Pineapple Financial (PAPL) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Pineapple Financial shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of September 15th, traders have sold 71,600 shares of PAPL short. Learn More on Pineapple Financial's current short interest.

Pineapple Financial saw a increase in short interest in the month of September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 71,600 shares, an increase of 247.6% from the previous total of 20,600 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.

Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "banking" compare to Pineapple Financial: Netcapital Inc. (7.19%), MicroSectors Oil & Gas Exp. & Prod. -3x Inverse Leveraged ETN (6.12%), Sentage Holdings Inc. (4.23%), MicroSectors Travel 3x Leveraged ETN (0.06%), Southern Banc Co. (0.02%), Mawson Infrastructure Group Inc. (1.28%), Prestige Wealth Inc. (4.21%), Magic Empire Global Limited (4.55%), MicroSectors U.S. Big Banks 3X Leveraged ETNs (12.81%), MicroSectors U.S. Big Oil 3X Leveraged ETNs (5.06%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: AppLovin Corporation ($8.81 billion), Canadian Natural Resources Limited ($5.82 billion), Reddit Inc. ($5.19 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($4.52 billion), Robinhood Markets, Inc. ($4.30 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.75 billion), CoreWeave Inc. ($3.66 billion), Seagate Technology Holdings PLC ($3.57 billion), Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. ($3.33 billion), and Rocket Lab Corporation ($3.26 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling PAPL is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Pineapple Financial as its price is falling. PAPL shares are trading up $0.25 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 Pineapple Financial 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 PAPL, 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 PAPL, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is September, 15 2025.