ProBility Media (PBYA) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of ProBility Media shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of September 30th, investors have sold 41,900 shares of PBYA short. Learn More on ProBility Media's current short interest.

ProBility Media saw a decrease in short interest during the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totaling 41,900 shares, a decrease of 6.9% from the previous total of 45,000 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.

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Occidental Petroleum Corporation ($3.27 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($2.66 billion), TC Energy Corporation ($2.53 billion), Chesapeake Energy Co. ($1.86 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($1.83 billion), Lucid Group, Inc. ($1.78 billion), T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. ($1.77 billion), Rivian Automotive, Inc. ($1.69 billion), Zoom Communications, Inc. ($1.35 billion), and Williams-Sonoma, Inc. ($1.35 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling PBYA is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from ProBility Media 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 ProBility Media 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 PBYA, 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 PBYA, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is September, 30 2022.