Baristas Coffee Short Interest Ratio and Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Baristas Coffee shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of March 31st, investors have sold 13,000 shares of BCCI short.

Baristas Coffee saw a decline in short interest in March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 13,000 shares, a decline of 53.6% from the previous total of 28,000 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.

0.00% of Baristas Coffee's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the sector of "consumer staples" compare to Baristas Coffee: PwrCor, Inc. (0.00%), Eastside Distilling, Inc. (0.00%), CCA Industries, Inc. (0.00%), GLG Life Tech Co. (0.00%), Home Bistro Inc. (0.00%), American Premium Water Co. (0.00%), Tofutti Brands, Inc. (0.00%), Yew Bio-Pharm Group, Inc. (0.00%), Dean Foods (0.00%), and Sino Agro Food, Inc. (0.00%).

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Analog Devices, Inc. ($5.84 billion), Aon plc ($5.47 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($5.36 billion), ViacomCBS Inc. ($3.99 billion), Snap Inc. ($3.77 billion), Airbnb, Inc. ($2.90 billion), Peloton Interactive, Inc. ($2.43 billion), Discovery, Inc. ($2.38 billion), The Kroger Co. ($2.28 billion), and Expedia Group, Inc. ($2.18 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling BCCI is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Baristas Coffee as its price is falling. To short Baristas Coffee 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 Baristas Coffee 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 Baristas Coffee 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 BCCI, 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 BCCI, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is March, 31 2021.