Farmers Bankshares (FBVA) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Farmers Bankshares shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of June 15th, investors have sold 100 shares of FBVA short. Learn More on Farmers Bankshares' current short interest.

Here is how the short interest of companies in the sector of "finance" compare to Farmers Bankshares: American Realty Investors, Inc. (1.37%).

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.58 billion), Occidental Petroleum Co. ($3.23 billion), Lucid Group, Inc. ($2.31 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($1.73 billion), Snowflake Inc. ($1.71 billion), Chesapeake Energy Co. ($1.66 billion), Rivian Automotive, Inc. ($1.63 billion), Williams-Sonoma, Inc. ($1.51 billion), Lumen Technologies, Inc. ($1.40 billion), and Diamondback Energy, Inc. ($1.37 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling FBVA is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Farmers Bankshares as its price is falling. FBVA shares are trading up $0.36 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 Farmers Bankshares 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 FBVA, 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 FBVA, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is June, 15 2022.