Yellowstone Acquisition (YSAC) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Yellowstone Acquisition shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of December 31st, traders have sold 21,100 shares of YSAC short. 0.18% of Yellowstone Acquisition's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Yellowstone 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. 0.18% of Yellowstone Acquisition's floating shares are currently sold short.

Yellowstone Acquisition saw a increase in short interest in December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totaling 21,100 shares, an increase of 70.2% from the previous total of 12,400 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.

Yellowstone Acquisition currently has issued a total of 16,999,000 shares. Some of Yellowstone 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. Yellowstone Acquisition currently has a public float of 11,900,000 shares.

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: S&P Global Inc. ($9.39 billion), Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. ($9.08 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($7.16 billion), Palo Alto Networks, Inc. ($4.05 billion), Lucid Group, Inc. ($3.43 billion), Wayfair Inc. ($3.11 billion), Rivian Automotive, Inc. ($3.05 billion), Datadog, Inc. ($2.76 billion), Zscaler, Inc. ($2.55 billion), and Etsy, Inc. ($1.99 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling YSAC is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Yellowstone 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 Yellowstone 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 YSAC, 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 YSAC, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is December, 31 2021.