Umami Sustainable Seafood (UMAM) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Umami Sustainable Seafood shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of May 31st, investors have sold 100 shares of UMAM short. Learn More on Umami Sustainable Seafood's current short interest.

Here is how the short interest of companies in the sector of "consumer staples" compare to Umami Sustainable Seafood: CHS Inc. (0.15%), Coca-Cola FEMSA, S.A.B. de C.V. (0.67%), Coffee Holding Co., Inc. (0.15%), Fomento Económico Mexicano, S.A.B. de C.V. (0.87%), Greencore Group plc (0.00%), Lion Co. (0.39%), Mastery Education (0.00%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: T-Mobile US, Inc. ($4.00 billion), Suncor Energy Inc. ($2.98 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($2.88 billion), Occidental Petroleum Co. ($2.79 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($2.39 billion), Snowflake Inc. ($2.38 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($2.22 billion), Palantir Technologies Inc. ($2.18 billion), T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. ($2.03 billion), and Verisk Analytics, Inc. ($2.02 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling UMAM is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Umami Sustainable Seafood 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 Umami Sustainable Seafood 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 UMAM, 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 UMAM, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is May, 31 2023.