PositiveID (PSID) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of PositiveID shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of March 13th, investors have sold 100 shares of PSID short. Learn More on PositiveID's current short interest.

Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "measuring and control equipment" compare to PositiveID: HTG Molecular Diagnostics, Inc. (0.07%), Trane Technologies plc (1.49%), Keysight Technologies Inc. (1.66%), Veralto Corporation (0.00%), Fortive Corporation (1.77%), Teradyne, Inc. (4.33%), Revvity Inc. (5.06%), Avantor, Inc. (4.96%), Nova Ltd. (5.67%), Vontier Corporation (0.38%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: AbbVie Inc. ($6.51 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.96 billion), McKesson Corporation ($4.86 billion), Microchip Technology Incorporated ($2.85 billion), The Charles Schwab Corporation ($2.75 billion), Match Group Inc. ($2.50 billion), International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. ($1.95 billion), Tiffany & Co. ($1.93 billion), Wayfair Inc. ($1.78 billion), and Hormel Foods Corporation ($1.77 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling PSID is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from PositiveID as its price is falling. PSID shares are trading down $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 PositiveID 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 PSID, 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 PSID, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is March, 13 2020.