NXU (NXU) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of NXU shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of April 30th, traders have sold 799,700 shares of NXU short. Learn More on NXU's current short interest.

NXU saw a increase in short interest in April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 799,700 shares, an increase of 53.5% from the previous total of 521,100 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 sector of "auto/tires/trucks" compare to NXU: Phoenix Motor Inc. (0.78%), Zapp Electric Vehicles Group Limited (1.85%), SRIVARU Holding Limited (0.75%), Kaixin Holdings (0.72%), Ayro, Inc. (14.80%), Nuvve Holding Corp. (1.39%), Arcimoto, Inc. (11.42%), U Power Limited (6.84%), China Yuchai International Limited (0.03%), Faraday Future Intelligent Electric Inc. (85.71%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: T-Mobile US, Inc. ($3.98 billion), Occidental Petroleum Co. ($3.35 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.06 billion), General Motors ($2.88 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($2.32 billion), Tractor Supply ($2.27 billion), Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. ($2.22 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($2.18 billion), Williams-Sonoma, Inc. ($1.95 billion), and Chesapeake Energy Co. ($1.52 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling NXU is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from NXU as its price is falling. 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 NXU 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 NXU, 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 NXU, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is April, 30 2024.