FFD Financial Short Interest Ratio and Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of FFD Financial shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of April 15th, investors have sold 100 shares of FFDF short.

The short interest ratio, also known as the "days to cover ratio", is calculated by dividing the number of shares of a stock sold short divided by its average trading volume. A short interest ratio ranging between 1 and 4 generally indicates strong positive sentiment about a stock and a lack of short sellers. A short interest ratio of 10 or greater indicates strong pessimism about a stock. FFD Financial currently has a short interest ratio of 1.0.

0.00% of FFD Financial's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "federal savings institutions" compare to FFD Financial: Northrim BanCorp, Inc. (0.69%), Sterling Bancorp (1.83%), Territorial Bancorp Inc. (1.70%), Farmers & Merchants Bancorp, Inc. (1.64%), BCB Bancorp, Inc. (1.60%), Western New England Bancorp, Inc. (1.64%), Northeast Community Bancorp, Inc. (0.00%), 1st Constitution Bancorp (0.00%), PDL Community Bancorp (2.04%), and Codorus Valley Bancorp, Inc. (1.28%).

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Analog Devices, Inc. ($5.85 billion), Aon plc ($5.61 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($5.44 billion), Snap Inc. ($3.49 billion), Airbnb, Inc. ($3.35 billion), Peloton Interactive, Inc. ($2.53 billion), ViacomCBS Inc. ($2.48 billion), Expedia Group, Inc. ($2.39 billion), The Kroger Co. ($2.26 billion), and Nuance Communications, Inc. ($2.18 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling FFDF is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from FFD Financial as its price is falling. To short FFD Financial 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 FFD Financial 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 FFD Financial 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 FFDF, 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 FFDF, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is April, 15 2021.