Liberty Media Acquisition (LMACA) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Liberty Media Acquisition shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of November 15th, investors have sold 65,200 shares of LMACA short. 0.11% of Liberty Media Acquisition's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Liberty Media 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. 0.11% of Liberty Media Acquisition's floating shares are currently sold short.

Liberty Media Acquisition saw a drop in short interest during the month of November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totaling 65,200 shares, a drop of 89.1% from the previous total of 599,800 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.

Liberty Media Acquisition currently has issued a total of 71,875,000 shares. Some of Liberty Media 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. Liberty Media Acquisition currently has a public float of 57,440,000 shares.

0.11% of Liberty Media Acquisition's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the sector of "unclassified" compare to Liberty Media Acquisition: Ares Acquisition Co. II (0.06%), Churchill Capital Corp VII (0.01%), Screaming Eagle Acquisition Corp. (0.03%), Nabors Energy Transition Corp. II (0.02%), Rigel Resource Acquisition Corp. (0.00%), Inflection Point Acquisition Corp. II (0.02%), Investcorp Europe Acquisition Corp I (0.10%), TortoiseEcofin Acquisition Corp. III (0.03%), Pearl Holdings Acquisition Corp (0.00%), Patria Latin American Opportunity Acquisition Corp. (0.01%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Enbridge Inc. ($4.34 billion), Occidental Petroleum Co. ($4.15 billion), T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. ($2.41 billion), Diamondback Energy, Inc. ($2.05 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($1.75 billion), Lucid Group, Inc. ($1.66 billion), PG&E Co. ($1.62 billion), Rivian Automotive, Inc. ($1.62 billion), Etsy, Inc. ($1.61 billion), and Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. ($1.60 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling LMACA is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Liberty Media 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 Liberty Media 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 LMACA, 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 LMACA, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is November, 15 2022.