Fidelity Southern (LION) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Fidelity Southern shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of February 15th, investors have sold 37,400 shares of LION short. 0.29% of Fidelity Southern's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Fidelity Southern's current short interest.

The short interest ratio, also known as the "days to cover ratio", is calculated by dividing the number of shares of a stock sold short divided by its average trading volume. A short interest ratio ranging between 1 and 4 generally indicates strong positive sentiment about a stock and a lack of short sellers. A short interest ratio of 10 or greater indicates strong pessimism about a stock. LION shares currently have a short interest ratio of 1.0. Learn More on Fidelity Southern's short interest ratio.

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. 0.29% of Fidelity Southern's floating shares are currently sold short.

Fidelity Southern saw a increase in short interest in February. As of February 15th, there was short interest totaling 37,400 shares, an increase of 12.3% from the previous total of 33,300 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.

Fidelity Southern currently has issued a total of 16,020,000 shares. Some of Fidelity Southern'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. Fidelity Southern currently has a public float of 12,900,000 shares.

0.29% of Fidelity Southern's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the sector of "unclassified" compare to Fidelity Southern: Northern Star Investment Corp. III (0.01%), Northern Star Investment Corp. IV (0.02%), DiamondHead Holdings Corp. (0.06%), Hennessy Capital Investment Corp. VI (0.01%), Battery Future Acquisition Corp. (0.01%), African Gold Acquisition Co. (0.01%), Post Holdings Partnering Co. (0.01%), Trine II Acquisition Corp. (0.00%), Motive Capital Corp II (0.01%), TortoiseEcofin Acquisition Corp. III (0.01%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Enbridge Inc. ($4.09 billion), Occidental Petroleum Co. ($3.00 billion), T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. ($2.35 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($2.30 billion), Paramount Global ($2.04 billion), Etsy, Inc. ($1.90 billion), Voya Financial, Inc. ($1.77 billion), CarMax, Inc. ($1.67 billion), Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. ($1.58 billion), and Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. ($1.47 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling LION is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Fidelity Southern 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 Fidelity Southern 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 LION, 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 LION, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is February, 15 2023.