African Agriculture (AAGR) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of African Agriculture shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of September 15th, investors have sold 100,500 shares of AAGR short. 0.64% of African Agriculture's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on African Agriculture's current short interest.

Companies that have a short interest as a percentage of float below 10% indicates positive investor sentiment and few short sellers. Stocks with a short interest percentage above 10% is considered high, suggesting some investors are pessimistic about the stock. Companies with a short interest percentage of 20% or more indicates widespread negative sentiment. 0.64% of African Agriculture's floating shares are currently sold short.

African Agriculture saw a decline in short interest in the month of September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 100,500 shares, a decline of 23.7% from the previous total of 131,700 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.

African Agriculture currently has issued a total of 9,441,000 shares. Some of African Agriculture's outstanding shares are available for trading, while others are subject to various restrictions. The public float, also referred to as floating shares or "the float", are shares that publicly owned, unrestricted and available to trade on the open market. African Agriculture currently has a public float of 15,650,000 shares.

0.64% of African Agriculture's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies compare to African Agriculture: Corteva, Inc. (1.69%), BrightView Holdings, Inc. (7.19%), Mission Produce, Inc. (3.04%), BrasilAgro - Companhia Brasileira de Propriedades Agrícolas (0.08%), Village Farms International, Inc. (2.23%), Agrify Co. (25.99%), Yotta Acquisition Co. (0.32%), Origin Agritech Limited (0.71%), S&W Seed (1.89%), Nocera, Inc. (0.08%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Canadian Natural Resources Limited ($6.15 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.04 billion), Paychex, Inc. ($2.77 billion), Nu Holdings Ltd. ($2.71 billion), Cencora, Inc. ($2.34 billion), Aptiv PLC ($2.18 billion), Tractor Supply ($2.07 billion), International Paper ($2.01 billion), AppLovin Co. ($1.95 billion), and Moderna, Inc. ($1.89 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling AAGR is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from African Agriculture as its price is falling. AAGR shares are trading down $0.01 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 African Agriculture 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 AAGR, 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 AAGR, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is September, 15 2024.