BV Financial (BVFL) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of BV Financial shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of February 15th, investors have sold 22,500 shares of BVFL short. 0.71% of BV Financial's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on BV Financial'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. BVFL shares currently have a short interest ratio of 1.0. Learn More on BV Financial'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. 0.71% of BV Financial's floating shares are currently sold short.

BV Financial saw a decrease in short interest in the month of February. As of February 15th, there was short interest totaling 22,500 shares, a decrease of 24.5% from the previous total of 29,800 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.

BV Financial currently has issued a total of 11,598,000 shares. Some of BV Financial'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. BV Financial currently has a public float of 3,150,000 shares.

0.71% of BV Financial's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "banking" compare to BV Financial: Atlanticus Holdings Co. (3.44%), Independent Bank Co. (0.70%), Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp. (4.79%), Southern Missouri Bancorp, Inc. (0.87%), Orrstown Financial Services, Inc. (0.69%), Five Star Bancorp (1.24%), Velocity Financial, Inc. (1.78%), Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc. (8.49%), South Plains Financial, Inc. (0.21%), Yiren Digital Ltd. (0.31%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Invesco QQQ ($25.81 billion), iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF ($10.38 billion), MicroStrategy Incorporated ($7.74 billion), AppLovin Co. ($6.32 billion), Apollo Global Management, Inc. ($5.97 billion), Super Micro Computer, Inc. ($4.89 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.52 billion), Capital One Financial Co. ($3.94 billion), Schlumberger Limited ($3.19 billion), and Reddit, Inc. ($3.01 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling BVFL is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from BV Financial as its price is falling. BVFL shares are trading down $0.05 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 BV Financial 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 BVFL, 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 BVFL, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is February, 15 2025.