First Business Financial Services (FBIZ) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $45.95 +0.53 (+1.17%) As of 01/17/2025 04:00 PM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrends First Business Financial Services Short Interest DataFirst Business Financial Services (FBIZ) has a short interest of 24,200 shares, representing 0.33% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a 13.62% increase in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 0.9, indicating that it would take 0.9 days of the average trading volume of 31,799 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest24,200 sharesPrevious Short Interest21,300 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month+13.62%Dollar Volume Sold Short$1.12 millionShort Interest Ratio0.9 Days to CoverLast Record DateDecember 31, 2024Outstanding Shares8,300,000 sharesFloat Size7,400,000 sharesShort Percent of Float0.33%Today's Trading Volume21,616 sharesAverage Trading Volume31,799 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average68% Short Selling First Business Financial Services? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for First Business Financial Services and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartFBIZ Short Interest Over TimeFBIZ Days to Cover Over TimeFBIZ Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time First Business Financial Services Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 12/31/202424,200 shares $1.12 million +13.6%0.3%0.9 $46.29 12/15/202421,300 shares $1.04 million +1.0%0.3%0.8 $49.00 11/30/202421,100 shares $1.06 million +2.9%0.3%0.9 $50.12 11/15/202420,500 shares $1.02 million +11.4%0.3%0.9 $49.82 10/31/202418,400 shares $787,520.00 -18.6%0.3%0.9 $42.80 10/15/202422,600 shares $1.01 million -20.7%0.3%1.3 $44.63 9/30/202428,500 shares $1.30 million +11.8%0.4%1.5 $45.59 9/15/202425,500 shares $1.10 million -10.2%0.4%1.4 $43.24 8/31/202428,400 shares $1.29 million +2.5%0.4%1.7 $45.37 8/15/202427,700 shares $1.17 million -7.1%0.4%1.7 $42.11 Get the Latest News and Ratings for FBIZ and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for First Business Financial Services and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 7/31/202429,800 shares $1.37 million -8.3%0.4%1.9 $46.02 7/15/202432,500 shares $1.26 million +3.5%0.5%2.1 $38.83 6/30/202431,400 shares $1.16 million +57.0%0.4%2.4 $36.99 6/15/202420,000 shares $670,400.00 +7.0%0.3%1.6 $33.52 5/31/202418,700 shares $635,987.00 -18.0%0.3%1.5 $34.01 5/15/202422,800 shares $785,004.00 -1.7%0.3%1.9 $34.43 4/30/202423,200 shares $767,224.00 +5.9%0.3%1.7 $33.07 4/15/202421,900 shares $730,803.00 -40.3%0.3%1.7 $33.37 3/31/202436,700 shares $1.38 million -15.2%0.5%2.7 $37.50 3/15/202443,300 shares $1.47 million +10.7%0.6%3.2 $33.98 2/29/202439,100 shares $1.38 million +10.8%0.5%2.5 $35.28 2/15/202435,300 shares $1.32 million +13.9%0.5%2.2 $37.34 1/31/202431,000 shares $1.14 million -7.7%0.4%2.1 $36.77 1/15/202433,600 shares $1.23 million -6.9%0.4%2.4 $36.48 12/31/202336,100 shares $1.45 million -15.7%0.5%2.7 $40.10 12/15/202342,800 shares $1.65 million -14.4%0.6%3.4 $38.65 11/30/202350,000 shares $1.75 million -9.1%0.7%5.3 $34.98 11/15/202355,000 shares $1.87 million +13.4%0.7%4.9 $34.03 10/31/202348,500 shares $1.49 million -0.4%0.6%4.1 $30.70 10/15/202348,700 shares $1.47 million +2.5%0.6%4.1 $30.25 9/30/202347,500 shares $1.43 million +17.9%0.6%3.9 $30.01 9/15/202340,300 shares $1.23 million +16.5%0.5%3 $30.56 8/31/202334,600 shares $1.09 million -8.0%0.5%2.4 $31.53 8/15/202337,600 shares $1.23 million -17.9%0.5%2.8 $32.77 7/31/202345,800 shares $1.56 million +8.8%0.6%3.4 $33.99 7/15/202342,100 shares $1.24 million -6.2%0.6%2.9 $29.34 6/30/202344,900 shares $1.32 million -26.3%0.6%2.9 $29.49 6/15/202360,900 shares $1.84 million -52.5%0.8%3.8 $30.19 5/31/2023128,200 shares $3.43 million +1.3%1.7%7.1 $26.77 5/15/2023126,500 shares $3.22 million -4.0%1.6%6.7 $25.45Last time you’ll see this priced at $1.00 (Ad)When was the last time you bought something for a buck? I don’t even think you can buy anything at McDonalds for a dollar anymore!Click here to review Tim’s special offer before it’s too late. 4/30/2023131,800 shares $3.78 million +7.9%1.7%6.6 $28.69 4/15/2023122,100 shares $3.49 million -13.2%1.6%6.1 $28.61 3/31/2023140,600 shares $4.29 million +7.7%1.8%6.5 $30.51 3/15/2023130,600 shares $4.01 million +4.7%1.7%5.5 $30.71 2/28/2023124,800 shares $4.42 million -4.2%1.6%5.5 $35.42 2/15/2023130,200 shares $4.74 million +0.1%1.7%5.6 $36.38 1/31/2023130,100 shares $4.66 million +11.3%1.7%5.7 $35.80 1/15/2023116,900 shares $4.16 million +36.4%1.5%4.6 $35.57 12/30/202285,700 shares $3.13 million +0.6%1.1%3.5 $36.55 12/15/202285,200 shares $3.06 million +19.0%1.1%3.7 $35.90 11/30/202271,600 shares $2.74 million -17.3%0.9%3.3 $38.32 11/15/202286,600 shares $3.37 million -21.6%1.1%4 $38.95 10/31/2022110,500 shares $4.22 million -15.3%1.4%5.1 $38.15 10/15/2022130,500 shares $4.47 million -8.2%1.7%5.7 $34.24 9/30/2022142,100 shares $4.59 million +4.0%1.8%6 $32.31 9/15/2022136,600 shares $4.58 million -6.4%1.7%3.1 $33.55 8/31/2022145,900 shares $4.86 million +5.9%1.8%3.1 $33.28 8/15/2022137,800 shares $4.93 million +11.0%1.7%2.7 $35.81 7/31/2022124,200 shares $4.15 million +10.3%1.5%2.3 $33.45 7/15/2022112,600 shares $3.49 million -21.2%1.4%2 $31.02 6/30/2022142,900 shares $4.46 million +359.5%1.8%2.7 $31.19 6/15/202231,100 shares $1.02 million +43.3%0.4%0.6 $32.72 5/31/202221,700 shares $746,480.00 -29.8%0.3%0.8 $34.40 5/15/202230,900 shares $1.03 million +33.8%0.4%1.3 $33.33 4/30/202223,100 shares $800,877.00 +51.0%0.3%1.1 $34.67 4/15/202215,300 shares $502,605.00 -8.9%0.2%0.8 $32.85 3/31/202216,800 shares $551,208.00 +29.2%0.2%1 $32.81 3/15/202213,000 shares $412,230.00 -9.1%0.2%0.9 $31.71 2/28/202214,300 shares $471,185.00 -26.3%0.2%0.9 $32.95 2/15/202219,400 shares $649,318.00 +26.0%0.2%1.3 $33.47 1/31/202215,400 shares $518,672.00 -8.9%0.2%1.1 $33.68 1/15/202216,900 shares $512,070.00 -2.9%0.2%1.4 $30.30 12/31/202117,400 shares $507,558.00 -18.3%0.2%1.5 $29.17 12/15/202121,300 shares $611,310.00 -10.5%0.3%1.9 $28.70 11/30/202123,800 shares $680,918.00 -0.4%0.3%1.7 $28.61 11/15/202123,900 shares $740,900.00 -2.9%0.3%1.6 $31.00 10/29/202124,600 shares $718,320.00 -1.2%0.3%1.7 $29.20 10/15/202124,900 shares $714,630.00 +16.4%0.3%1.5 $28.70 9/30/202121,400 shares $614,394.00 -15.8%0.3%1.1 $28.71 9/15/202125,400 shares $691,896.00 +18.7%0.3%0.6 $27.24 8/31/202121,400 shares $606,476.00 -18.9%0.3%0.5 $28.34 8/13/202126,400 shares $759,264.00 +14.3%0.3%0.5 $28.76 7/30/202123,100 shares $637,098.00 -11.5%0.3%0.4 $27.58 7/15/202126,100 shares $707,571.00 -24.4%0.3%0.5 $27.11 6/30/202134,500 shares $933,915.00 -88.0%0.4%0.6 $27.07 6/15/2021288,000 shares $7.99 million -3.7%3.6%9.1 $27.75 5/28/2021299,200 shares $8.20 million +20.9%3.7%10.8 $27.41 5/14/2021247,400 shares $6.70 million +44.2%3.1%9.3 $27.07 4/30/2021171,600 shares $4.32 million +31.1%2.1%7 $25.16 4/15/2021130,900 shares $3.19 million +28.0%1.6%5.8 $24.39Last time you’ll see this priced at $1.00 (Ad)When was the last time you bought something for a buck? I don’t even think you can buy anything at McDonalds for a dollar anymore!Click here to review Tim’s special offer before it’s too late. 3/31/2021102,300 shares $2.58 million +11.2%1.3%4.8 $25.25 3/15/202192,000 shares $2.51 million +6.9%1.1%4.3 $27.27 2/26/202186,100 shares $1.90 million +10.2%1.1%4.9 $22.10 2/12/202178,100 shares $1.72 million +23.2%1.0%5 $22.00 1/29/202163,400 shares $1.18 million +20.5%0.8%4 $18.60 1/15/202152,600 shares $1.06 million +2.1%0.7%3.4 $20.06 12/31/202051,500 shares $968,200.00 +11.7%0.6%3.6 $18.80 12/15/202046,100 shares $864,375.00 -21.2%0.6%3.1 $18.75 11/30/202058,500 shares $1.19 million +20.1%0.7%3.9 $20.40 11/15/202048,700 shares $899,976.00 -8.8%0.6%3 $18.48 10/30/202053,400 shares $905,130.00 +2.1%0.7%3.2 $16.95 10/15/202052,300 shares $856,151.00 +5.9%0.7%3 $16.37 9/30/202049,400 shares $705,926.00 -5.5%0.6%2.8 $14.29 9/15/202052,300 shares $793,914.00 -3.0%0.7%2.9 $15.18 8/31/202053,900 shares $835,450.00 -10.3%0.7%3 $15.50 8/14/202060,100 shares $1.14 million +6.4%0.8%3.1 $18.89 7/31/202056,500 shares $840,155.00 -9.5%0.7%2.9 $14.87 7/15/202062,400 shares $927,264.00 +20.0%0.8%3.1 $14.86 6/30/202052,000 shares $835,640.00 +84.4%0.7%2.1 $16.07 6/15/202028,200 shares $459,660.00 -17.5%0.4%1.1 $16.30 5/29/202034,200 shares $538,650.00 +23.5%0.4%1.2 $15.75 5/15/202027,700 shares $381,983.00 +41.3%0.3%1 $13.79 4/30/202019,600 shares $336,728.00 +36.1%0.2%0.8 $17.18 4/15/202014,400 shares $213,552.00 -31.1%0.2%0.7 $14.83 3/31/202020,900 shares $305,767.00 -16.7%0.3%1.1 $14.63 3/13/202025,100 shares $411,640.00 +96.1%0.3%1.8 $16.40 2/28/202012,800 shares $168,448.00 +40.7%0.2%1 $13.16 2/14/20209,100 shares $185,367.00 -35.0%0.1%0.7 $20.37 1/31/202014,000 shares $344,120.00 +2.9%0.2%1.1 $24.58 FBIZ Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is First Business Financial Services' current short interest? Short interest is the volume of First Business Financial Services shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of December 31st, traders have sold 24,200 shares of FBIZ short. 0.33% of First Business Financial Services' shares are currently sold short. Learn More on First Business Financial Services' current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for First Business Financial Services? 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. FBIZ shares currently have a short interest ratio of 1.0. Learn More on First Business Financial Services's short interest ratio. What is a good short interest percentage for First Business Financial Services? 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. 0.33% of First Business Financial Services' floating shares are currently sold short. Is First Business Financial Services' short interest increasing or decreasing? First Business Financial Services saw a increase in short interest during the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totaling 24,200 shares, an increase of 13.6% from the previous total of 21,300 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. What is First Business Financial Services' float size? First Business Financial Services currently has issued a total of 8,300,000 shares. Some of First Business Financial Services' 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. First Business Financial Services currently has a public float of 7,400,000 shares. How does First Business Financial Services' short interest compare to its competitors? 0.33% of First Business Financial Services' shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "banking" compare to First Business Financial Services: Customers Bancorp, Inc. (6.61%), Veritex Holdings, Inc. (3.27%), QCR Holdings, Inc. (0.89%), CompoSecure, Inc. (17.87%), Byline Bancorp, Inc. (2.17%), Coastal Financial Co. (2.85%), Sprott Inc. (0.45%), Amalgamated Financial Corp. (5.08%), LexinFintech Holdings Ltd. (4.59%), MoneyLion Inc. (4.54%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: AppLovin Co. ($5.83 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.77 billion), Reddit, Inc. ($2.98 billion), The Kroger Co. ($2.97 billion), International Paper ($2.64 billion), SoFi Technologies, Inc. ($1.99 billion), Rivian Automotive, Inc. ($1.93 billion), Onsemi ($1.81 billion), SoundHound AI, Inc. ($1.59 billion), and Moderna, Inc. ($1.57 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short First Business Financial Services stock? Short selling FBIZ is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from First Business Financial Services as its price is falling. FBIZ shares are trading up $0.53 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. How does a short squeeze work against First Business Financial Services? A short squeeze for First Business Financial Services 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 FBIZ, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is First Business Financial Services' short interest reported? Short interest is typically published by a stock exchange once per month. However, NASDAQ publishes a report for U.S. stocks, including FBIZ, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is December, 31 2024. 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