First Acceptance (FACO) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of First Acceptance shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of April 15th, traders have sold 100 shares of FACO short. Learn More on First Acceptance's current short interest.

Here is how the short interest of companies in the sector of "finance" compare to First Acceptance: ICC Holdings, Inc. (0.70%), Maiden Holdings, Ltd. (0.99%), Heritage Insurance Holdings, Inc. (3.81%), NI Holdings, Inc. (0.34%), James River Group Holdings, Ltd. (2.52%), CBB Bancorp, Inc. (0.01%), Trinity Bank, N.A. (0.01%), PCM Fund Inc. (0.56%), Eagle Financial Services, Inc. (0.00%), SuRo Capital Corp. (0.11%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: T-Mobile US, Inc. ($3.70 billion), Occidental Petroleum Co. ($3.52 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.14 billion), General Motors ($2.68 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($2.57 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($2.18 billion), Tractor Supply ($2.10 billion), Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. ($1.91 billion), TC Energy Co. ($1.90 billion), and Williams-Sonoma, Inc. ($1.78 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling FACO is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from First Acceptance as its price is falling. FACO shares are trading up $0.01 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 First Acceptance 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 FACO, 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 FACO, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is April, 15 2024.