AEA-Bridges Impact Short Interest Ratio and Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of AEA-Bridges Impact shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of March 31st, investors have sold 53,700 shares of IMPX short. 0.14% of AEA-Bridges Impact's shares are currently sold short. View details.

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. 0.14% of AEA-Bridges Impact's floating shares are currently sold short.

AEA-Bridges Impact saw a increase in short interest in the month of March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 53,700 shares, an increase of 185.6% from the previous total of 18,800 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.

AEA-Bridges Impact currently has issued a total of 50,000,000 shares. Some of AEA-Bridges Impact'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. AEA-Bridges Impact currently has a public float of 37,300,000 shares.

0.14% of AEA-Bridges Impact's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "holding & other investment offices" compare to AEA-Bridges Impact: Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp. V (30.18%), Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp. VI (0.83%), Paya Holdings Inc. (5.77%), Foley Trasimene Acquisition Corp. (0.69%), Arko Corp. (14.11%), Jaws Acquisition Corp. (0.00%), Star Peak Energy Transition Corp. (10.43%), Porch Group Inc. (5.30%), Brooge Energy Limited (0.29%), and Cohn Robbins Holdings Corp. (0.28%).

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Analog Devices, Inc. ($5.84 billion), Aon plc ($5.47 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($5.36 billion), ViacomCBS Inc. ($3.99 billion), Snap Inc. ($3.77 billion), Airbnb, Inc. ($2.90 billion), Peloton Interactive, Inc. ($2.43 billion), Discovery, Inc. ($2.38 billion), The Kroger Co. ($2.28 billion), and Expedia Group, Inc. ($2.18 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling IMPX is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from AEA-Bridges Impact as its price is falling. AEA-Bridges Impact's stock is trading up $0.03 today. To short AEA-Bridges Impact 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 AEA-Bridges Impact 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 AEA-Bridges Impact 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 IMPX, 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 IMPX, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is March, 31 2021.