Adamas Pharmaceuticals (ADMS) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Adamas Pharmaceuticals shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of November 15th, traders have sold 477,300 shares of ADMS short. 1.20% of Adamas Pharmaceuticals' shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Adamas Pharmaceuticals' 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. 1.20% of Adamas Pharmaceuticals' floating shares are currently sold short.

Adamas Pharmaceuticals saw a decline in short interest in the month of November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totaling 477,300 shares, a decline of 45.8% from the previous total of 881,300 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.

Adamas Pharmaceuticals currently has issued a total of 45,787,000 shares. Some of Adamas Pharmaceuticals' 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. Adamas Pharmaceuticals currently has a public float of 39,880,000 shares.

1.20% of Adamas Pharmaceuticals' shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the sector of "medical" compare to Adamas Pharmaceuticals: Organogenesis Holdings Inc. (9.35%), Amarin Co. plc (4.39%), Nkarta, Inc. (9.81%), ADC Therapeutics SA (1.81%), Adlai Nortye Ltd. (0.02%), Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. (11.82%), Atai Life Sciences (4.81%), Nature's Sunshine Products, Inc. (0.60%), Revance Therapeutics, Inc. (13.00%), PepGen Inc. (1.48%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. ($11.06 billion), S&P Global Inc. ($8.74 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($5.66 billion), Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited ($5.43 billion), Wayfair Inc. ($4.23 billion), Palo Alto Networks, Inc. ($3.46 billion), DoorDash, Inc. ($3.41 billion), Teladoc Health, Inc. ($2.84 billion), Etsy, Inc. ($2.76 billion), and Zscaler, Inc. ($2.62 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling ADMS is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Adamas Pharmaceuticals 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 Adamas Pharmaceuticals 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 ADMS, 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 ADMS, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is November, 15 2021.