CF Acquisition Corp. V (CFV) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of CF Acquisition Corp. V shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of December 31st, investors have sold 34,900 shares of CFV short. 0.14% of CF Acquisition Corp. V's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on CF Acquisition Corp. V'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. 0.14% of CF Acquisition Corp. V's floating shares are currently sold short.

CF Acquisition Corp. V saw a decline in short interest in December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totaling 34,900 shares, a decline of 4.1% from the previous total of 36,400 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.

CF Acquisition Corp. V currently has issued a total of 31,850,000 shares. Some of CF Acquisition Corp. V'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. CF Acquisition Corp. V currently has a public float of 24,460,000 shares.

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: S&P Global Inc. ($9.39 billion), Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. ($9.08 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($7.16 billion), Palo Alto Networks, Inc. ($4.05 billion), Lucid Group, Inc. ($3.43 billion), Wayfair Inc. ($3.11 billion), Rivian Automotive, Inc. ($3.05 billion), Datadog, Inc. ($2.76 billion), Zscaler, Inc. ($2.55 billion), and Etsy, Inc. ($1.99 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling CFV is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from CF Acquisition Corp. V as its price is falling. CFV shares are trading down $0.08 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 CF Acquisition Corp. V 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 CFV, 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 CFV, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is December, 31 2021.