Subaru - FUJHY Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Subaru shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of February 28th, traders have sold 49,400 shares of FUJHY short. Learn More on Subaru's current short interest.

Subaru saw a increase in short interest in February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totaling 49,400 shares, an increase of 255.4% from the previous total of 13,900 shares. Changes in short volume can be used to identify positive and negative investor sentiment. Investors that short sell a stock are betting that its price will decline in the future. An increase in short sale volume suggests bearish (negative) sentiment among investors. A decrease on short sale volume suggests bullish (positive) sentiment.

Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "motor vehicles & car bodies" compare to Subaru: Rivian Automotive, Inc. (5.89%), Geely Automobile Holdings Limited (0.00%), Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (0.01%), Lucid Group, Inc. (25.81%), Nio Inc - (6.11%), XPeng Inc. (5.97%), Mazda Motor Co. (0.01%), Oshkosh Co. (1.66%), Li Auto Inc. (3.11%), and PACCAR Inc (1.25%).

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Suncor Energy Inc. ($3.27 billion), Occidental Petroleum Co. ($2.77 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($2.25 billion), T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. ($2.23 billion), Paramount Global ($1.92 billion), Etsy, Inc. ($1.75 billion), Voya Financial, Inc. ($1.74 billion), CarMax, Inc. ($1.62 billion), Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. ($1.62 billion), and Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. ($1.39 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling FUJHY is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Subaru as its price is falling. FUJHY shares are trading up $0.15 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 Subaru 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 FUJHY, 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 FUJHY, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is February, 28 2023.