KushCo (KSHB) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of KushCo shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of August 31st, traders have sold 758,500 shares of KSHB short. Learn More on KushCo's current short interest.

KushCo saw a drop in short interest in the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 758,500 shares, a drop of 10.2% from the previous total of 844,700 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 "multi-sector conglomerates" compare to KushCo: TROOPS, Inc. (0.56%), JX Luxventure Limited (0.22%), Ault Alliance, Inc. (5.12%), Antelope Enterprise Holdings Limited (1.00%), Fresh2 Group Limited (0.99%), Addentax Group Corp. (1.89%), Alset Inc. (0.08%), Livento Group, Inc. (0.00%), Jet.AI Inc. (1.10%), Paranovus Entertainment Technology Ltd. (0.02%),

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 KSHB is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from KushCo as its price is falling. KSHB shares are trading up $0.00 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 KushCo 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 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 August, 31 2021.