Jaguar Health (JAGX) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Jaguar Health shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of April 15th, investors have sold 14,360,000 shares of JAGX short. Learn More on Jaguar Health's current short interest.

Jaguar Health saw a decline in short interest during the month of April. As of April 15th, there was short interest totaling 14,360,000 shares, a decline of 27.1% from the previous total of 19,710,000 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.

Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "pharmaceutical preparations" compare to Jaguar Health: Aadi Bioscience, Inc. (6.31%), Immuneering Co. (13.23%), Rockwell Medical, Inc. (2.40%), CalciMedica, Inc. (0.71%), Clene Inc. (0.12%), Apollomics, Inc. (0.32%), NextCure, Inc. (0.54%), Bolt Biotherapeutics, Inc. (8.63%), BioLineRx Ltd. (0.98%), Checkpoint Therapeutics, Inc. (12.35%),

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 JAGX is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Jaguar Health as its price is falling. JAGX shares are trading up $0.02 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 Jaguar Health 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 JAGX, 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 JAGX, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is April, 15 2024.