Southport Acquisition (PORT) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Southport Acquisition shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of May 15th, traders have sold 100 shares of PORT short. Learn More on Southport Acquisition's current short interest.

Southport Acquisition saw a drop in short interest in May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 100 shares, a drop of 66.7% from the previous total of 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.

Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "trading" compare to Southport Acquisition: NexPoint Real Estate Finance, Inc. (1.59%), Cartesian Growth Co. II (0.01%), Industrial Logistics Properties Trust (2.96%), Keen Vision Acquisition Co. (0.01%), Alpine Income Property Trust, Inc. (0.93%), Ellington Credit (1.38%), Siebert Financial Corp. (0.39%), Silvercrest Asset Management Group Inc. (1.04%), City Office REIT, Inc. (1.04%), Franklin Street Properties Corp. (2.22%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Invesco QQQ ($29.20 billion), Strategy Incorporated ($10.88 billion), iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF ($10.04 billion), Capital One Financial Co. ($5.51 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($5.00 billion), Super Micro Computer, Inc. ($4.43 billion), Apollo Global Management, Inc. ($4.02 billion), Hims & Hers Health, Inc. ($3.65 billion), VanEck Semiconductor ETF ($3.27 billion), and Coinbase Global, Inc. ($3.10 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling PORT is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Southport Acquisition as its price is falling. PORT shares are trading up $0.40 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 Southport 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 PORT, 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 PORT, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is May, 15 2025.