Advantage Solutions (ADVWW) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Advantage Solutions shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of October 15th, traders have sold 1,000 shares of ADVWW short. Learn More on Advantage Solutions' current short interest.

Advantage Solutions saw a decrease in short interest during the month of October. As of October 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,000 shares, a decrease of 54.5% from the previous total of 2,200 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 "business services" compare to Advantage Solutions: Alibaba Group Holding Limited (2.88%), Uber Technologies, Inc. (2.63%), S&P Global Inc. (1.15%), MercadoLibre, Inc. (1.25%), Relx Plc (0.15%), PayPal Holdings, Inc. (2.37%), Waste Connections, Inc. (0.59%), IQVIA Holdings Inc. (1.61%), Trip.com Group Limited (2.12%), and CGI Inc. (0.57%).

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.14 billion), AppLovin Co. ($3.15 billion), Paychex, Inc. ($2.69 billion), Nu Holdings Ltd. ($2.48 billion), Cencora, Inc. ($2.24 billion), International Paper ($2.04 billion), Tractor Supply ($1.96 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($1.93 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($1.91 billion), and SoFi Technologies, Inc. ($1.84 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling ADVWW is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Advantage Solutions 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 Advantage Solutions 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 ADVWW, 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 ADVWW, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is October, 15 2024.