Liberty Latin America (LILA) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Liberty Latin America shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of May 15th, investors have sold 282,100 shares of LILA short. 0.82% of Liberty Latin America's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Liberty Latin America's current short interest.

Companies that have a short interest as a percentage of float below 10% indicates positive investor sentiment and few short sellers. Stocks with a short interest percentage above 10% is considered high, suggesting some investors are pessimistic about the stock. Companies with a short interest percentage of 20% or more indicates widespread negative sentiment. 0.82% of Liberty Latin America's floating shares are currently sold short.

Liberty Latin America saw a decline in short interest in the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 282,100 shares, a decline of 17.3% from the previous total of 341,200 shares. Changes in short volume can be used to identify positive and negative investor sentiment. Investors that short sell a stock are betting that its price will decline in the future. An increase in short sale volume suggests bearish (negative) sentiment among investors. A decrease on short sale volume suggests bullish (positive) sentiment.

Liberty Latin America currently has issued a total of 197,300,000 shares. Some of Liberty Latin America's outstanding shares are available for trading, while others are subject to various restrictions. The public float, also referred to as floating shares or "the float", are shares that publicly owned, unrestricted and available to trade on the open market. Liberty Latin America currently has a public float of 34,200,000 shares.

0.82% of Liberty Latin America's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies compare to Liberty Latin America: Liberty Latin America Ltd. (2.39%), Cable One, Inc. (19.66%), Altice USA, Inc. (12.01%), E2open Parent Holdings, Inc. (5.62%), Viavi Solutions Inc. (2.22%), Endava plc (1.14%), NuScale Power Co. (17.74%), CTS Co. (3.74%), Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated (0.38%), BlackBerry Limited (7.26%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: T-Mobile US, Inc. ($3.81 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.30 billion), Occidental Petroleum Co. ($3.10 billion), General Motors ($2.84 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($2.77 billion), AppLovin Co. ($2.22 billion), Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. ($2.22 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($2.16 billion), Tractor Supply ($2.12 billion), and Williams-Sonoma, Inc. ($2.12 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling LILA is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Liberty Latin America as its price is falling. LILA shares are trading up $0.08 today. To short a stock, an investor borrows shares, sells them and buys the shares back on the public market later to return it to the lender. Short sellers are betting that a stock will decline in price. If the stock does drop after selling, the short seller buys it back at a lower price and returns it to the lender. The difference between the sell price and the buy price is the trader's profit.

A short squeeze for Liberty Latin America occurs when it has a large amount of short interest and its stock increases in price. This forces short sellers to cover their short interest positions by buying actual shares of LILA, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further.

Short interest is typically published by a stock exchange once per month. However, NASDAQ publishes a report for U.S. stocks, including LILA, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is May, 15 2024.