Albina Community Bancorp (ACBCQ) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Albina Community Bancorp shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of April 15th, traders have sold 500 shares of ACBCQ short. Learn More on Albina Community Bancorp's current short interest.

Albina Community Bancorp saw a decrease in short interest during the month of April. As of April 15th, there was short interest totaling 500 shares, a decrease of 50.0% from the previous total of 1,000 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 "state commercial banks" compare to Albina Community Bancorp: Itaú Unibanco Holding S.A. (0.43%), and Northeast Bank (1.10%).

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Analog Devices, Inc. ($5.85 billion), Aon plc ($5.61 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($5.44 billion), Snap Inc. ($3.49 billion), Airbnb, Inc. ($3.35 billion), Peloton Interactive, Inc. ($2.53 billion), Expedia Group, Inc. ($2.39 billion), The Kroger Co. ($2.26 billion), Nuance Communications, Inc. ($2.18 billion), and Palo Alto Networks, Inc. ($1.84 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling ACBCQ is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Albina Community Bancorp as its price is falling. 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 Albina Community Bancorp 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 ACBCQ, 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 ACBCQ, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is April, 15 2021.