SANUWAVE Health (SNWV) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of SANUWAVE Health shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of March 31st, traders have sold 179,600 shares of SNWV short. Learn More on SANUWAVE Health's current short interest.

SANUWAVE Health saw a increase in short interest in March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 179,600 shares, an increase of 11.2% from the previous total of 161,500 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 "surgical & medical instruments" compare to SANUWAVE Health: Inspira Technologies Oxy B.H.N. Ltd. (1.43%), PolyPid Ltd. (0.37%), Nephros, Inc. (0.03%), Femasys Inc. (8.54%), NeuroOne Medical Technologies Co. (1.66%), Akili, Inc. (0.31%), STRATA Skin Sciences, Inc. (1.17%), PAVmed Inc. (5.35%), T2 Biosystems, Inc. (11.64%), Meihua International Medical Technologies Co., Ltd. (1.88%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: TC Energy Co. ($4.49 billion), T-Mobile US, Inc. ($3.94 billion), General Motors ($3.34 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.32 billion), Occidental Petroleum Co. ($3.21 billion), Super Micro Computer, Inc. ($3.13 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($3.08 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($2.28 billion), Tractor Supply ($2.24 billion), and Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. ($2.14 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling SNWV is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from SANUWAVE Health as its price is falling. SNWV 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 SANUWAVE Health 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 SNWV, 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 SNWV, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is March, 31 2024.