Waverley Capital Acquisition Corp. 1 (WAVC) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Waverley Capital Acquisition Corp. 1 shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of April 30th, traders have sold 400 shares of WAVC short. Learn More on Waverley Capital Acquisition Corp. 1's current short interest.

Waverley Capital Acquisition Corp. 1 saw a drop in short interest in the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 400 shares, a drop of 94.3% from the previous total of 7,000 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.

Waverley Capital Acquisition Corp. 1 currently has issued a total of 26,859,000 shares. Some of Waverley Capital Acquisition Corp. 1'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. Waverley Capital Acquisition Corp. 1 currently has a public float of 21,490,000 shares.

Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "holding & other investment offices" compare to Waverley Capital Acquisition Corp. 1: TortoiseEcofin Acquisition Corp. III (0.03%), Pearl Holdings Acquisition Corp (0.00%), Patria Latin American Opportunity Acquisition Corp. (0.01%), Investcorp Europe Acquisition Corp I (0.10%), Spring Valley Acquisition Corp. II (0.12%), Cartesian Growth Co. II (0.01%), Inflection Point Acquisition Corp. II (0.02%), CONX Corp. (0.41%), Enphys Acquisition Corp. (0.00%), Keen Vision Acquisition Co. (0.03%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: T-Mobile US, Inc. ($4.05 billion), Occidental Petroleum Co. ($3.06 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($2.37 billion), Paramount Global ($2.14 billion), T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. ($2.13 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($2.00 billion), Verisk Analytics, Inc. ($1.94 billion), Extra Space Storage Inc. ($1.77 billion), CarMax, Inc. ($1.59 billion), and Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. ($1.56 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling WAVC is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Waverley Capital Acquisition Corp. 1 as its price is falling. WAVC shares are trading down $0.01 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 Waverley Capital Acquisition Corp. 1 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 WAVC, 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 WAVC, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is April, 30 2023.