USA Truck (USAK) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of USA Truck shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of August 31st, traders have sold 34,000 shares of USAK short. 0.43% of USA Truck's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on USA Truck'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. 0.43% of USA Truck's floating shares are currently sold short.

USA Truck saw a increase in short interest during the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 34,000 shares, an increase of 58.9% from the previous total of 21,400 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.

USA Truck currently has issued a total of 9,034,000 shares. Some of USA Truck'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. USA Truck currently has a public float of 7,910,000 shares.

0.43% of USA Truck's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the sector of "transportation" compare to USA Truck: Covenant Logistics Group, Inc. (3.21%), Costamare Inc. (3.28%), Marten Transport, Ltd. (1.52%), Navigator Holdings Ltd. (5.49%), Willis Lease Finance Corporation (8.29%), Bristow Group Inc. (0.39%), Global Ship Lease, Inc. (2.62%), Allegiant Travel Company (9.34%), Frontier Group Holdings, Inc. (1.71%), Forward Air Corporation (19.14%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Occidental Petroleum Corporation ($4.91 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.53 billion), Suncor Energy Inc. ($2.26 billion), T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. ($2.01 billion), Chesapeake Energy Co. ($1.92 billion), Lucid Group, Inc. ($1.84 billion), Plug Power, Inc. ($1.81 billion), Williams-Sonoma, Inc. ($1.66 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($1.64 billion), and Lumen Technologies, Inc. ($1.50 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling USAK is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from USA Truck 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 USA Truck 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 USAK, 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 USAK, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is August, 31 2022.