Wright Investors' Service (IWSH) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Wright Investors' Service shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of March 31st, traders have sold 200 shares of IWSH short. Learn More on Wright Investors' Service's current short interest.

Wright Investors' Service saw a decline in short interest in the month of March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 200 shares, a decline of 96.4% from the previous total of 5,600 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 Wright Investors' Service: Regional Health Properties, Inc. (0.17%), Sentage Holdings Inc. (2.08%), Oxbridge Re Holdings Limited (0.04%), Taylor Consulting, Inc. (0.00%), Sparta Commercial Services, Inc. (0.02%), Carver Bancorp, Inc. (0.48%), International Land Alliance, Inc. (0.00%), Integrated Ventures, Inc. (0.01%), SVB Financial Group (1.36%), CURO Group Holdings Corp. (7.15%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: T-Mobile US, Inc. ($4.66 billion), TC Energy Co. ($4.13 billion), Occidental Petroleum Co. ($3.04 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($2.63 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($2.51 billion), T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. ($2.29 billion), Paramount Global ($2.26 billion), Verisk Analytics, Inc. ($2.19 billion), Etsy, Inc. ($1.84 billion), and Voya Financial, Inc. ($1.67 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling IWSH is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Wright Investors' Service 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 Wright Investors' Service 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 IWSH, 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 IWSH, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is March, 31 2023.