WebSafety (WBSI) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of WebSafety shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of July 15th, traders have sold 700 shares of WBSI short. Learn More on WebSafety's current short interest.

Here is how the short interest of companies in the sector of "computer and technology" compare to WebSafety: Advanced Info Service Public Company Limited (0.00%), Allego (4.20%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.50 billion), KLA Co. ($2.53 billion), Lucid Group, Inc. ($2.50 billion), T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. ($1.91 billion), Williams-Sonoma, Inc. ($1.78 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($1.78 billion), HP Inc. ($1.75 billion), Rivian Automotive, Inc. ($1.70 billion), Lumen Technologies, Inc. ($1.58 billion), and Chesapeake Energy Co. ($1.45 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling WBSI is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from WebSafety as its price is falling. WBSI shares are trading down $0.07 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 WebSafety 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 WBSI, 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 WBSI, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is July, 15 2022.