Community Bankers Trust (ESXB) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Community Bankers Trust shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of November 15th, investors have sold 25,400 shares of ESXB short. 0.12% of Community Bankers Trust's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Community Bankers Trust'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. 0.12% of Community Bankers Trust's floating shares are currently sold short.

Community Bankers Trust saw a drop in short interest in the month of November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totaling 25,400 shares, a drop of 8.6% from the previous total of 27,800 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.

Community Bankers Trust currently has issued a total of 0 shares. Some of Community Bankers Trust'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. Community Bankers Trust currently has a public float of 21,840,000 shares.

0.12% of Community Bankers Trust's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies compare to Community Bankers Trust: AGM Group Holdings Inc. (0.05%), Bain Capital Specialty Finance, Inc. (0.19%), Banco Macro S.A. (1.52%), BlackRock TCP Capital Corp. (1.44%), Burford Capital Limited (0.58%), Grupo Financiero Galicia S.A. (2.52%), Intercorp Financial Services Inc. (0.47%), Itaú Unibanco Holding S.A. (0.43%), Monroe Capital Co. (0.27%), Northeast Bank (1.10%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. ($11.06 billion), S&P Global Inc. ($8.74 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($5.66 billion), Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited ($5.43 billion), Wayfair Inc. ($4.23 billion), Palo Alto Networks, Inc. ($3.46 billion), DoorDash, Inc. ($3.41 billion), Teladoc Health, Inc. ($2.84 billion), Etsy, Inc. ($2.76 billion), and Zscaler, Inc. ($2.62 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling ESXB is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Community Bankers Trust 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 Community Bankers Trust 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 ESXB, 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 ESXB, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is November, 15 2021.