CECO Environmental (CECE) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of CECO Environmental shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of October 15th, traders have sold 445,300 shares of CECE short. 1.54% of CECO Environmental's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on CECO Environmental's current short interest.

The short interest ratio, also known as the "days to cover ratio", is calculated by dividing the number of shares of a stock sold short divided by its average trading volume. A short interest ratio ranging between 1 and 4 generally indicates strong positive sentiment about a stock and a lack of short sellers. A short interest ratio of 10 or greater indicates strong pessimism about a stock. CECE shares currently have a short interest ratio of 1.0. Learn More on CECO Environmental's short interest ratio.

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. 1.54% of CECO Environmental's floating shares are currently sold short.

CECO Environmental saw a increase in short interest in the month of October. As of October 15th, there was short interest totaling 445,300 shares, an increase of 0.1% from the previous total of 445,000 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.

CECO Environmental currently has issued a total of 34,499,000 shares. Some of CECO Environmental'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. CECO Environmental currently has a public float of 28,840,000 shares.

1.54% of CECO Environmental's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies compare to CECO Environmental: Team, Inc. (0.69%), Waste Management, Inc. (0.97%), Republic Services, Inc. (1.64%), Rollins, Inc. (2.16%), Clean Harbors, Inc. (1.55%), Tetra Tech, Inc. (3.30%), Casella Waste Systems, Inc. (4.04%), ABM Industries Incorporated (1.68%), CECO Environmental Corp. (7.16%), Perma-Pipe International Holdings, Inc. (0.64%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Occidental Petroleum Co. ($3.48 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($2.85 billion), Twitter, Inc. ($1.89 billion), T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. ($1.78 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($1.77 billion), PG&E Co. ($1.75 billion), Lucid Group, Inc. ($1.58 billion), Rivian Automotive, Inc. ($1.42 billion), Roblox Co. ($1.39 billion), and Williams-Sonoma, Inc. ($1.33 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling CECE is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from CECO Environmental 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 CECO Environmental 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 CECE, 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 CECE, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is October, 15 2022.