Westwater Resources Short Interest Ratio and Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Westwater Resources shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of October 30th, traders have sold 1,180,000 shares of WWR short. 0.00% of Westwater Resources' shares are currently sold short. View details.

Westwater Resources saw a drop in short interest in October. As of October 30th, there was short interest totaling 1,180,000 shares, a drop of 21.3% from the previous total of 1,500,000 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.

0.00% of Westwater Resources' shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "metal mining" compare to Westwater Resources: Jaguar Mining Inc. (0.00%), Battle North Gold Co. (0.00%), Fission Uranium Corp. (0.00%), Amerigo Resources Ltd. (0.00%), Mountain Province Diamonds Inc. (0.00%), Dakota Territory Resource Corp. (0.00%), Opiant Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (0.10%), Bullfrog Gold Corp. (0.00%), U.S. Gold Corp. (3.40%), and Pacific Booker Minerals Inc. (0.00%).

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.66 billion), Aon Plc ($3.83 billion), Analog Devices, Inc. ($3.33 billion), ViacomCBS Inc. ($3.13 billion), Snap Inc. ($3.05 billion), The Clorox Company ($2.85 billion), Uber Technologies, Inc. ($2.80 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($2.26 billion), Simon Property Group, Inc. ($2.02 billion), and International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. ($1.96 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling WWR is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Westwater Resources as its price is falling. Westwater Resources' stock is trading down $0.07 today. To short Westwater Resources 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 Westwater Resources 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 Westwater Resources 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 WWR, 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 WWR, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is October, 30 2020.