JMP Group (JMP) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of JMP Group shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of October 29th, traders have sold 17,400 shares of JMP short. 0.22% of JMP Group's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on JMP 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. 0.22% of JMP Group's floating shares are currently sold short.

JMP Group saw a drop in short interest during the month of October. As of October 29th, there was short interest totaling 17,400 shares, a drop of 21.3% from the previous total of 22,100 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.

JMP Group currently has issued a total of 19,958,000 shares. Some of JMP 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. JMP Group currently has a public float of 8,010,000 shares.

0.22% of JMP Group's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the sector of "finance" compare to JMP Group: Siebert Financial Corp. (0.68%), Oppenheimer Holdings Inc. (0.77%), UP Fintech Holding Limited (1.95%), Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust (0.30%), The Gabelli Multimedia Trust Inc. (0.67%), Security National Financial Co. (0.30%), Star Holdings (1.15%), Nuveen New York Municipal Value Fund (0.13%), BlackRock MuniYield Pennsylvania Quality Fund (0.47%), Hawthorn Bancshares, Inc. (2.06%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: S&P Global Inc. ($8.61 billion), Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. ($8.44 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($5.26 billion), Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited ($5.13 billion), Wayfair Inc. ($4.34 billion), Uber Technologies, Inc. ($3.69 billion), Palo Alto Networks, Inc. ($3.35 billion), Teladoc Health, Inc. ($3.11 billion), eBay Inc. ($2.91 billion), and Etsy, Inc. ($2.63 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling JMP is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from JMP 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 JMP Group 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 JMP, 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 JMP, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is October, 29 2021.