HempAmericana (HMPQ) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of HempAmericana shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of August 13th, investors have sold 3,300 shares of HMPQ short. Learn More on HempAmericana's current short interest.

HempAmericana saw a decrease in short interest in August. As of August 13th, there was short interest totaling 3,300 shares, a decrease of 98.8% from the previous total of 277,000 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 "misc." compare to HempAmericana: Invesco Advantage Municipal Income Trust II (0.08%), Lenovo Group Limited (0.00%), Amcor plc (3.35%), DiaSorin S.p.A. (0.45%), Tri-Continental Co. (1.64%), General American Investors Company, Inc. (0.07%), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III, Inc. (0.02%), Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust (0.14%), Invesco Value Municipal Income Trust (0.26%), Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund Inc. (0.08%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Block, Inc. ($9.67 billion), S&P Global Inc. ($7.87 billion), Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. ($7.80 billion), Analog Devices, Inc. ($7.03 billion), Sea Limited Sponsored ADR ($6.40 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($5.60 billion), Wayfair Inc. ($5.18 billion), Aon plc ($3.93 billion), CrowdStrike ($2.52 billion), and Teladoc Health, Inc. ($2.49 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling HMPQ is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from HempAmericana as its price is falling. 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 HempAmericana 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 HMPQ, 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 HMPQ, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is August, 13 2021.