Panasonic - PCRFY Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Panasonic shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of March 15th, traders have sold 71,300 shares of PCRFY short. Learn More on Panasonic's current short interest.

Panasonic saw a increase in short interest during the month of March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totaling 71,300 shares, an increase of 3.9% from the previous total of 68,600 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 "consumer discretionary" compare to Panasonic: Rogers Communications Inc. (2.18%), Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (2.72%), Roblox Co. (6.48%), Trip.com Group Limited (2.98%), Unicharm Co. (0.00%), Fox Co. (9.53%), On Holding AG (9.97%), Formula One Group (3.32%), Vail Resorts, Inc. (2.71%), and Fox Co. (1.47%).

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Canadian Natural Resources Limited ($3.66 billion), Occidental Petroleum Co. ($2.62 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($2.38 billion), T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. ($2.13 billion), Verisk Analytics, Inc. ($2.08 billion), Snowflake Inc. ($1.95 billion), Paramount Global ($1.78 billion), Etsy, Inc. ($1.60 billion), Teck Resources Limited ($1.51 billion), and Voya Financial, Inc. ($1.49 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling PCRFY is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Panasonic as its price is falling. PCRFY 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 Panasonic 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 PCRFY, 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 PCRFY, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is March, 15 2023.