Bodycote (BYPLF) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Bodycote shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of July 15th, investors have sold 5,300 shares of BYPLF short. Learn More on Bodycote's current short interest.

Bodycote saw a increase in short interest in the month of July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totaling 5,300 shares, an increase of 12.8% from the previous total of 4,700 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 sector of "industrials" compare to Bodycote: Zebra Technologies Corporation (1.94%), Belden Inc (1.84%), ESCO Technologies Inc. (1.34%), MSC Industrial Direct Company, Inc. (6.00%), Sonoco Products Company (4.42%), The Japan Steel Works, Ltd. (0.00%), Sealed Air Corporation (3.79%), Xinyi Glass (0.47%), Umicore S.A. - Unsponsored ADR (0.00%), Franklin Electric Co., Inc. (1.78%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Coinbase Global, Inc. ($5.11 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.76 billion), Reddit Inc. ($2.84 billion), SoFi Technologies, Inc. ($2.79 billion), Seagate Technology Holdings PLC ($2.79 billion), Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. ($2.67 billion), Rocket Lab Corporation ($2.49 billion), AST SpaceMobile, Inc. ($2.12 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($2.09 billion), and Omnicom Group Inc. ($2.04 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling BYPLF is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Bodycote as its price is falling. BYPLF shares are trading up $0.10 today. 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 Bodycote 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 BYPLF, 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 BYPLF, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is July, 15 2025.