JBDI (JBDI) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of JBDI shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of September 15th, investors have sold 281,500 shares of JBDI short. Learn More on JBDI's current short interest.

JBDI saw a increase in short interest during the month of September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 281,500 shares, an increase of 662.9% from the previous total of 36,900 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.

Here is how the short interest of companies compare to JBDI: Smurfit Westrock PLC (3.70%), Ball Corporation (2.05%), Ardagh Metal Packaging S.A. (2.32%), GD Culture Group Limited (1.81%), Shimmick Corporation (0.47%), 374Water Inc. (1.50%), Quest Resource Holding Corporation. (0.43%), Decent Holding Inc. (2.24%), TOMI Environmental Solutions, Inc. (0.07%), Aqua Metals, Inc. (3.81%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: AppLovin Corporation ($8.81 billion), Canadian Natural Resources Limited ($5.82 billion), Reddit Inc. ($5.19 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($4.52 billion), Robinhood Markets, Inc. ($4.30 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.75 billion), CoreWeave Inc. ($3.66 billion), Seagate Technology Holdings PLC ($3.57 billion), Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. ($3.33 billion), and Rocket Lab Corporation ($3.26 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling JBDI is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from JBDI as its price is falling. JBDI shares are trading down $0.08 today. 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 JBDI 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 JBDI, 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 JBDI, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is September, 15 2025.