Virco Mfg. - VIRC Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Virco Mfg. shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of January 15th, traders have sold 6,000 shares of VIRC short. 0.06% of Virco Mfg.'s shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Virco Mfg.'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. 0.06% of Virco Mfg.'s floating shares are currently sold short.

Virco Mfg. saw a decrease in short interest in the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totaling 6,000 shares, a decrease of 64.5% from the previous total of 16,900 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.

Virco Mfg. currently has issued a total of 16,210,000 shares. Some of Virco Mfg.'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. Virco Mfg. currently has a public float of 9,830,000 shares.

0.06% of Virco Mfg.'s shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the sector of "consumer discretionary" compare to Virco Mfg.: Reading International, Inc. (0.60%), Bragg Gaming Group Inc. (2.02%), Where Food Comes From, Inc. (1.36%), Gaia, Inc. (0.46%), Vince Holding Corp. (0.83%), Motorsport Games Inc. (8.75%), CuriosityStream Inc. (5.03%), International Media Acquisition Corp. (0.04%), Golden Matrix Group, Inc. (0.60%), and Culp, Inc. (0.14%).

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Occidental Petroleum Co. ($3.43 billion), T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. ($2.26 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($2.19 billion), Etsy, Inc. ($1.78 billion), Paramount Global ($1.77 billion), Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. ($1.69 billion), United Rentals, Inc. ($1.53 billion), American Airlines Group Inc. ($1.52 billion), PG&E Co. ($1.48 billion), and Voya Financial, Inc. ($1.47 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling VIRC is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Virco Mfg. as its price is falling. VIRC shares are trading up $0.02 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 Virco Mfg. 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 VIRC, 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 VIRC, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is January, 15 2023.