Ambow Education (AMBO) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Ambow Education shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of April 15th, investors have sold 2,600 shares of AMBO short. 0.10% of Ambow Education's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Ambow Education's current short interest.

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 Ambow Education's floating shares are currently sold short.

Ambow Education saw a increase in short interest during the month of April. As of April 15th, there was short interest totaling 2,600 shares, an increase of 116.7% from the previous total of 1,200 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.

Ambow Education currently has issued a total of 2,840,000 shares. Some of Ambow Education'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. Ambow Education currently has a public float of 2,600,000 shares.

0.10% of Ambow Education's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the sector of "consumer discretionary" compare to Ambow Education: China Liberal Education Holdings Limited (0.45%), Golden Sun Health Technology Group Limited (2.01%), Learning Tree International, Inc. (0.01%), National American University Holdings, Inc. (0.00%), Medbright Ai Invts Inc (0.01%), Visionary Holdings Inc. (0.58%), EpicQuest Education Group International Limited (0.06%), Safe & Green Holdings Corp. (29.47%), Gamer Pakistan Inc. (0.31%), Jade Art Group Inc. (0.00%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: T-Mobile US, Inc. ($3.70 billion), Occidental Petroleum Co. ($3.52 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.14 billion), General Motors ($2.68 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($2.57 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($2.18 billion), Tractor Supply ($2.10 billion), Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. ($1.91 billion), TC Energy Co. ($1.90 billion), and Williams-Sonoma, Inc. ($1.78 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling AMBO is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Ambow Education as its price is falling. AMBO shares are trading down $0.09 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 Ambow Education 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 AMBO, 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 AMBO, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is April, 15 2024.