy Choice Wellness worth $45,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Healthy Choice Wellness Stock Down 15.9%

Shares of Healthy Choice Wellness stock traded down $0.05 on Thursday, hitting $0.26. The company had a trading volume of 3,800,805 shares, compared to its average volume of 6,186,407. Healthy Choice Wellness has a 1 year low of $0.17 and a 1 year high of $0.98. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.06, a quick ratio of 0.22 and a current ratio of 0.51. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $0.22 and a 200-day moving average of $0.26. The stock has a market capitalization of $8.34 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -0.61 and a beta of 3.08.

Healthy Choice Wellness (NYSEAMERICAN:HCWC) last announced its earnings results on Friday, August 14th. The company reported ($0.11) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Healthy Choice Wellness had a negative net margin of 13.26% and a negative return on equity of 149.16%. The company had revenue of ($0.02) million for the quarter.

About Healthy Choice Wellness

Healthy Choice Wellness Corp. is a holding company focused on providing consumers with healthier daily choices with respect to nutrition and other lifestyle alternatives. Through its wholly owned subsidiaries, the Company operates: . Ada’s Natural Market, a natural and organic grocery store offering fresh produce, bulk foods, vitamins and supplements, packaged groceries, meat and seafood, deli, baked goods, dairy products, frozen foods, health & beauty products and natural household items (www.Adasmarket.com).