Artius Acquisition (AACQ) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Artius Acquisition shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of June 15th, traders have sold 1,300,000 shares of AACQ short. 2.45% of Artius Acquisition's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Artius Acquisition's current short interest.

The short interest ratio, also known as the "days to cover ratio", is calculated by dividing the number of shares of a stock sold short divided by its average trading volume. A short interest ratio ranging between 1 and 4 generally indicates strong positive sentiment about a stock and a lack of short sellers. A short interest ratio of 10 or greater indicates strong pessimism about a stock. AACQ shares currently have a short interest ratio of 1.0. Learn More on Artius Acquisition's short interest ratio.

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. 2.45% of Artius Acquisition's floating shares are currently sold short.

Artius Acquisition saw a increase in short interest in June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,300,000 shares, an increase of 25.0% from the previous total of 1,040,000 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.

Artius Acquisition currently has issued a total of 90,563,000 shares. Some of Artius Acquisition'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. Artius Acquisition currently has a public float of 53,120,000 shares.

2.45% of Artius Acquisition's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the sector of "basic materials" compare to Artius Acquisition: International Tower Hill Mines Ltd. (0.25%), Nouveau Monde Graphite Inc. (0.52%), US Gold Corp (3.13%), Vox Royalty Corp. (0.03%), Platinum Group Metals Ltd. (2.83%), Lightwave Logic Inc. (17.25%), Piedmont Lithium Inc. - Sponsored ADR (9.14%), NioCorp Developments Ltd. (3.17%), Vista Gold Corp. (0.26%), American Vanguard Corporation (2.42%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: AstraZeneca PLC ($7.95 billion), Tesla, Inc. ($7.86 billion), Block, Inc. ($7.16 billion), Aon plc ($7.04 billion), Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. ($6.99 billion), Analog Devices, Inc. ($6.83 billion), S&P Global Inc. ($6.30 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($5.98 billion), AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. ($5.02 billion), and Wayfair Inc. ($4.68 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling AACQ is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Artius Acquisition as its price is falling. AACQ 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 Artius Acquisition 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 AACQ, 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 AACQ, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is June, 15 2021.