BayFirst Financial (BAFN) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of BayFirst Financial shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of April 30th, traders have sold 2,900 shares of BAFN short. 0.09% of BayFirst Financial's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on BayFirst Financial'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. 0.09% of BayFirst Financial's floating shares are currently sold short.

BayFirst Financial saw a drop in short interest during the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 2,900 shares, a drop of 6.5% from the previous total of 3,100 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.

BayFirst Financial currently has issued a total of 4,129,000 shares. Some of BayFirst Financial'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. BayFirst Financial currently has a public float of 3,360,000 shares.

0.09% of BayFirst Financial's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "banking" compare to BayFirst Financial: Fidelity D & D Bancorp, Inc. (0.35%), Norwood Financial Corp. (0.70%), Open Lending Co. (3.15%), MVB Financial Corp. (0.61%), Parke Bancorp, Inc. (0.60%), Middlefield Banc Corp. (0.68%), Finance of America Companies Inc. (17.89%), Primis Financial Corp. (0.75%), Chemung Financial Co. (0.44%), Princeton Bancorp, Inc. (0.68%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Spotify Technology S.A. ($4.67 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.58 billion), Capital One Financial Co. ($4.47 billion), The Kroger Co. ($2.56 billion), Reddit, Inc. ($2.23 billion), Rivian Automotive, Inc. ($2.16 billion), Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. ($1.90 billion), SoFi Technologies, Inc. ($1.85 billion), Zscaler, Inc. ($1.75 billion), and Omnicom Group Inc. ($1.75 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling BAFN is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from BayFirst Financial as its price is falling. BAFN shares are trading up $0.64 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 BayFirst Financial 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 BAFN, 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 BAFN, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is April, 30 2025.