PTL (PTLE) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of PTL shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of August 31st, traders have sold 544,100 shares of PTLE short. 2.07% of PTL's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on PTL'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. 2.07% of PTL's floating shares are currently sold short.

PTL saw a increase in short interest in August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 544,100 shares, an increase of 149.8% from the previous total of 217,800 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.

PTL currently has issued a total of 37,490,000 shares. Some of PTL'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. PTL currently has a public float of 26,240,000 shares.

2.07% of PTL's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "wholesale" compare to PTL: Davis Commodities Limited (1.26%), CBL International Limited (0.16%), Cosmos Health Inc. (2.04%), Scienture Holdings, Inc. (1.22%), Taitron Components Incorporated (0.78%), Ten-League International Holdings Limited (0.03%), Marwynn Holdings, Inc. (22.19%), Hydrofarm Holdings Group, Inc. (3.02%), Hong Kong Pharma Digital Technology Holdings Limited (6.10%), Creative Global Technology Holdings Limited (0.13%),

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 PTLE is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from PTL as its price is falling. PTLE shares are trading down $0.00 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 PTL 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 PTLE, 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 PTLE, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is August, 31 2025.