Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp. IV Short Interest Ratio and Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp. IV shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of March 15th, traders have sold 612,300 shares of IPOD short. 1.35% of Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp. IV'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. 1.35% of Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp. IV's floating shares are currently sold short.

Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp. IV saw a increase in short interest in the month of March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totaling 612,300 shares, an increase of 49.6% from the previous total of 409,400 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.

Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp. IV currently has issued a total of 57,500,000 shares. Some of Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp. IV'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. Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp. IV currently has a public float of 45,430,000 shares.

1.35% of Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp. IV's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "holding & other investment offices" compare to Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp. IV: Foley Trasimene Acquisition Corp. II (1.52%), BTRS Holdings Inc. (3.98%), Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp. V (29.91%), Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp. VI (1.13%), Paya Holdings Inc. (6.03%), Star Peak Energy Transition Corp. (11.32%), Porch Group Inc. (5.93%), Foley Trasimene Acquisition Corp. (0.42%), Arko Corp. (7.03%), and Jaws Acquisition Corp. (0.00%).

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Aon plc ($5.64 billion), Analog Devices, Inc. ($5.59 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($5.47 billion), ViacomCBS Inc. ($4.95 billion), Baidu, Inc. ($3.51 billion), Snap Inc. ($3.18 billion), Airbnb, Inc. ($2.38 billion), The Kroger Co. ($2.28 billion), Expedia Group, Inc. ($2.24 billion), and Bilibili Inc. ($2.06 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling IPOD is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp. IV as its price is falling. Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp. IV's stock is trading down $0.47 today. To short Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp. IV 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 Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp. IV 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 Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp. IV 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 IPOD, 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 IPOD, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is March, 15 2021.