Blueknight Energy Partners (BKEP) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Blueknight Energy Partners shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of July 31st, investors have sold 83,700 shares of BKEP short. 0.23% of Blueknight Energy Partners' shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Blueknight Energy Partners' 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. 0.23% of Blueknight Energy Partners' floating shares are currently sold short.

Blueknight Energy Partners saw a decline in short interest in July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totaling 83,700 shares, a decline of 8.4% from the previous total of 91,400 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.

Blueknight Energy Partners currently has issued a total of 41,903,000 shares. Some of Blueknight Energy Partners' 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. Blueknight Energy Partners currently has a public float of 36,920,000 shares.

0.23% of Blueknight Energy Partners' shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the sector of "energy" compare to Blueknight Energy Partners: Enbridge Inc. (1.35%), Mplx Lp (1.87%), HF Sinclair Co. (5.00%), Delek Logistics Partners, LP (4.61%), Genesis Energy, L.P. (3.86%), XPLR Infrastructure, LP (4.95%), SunCoke Energy, Inc. (3.84%), SolarEdge Technologies, Inc. (31.34%), Array Technologies, Inc. (13.90%), Teekay Co. (2.41%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: KLA Co. ($2.87 billion), Lucid Group, Inc. ($2.25 billion), T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. ($2.08 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($1.91 billion), Williams-Sonoma, Inc. ($1.85 billion), Chesapeake Energy Co. ($1.81 billion), Rivian Automotive, Inc. ($1.64 billion), Lumen Technologies, Inc. ($1.61 billion), Plug Power Inc. ($1.50 billion), and Generac Holdings Inc. ($1.49 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling BKEP is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Blueknight Energy Partners 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 Blueknight Energy Partners 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 BKEP, 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 BKEP, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is July, 31 2022.