América Móvil (AMOV) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of América Móvil shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of September 30th, investors have sold 200 shares of AMOV short. Learn More on América Móvil's current short interest.

América Móvil saw a decline in short interest in September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totaling 200 shares, a decline of 90.9% from the previous total of 2,200 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.

Here is how the short interest of companies in the sector of "business services" compare to América Móvil: Full Truck Alliance Co. Ltd. (5.27%), Integrated Media Technology Limited (0.57%), Kubient, Inc. (0.65%), E-Home Household Service Holdings Limited (3.23%), SMX (Security Matters) Public Limited (4.30%), Cuentas Inc. (1.58%), X3 Holdings Co Ltd. (10.37%), Movella Holdings Inc. (2.14%), SaverOne 2014 Ltd (6.13%), Nukkleus Inc. (8.48%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Occidental Petroleum Co. ($3.27 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($2.66 billion), TC Energy Co. ($2.53 billion), Chesapeake Energy Co. ($1.86 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($1.83 billion), Lucid Group, Inc. ($1.78 billion), T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. ($1.77 billion), Rivian Automotive, Inc. ($1.69 billion), Zoom Video Communications, Inc. ($1.35 billion), and Williams-Sonoma, Inc. ($1.35 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling AMOV is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from América Móvil as its price is falling. AMOV shares are trading down $0.23 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 América Móvil 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 AMOV, 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 AMOV, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is September, 30 2022.