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 covered or closed out. As of December 15th, traders have sold 22,600 shares of BVFL short. 0.72% of BV Financial's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on BV Financial'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. 0.72% of BV Financial's floating shares are currently sold short.

BV Financial saw a increase in short interest during the month of December. As of December 15th, there was short interest totaling 22,600 shares, an increase of 26.3% from the previous total of 17,900 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.

0.72% 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: CrossFirst Bankshares, Inc. (0.60%), Business First Bancshares, Inc. (0.45%), Independent Bank Co. (0.94%), Bitfarms Ltd. (13.97%), Orrstown Financial Services, Inc. (0.77%), HBT Financial, Inc. (0.77%), Open Lending Co. (2.93%), Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp. (4.39%), Southern Missouri Bancorp, Inc. (0.43%), Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc. (3.42%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: AppLovin Co. ($5.70 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.32 billion), Spotify Technology S.A. ($4.06 billion), Canadian Natural Resources Limited ($3.45 billion), Reddit, Inc. ($2.79 billion), International Paper ($2.70 billion), Cencora, Inc. ($2.27 billion), SoFi Technologies, Inc. ($2.21 billion), Lululemon Athletica Inc. ($2.13 billion), and Rivian Automotive, Inc. ($2.05 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 December, 15 2024.