CSP (CSPI) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of CSP shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of May 15th, investors have sold 800 shares of CSPI short. 0.02% of CSP's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on CSP'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. 0.02% of CSP's floating shares are currently sold short.

CSP saw a increase in short interest in May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 800 shares, an increase of 166.7% from the previous total of 300 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.

CSP currently has issued a total of 4,710,000 shares. Some of CSP'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. CSP currently has a public float of 3,360,000 shares.

0.02% of CSP's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the sector of "computer and technology" compare to CSP: OMNIQ Corp. (0.84%), ARB IOT Group Limited (4.72%), Creative Realities, Inc. (0.39%), Telos Co. (4.00%), Key Tronic Co. (0.08%), GAN Limited (1.13%), Uxin Limited (4.78%), Airgain, Inc. (1.55%), Eltek Ltd. (0.41%), Research Frontiers Incorporated (2.44%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Enbridge Inc. ($4.29 billion), T-Mobile US, Inc. ($4.17 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.07 billion), Occidental Petroleum Co. ($2.81 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($2.37 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($2.27 billion), T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. ($1.98 billion), Verisk Analytics, Inc. ($1.94 billion), Extra Space Storage Inc. ($1.88 billion), and Xylem Inc. ($1.61 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling CSPI is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from CSP as its price is falling. CSPI shares are trading down $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 CSP 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 CSPI, 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 CSPI, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is May, 15 2023.