Ascent Solar Technologies (ASTI) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Ascent Solar Technologies shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of May 15th, investors have sold 638,900 shares of ASTI short. 2.13% of Ascent Solar Technologies' shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Ascent Solar Technologies' 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. 2.13% of Ascent Solar Technologies' floating shares are currently sold short.

Ascent Solar Technologies saw a drop in short interest in the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 638,900 shares, a drop of 60.3% from the previous total of 1,610,000 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.

Ascent Solar Technologies currently has issued a total of 30,740,000 shares. Some of Ascent Solar Technologies' 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. Ascent Solar Technologies currently has a public float of 29,990,000 shares.

2.13% of Ascent Solar Technologies' shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "semiconductors & related devices" compare to Ascent Solar Technologies: Nano Labs Ltd (0.09%), SemiLEDs Co. (0.03%), EMCORE Co. (4.87%), iSun, Inc. (6.56%), WiSA Technologies, Inc. (17.06%), Peraso Inc. (4.09%), SuperCom Ltd. (1.77%), NVIDIA Co. (1.13%), Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (0.41%), Broadcom Inc. (1.13%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: T-Mobile US, Inc. ($3.81 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.30 billion), Occidental Petroleum Co. ($3.10 billion), General Motors ($2.84 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($2.77 billion), AppLovin Co. ($2.22 billion), Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. ($2.22 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($2.16 billion), Tractor Supply ($2.12 billion), and Williams-Sonoma, Inc. ($2.12 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling ASTI is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Ascent Solar Technologies as its price is falling. ASTI shares are trading down $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 Ascent Solar Technologies 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 ASTI, 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 ASTI, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is May, 15 2024.