VMG Consumer Acquisition (VMGA) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of VMG Consumer Acquisition shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of August 31st, traders have sold 1,200 shares of VMGA short. 0.01% of VMG Consumer Acquisition's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on VMG Consumer Acquisition'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. 0.01% of VMG Consumer Acquisition's floating shares are currently sold short.

VMG Consumer Acquisition saw a increase in short interest in August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 1,200 shares, an increase of 500.0% from the previous total of 200 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.

VMG Consumer Acquisition currently has issued a total of 25,000,000 shares. Some of VMG Consumer Acquisition'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. VMG Consumer Acquisition currently has a public float of 22,580,000 shares.

0.01% of VMG Consumer Acquisition's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "holding & other investment offices" compare to VMG Consumer Acquisition: Bain Capital Specialty Finance, Inc. (0.49%), Trinity Capital Inc. (1.80%), Ares Acquisition Co. II (1.27%), CION Investment Co. (1.08%), Nabors Energy Transition Corp. II (0.17%), Marblegate Acquisition Corp. (0.49%), Sound Point Meridian Capital, Inc. (0.04%), Codere Online Luxembourg, S.A. (2.48%), Inflection Point Acquisition Corp. II (0.56%), Cartesian Growth Co. II (0.02%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Occidental Petroleum Co. ($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 VMGA is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from VMG Consumer Acquisition 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 VMG Consumer Acquisition 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 VMGA, 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 VMGA, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is August, 31 2022.