BlueRiver Acquisition (BLUA) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of BlueRiver Acquisition shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of April 30th, traders have sold 2,100 shares of BLUA short. 0.11% of BlueRiver Acquisition's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on BlueRiver 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. 0.11% of BlueRiver Acquisition's floating shares are currently sold short.

BlueRiver Acquisition currently has issued a total of 8,730,000 shares. Some of BlueRiver 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. BlueRiver Acquisition currently has a public float of 1,840,000 shares.

0.11% of BlueRiver Acquisition's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "surgical & medical instruments" compare to BlueRiver Acquisition: KORU Medical Systems, Inc. (2.30%), BrainsWay Ltd. (0.45%), Monogram Orthopaedics, Inc. (0.18%), Allurion Technologies Inc. (0.80%), Delcath Systems, Inc. (3.68%), Neuronetics, Inc. (0.32%), TELA Bio, Inc. (3.19%), enVVeno Medical Corporation (6.19%), IceCure Medical Ltd (1.76%), SEP Acquisition Corp. (0.18%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: T-Mobile US, Inc. ($4.05 billion), Occidental Petroleum Co. ($3.06 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($2.37 billion), Paramount Global ($2.14 billion), T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. ($2.13 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($2.00 billion), Verisk Analytics, Inc. ($1.94 billion), Extra Space Storage Inc. ($1.77 billion), CarMax, Inc. ($1.59 billion), and Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. ($1.56 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling BLUA is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from BlueRiver 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 BlueRiver Acquisition 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 BLUA, 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 BLUA, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is April, 30 2023.