PS Business Parks (PSB) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of PS Business Parks shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of June 30th, traders have sold 757,300 shares of PSB short. 3.78% of PS Business Parks' shares are currently sold short. Learn More on PS Business Parks' current short interest.

The short interest ratio, also known as the "days to cover ratio", is calculated by dividing the number of shares of a stock sold short divided by its average trading volume. A short interest ratio ranging between 1 and 4 generally indicates strong positive sentiment about a stock and a lack of short sellers. A short interest ratio of 10 or greater indicates strong pessimism about a stock. PSB shares currently have a short interest ratio of 2.0. Learn More on PS Business Parks's short interest ratio.

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. 3.78% of PS Business Parks' floating shares are currently sold short.

PS Business Parks saw a decrease in short interest in the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 757,300 shares, a decrease of 18.3% from the previous total of 927,300 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.

PS Business Parks currently has issued a total of 27,627,000 shares. Some of PS Business Parks' 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. PS Business Parks currently has a public float of 20,050,000 shares.

3.78% of PS Business Parks' shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the sector of "finance" compare to PS Business Parks: Vornado Realty Trust (10.36%), Cousins Properties Incorporated (2.07%), LXP Industrial Trust (1.52%), American Assets Trust, Inc. (2.04%), Rithm Capital Corp. (1.57%), Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc. (4.33%), Apartment Income REIT Corp. (2.61%), Kite Realty Group Trust (2.66%), Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated (1.93%), Agree Realty Co. (4.01%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.48 billion), Occidental Petroleum Co. ($3.23 billion), TC Energy Co. ($2.86 billion), Lucid Group, Inc. ($2.34 billion), T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. ($1.87 billion), HP Inc. ($1.83 billion), GameStop Corp. ($1.63 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($1.53 billion), Rivian Automotive, Inc. ($1.45 billion), and Lumen Technologies, Inc. ($1.42 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling PSB is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from PS Business Parks 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 PS Business Parks 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 PSB, 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 PSB, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is June, 30 2022.