Ascend Wellness (AAWH) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Ascend Wellness shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of July 15th, traders have sold 6,900 shares of AAWH short. Learn More on Ascend Wellness' current short interest.

Ascend Wellness saw a drop in short interest in the month of July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totaling 6,900 shares, a drop of 60.6% from the previous total of 17,500 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 "pharmaceutical products" compare to Ascend Wellness: Ocugen, Inc. (19.20%), Neurogene Inc. (21.70%), Amarin Corporation PLC (2.01%), Inventiva S.A. Sponsored ADR (0.04%), Foghorn Therapeutics Inc. (3.25%), Aldeyra Therapeutics, Inc. (7.73%), Corvus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (12.05%), Altimmune, Inc. (34.65%), Benitec Biopharma Limited (5.49%), ADC Therapeutics SA (5.51%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Coinbase Global, Inc. ($5.11 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.76 billion), Reddit Inc. ($2.84 billion), SoFi Technologies, Inc. ($2.79 billion), Seagate Technology Holdings PLC ($2.79 billion), Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. ($2.67 billion), Rocket Lab Corporation ($2.49 billion), AST SpaceMobile, Inc. ($2.12 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($2.09 billion), and Omnicom Group Inc. ($2.04 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling AAWH is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Ascend Wellness as its price is falling. AAWH shares are trading up $0.02 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 Ascend Wellness 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 AAWH, 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 AAWH, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is July, 15 2025.