Hennessy Capital Investment Corp. V (HCIC) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Hennessy Capital Investment Corp. V shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of November 30th, traders have sold 65,100 shares of HCIC short. 0.21% of Hennessy Capital Investment Corp. V's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Hennessy Capital Investment Corp. V'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. 0.21% of Hennessy Capital Investment Corp. V's floating shares are currently sold short.

Hennessy Capital Investment Corp. V saw a increase in short interest in November. As of November 30th, there was short interest totaling 65,100 shares, an increase of 12.4% from the previous total of 57,900 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.

Hennessy Capital Investment Corp. V currently has issued a total of 43,120,000 shares. Some of Hennessy Capital Investment Corp. V'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. Hennessy Capital Investment Corp. V currently has a public float of 31,570,000 shares.

0.21% of Hennessy Capital Investment Corp. V's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies compare to Hennessy Capital Investment Corp. V: Nabors Energy Transition Corp. II (0.02%), L Catterton Asia Acquisition Corp (0.20%), Hennessy Capital Investment Corp. VI (0.01%), Concord Acquisition Corp II (0.26%), Rigel Resource Acquisition Corp. (0.00%), Power & Digital Infrastructure Acquisition II Corp. (2.56%), Inflection Point Acquisition Corp. II (0.02%), Focus Impact Acquisition Corp. (0.04%), Investcorp Europe Acquisition Corp I (0.10%), TortoiseEcofin Acquisition Corp. III (0.03%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Occidental Petroleum Co. ($3.93 billion), Suncor Energy Inc. ($3.50 billion), T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. ($2.29 billion), PG&E Co. ($1.73 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($1.71 billion), Etsy, Inc. ($1.65 billion), Paramount Global ($1.54 billion), Lucid Group, Inc. ($1.50 billion), Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. ($1.46 billion), and DICK'S Sporting Goods, Inc. ($1.41 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling HCIC is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Hennessy Capital Investment Corp. V 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 Hennessy Capital Investment Corp. V 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 HCIC, 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 HCIC, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is November, 30 2022.