Brookfield Business Partners (BBU) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Brookfield Business Partners shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of September 15th, traders have sold 2,400 shares of BBU short. Learn More on Brookfield Business Partners' current short interest.

Brookfield Business Partners saw a drop in short interest during the month of September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 2,400 shares, a drop of 57.9% from the previous total of 5,700 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.

Brookfield Business Partners currently has issued a total of 74,559,000 shares. Some of Brookfield Business Partners' 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. Brookfield Business Partners currently has a public float of 74,600,000 shares.

Here is how the short interest of companies in the sector of "business services" compare to Brookfield Business Partners: Concrete Pumping Holdings, Inc. (2.66%), Ecovyst Inc. (1.93%), Dada Nexus Limited (1.27%), National Research Co. (1.89%), Adeia Inc. (2.43%), Pagaya Technologies Ltd. (1.30%), Distribution Solutions Group, Inc. (0.33%), Global Blue Group Holding AG (0.41%), Everi Holdings Inc. (3.58%), LanzaTech Global, Inc. (1.30%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Canadian Natural Resources Limited ($8.05 billion), T-Mobile US, Inc. ($3.94 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.77 billion), Occidental Petroleum Co. ($3.27 billion), Tractor Supply ($2.29 billion), Celsius Holdings, Inc. ($2.20 billion), Rivian Automotive, Inc. ($2.10 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($2.08 billion), Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. ($1.90 billion), and T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. ($1.90 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling BBU is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Brookfield Business Partners as its price is falling. BBU shares are trading down $0.43 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 Brookfield Business Partners 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 BBU, 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 BBU, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is September, 15 2023.