Navios Maritime Acquisition Short Interest Ratio and Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Navios Maritime Acquisition shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of April 15th, investors have sold 69,400 shares of NNA short. 0.59% of Navios Maritime Acquisition'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. 0.59% of Navios Maritime Acquisition's floating shares are currently sold short.

Navios Maritime Acquisition saw a increase in short interest in April. As of April 15th, there was short interest totaling 69,400 shares, an increase of 15.1% from the previous total of 60,300 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.

Navios Maritime Acquisition currently has issued a total of 16,559,000 shares. Some of Navios Maritime Acquisition'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. Navios Maritime Acquisition currently has a public float of 11,780,000 shares.

0.59% of Navios Maritime Acquisition's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "deep sea foreign transportation of freight" compare to Navios Maritime Acquisition: Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc. (1.79%), Pangaea Logistics Solutions, Ltd. (2.16%), Tsakos Energy Navigation Limited (4.24%), Ardmore Shipping Co. (0.00%), Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp. (0.00%), Grindrod Shipping Holdings Ltd. (0.00%), Navios Maritime Holdings Inc. (0.75%), StealthGas Inc. (0.07%), Euroseas Ltd. (0.92%), and SEACOR Marine Holdings Inc. (1.55%).

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Analog Devices, Inc. ($5.85 billion), Aon plc ($5.61 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($5.44 billion), Snap Inc. ($3.49 billion), Airbnb, Inc. ($3.35 billion), Peloton Interactive, Inc. ($2.53 billion), ViacomCBS Inc. ($2.48 billion), Expedia Group, Inc. ($2.39 billion), The Kroger Co. ($2.26 billion), and Nuance Communications, Inc. ($2.18 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling NNA is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Navios Maritime Acquisition as its price is falling. Navios Maritime Acquisition's stock is trading up $0.18 today. To short Navios Maritime 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 Navios Maritime 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 Navios Maritime Acquisition 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 NNA, 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 NNA, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is April, 15 2021.