Roblox - RBLX Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Roblox shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of August 31st, traders have sold 31,440,000 shares of RBLX short. 7.70% of Roblox's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Roblox's 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. RBLX shares currently have a short interest ratio of 1.0. Learn More on Roblox's short interest ratio.

As of the most recent reporting period, the following institutional investors, funds, and major shareholders have reported short positions of Roblox: Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Nomura Holdings Inc., Centiva Capital LP, Parallax Volatility Advisers L.P., Jane Street Group LLC, Wolverine Trading LLC, Parallax Volatility Advisers L.P., Cubist Systematic Strategies LLC, Citadel Advisors LLC, Millennium Management LLC, Concourse Financial Group Securities Inc., PEAK6 Investments LLC, Marathon Trading Investment Management LLC, Group One Trading L.P., Twin Tree Management LP, UBS Group AG, Bank of Montreal Can, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Walleye Trading LLC, IMC Chicago LLC, Simplex Trading LLC, and CTC LLC. These positions are disclosed in Form 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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. 7.70% of Roblox's floating shares are currently sold short.

Roblox saw a decline in short interest in the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 31,440,000 shares, a decline of 3.2% from the previous total of 32,480,000 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.

Roblox currently has issued a total of 545,428,000 shares. Some of Roblox'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. Roblox currently has a public float of 408,190,000 shares.

7.70% of Roblox's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the sector of "consumer discretionary" compare to Roblox: Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (3.40%), Electronic Arts Inc. (1.30%), Activision Blizzard, Inc. (2.80%), Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. (9.85%), Rogers Communications Inc. (2.06%), Fox Co. (3.10%), Fox Co. (1.01%), Sirius XM Holdings Inc. (29.22%), Paramount Global (7.46%), and Endeavor Group Holdings, Inc. (0.98%).

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Occidental Petroleum Co. ($4.91 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.53 billion), Suncor Energy Inc. ($2.26 billion), T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. ($2.01 billion), Chesapeake Energy Co. ($1.92 billion), Lucid Group, Inc. ($1.84 billion), Plug Power Inc. ($1.81 billion), Williams-Sonoma, Inc. ($1.66 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($1.64 billion), and Lumen Technologies, Inc. ($1.50 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling RBLX is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Roblox as its price is falling. RBLX shares are trading up $0.23 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 Roblox 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 RBLX, 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 RBLX, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is August, 31 2022.