National Australia Bank (NABZY) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of National Australia Bank shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of April 30th, traders have sold 37,600 shares of NABZY short. Learn More on National Australia Bank's current short interest.

National Australia Bank saw a increase in short interest in the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 37,600 shares, an increase of 30.1% from the previous total of 28,900 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 sector of "finance" compare to National Australia Bank: Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A. (0.00%), DBS Group Holdings Ltd (0.00%), UniCredit S.p.A. (0.00%), U.S. Bancorp (1.27%), The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (1.12%), Capital One Financial Co. (3.29%), Truist Financial Co. (1.00%), BANCO DO BRASIL/S (0.00%), Standard Chartered PLC (0.01%), Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (1.57%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: T-Mobile US, Inc. ($3.98 billion), Occidental Petroleum Co. ($3.35 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.06 billion), General Motors ($2.88 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($2.32 billion), Tractor Supply ($2.27 billion), Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. ($2.22 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($2.18 billion), Williams-Sonoma, Inc. ($1.95 billion), and Chesapeake Energy Co. ($1.52 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling NABZY is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from National Australia Bank as its price is falling. NABZY shares are trading up $0.14 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 National Australia Bank 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 NABZY, 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 NABZY, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is April, 30 2024.