MSD Acquisition (MSDA) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of MSD Acquisition shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of March 15th, traders have sold 4,300 shares of MSDA short. 0.01% of MSD Acquisition's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on MSD 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. 0.01% of MSD Acquisition's floating shares are currently sold short.

MSD Acquisition saw a increase in short interest during the month of March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totaling 4,300 shares, an increase of 22.9% from the previous total of 3,500 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.

MSD Acquisition currently has issued a total of 71,880,000 shares. Some of MSD 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. MSD Acquisition currently has a public float of 53,220,000 shares.

0.01% of MSD Acquisition's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies compare to MSD Acquisition: Sagaliam Acquisition Corp. (0.00%), Churchill Capital Corp VII (0.04%), Screaming Eagle Acquisition Corp. (0.11%), Nabors Energy Transition Corp. II (0.02%), L Catterton Asia Acquisition Corp (0.20%), AltC Acquisition Corp. (0.41%), Rigel Resource Acquisition Corp. (0.00%), Power & Digital Infrastructure Acquisition II Corp. (2.56%), Inflection Point Acquisition Corp. II (0.02%), Investcorp Europe Acquisition Corp I (0.09%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Canadian Natural Resources Limited ($3.66 billion), Occidental Petroleum Co. ($2.62 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($2.38 billion), T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. ($2.13 billion), Verisk Analytics, Inc. ($2.08 billion), Snowflake Inc. ($1.95 billion), Paramount Global ($1.78 billion), Etsy, Inc. ($1.60 billion), Teck Resources Limited ($1.51 billion), and Voya Financial, Inc. ($1.49 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling MSDA is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from MSD 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 MSD 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 MSDA, 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 MSDA, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is March, 15 2023.