New Home (NWHM) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of New Home shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of August 13th, investors have sold 56,900 shares of NWHM short. 0.45% of New Home's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on New Home'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. 0.45% of New Home's floating shares are currently sold short.

New Home saw a increase in short interest in August. As of August 13th, there was short interest totaling 56,900 shares, an increase of 3.5% from the previous total of 55,000 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.

New Home currently has issued a total of 0 shares. Some of New Home'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. New Home currently has a public float of 12,700,000 shares.

0.45% of New Home's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the sector of "construction" compare to New Home: Beazer Homes USA, Inc. (3.28%), Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. (3.34%), Century Communities, Inc. (4.70%), M/I Homes, Inc. (3.17%), Tri Pointe Homes, Inc. (2.11%), KB Home (6.38%), Meritage Homes Co. (2.35%), Taylor Morrison Home Co. (2.56%), Toll Brothers, Inc. (2.67%), PulteGroup, Inc. (2.07%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Block, Inc. ($9.67 billion), S&P Global Inc. ($7.87 billion), Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. ($7.80 billion), Analog Devices, Inc. ($7.03 billion), Sea Limited ($6.40 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($5.60 billion), Wayfair Inc. ($5.18 billion), Aon plc ($3.93 billion), CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. ($2.52 billion), and Teladoc Health, Inc. ($2.49 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling NWHM is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from New Home 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 New Home 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 NWHM, 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 NWHM, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is August, 13 2021.