The Arena Group (AREN) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of The Arena Group shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of January 31st, traders have sold 7,100 shares of AREN short. Learn More on The Arena Group's current short interest.

The Arena Group saw a decline in short interest during the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totaling 7,100 shares, a decline of 69.7% from the previous total of 23,400 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.

Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "communication" compare to The Arena Group: Altice USA, Inc. (15.57%), Cable One, Inc. (20.91%), Gray Media Inc. (4.77%), Anterix Inc. (9.34%), Spire Global, Inc. (12.90%), Telesat Corporation (0.84%), WideOpenWest, Inc. (2.66%), E.W. Scripps Company (The) (2.91%), iHeartMedia, Inc. (6.60%), Crexendo Inc. (4.45%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. ($7.80 billion), S&P Global Inc. ($7.56 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($5.90 billion), Palo Alto Networks, Inc. ($3.22 billion), Lucid Group, Inc. ($2.77 billion), Rivian Automotive, Inc. ($2.70 billion), Wayfair Inc. ($2.50 billion), Datadog, Inc. ($2.33 billion), Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. ($1.72 billion), and Teladoc Health, Inc. ($1.66 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling AREN is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from The Arena Group as its price is falling. AREN shares are trading down $0.45 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 The Arena Group 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 AREN, 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 AREN, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is January, 31 2022.