Acasti Pharma (ACST) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Acasti Pharma shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of April 15th, traders have sold 3,800 shares of ACST short. 0.06% of Acasti Pharma's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Acasti Pharma'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. 0.06% of Acasti Pharma's floating shares are currently sold short.

Acasti Pharma saw a increase in short interest in the month of April. As of April 15th, there was short interest totaling 3,800 shares, an increase of 171.4% from the previous total of 1,400 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.

Acasti Pharma currently has issued a total of 9,400,000 shares. Some of Acasti Pharma'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. Acasti Pharma currently has a public float of 6,740,000 shares.

0.06% of Acasti Pharma's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "pharmaceutical preparations" compare to Acasti Pharma: Forte Biosciences, Inc. (0.09%), Sol-Gel Technologies Ltd. (0.10%), Qilian International Holding Group Limited (0.78%), DURECT Co. (3.19%), Iterum Therapeutics plc (7.50%), Eyenovia, Inc. (10.56%), Lipocine Inc. (5.41%), Vaxxinity, Inc. (9.31%), Spruce Biosciences, Inc. (0.74%), Lexaria Bioscience Corp. (3.70%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: T-Mobile US, Inc. ($3.70 billion), Occidental Petroleum Co. ($3.52 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.14 billion), General Motors ($2.68 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($2.57 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($2.18 billion), Tractor Supply ($2.10 billion), Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. ($1.91 billion), TC Energy Co. ($1.90 billion), and Williams-Sonoma, Inc. ($1.78 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling ACST is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Acasti Pharma as its price is falling. ACST shares are trading up $0.10 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 Acasti Pharma occurs when it has a large amount of short interest and its stock appreciates in price. This forces short sellers to cover their short interest positions by buying actual shares of ACST, 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 ACST, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is April, 15 2024.