Chiasma (CHMA) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Chiasma shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of July 15th, traders have sold 756,000 shares of CHMA short. 1.37% of Chiasma's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Chiasma'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. 1.37% of Chiasma's floating shares are currently sold short.

Chiasma saw a decrease in short interest in July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totaling 756,000 shares, a decrease of 11.0% from the previous total of 849,900 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.

Chiasma currently has issued a total of 57,894,000 shares. Some of Chiasma'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. Chiasma currently has a public float of 55,330,000 shares.

1.37% of Chiasma's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies compare to Chiasma: Chimerix, Inc. (4.27%), Avid Bioservices, Inc. (18.17%), Xeris Biopharma Holdings, Inc. (12.37%), UroGen Pharma Ltd. (17.61%), Xencor, Inc. (13.09%), Zevra Therapeutics, Inc. (10.48%), Revance Therapeutics, Inc. (4.32%), Checkpoint Therapeutics, Inc. (6.19%), Verastem, Inc. (27.19%), XOMA Co. (1.74%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. ($7.55 billion), Block, Inc. ($7.47 billion), S&P Global Inc. ($7.40 billion), Analog Devices, Inc. ($6.82 billion), Aon plc ($5.98 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($5.10 billion), Wayfair Inc. ($4.38 billion), AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. ($2.87 billion), Teladoc Health, Inc. ($2.55 billion), and Nuance Communications, Inc. ($2.41 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling CHMA is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Chiasma 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 Chiasma 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 CHMA, 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 CHMA, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is July, 15 2021.