Itiquira Acquisition (ITQ) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Itiquira Acquisition shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of January 31st, traders have sold 4,700 shares of ITQ short. 0.02% of Itiquira Acquisition's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Itiquira Acquisition'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. 0.02% of Itiquira Acquisition's floating shares are currently sold short.

Itiquira Acquisition saw a decrease in short interest in January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totaling 4,700 shares, a decrease of 71.9% from the previous total of 16,700 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.

Itiquira Acquisition currently has issued a total of 28,750,000 shares. Some of Itiquira Acquisition'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. Itiquira Acquisition currently has a public float of 22,920,000 shares.

0.02% of Itiquira Acquisition's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "holding & other investment offices" compare to Itiquira Acquisition: Inflection Point Acquisition Corp. II (0.56%), Cartesian Growth Co. II (0.01%), SK Growth Opportunities Co. (0.45%), Hennessy Capital Investment Corp. VI (0.03%), Plum Acquisition Corp. III (0.02%), Zalatoris Acquisition Corp. (0.00%), Concord Acquisition Corp II (0.00%), Papaya Growth Opportunity Corp. I (0.01%), Direct Selling Acquisition Corp. (0.00%), Integrated Rail and Resources Acquisition Corp. (0.00%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Occidental Petroleum Corporation ($3.19 billion), Snowflake Inc. ($2.35 billion), T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. ($2.14 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($2.14 billion), Paramount Global ($1.99 billion), Etsy, Inc. ($1.76 billion), Lucid Group, Inc. ($1.70 billion), Wayfair Inc. ($1.63 billion), Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. ($1.61 billion), and CarMax, Inc. ($1.60 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling ITQ is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Itiquira Acquisition 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 Itiquira Acquisition 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 ITQ, 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 ITQ, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is January, 31 2023.