AcuityAds Short Interest Ratio and Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of AcuityAds shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of April 15th, traders have sold 84,000 shares of ACUIF short.

AcuityAds saw a decrease in short interest during the month of April. As of April 15th, there was short interest totaling 84,000 shares, a decrease of 44.3% from the previous total of 150,900 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 AcuityAds' shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "internet content & information" compare to AcuityAds: 30DC, Inc. (0.00%), BBTV Holdings Inc. (0.00%), carsales.com Ltd (0.00%), China Literature Limited (0.00%), Delivery Hero SE (0.00%), DigitalTown, Inc. (0.00%), Just Eat Takeaway.com (0.00%), Liberated Syndication Inc. (0.00%), Metatron, Inc. (0.00%), and Prosus (0.00%).

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), ViacomCBS Inc. ($2.48 billion), Expedia Group, Inc. ($2.39 billion), The Kroger Co. ($2.26 billion), and Nuance Communications, Inc. ($2.18 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling ACUIF is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from AcuityAds as its price is falling. AcuityAds' stock is trading up $0.03 today. To short AcuityAds 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 AcuityAds 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 AcuityAds 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 ACUIF, 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 ACUIF, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is April, 15 2021.