Kingsway Financial Services (KFS) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Kingsway Financial Services shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of April 15th, investors have sold 408,600 shares of KFS short. 2.01% of Kingsway Financial Services' shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Kingsway Financial Services' current short interest.

The short interest ratio, also known as the "days to cover ratio", is calculated by dividing the number of shares of a stock sold short divided by its average trading volume. A short interest ratio ranging between 1 and 4 generally indicates strong positive sentiment about a stock and a lack of short sellers. A short interest ratio of 10 or greater indicates strong pessimism about a stock. KFS shares currently have a short interest ratio of 14.0. Learn More on Kingsway Financial Services's short interest ratio.

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. 2.01% of Kingsway Financial Services' floating shares are currently sold short.

Kingsway Financial Services saw a decrease in short interest during the month of April. As of April 15th, there was short interest totaling 408,600 shares, a decrease of 2.6% from the previous total of 419,700 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.

Kingsway Financial Services currently has issued a total of 28,120,000 shares. Some of Kingsway Financial Services' 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. Kingsway Financial Services currently has a public float of 20,350,000 shares.

2.01% of Kingsway Financial Services' shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the sector of "finance" compare to Kingsway Financial Services: Maiden Holdings, Ltd. (0.99%), Heritage Insurance Holdings, Inc. (3.81%), NI Holdings, Inc. (0.34%), James River Group Holdings, Ltd. (2.52%), Greenlight Capital Re, Ltd. (1.76%), Donegal Group Inc. (1.33%), Hippo Holdings Inc. (9.36%), United Fire Group, Inc. (0.89%), Universal Insurance Holdings, Inc. (1.45%), BlackRock TCP Capital Corp. (1.55%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: T-Mobile US, Inc. ($3.70 billion), Occidental Petroleum Co. ($3.52 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.14 billion), General Motors ($2.68 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($2.57 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($2.18 billion), Tractor Supply ($2.10 billion), Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. ($1.91 billion), TC Energy Co. ($1.90 billion), and Williams-Sonoma, Inc. ($1.78 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling KFS is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Kingsway Financial Services as its price is falling. KFS shares are trading down $0.17 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 Kingsway Financial Services 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 KFS, 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 KFS, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is April, 15 2024.