Nissan Motor (NSANY) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Nissan Motor shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of May 15th, investors have sold 12,200 shares of NSANY short. Learn More on Nissan Motor's current short interest.

Nissan Motor saw a decline in short interest in May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 12,200 shares, a decline of 60.3% from the previous total of 30,700 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 "auto/tires/trucks" compare to Nissan Motor: Lucid Group, Inc. (23.04%), Rivian Automotive, Inc. (12.76%), Subaru Co. (0.00%), Nio Inc - (6.47%), Geely Automobile Holdings Limited (0.01%), Hyundai Motor (0.00%), Polestar Automotive Holding UK PLC (2.13%), XPeng Inc. (4.53%), Mazda Motor Co. (0.00%), Oshkosh Co. (2.16%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Enbridge Inc. ($4.29 billion), T-Mobile US, Inc. ($4.17 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.07 billion), Occidental Petroleum Co. ($2.81 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($2.37 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($2.27 billion), T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. ($1.98 billion), Verisk Analytics, Inc. ($1.94 billion), Extra Space Storage Inc. ($1.88 billion), and Xylem Inc. ($1.61 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling NSANY is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Nissan Motor as its price is falling. NSANY shares are trading up $0.04 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 Nissan Motor 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 NSANY, 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 NSANY, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is May, 15 2023.