Abacus Health Products Short Interest Ratio and Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Abacus Health Products shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of May 29th, investors have sold 200 shares of ABAHF short.

Abacus Health Products saw a increase in short interest in May. As of May 29th, there was short interest totaling 200 shares, an increase of ∞ from the previous total of 0 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.

0.00% of Abacus Health Products' shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "drug manufacturers - specialty & generic" compare to Abacus Health Products: Acreage Holdings, Inc. (0.00%), Applied Biosciences Corp. (0.00%), Ayr Strategies Inc. (0.00%), Cansortium Inc. (0.00%), Charlotte's Web Holdings, Inc. (0.00%), Choom Holdings Inc. (0.00%), Cipher Pharmaceuticals Inc. (0.00%), CLS Holdings USA, Inc. (0.00%), Cosmos Holdings Inc. (0.00%), and Cresco Labs Inc. (0.00%).

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Tesla, Inc. ($15.46 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.70 billion), Match Group, Inc. ($3.95 billion), Wayfair Inc. ($3.53 billion), Ecolab Inc. ($3.39 billion), Morgan Stanley ($3.05 billion), The Clorox Company ($2.57 billion), The Charles Schwab Co. ($2.48 billion), Snap Inc. ($1.97 billion), and Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. ($1.91 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling ABAHF is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Abacus Health Products as its price is falling. Abacus Health Products' stock is trading down $0.26 today. To short Abacus Health Products 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 Abacus Health Products 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 Abacus Health Products 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 ABAHF, 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 ABAHF, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is May, 29 2020.