PAE (PAE) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of PAE shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of February 15th, traders have sold 100 shares of PAE short. Learn More on PAE's current short interest.

PAE saw a drop in short interest during the month of February. As of February 15th, there was short interest totaling 100 shares, a drop of 100.0% from the previous total of 3,410,000 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.

Here is how the short interest of companies in the sector of "business services" compare to PAE: Robert Half Inc. (12.38%), Exponent, Inc. (4.30%), Crane NXT, Co. (10.73%), CBIZ, Inc. (6.74%), TriNet Group, Inc. (4.20%), WNS (Holdings) Limited (3.76%), Geo Group Inc (The) (7.86%), Concentrix Corporation (15.81%), Sezzle Inc. (17.68%), ABM Industries Incorporated (3.22%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: S&P Global Inc. ($7.23 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($6.03 billion), Palo Alto Networks, Inc. ($3.16 billion), Lucid Group, Inc. ($2.77 billion), Snap Inc. ($2.53 billion), Datadog, Inc. ($2.53 billion), Rivian Automotive, Inc. ($2.30 billion), Wayfair Inc. ($2.30 billion), Booking Holdings Inc. ($2.18 billion), and Carnival Corporation ($1.96 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling PAE is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from PAE 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 PAE 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 PAE, 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 PAE, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is February, 15 2022.