Yucaipa Acquisition Short Interest Ratio and Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Yucaipa Acquisition shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of March 31st, traders have sold 24,600 shares of YAC short. 0.10% of Yucaipa Acquisition's shares are currently sold short. View details.

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. 0.10% of Yucaipa Acquisition's floating shares are currently sold short.

Yucaipa Acquisition saw a drop in short interest in March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 24,600 shares, a drop of 81.1% from the previous total of 130,400 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.

Yucaipa Acquisition currently has issued a total of 34,500,000 shares. Some of Yucaipa Acquisition'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. Yucaipa Acquisition currently has a public float of 25,890,000 shares.

0.10% of Yucaipa Acquisition's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "holding & other investment offices" compare to Yucaipa Acquisition: Foley Trasimene Acquisition Corp. (0.69%), Porch Group Inc. (5.30%), Star Peak Energy Transition Corp. (10.43%), Arko Corp. (14.11%), Jaws Acquisition Corp. (0.00%), Brooge Energy Limited (0.29%), Cohn Robbins Holdings Corp. (0.28%), Apollo Strategic Growth Capital (0.42%), Bain Capital Specialty Finance, Inc. (0.00%), and GS Acquisition Holdings Corp II (0.97%).

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Analog Devices, Inc. ($5.84 billion), Aon plc ($5.47 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($5.36 billion), ViacomCBS Inc. ($3.99 billion), Snap Inc. ($3.77 billion), Airbnb, Inc. ($2.90 billion), Peloton Interactive, Inc. ($2.43 billion), Discovery, Inc. ($2.38 billion), The Kroger Co. ($2.28 billion), and Expedia Group, Inc. ($2.18 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling YAC is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Yucaipa Acquisition as its price is falling. Yucaipa Acquisition's stock is trading down $0.03 today. To short Yucaipa Acquisition 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 Yucaipa Acquisition 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 Yucaipa Acquisition 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 YAC, 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 YAC, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is March, 31 2021.