KushCo Short Interest Ratio and Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of KushCo shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of January 29th, investors have sold 1,069,100 shares of KSHB short.

KushCo saw a increase in short interest in January. As of January 29th, there was short interest totaling 1,069,100 shares, an increase of 19.1% from the previous total of 897,500 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.

0.00% of KushCo's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the sub-industry of "cannabis" compare to KushCo: Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc. (0.00%), GrowGeneration Corp. (6.71%), 22nd Century Group, Inc. (0.00%), Terra Tech Corp. (0.00%), General Cannabis Corp (0.00%), Grow Capital, Inc. (0.00%), Leafbuyer Technologies, Inc. (0.00%), MassRoots, Inc. (0.00%), Peak Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (0.00%), and Notis Global, Inc. (0.00%).

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Aon Plc ($5.34 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($5.03 billion), ViacomCBS Inc. ($4.99 billion), DuPont de Nemours, Inc. ($4.72 billion), Analog Devices, Inc. ($4.57 billion), Snap Inc. ($3.87 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($3.58 billion), Futu Holdings Limited ($2.75 billion), Snowflake Inc. ($2.43 billion), and Palantir Technologies Inc. ($2.18 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling KSHB is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from KushCo as its price is falling. KushCo's stock is trading down $0.06 today. To short KushCo 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 KushCo 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 KushCo 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 KSHB, 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 KSHB, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is January, 29 2021.