AfterMaster (AFTM) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of AfterMaster shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of July 30th, traders have sold 37,300 shares of AFTM short. Learn More on AfterMaster's current short interest.

AfterMaster saw a decrease in short interest during the month of July. As of July 30th, there was short interest totaling 37,300 shares, a decrease of 19.3% from the previous total of 46,200 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 "radio & t.v. communications equipment" compare to AfterMaster: Andrea Electronics Co. (0.00%), QUALCOMM Incorporated (1.56%), Motorola Solutions, Inc. (1.19%), Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) (1.39%), Nokia Oyj (0.68%), Ubiquiti Inc. (9.25%), Viasat, Inc. (19.35%), Planet Labs PBC (4.29%), Harmonic Inc. (2.67%), CommScope Holding Company, Inc. (6.65%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. ($9.46 billion), Block, Inc. ($7.91 billion), S&P Global Inc. ($7.79 billion), Analog Devices, Inc. ($7.10 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($6.65 billion), Aon plc ($5.10 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($5.09 billion), Wayfair Inc. ($3.82 billion), Teladoc Health, Inc. ($2.64 billion), and Nuance Communications, Inc. ($2.45 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling AFTM is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from AfterMaster 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 AfterMaster 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 AFTM, 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 AFTM, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is July, 30 2021.