Mallard Acquisition Short Interest Ratio and Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Mallard Acquisition shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of April 15th, traders have sold 5,200 shares of MACU short. 0.05% of Mallard Acquisition's shares are currently sold short. View details.

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 Mallard Acquisition's floating shares are currently sold short.

Mallard Acquisition saw a increase in short interest in the month of April. As of April 15th, there was short interest totaling 5,200 shares, an increase of 13.0% from the previous total of 4,600 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.

Mallard Acquisition currently has issued a total of 13,750,000 shares. Some of Mallard 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. Mallard Acquisition currently has a public float of 11,080,000 shares.

0.05% of Mallard Acquisition's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "shell companies" compare to Mallard Acquisition: Montes Archimedes Acquisition Corp. (0.07%), Supernova Partners Acquisition Company, Inc. (2.58%), NextGen Acquisition Co. (1.64%), H.I.G. Acquisition Corp. (0.00%), Lux Health Tech Acquisition Corp. (0.30%), FinServ Acquisition Corp. (16.82%), Holicity Inc. (0.00%), TS Innovation Acquisitions Corp. (1.44%), DPCM Capital, Inc. (0.40%), and IG Acquisition Corp. (0.00%).

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Analog Devices, Inc. ($5.85 billion), Aon plc ($5.61 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($5.44 billion), Snap Inc. ($3.49 billion), Airbnb, Inc. ($3.35 billion), Peloton Interactive, Inc. ($2.53 billion), ViacomCBS Inc. ($2.48 billion), Expedia Group, Inc. ($2.39 billion), The Kroger Co. ($2.26 billion), and Nuance Communications, Inc. ($2.18 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling MACU is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Mallard Acquisition as its price is falling. Mallard Acquisition's stock is trading up $0.05 today. To short Mallard Acquisition 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 Mallard Acquisition 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 Mallard Acquisition 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 MACU, 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 MACU, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is April, 15 2021.