Big Rock Partners Acquisition (BRPAU) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Big Rock Partners Acquisition shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of February 12th, traders have sold 100 shares of BRPAU short. Learn More on Big Rock Partners Acquisition's current short interest.

Big Rock Partners Acquisition currently has issued a total of 0 shares. Some of Big Rock Partners Acquisition'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. Big Rock Partners Acquisition currently has a public float of 5,230,000 shares.

Here is how the short interest of companies in the sector of "finance" compare to Big Rock Partners Acquisition: Bain Capital Specialty Finance, Inc. (0.19%), Banco Macro S.A. (1.52%), BlackRock TCP Capital Corp. (1.44%), Burford Capital Limited (0.58%), Grupo Financiero Galicia S.A. (2.52%), Intercorp Financial Services Inc. (0.47%), Itaú Unibanco Holding S.A. (0.43%), Monroe Capital Co. (0.27%), Northeast Bank (1.10%), Pioneer Bancorp, Inc. (0.32%), and

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Aon plc ($5.62 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($5.35 billion), Analog Devices, Inc. ($5.07 billion), Snap Inc. ($3.60 billion), Futu Holdings Limited ($2.92 billion), Palantir Technologies Inc. ($2.55 billion), Airbnb, Inc. ($2.52 billion), Snowflake Inc. ($2.38 billion), Peloton Interactive, Inc. ($2.22 billion), and The Kroger Co. ($2.07 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling BRPAU is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Big Rock Partners Acquisition 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 Big Rock Partners Acquisition 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 BRPAU, 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 BRPAU, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is February, 12 2021.