LMF Acquisition Opportunities (LMAO) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of LMF Acquisition Opportunities shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of October 15th, investors have sold 5,300 shares of LMAO short. 0.05% of LMF Acquisition Opportunities' shares are currently sold short. Learn More on LMF Acquisition Opportunities' 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. 0.05% of LMF Acquisition Opportunities' floating shares are currently sold short.

LMF Acquisition Opportunities saw a increase in short interest in October. As of October 15th, there was short interest totaling 5,300 shares, an increase of 20.5% from the previous total of 4,400 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.

LMF Acquisition Opportunities currently has issued a total of 11,340,000 shares. Some of LMF Acquisition Opportunities' 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. LMF Acquisition Opportunities currently has a public float of 10,420,000 shares.

0.05% of LMF Acquisition Opportunities' shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "surgical & medical instruments" compare to LMF Acquisition Opportunities: TELA Bio, Inc. (3.19%), Quipt Home Medical Corp. (1.42%), Orchestra BioMed Holdings, Inc. (4.07%), Delcath Systems, Inc. (3.68%), Allurion Technologies Inc. (0.80%), KORU Medical Systems, Inc. (2.30%), Alpha Tau Medical Ltd. (0.11%), Profound Medical Corp. (1.32%), BrainsWay Ltd. (0.45%), Monogram Orthopaedics, Inc. (0.18%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Occidental Petroleum Co. ($3.48 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($2.85 billion), Twitter, Inc. ($1.89 billion), T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. ($1.78 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($1.77 billion), PG&E Co. ($1.75 billion), Lucid Group, Inc. ($1.58 billion), Rivian Automotive, Inc. ($1.42 billion), Roblox Co. ($1.39 billion), and Williams-Sonoma, Inc. ($1.33 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling LMAO is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from LMF Acquisition Opportunities 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 LMF Acquisition Opportunities occurs when it has a large amount of short interest and its stock appreciates in price. This forces short sellers to cover their short interest positions by buying actual shares of LMAO, 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 LMAO, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is October, 15 2022.