Class Acceleration (CLAS) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Class Acceleration shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of December 15th, investors have sold 18,200 shares of CLAS short. 0.07% of Class Acceleration's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Class Acceleration'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. 0.07% of Class Acceleration's floating shares are currently sold short.

Class Acceleration saw a increase in short interest in the month of December. As of December 15th, there was short interest totaling 18,200 shares, an increase of 114.1% from the previous total of 8,500 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.

Class Acceleration currently has issued a total of 32,344,000 shares. Some of Class Acceleration'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. Class Acceleration currently has a public float of 25,850,000 shares.

0.07% of Class Acceleration's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "holding & other investment offices" compare to Class Acceleration: Inflection Point Acquisition Corp. II (0.56%), Cartesian Growth Co. II (0.01%), SK Growth Opportunities Co. (0.45%), Hennessy Capital Investment Corp. VI (0.03%), Plum Acquisition Corp. III (0.02%), Zalatoris Acquisition Corp. (0.00%), Concord Acquisition Corp II (0.00%), Papaya Growth Opportunity Corp. I (0.01%), Direct Selling Acquisition Corp. (0.00%), Integrated Rail and Resources Acquisition Corp. (0.00%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Occidental Petroleum Corporation ($3.47 billion), Suncor Energy Inc. ($2.33 billion), T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. ($2.14 billion), Pacific Gas & Electric Co. ($1.61 billion), Etsy, Inc. ($1.56 billion), Paramount Global ($1.53 billion), Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. ($1.49 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($1.46 billion), DICK'S Sporting Goods, Inc. ($1.30 billion), and C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. ($1.26 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling CLAS is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Class Acceleration as its price is falling. CLAS shares are trading up $0.02 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 Class Acceleration 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 CLAS, 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 CLAS, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is December, 15 2022.