Capstone Companies - CAPC Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Capstone Companies shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of December 30th, traders have sold 3,300 shares of CAPC short. Learn More on Capstone Companies' current short interest.

Here is how the short interest of companies in the sector of "industrial products" compare to Capstone Companies: Lithium & Boron Technology, Inc. (0.00%), 3DX Industries, Inc. (0.01%), American Rebel Holdings, Inc. (1.86%), Sterling Consolidated Corp. (0.01%), Wuhan General Group (China), Inc. (0.05%), Sandston Co. (0.00%), Universal Security Instruments, Inc. (1.33%), LogicMark, Inc. (3.47%), Crown ElectroKinetics Corp. (9.86%), and Meta Data Limited (0.37%).

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Occidental Petroleum Co. ($3.31 billion), T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. ($2.13 billion), TC Energy Co. ($2.13 billion), Paramount Global ($1.50 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($1.48 billion), Etsy, Inc. ($1.48 billion), PG&E Co. ($1.47 billion), Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. ($1.46 billion), United Rentals, Inc. ($1.35 billion), and Voya Financial, Inc. ($1.32 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling CAPC is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Capstone Companies as its price is falling. CAPC shares are trading down $0.00 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 Capstone Companies 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 CAPC, 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 CAPC, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is December, 30 2022.