Bright Green (BGXX) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Bright Green shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of September 15th, traders have sold 670,000 shares of BGXX short. 0.89% of Bright Green's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Bright Green'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. BGXX shares currently have a short interest ratio of 1.0. Learn More on Bright Green'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. 0.89% of Bright Green's floating shares are currently sold short.

Bright Green saw a drop in short interest in the month of September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 670,000 shares, a drop of 10.1% from the previous total of 745,600 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.

Bright Green currently has issued a total of 191,170,000 shares. Some of Bright Green'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. Bright Green currently has a public float of 75,330,000 shares.

0.89% of Bright Green's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "pharmaceutical products" compare to Bright Green: Spero Therapeutics, Inc. (0.76%), OptiNose, Inc. (3.84%), Dyadic International, Inc. (0.60%), Xilio Therapeutics, Inc. (2.05%), Tonix Pharmaceuticals Holding Corp. (4.16%), Invivyd, Inc. (5.30%), Achilles Therapeutics plc (0.32%), ImmuCell Co. (0.29%), AlloVir, Inc. (25.06%), Kezar Life Sciences, Inc. (1.37%),

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 BGXX is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Bright Green as its price is falling. BGXX shares are trading up $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 Bright Green 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 BGXX, 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 BGXX, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is September, 15 2024.