Celsion Short Interest Ratio and Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Celsion shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of February 12th, investors have sold 2,080,000 shares of CLSN short. 3.40% of Celsion's shares are currently sold short. View details.

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. 3.40% of Celsion's floating shares are currently sold short.

Celsion saw a drop in short interest in February. As of February 12th, there was short interest totaling 2,080,000 shares, a drop of 5.5% from the previous total of 2,200,000 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.

Celsion currently has issued a total of 37,418,000 shares. Some of Celsion'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. Celsion currently has a public float of 61,240,000 shares.

3.40% of Celsion's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "pharmaceutical preparations" compare to Celsion: Jaguar Health, Inc. (0.00%), Ovid Therapeutics Inc. (7.20%), Galecto, Inc. (0.03%), Tyme Technologies, Inc. (4.91%), Sernova Corp. (0.00%), Tricida, Inc. (12.90%), CTI BioPharma Corp. (0.55%), Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (0.00%), Cerecor Inc. (0.00%), and NuCana plc (0.00%).

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: ViacomCBS Inc. ($6.50 billion), Aon Plc ($5.58 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($5.30 billion), Analog Devices, Inc. ($4.97 billion), Snap Inc. ($3.80 billion), Futu Holdings Limited ($2.84 billion), Airbnb, Inc. ($2.40 billion), Discovery, Inc. ($2.35 billion), Snowflake Inc. ($2.07 billion), and The Kroger Co. ($2.00 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling CLSN is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Celsion as its price is falling. Celsion's stock is trading up $0.01 today. To short Celsion 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 Celsion 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 Celsion 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 CLSN, 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 CLSN, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is February, 12 2021.