First High-School Education Group - FHS Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of First High-School Education Group shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of October 15th, traders have sold 51,300 shares of FHS short. 0.36% of First High-School Education Group's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on First High-School Education Group'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. 0.36% of First High-School Education Group's floating shares are currently sold short.

First High-School Education Group saw a decrease in short interest in October. As of October 15th, there was short interest totaling 51,300 shares, a decrease of 56.3% from the previous total of 117,400 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.

First High-School Education Group currently has issued a total of 28,950,000 shares. Some of First High-School Education Group'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. First High-School Education Group currently has a public float of 14,060,000 shares.

0.36% of First High-School Education Group's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the sector of "consumer discretionary" compare to First High-School Education Group: China Liberal Education Holdings Limited (3.55%), Meten Holding Group Ltd. (3.27%), EpicQuest Education Group International Limited (0.83%), Four Seasons Education (Cayman) Inc. (0.02%), Gravitas Education Holdings, Inc. (0.81%), Golden Sun Education Group Limited (1.34%), 51Talk Online Education Group (1.12%), SharpLink Gaming Ltd. (0.54%), NextPlay Technologies, Inc. (1.19%), and Safe & Green Holdings Corp. (2.83%).

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Occidental Petroleum Co. ($3.48 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($2.85 billion), Twitter, Inc. ($1.89 billion), T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. ($1.78 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($1.77 billion), PG&E Co. ($1.75 billion), Lucid Group, Inc. ($1.58 billion), Rivian Automotive, Inc. ($1.42 billion), Roblox Co. ($1.39 billion), and Williams-Sonoma, Inc. ($1.33 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling FHS is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from First High-School Education Group 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 First High-School Education Group 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 FHS, 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 FHS, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is October, 15 2022.