Ultra Petroleum (UPLCQ) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Ultra Petroleum shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of September 15th, traders have sold 385,600 shares of UPLCQ short. Learn More on Ultra Petroleum's current short interest.

Ultra Petroleum saw a decline in short interest in September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 385,600 shares, a decline of 89.5% from the previous total of 3,682,900 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 "crude petroleum & natural gas" compare to Ultra Petroleum: Ecopetrol S.A. (0.44%), Genel Energy plc (0.00%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Charter Communications, Inc. ($5.24 billion), Aon plc ($3.67 billion), The Clorox Company ($2.89 billion), The Charles Schwab Co. ($2.79 billion), MercadoLibre, Inc. ($2.26 billion), Analog Devices, Inc. ($2.19 billion), Simon Property Group, Inc. ($2.01 billion), The Kroger Co. ($1.94 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($1.89 billion), and International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. ($1.81 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling UPLCQ is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Ultra Petroleum 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 Ultra Petroleum 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 UPLCQ, 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 UPLCQ, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is September, 15 2020.