Kingswood Acquisition Short Interest Ratio and Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Kingswood Acquisition shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of August 31st, investors have sold 2,800 shares of KWAC short. Learn More on Kingswood Acquisition's current short interest.

Kingswood Acquisition saw a decrease in short interest during the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 2,800 shares, a decrease of 94.1% from the previous total of 47,700 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.

0.00% of Kingswood Acquisition's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "holding & other investment offices" compare to Kingswood Acquisition: Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp. IV (0.39%), Gores Technology Partners II, Inc. (0.07%), TCW Special Purpose Acquisition Corp. (0.02%), GO Acquisition Corp. (0.13%), Revolution Healthcare Acquisition Corp. (0.00%), Sports Entertainment Acquisition Corp. (0.30%), Khosla Ventures Acquisition Co. III (0.02%), CC Neuberger Principal Holdings III (0.04%), Health Assurance Acquisition Corp. (0.45%), and Crescent Capital BDC, Inc. (0.15%).

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Square, Inc. ($9.81 billion), S&P Global Inc. ($7.52 billion), Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. ($7.18 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($6.21 billion), Wayfair Inc. ($4.60 billion), Zoom Video Communications, Inc. ($3.23 billion), Uber Technologies, Inc. ($3.11 billion), Palo Alto Networks, Inc. ($2.74 billion), Teladoc Health, Inc. ($2.52 billion), and Etsy, Inc. ($2.16 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling KWAC is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Kingswood Acquisition as its price is falling. Kingswood Acquisition's stock is trading up $0.02 today. To short Kingswood Acquisition 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 Kingswood Acquisition 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 Kingswood Acquisition 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 KWAC, 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 KWAC, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is August, 31 2021.