Live Ventures Short Interest Ratio and Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Live Ventures shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of December 31st, investors have sold 4,100 shares of LIVE short. 0.33% of Live Ventures' shares are currently sold short. View details.

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. Live Ventures currently has a short interest ratio of 1.0.

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. 0.33% of Live Ventures' floating shares are currently sold short.

Live Ventures saw a decline in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totaling 4,100 shares, a decline of 25.5% from the previous total of 5,500 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.

Live Ventures currently has issued a total of 1,555,000 shares. Some of Live Ventures' 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. Live Ventures currently has a public float of 1,250,000 shares.

0.33% of Live Ventures' shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "investors, not elsewhere classified" compare to Live Ventures: Ares Capital Co. (1.44%), Golub Capital BDC, Inc. (0.00%), Prospect Capital Co. (6.36%), Fairfax India Holdings Co. (0.00%), Sixth Street Specialty Lending, Inc. (1.35%), PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Ltd. (0.39%), TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC Corp. (0.00%), Gladstone Investment Co. (1.99%), PennantPark Investment Co. (0.98%), and Oaktree Strategic Income Co. (0.00%).

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Charter Communications, Inc. ($5.18 billion), ViacomCBS Inc. ($4.71 billion), Analog Devices, Inc. ($4.45 billion), Aon Plc ($4.28 billion), Snap Inc. ($3.70 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($3.00 billion), The Clorox Company ($2.46 billion), Peloton Interactive, Inc. ($2.40 billion), The Kroger Co. ($2.38 billion), and Expedia Group, Inc. ($2.37 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling LIVE is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Live Ventures as its price is falling. Live Ventures' stock is trading down $1.41 today. To short Live Ventures 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 Live Ventures 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 Live Ventures 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 LIVE, 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 LIVE, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is December, 31 2020.