Home Financial Bancorp (HWEN) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Home Financial Bancorp shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of August 31st, traders have sold 100 shares of HWEN short. Learn More on Home Financial Bancorp's current short interest.

Home Financial Bancorp saw a increase in short interest during the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 100 shares, an increase of ∞ from the previous total of 0 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 sector of "finance" compare to Home Financial Bancorp: Pioneer Bancorp, Inc. (0.27%), American Realty Investors, Inc. (1.34%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Block, Inc. ($9.81 billion), S&P Global Inc. ($7.52 billion), Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. ($7.18 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($6.21 billion), Wayfair Inc. ($4.60 billion), Zoom Video Communications, Inc. ($3.23 billion), Uber Technologies, Inc. ($3.11 billion), Palo Alto Networks, Inc. ($2.74 billion), Teladoc Health, Inc. ($2.52 billion), and Etsy, Inc. ($2.16 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling HWEN is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Home Financial Bancorp 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 Home Financial Bancorp 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 HWEN, 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 HWEN, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is August, 31 2021.