NextNav (NNAVW) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of NextNav shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of August 31st, investors have sold 2,900 shares of NNAVW short. Learn More on NextNav's current short interest.

NextNav saw a decrease in short interest in the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 2,900 shares, a decrease of 38.3% from the previous total of 4,700 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.

Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "electronic equipment" compare to NextNav: Ebang International Holdings Inc. (0.12%), Franklin Wireless Corp. (0.36%), Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. (0.48%), Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (2.42%), ARM Holdings PLC Sponsored ADR (1.45%), NXP Semiconductors N.V. (2.84%), L3Harris Technologies Inc (1.37%), Vertiv Holdings Co. (2.81%), Ubiquiti Inc. (13.70%), Astera Labs, Inc. (7.24%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust ($73.23 billion), Invesco QQQ ($29.52 billion), iShares Russell 2000 ETF ($20.82 billion), iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF ($10.76 billion), Palo Alto Networks, Inc. ($9.37 billion), Strategy Inc ($7.58 billion), Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF ($6.78 billion), SPDR S&P Biotech ETF ($6.72 billion), AppLovin Corporation ($6.37 billion), and iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF ($6.29 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling NNAVW is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from NextNav as its price is falling. NNAVW shares are trading up $0.27 today. 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 NextNav 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 NNAVW, 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 NNAVW, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is August, 31 2025.