Industrial Services of America (IDSA) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Industrial Services of America shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of December 13th, traders have sold 10,800 shares of IDSA short. 0.25% of Industrial Services of America's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Industrial Services of America'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. 0.25% of Industrial Services of America's floating shares are currently sold short.

Industrial Services of America saw a decrease in short interest in the month of December. As of December 13th, there was short interest totaling 10,800 shares, a decrease of 32.5% from the previous total of 16,000 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.

Industrial Services of America currently has issued a total of 8,160,000 shares. Some of Industrial Services of America'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. Industrial Services of America currently has a public float of 4,340,000 shares.

0.25% of Industrial Services of America's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the sector of "business services" compare to Industrial Services of America: Pintec Technology Holdings Limited (0.53%), ATIF Holdings Limited (0.60%), Ideanomics, Inc. (24.48%), Wah Fu Education Group Limited (0.10%), Blackboxstocks Inc. (1.72%), Simpple Ltd. (0.54%), Upexi, Inc. (0.58%), Banzai International, Inc. (1.14%), Nexalin Technology, Inc. (1.62%), ZW Data Action Technologies Inc. (0.07%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: The Medicines Company ($2.12 billion), Genesee & Wyoming Inc ($433.11 million), Clovis Oncology ($306.74 million), Neogen Co. ($179.22 million), Jagged Peak Energy Inc ($168.19 million), Perdoceo Education Co. ($96.30 million), Arbor Realty Trust, Inc. ($89.67 million), Carbonite Inc ($65.84 million), Overstock.com, Inc. ($58.63 million), and Abeona Therapeutics Inc ($14.62 million). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling IDSA is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Industrial Services of America 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 Industrial Services of America 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 IDSA, 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 IDSA, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is December, 13 2019.