Alpha Star Acquisition (ALSA) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Alpha Star Acquisition shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of October 15th, investors have sold 100 shares of ALSA short. 0.02% of Alpha Star Acquisition's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Alpha Star Acquisition'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. 0.02% of Alpha Star Acquisition's floating shares are currently sold short.

Alpha Star Acquisition currently has issued a total of 4,108,000 shares. Some of Alpha Star Acquisition'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. Alpha Star Acquisition currently has a public float of 579,700 shares.

0.02% of Alpha Star Acquisition's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "trading" compare to Alpha Star Acquisition: Ellington Credit (2.21%), Spark I Acquisition Co. (0.03%), SK Growth Opportunities Co. (0.03%), The Joint Corp. (3.22%), Mountain & Co. I Acquisition Corp. (0.00%), Hennessy Capital Investment Corp. VI (0.01%), Battery Future Acquisition Corp. (0.01%), Granite Point Mortgage Trust Inc. (1.59%), Modiv Industrial, Inc. (0.34%), IB Acquisition Corp. (0.06%),

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