Intermolecular (IMI) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Intermolecular shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of August 31st, investors have sold 4,400 shares of IMI short. 0.01% of Intermolecular's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Intermolecular'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. 0.01% of Intermolecular's floating shares are currently sold short.

Intermolecular saw a drop in short interest in the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 4,400 shares, a drop of 57.3% from the previous total of 10,300 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.

Intermolecular currently has issued a total of 49,760,000 shares. Some of Intermolecular'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. Intermolecular currently has a public float of 40,520,000 shares.

0.01% of Intermolecular's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the sector of "computer and technology" compare to Intermolecular: GSI Technology, Inc. (5.71%), QuickLogic Co. (9.67%), Mobix Labs, Inc. (0.32%), LightPath Technologies, Inc. (0.26%), POET Technologies Inc. (0.70%), Concord Acquisition Corp III (0.11%), Sequans Communications S.A. (1.47%), Pixelworks, Inc. (0.96%), EMCORE Co. (0.81%), SEALSQ Corp (4.43%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Fred's, Inc. ($1.14 million), and Hemispherx BioPharma, Inc ($217,080.00). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling IMI is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Intermolecular 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 Intermolecular 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 IMI, 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 IMI, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is August, 31 2019.