Leafly (LFLY) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Leafly shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of January 15th, traders have sold 14,100 shares of LFLY short. 0.51% of Leafly's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Leafly'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. 0.51% of Leafly's floating shares are currently sold short.

Leafly saw a increase in short interest in the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totaling 14,100 shares, an increase of 16.5% from the previous total of 12,100 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.

Leafly currently has issued a total of 3,137,000 shares. Some of Leafly'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. Leafly currently has a public float of 2,750,000 shares.

0.51% of Leafly's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "computer software" compare to Leafly: BYND Cannasoft Enterprises Inc. (0.14%), LeddarTech Holdings Inc. (1.66%), AGM Group Holdings Inc. (8.93%), iCoreConnect Inc. (3.41%), Zapata Computing Holdings Inc. (0.58%), SaverOne 2014 Ltd. Sponsored ADR (125.97%), Presto Automation Inc. (0.00%), Grom Social Enterprises, Inc. (0.00%), Kubient, Inc. (0.01%), Beamr Imaging Ltd. (2.78%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: AppLovin Corporation ($4.18 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.91 billion), Reddit Inc. ($3.16 billion), The Kroger Co. ($2.75 billion), International Paper Company ($2.57 billion), Cencora, Inc. ($2.06 billion), SoFi Technologies, Inc. ($2.06 billion), Rivian Automotive, Inc. ($2.00 billion), Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. ($1.63 billion), and Hims & Hers Health, Inc. ($1.57 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling LFLY is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Leafly as its price is falling. LFLY shares are trading down $0.01 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 Leafly 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 LFLY, 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 LFLY, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is January, 15 2025.