Alpine 4 (ALPP) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Alpine 4 shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of October 15th, traders have sold 1,090,000 shares of ALPP short. 4.50% of Alpine 4's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Alpine 4's current short interest.

The short interest ratio, also known as the "days to cover ratio", is calculated by dividing the number of shares of a stock sold short divided by its average trading volume. A short interest ratio ranging between 1 and 4 generally indicates strong positive sentiment about a stock and a lack of short sellers. A short interest ratio of 10 or greater indicates strong pessimism about a stock. ALPP shares currently have a short interest ratio of 8.0. Learn More on Alpine 4's short interest ratio.

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. 4.50% of Alpine 4's floating shares are currently sold short.

Alpine 4 currently has issued a total of 27,056,000 shares. Some of Alpine 4'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. Alpine 4 currently has a public float of 24,240,000 shares.

4.50% of Alpine 4's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "electronic equipment" compare to Alpine 4: Minim, Inc. (9.57%), Cemtrex, Inc. (13.18%), Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (0.58%), Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (2.77%), Arm Holdings plc (1.42%), NXP Semiconductors (3.28%), Vertiv Holdings Co (4.04%), L3Harris Technologies, Inc. (0.90%), Hubbell Incorporated (4.36%), GlobalFoundries Inc. (14.00%),

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 ALPP is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Alpine 4 as its price is falling. ALPP shares are trading down $0.00 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 Alpine 4 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 ALPP, 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 ALPP, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is October, 15 2024.