Huttig Building Products (HBP) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Huttig Building Products shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of April 15th, investors have sold 39,400 shares of HBP short. 0.19% of Huttig Building Products' shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Huttig Building Products' 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. 0.19% of Huttig Building Products' floating shares are currently sold short.

Huttig Building Products saw a decrease in short interest in April. As of April 15th, there was short interest totaling 39,400 shares, a decrease of 90.8% from the previous total of 429,500 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.

Huttig Building Products currently has issued a total of 27,329,000 shares. Some of Huttig Building Products' 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. Huttig Building Products currently has a public float of 21,220,000 shares.

0.19% of Huttig Building Products' shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies compare to Huttig Building Products: Aspen Aerogels, Inc. (11.88%), Safe & Green Holdings Corp. (21.09%), Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc. (2.81%), Boise Cascade (2.24%), GMS Inc. (4.41%), Ingles Markets, Incorporated (4.72%), Dave & Buster's Entertainment Inc (21.04%), Canada Goose Holdings Inc. (18.59%), Fiverr International Ltd. (9.87%), BJ's Restaurants, Inc. (7.82%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Palo Alto Networks, Inc. ($4.77 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.21 billion), HP Inc. ($2.60 billion), Lucid Group, Inc. ($2.33 billion), GameStop Corp. ($2.13 billion), Rivian Automotive, Inc. ($2.10 billion), Wayfair Inc. ($1.96 billion), Carnival Corporation ($1.81 billion), Teladoc Health, Inc. ($1.66 billion), and Plug Power, Inc. ($1.63 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling HBP is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Huttig Building Products 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 Huttig Building Products 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 HBP, 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 HBP, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is April, 15 2022.