This company has been marked as potentially delisted and may not be actively trading. Acer Therapeutics (ACER) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisBuy This Stock Acer Therapeutics Short Interest DataAcer Therapeutics (ACER) has a short interest of 524,900 shares, representing 13.78% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a 6.34% increase in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 0.2, indicating that it would take 0.2 days of the average trading volume of 0 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest524,900 sharesPrevious Short Interest493,600 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month+6.34%Dollar Volume Sold Short$441,020.98Short Interest Ratio0.2 Days to CoverLast Record DateOctober 31, 2023Outstanding Shares24,460,000 sharesFloat Size3,810,000 sharesShort Percent of Float13.78%Today's Trading Volume574,675 sharesAverage Trading Volume0 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average∞ Short Selling Acer Therapeutics? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for Acer Therapeutics and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartACER Short Interest Over TimeACER Days to Cover Over TimeACER Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Acer Therapeutics Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 10/31/2023524,900 shares $441,020.98 +6.3%13.8%0.2 $0.84 10/15/2023493,600 shares $375,136.00 -6.7%N/A0.2 $0.76 9/30/2023529,100 shares $431,216.50 -41.1%N/A0.2 $0.82 9/15/2023898,100 shares $776,138.02 +25.2%N/A0.4 $0.86 8/31/2023717,600 shares $918,528.00 -20.7%N/A0.3 $1.28 8/15/2023905,400 shares $693,083.70 +2.4%N/A6.1 $0.77 7/31/2023884,100 shares $769,167.00 -2.7%N/A5.3 $0.87 7/15/2023908,200 shares $735,642.00 +1.3%N/A5.1 $0.81 6/30/2023896,400 shares $827,735.76 +14.7%N/A4.5 $0.92 6/15/2023781,500 shares $681,468.00 -3.7%N/A3.6 $0.87 Get the Latest News and Ratings for ACER and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Acer Therapeutics and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 5/31/2023811,900 shares $722,591.00 -18.4%N/A2.3 $0.89 5/15/2023994,500 shares $751,742.55 -9.6%N/A3.2 $0.76 4/30/20231,100,000 shares $965,360.00 -6.8%N/A3.6 $0.88 4/15/20231,180,000 shares $1.35 million -7.1%N/A3.6 $1.14 3/31/20231,270,000 shares $963,295.00 +275.5%N/A3 $0.76 3/15/2023338,200 shares $541,120.00 +14.4%N/A0.6 $1.60 2/28/2023295,600 shares $600,068.00 +3.4%N/A0.5 $2.03 2/15/2023285,800 shares $597,322.00 -42.6%N/A0.5 $2.09 1/31/2023498,300 shares $1.16 million +85.7%N/A0.8 $2.32 1/15/2023268,400 shares $805,200.00 -36.7%2.1%0.5 $3.00 12/30/2022424,300 shares $1.06 million -35.5%3.3%0.9 $2.51 12/15/2022657,800 shares $2.12 million +932.7%5.1%1.8 $3.22 11/30/202263,700 shares $80,899.00 +14.8%0.5%0.6 $1.27 11/15/202255,500 shares $67,155.00 -35.5%0.4%0.8 $1.21 10/31/202286,100 shares $109,347.00 +44.5%0.6%0.9 $1.27 10/15/202259,600 shares $72,712.00 -23.3%0.4%0.6 $1.22 9/30/202277,700 shares $108,003.00 -2.0%0.6%0.8 $1.39 9/15/202279,300 shares $118,157.00 +19.3%0.6%0.7 $1.49 8/31/202266,500 shares $89,775.00 -18.8%0.5%0.5 $1.35 8/15/202281,900 shares $124,488.00 -49.2%2.2%0.6 $1.52 7/31/2022161,300 shares $225,061.89 +7.0%4.2%1.1 $1.40 7/15/2022150,700 shares $231,188.87 -7.6%4.0%1 $1.53 6/30/2022163,000 shares $205,380.00 +49.3%4.3%0.9 $1.26 6/15/2022109,200 shares $197,652.00 -24.6%2.9%0.2 $1.81 5/31/2022144,900 shares $346,311.00 -41.0%1.1%0.3 $2.39 5/15/2022245,600 shares $476,464.00 +313.5%1.9%0.5 $1.94 4/30/202259,400 shares $122,364.00 -14.5%0.5%0.1 $2.06 4/15/202269,500 shares $159,850.00 +58.7%0.5%0.2 $2.30 3/31/202243,800 shares $127,020.00 -51.2%0.4%0.1 $2.90 3/15/202289,700 shares $211,692.00 -46.9%0.7%1.6 $2.36The Trump Dump is starting; Get out of stocks now? (Ad)The first 365 days of the Trump presidency… Will be the best time to get rich in American history.If I’m right about this (like I was before) a modest $900 investment could grow to a life-changing a 2/28/2022169,000 shares $419,120.00 +1.4%1.4%3.2 $2.48 2/15/2022166,600 shares $406,504.00 -7.0%1.4%3.1 $2.44 1/31/2022179,100 shares $362,677.50 -9.9%1.5%3.3 $2.03 1/15/2022198,700 shares $439,127.00 -13.2%1.6%3.1 $2.21 12/31/2021228,900 shares $521,892.00 -27.1%1.9%3 $2.28 12/15/2021314,000 shares $665,680.00 +14.5%2.6%1.1 $2.12 11/30/2021274,200 shares $575,820.00 +1.5%2.3%0.9 $2.10 11/15/2021270,100 shares $648,348.04 -14.7%2.2%0.9 $2.40 10/29/2021316,500 shares $743,775.00 -10.5%2.6%1.1 $2.35 10/15/2021353,700 shares $859,491.00 +139.2%2.9%0.8 $2.43 9/30/2021147,900 shares $378,624.00 -14.8%1.2%0.3 $2.56 9/15/2021173,600 shares $446,152.00 -13.5%1.4%0.8 $2.57 8/31/2021200,600 shares $527,578.00 -37.4%1.7%0.9 $2.63 8/13/2021320,400 shares $784,980.00 +361.0%2.6%1.4 $2.45 7/30/202169,500 shares $177,920.00 +53.4%0.6%0.3 $2.56 7/15/202145,300 shares $110,532.00 -9.2%0.4%0.5 $2.44 6/30/202149,900 shares $142,714.00 +4.2%0.4%0.5 $2.86 6/15/202147,900 shares $138,910.00 -64.5%0.4%0.3 $2.90 5/28/2021135,000 shares $395,550.00 -34.1%1.1%0.2 $2.93 5/14/2021204,700 shares $515,844.00 -24.4%N/A0.3 $2.52 4/30/2021270,800 shares $801,568.00 -34.4%N/A0.4 $2.96 4/15/2021412,900 shares $1.19 million +26.3%N/A0.5 $2.87 3/31/2021326,900 shares $974,162.00 +235.6%N/A0.2 $2.98 3/15/202197,400 shares $332,134.00 +6.1%N/A0.1 $3.41 2/26/202191,800 shares $291,006.00 -27.2%N/A0.1 $3.17 2/12/2021126,100 shares $503,139.00 -52.6%1.3%0.2 $3.99 1/29/2021265,900 shares $1.01 million +28.3%3.1%0.3 $3.79 1/15/2021207,300 shares $592,878.00 -43.3%2.4%0.3 $2.86 12/31/2020365,800 shares $976,686.00 -12.1%4.9%2.4 $2.67 12/15/2020416,100 shares $986,157.00 -16.4%5.6%3 $2.37 11/30/2020497,600 shares $1.29 million +43.0%6.7%4.3 $2.60 11/15/2020348,000 shares $974,400.00 -35.3%4.8%2.6 $2.80 10/30/2020538,100 shares $1.42 million -2.6%7.6%2 $2.64 10/15/2020552,300 shares $1.56 million +10.1%7.8%1.3 $2.83 9/30/2020501,500 shares $1.44 million +18.1%7.6%1.1 $2.88 9/15/2020424,800 shares $1.05 million -21.9%6.5%0.9 $2.47 8/31/2020544,100 shares $1.44 million +41.1%8.3%1.1 $2.65 8/14/2020385,700 shares $1.48 million +10.5%6.8%0.8 $3.85 7/31/2020349,000 shares $1.30 million -0.4%6.2%0.8 $3.73 7/15/2020350,300 shares $1.09 million -7.5%6.8%1.3 $3.11 6/30/2020378,800 shares $1.39 million -34.5%7.4%1.5 $3.66 6/15/2020578,500 shares $1.92 million +8.6%11.3%2.8 $3.32 5/29/2020532,700 shares $1.64 million +13.5%10.4%3.2 $3.07 5/15/2020469,200 shares $1.65 million +4.3%9.3%2.9 $3.52 ACER Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Acer Therapeutics' current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Acer Therapeutics shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of October 31st, traders have sold 524,900 shares of ACER short. 13.78% of Acer Therapeutics' shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Acer Therapeutics' current short interest. What is a good short interest percentage for Acer Therapeutics? 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. 13.78% of Acer Therapeutics' floating shares are currently sold short. Is Acer Therapeutics' short interest increasing or decreasing? Acer Therapeutics saw a increase in short interest during the month of October. As of October 31st, there was short interest totaling 524,900 shares, an increase of 6.3% from the previous total of 493,600 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. What is Acer Therapeutics' float size? Acer Therapeutics currently has issued a total of 24,460,000 shares. Some of Acer Therapeutics' 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. Acer Therapeutics currently has a public float of 3,810,000 shares. How does Acer Therapeutics' short interest compare to its competitors? 13.78% of Acer Therapeutics' shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "pharmaceutical preparations" compare to Acer Therapeutics: Vistagen Therapeutics, Inc. (1.98%), Cumberland Pharmaceuticals Inc. (1.82%), Skye Bioscience, Inc. (14.88%), Alto Neuroscience, Inc. (14.14%), Rani Therapeutics Holdings, Inc. (10.27%), Assertio Holdings, Inc. (6.05%), Gain Therapeutics, Inc. (1.02%), Repare Therapeutics Inc. (2.28%), Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc. (23.11%), Applied Therapeutics, Inc. (15.14%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: RTX Co. ($9.07 billion), T-Mobile US, Inc. ($3.71 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.51 billion), Occidental Petroleum Co. ($2.81 billion), Lululemon Athletica Inc. ($2.35 billion), Tractor Supply ($2.26 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($1.88 billion), Rivian Automotive, Inc. ($1.71 billion), Celsius Holdings, Inc. ($1.67 billion), and Newmont Co. ($1.66 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short Acer Therapeutics stock? Short selling ACER is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Acer Therapeutics 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. How does a short squeeze work against Acer Therapeutics? A short squeeze for Acer Therapeutics 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 ACER, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Acer Therapeutics' short interest reported? Short interest is typically published by a stock exchange once per month. However, NASDAQ publishes a report for U.S. stocks, including ACER, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is October, 31 2023. 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