Active Power (PIOE) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Active Power shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of October 15th, traders have sold 22,300 shares of PIOE short. Learn More on Active Power's current short interest.

Active Power saw a increase in short interest in October. As of October 15th, there was short interest totaling 22,300 shares, an increase of 1.4% from the previous total of 22,000 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.

Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "utilities" compare to Active Power: Enel Chile S.A. (0.07%), Enel SpA (0.00%), Energias de Portugal (0.00%), Enlight Renewable Energy Ltd. (0.10%), EnSync, Inc. (0.00%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. ($7.75 billion), S&P Global Inc. ($7.73 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($5.40 billion), Snowflake Inc. ($4.50 billion), Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited ($4.39 billion), Uber Technologies, Inc. ($4.21 billion), Wayfair Inc. ($4.15 billion), Palo Alto Networks, Inc. ($3.27 billion), Teladoc Health, Inc. ($2.78 billion), and DoorDash, Inc. ($2.62 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling PIOE is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Active Power 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 Active Power 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 PIOE, 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 PIOE, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is October, 15 2021.