DFP Healthcare Acquisitions (DFPH) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of DFP Healthcare Acquisitions shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of October 29th, traders have sold 11,600 shares of DFPH short. 0.05% of DFP Healthcare Acquisitions' shares are currently sold short. Learn More on DFP Healthcare Acquisitions' 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. 0.05% of DFP Healthcare Acquisitions' floating shares are currently sold short.

DFP Healthcare Acquisitions saw a drop in short interest in October. As of October 29th, there was short interest totaling 11,600 shares, a drop of 0.9% from the previous total of 11,700 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.

DFP Healthcare Acquisitions currently has issued a total of 28,750,000 shares. Some of DFP Healthcare Acquisitions' 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. DFP Healthcare Acquisitions currently has a public float of 22,910,000 shares.

0.05% of DFP Healthcare Acquisitions' shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the sector of "medical" compare to DFP Healthcare Acquisitions: LifeMD, Inc. (7.47%), UroGen Pharma Ltd. (17.91%), Anavex Life Sciences Corp. (26.80%), Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. (3.80%), Neoleukin Therapeutics, Inc. (0.35%), CorMedix Inc. (17.11%), Organogenesis Holdings Inc. (10.76%), Procaps Group S.A. (0.03%), Kamada Ltd. (0.12%), Aquestive Therapeutics, Inc. (4.40%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: S&P Global Inc. ($8.61 billion), Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. ($8.44 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($5.26 billion), Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited ($5.13 billion), Wayfair Inc. ($4.34 billion), Uber Technologies, Inc. ($3.69 billion), Palo Alto Networks, Inc. ($3.35 billion), Teladoc Health, Inc. ($3.11 billion), eBay Inc. ($2.91 billion), and Etsy, Inc. ($2.63 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling DFPH is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from DFP Healthcare Acquisitions 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 DFP Healthcare Acquisitions 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 DFPH, 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 DFPH, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is October, 29 2021.