F & M Bank (FMBM) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of F & M Bank shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of April 30th, traders have sold 100 shares of FMBM short. Learn More on F & M Bank's current short interest.

Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "banking" compare to F & M Bank: Colony Bankcorp, Inc. (0.59%), LINKBANCORP, Inc. (1.25%), Citizens Financial Services, Inc. (1.25%), Bankwell Financial Group, Inc. (1.86%), Oportun Financial Co. (0.72%), ChoiceOne Financial Services, Inc. (0.52%), Plumas Bancorp (1.17%), Greystone Housing Impact Investors LP (0.03%), Security National Financial Co. (0.12%), John Marshall Bancorp, Inc. (0.43%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Spotify Technology S.A. ($4.67 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.58 billion), Capital One Financial Co. ($4.47 billion), The Kroger Co. ($2.56 billion), Reddit, Inc. ($2.23 billion), Rivian Automotive, Inc. ($2.16 billion), Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. ($1.90 billion), SoFi Technologies, Inc. ($1.85 billion), Zscaler, Inc. ($1.75 billion), and Omnicom Group Inc. ($1.75 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling FMBM is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from F & M Bank as its price is falling. FMBM shares are trading down $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 F & M Bank 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 FMBM, 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 FMBM, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is April, 30 2025.