CENAQ Energy (CENQ) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of CENAQ Energy shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of January 31st, traders have sold 25,100 shares of CENQ short. 0.15% of CENAQ Energy's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on CENAQ Energy'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. 0.15% of CENAQ Energy's floating shares are currently sold short.

CENAQ Energy saw a increase in short interest during the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totaling 25,100 shares, an increase of 8.7% from the previous total of 23,100 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.

CENAQ Energy currently has issued a total of 21,752,000 shares. Some of CENAQ Energy'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. CENAQ Energy currently has a public float of 17,240,000 shares.

0.15% of CENAQ Energy's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the sector of "oils/energy" compare to CENAQ Energy: Verde Clean Fuels, Inc. (3.43%), Origin Materials, Inc. (9.34%), Aemetis, Inc. (13.42%), Gevo, Inc. (14.19%), FutureFuel Corp. (3.76%), Flotek Industries, Inc. (1.55%), KLX Energy Services Holdings, Inc. (13.27%), Smart Sand, Inc. (0.84%), Emeren Group Ltd (3.01%), Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc. (0.62%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Occidental Petroleum Co. ($3.19 billion), Snowflake Inc. ($2.35 billion), T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. ($2.14 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($2.14 billion), Paramount Global ($1.99 billion), Etsy, Inc. ($1.76 billion), Lucid Group, Inc. ($1.70 billion), Wayfair Inc. ($1.63 billion), Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. ($1.61 billion), and CarMax, Inc. ($1.60 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling CENQ is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from CENAQ Energy as its price is falling. CENQ shares are trading up $0.01 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 CENAQ Energy 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 CENQ, 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 CENQ, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is January, 31 2023.