Appliance Recycling Cntrs of Amer (ARCI) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Appliance Recycling Cntrs of Amer shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of August 31st, traders have sold 32,900 shares of ARCI short. 4.25% of Appliance Recycling Cntrs of Amer's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Appliance Recycling Cntrs of Amer's 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. 4.25% of Appliance Recycling Cntrs of Amer's floating shares are currently sold short.

Appliance Recycling Cntrs of Amer saw a decrease in short interest in August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 32,900 shares, a decrease of 15.6% from the previous total of 39,000 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.

Appliance Recycling Cntrs of Amer currently has issued a total of 1,695,000 shares. Some of Appliance Recycling Cntrs of Amer'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. Appliance Recycling Cntrs of Amer currently has a public float of 774,400 shares.

4.25% of Appliance Recycling Cntrs of Amer's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies compare to Appliance Recycling Cntrs of Amer: The Container Store Group, Inc. (0.95%), Williams-Sonoma, Inc. (5.55%), Tile Shop Holdings, Inc. (3.09%), WISeKey International Holding AG (0.78%), Broadwind, Inc. (1.29%), Asia Pacific Wire & Cable Co. Limited (0.04%), ClearSign Technologies Co. (0.54%), Fuel Tech, Inc. (0.37%), Pioneer Power Solutions, Inc. (0.63%), TechPrecision Co. (0.37%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Fred's, Inc. ($1.14 million), and Hemispherx BioPharma, Inc ($217,080.00). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling ARCI is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Appliance Recycling Cntrs of Amer as its price is falling. ARCI shares are trading up $0.04 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 Appliance Recycling Cntrs of Amer 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 ARCI, 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 ARCI, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is August, 31 2019.