Energous (WATT) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Energous shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of February 15th, traders have sold 1,320,000 shares of WATT short. 4.41% of Energous' shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Energous' 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. 4.41% of Energous' floating shares are currently sold short.

Energous saw a decrease in short interest in the month of February. As of February 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,320,000 shares, a decrease of 5.7% from the previous total of 1,400,000 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.

Energous currently has issued a total of 34,140,000 shares. Some of Energous' 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. Energous currently has a public float of 29,960,000 shares.

4.41% of Energous' shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "electronic equipment" compare to Energous: Knightscope, Inc. (10.62%), Airgain, Inc. (1.28%), Ideal Power Inc. (0.47%), AmpliTech Group, Inc. (2.06%), Datavault AI Inc. (2.08%), Semilux International Ltd. (0.09%), Mobix Labs, Inc. (1.53%), Pixelworks, Inc. (1.36%), Beam Global (11.70%), SuperCom, Ltd. (2.49%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Invesco QQQ ($25.81 billion), iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF ($10.38 billion), MicroStrategy Incorporated ($7.74 billion), AppLovin Corporation ($6.32 billion), Apollo Global Management Inc. ($5.97 billion), Super Micro Computer, Inc. ($4.89 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.52 billion), Capital One Financial Corporation ($3.94 billion), Schlumberger Limited ($3.19 billion), and Reddit Inc. ($3.01 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling WATT is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Energous as its price is falling. WATT shares are trading up $0.05 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 Energous 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 WATT, 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 WATT, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is February, 15 2025.