Perfect (PERF) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Perfect shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of September 30th, traders have sold 14,500 shares of PERF short. 0.05% of Perfect's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Perfect'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. 0.05% of Perfect's floating shares are currently sold short.

Perfect saw a decline in short interest during the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totaling 14,500 shares, a decline of 76.5% from the previous total of 61,700 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.

Perfect currently has issued a total of 85,060,000 shares. Some of Perfect'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. Perfect currently has a public float of 29,480,000 shares.

0.05% of Perfect's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "computer software" compare to Perfect: Onespan Inc (6.07%), Cognyte Software Ltd. (0.66%), Bumble Inc. (20.72%), Arqit Quantum Inc. (35.57%), Backblaze, Inc. (2.17%), Viant Technology Inc. (7.03%), Xunlei Limited (2.00%), Domo, Inc. (5.62%), Telos Corporation (2.66%), Endava PLC Sponsored ADR (5.03%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: AppLovin Corporation ($15.71 billion), Robinhood Markets, Inc. ($7.56 billion), Reddit Inc. ($4.55 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($4.53 billion), CoreWeave Inc. ($4.43 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.07 billion), Seagate Technology Holdings PLC ($3.94 billion), IonQ, Inc. ($3.78 billion), TC Energy Corporation ($3.13 billion), and Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. ($3.12 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling PERF is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Perfect as its price is falling. PERF shares are trading up $0.02 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 Perfect 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 PERF, 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 PERF, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is September, 30 2025.