Bright Mountain Media (BMTM) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Companies that have a short interest as a percentage of float below 10% indicates positive investor sentiment and few short sellers. Stocks with a short interest percentage above 10% is considered high, suggesting some investors are pessimistic about the stock. Companies with a short interest percentage of 20% or more indicates widespread negative sentiment. 0.00% of Bright Mountain Media's floating shares are currently sold short.

Bright Mountain Media saw a drop in short interest during the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 8 shares, a drop of 92.6% from the previous total of 108 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 Bright Mountain Media's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "computer software" compare to Bright Mountain Media: AGM Group Holdings Inc. (0.89%), Youxin Technology Ltd (14.81%), Abits Group Inc. (19.45%), Oncology Pharma Inc. (0.04%), ZW Data Action Technologies Inc. (1.82%), hopTo Inc. (0.00%), Iveda Solutions, Inc. (3.71%), Taoping Inc. (0.87%), 3 E Network Technology Group Ltd (2.56%), SaverOne 2014 Ltd. Sponsored ADR (6.71%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust ($86.09 billion), Invesco QQQ ($39.89 billion), iShares Russell 2000 ETF ($26.13 billion), Western Digital Corporation ($12.66 billion), Salesforce Inc. ($12.29 billion), Sandisk Corporation ($11.87 billion), SPDR S&P Biotech ETF ($9.82 billion), Lumentum Holdings Inc. ($8.51 billion), iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF ($7.76 billion), and Bloom Energy Corporation ($7.40 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling BMTM is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Bright Mountain Media 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 Bright Mountain Media 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 BMTM, 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 BMTM, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is April, 30 2026.