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 covered or closed out. As of April 30th, investors have sold 86,500 shares of PAPL short. 0.74% of Pineapple Financial's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Pineapple Financial'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. 0.74% of Pineapple Financial's floating shares are currently sold short.

Pineapple Financial saw a increase in short interest in the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 86,500 shares, an increase of 110.5% from the previous total of 41,100 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.

Pineapple Financial currently has issued a total of 480,000 shares. Some of Pineapple Financial'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. Pineapple Financial currently has a public float of 11,730,000 shares.

0.74% of Pineapple Financial's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "banking" compare to Pineapple Financial: Netcapital Inc. (8.87%), SHF Holdings, Inc. (0.25%), SOS Limited Unsponsored ADR (7.98%), Magic Empire Global Limited (6.53%), Prestige Wealth Inc. (2.54%), Eightco Holdings Inc. (3.49%), Sentage Holdings Inc. (0.03%), Bit Origin Limited (13.94%), Ems Find, Inc. (0.16%), Beneficient (7.54%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Spotify Technology ($4.67 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.58 billion), Capital One Financial Corporation ($4.47 billion), The Kroger Co. ($2.56 billion), Reddit Inc. ($2.23 billion), Rivian Automotive, Inc. ($2.16 billion), Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. ($1.90 billion), SoFi Technologies, Inc. ($1.85 billion), Zscaler, Inc. ($1.75 billion), and Omnicom Group Inc. ($1.75 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 down $0.44 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 April, 30 2025.