NVIDIA Short Interest Ratio and Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of NVIDIA shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of August 31st, traders have sold 5,410,000 shares of NVDA short. 0.92% of NVIDIA'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. 0.92% of NVIDIA's floating shares are currently sold short.

NVIDIA saw a decline in short interest in the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 5,410,000 shares, a decline of 2.2% from the previous total of 5,530,000 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.

NVIDIA currently has issued a total of 617,000,000 shares. Some of NVIDIA'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. NVIDIA currently has a public float of 590,730,000 shares.

0.92% of NVIDIA's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the sector of "computer and technology" compare to NVIDIA: Alphabet Inc (0.79%), Alphabet Inc (0.00%), Facebook, Inc. (1.06%), TENCENT HOLDING/ADR (0.00%), Taiwan Semiconductor Mfg. Co. Ltd. (0.00%), Verizon Communications Inc. (0.00%), Adobe Inc (0.84%), salesforce.com, inc. (0.00%), Paypal Holdings Inc (1.21%), and Intel Co. (4.08%).

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Charter Communications Inc ($5.13 billion), Aon PLC ($3.40 billion), Clorox Co ($3.09 billion), ViacomCBS Inc. ($2.81 billion), Charles Schwab Co. ($2.80 billion), Kroger Co ($1.95 billion), Simon Property Group Inc ($1.82 billion), Restoration Hardware Holdings, Inc ($1.71 billion), International Flavors & Fragrances Inc ($1.69 billion), and C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc ($1.67 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling NVDA is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from NVIDIA as its price is falling. NVIDIA's stock is trading up $10.93 today. To short NVIDIA 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 NVIDIA 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 NVIDIA 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 NVDA, 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 NVDA, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is August, 31 2020.