First Bancshares (FBMS) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $36.11 -0.02 (-0.06%) (As of 10:35 AM ET) Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrends First Bancshares Short Interest DataFirst Bancshares (FBMS) has a short interest of 463,500 shares. This marks a 12.58% increase in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 3.3, indicating that it would take 3.3 days of the average trading volume of 183,313 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest463,500 sharesPrevious Short Interest411,700 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month+12.58%Dollar Volume Sold Short$12.04 millionShort Interest Ratio3.3 Days to CoverLast Record DateJune 30, 2024Outstanding Shares31,199,000 sharesPercentage of Shares Shorted1.49%Today's Trading Volume11,347 sharesAverage Trading Volume183,313 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average6% Short Selling First Bancshares? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for First Bancshares and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartFBMS Short Interest Over TimeFBMS Days to Cover Over TimeFBMS Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Ad WealthPressIs the Trump/Musk duo good for shares of TSLA?If you held shares of Tesla throughout 2024, you know It’s been a year of extreme highs and lows… But according to our one expert, new yearly highs are on the horizon… In his words, Tesla is building momentum like in 2020, especially as Trump supports the EV maker. 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First Bancshares Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 6/30/2024463,500 shares $12.04 million +12.6%N/A3.3 $25.98 6/15/2024411,700 shares $9.81 million +102.1%N/A2.8 $23.82 5/31/2024203,700 shares $5.16 million -39.6%N/A1.2 $25.35 5/15/2024337,500 shares $8.71 million -23.3%N/A1.8 $25.80 4/30/2024439,800 shares $10.53 million +15.7%N/A2.5 $23.94 4/15/2024380,100 shares $8.88 million +11.5%N/A2.2 $23.35 Get the Latest News and Ratings for FBMS and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for First Bancshares and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 3/31/2024341,000 shares $8.85 million +23.1%N/A2 $25.95 3/15/2024277,000 shares $6.79 million +28.2%N/A1.7 $24.50 2/29/2024216,100 shares $5.37 million -9.1%N/A1.5 $24.83 2/15/2024237,800 shares $5.94 million +5.7%N/A1.8 $24.98 1/31/2024224,900 shares $5.72 million +7.7%N/A1.9 $25.43 1/15/2024208,800 shares $5.75 million -10.4%N/A1.8 $27.52 12/31/2023233,000 shares $6.83 million -9.8%N/A2.1 $29.33 12/15/2023258,300 shares $7.39 million -10.0%N/A2.5 $28.60 11/30/2023287,100 shares $7.36 million -22.9%N/A3.4 $25.65 11/15/2023372,300 shares $10.05 million -1.1%N/A4.7 $27.00 10/31/2023376,400 shares $9.12 million -11.5%N/A4.6 $24.22 10/15/2023425,400 shares $11.27 million -0.5%N/A5.1 $26.49 9/30/2023427,500 shares $11.53 million +1.8%N/A4.9 $26.97 9/15/2023420,000 shares $11.78 million -12.6%N/A4.6 $28.05 8/31/2023480,300 shares $13.64 million +0.4%N/A4.3 $28.39 8/15/2023478,600 shares $14.35 million -9.7%N/A4 $29.99 7/31/2023530,000 shares $16.59 million -15.7%N/A4.4 $31.31 7/15/2023628,700 shares $17.14 million -4.5%N/A5.1 $27.26 6/30/2023658,000 shares $17.00 million +13.8%N/A5.4 $25.84 6/15/2023578,300 shares $16.24 million -17.7%N/A4.4 $28.08 5/31/2023702,400 shares $18.29 million -0.1%N/A4.6 $26.04 5/15/2023702,800 shares $17.20 million +25.3%N/A4.4 $24.48 4/30/2023561,000 shares $14.08 million -7.3%N/A3.4 $25.10 4/15/2023605,000 shares $14.39 million -2.7%N/A3.8 $23.78 3/31/2023621,800 shares $16.06 million +34.4%N/A3.8 $25.83 3/15/2023462,800 shares $11.91 million +36.6%N/A2.9 $25.74 2/28/2023338,700 shares $10.60 million +19.0%N/A2.6 $31.31 2/15/2023284,700 shares $8.75 million -15.4%N/A2.4 $30.73 1/31/2023336,400 shares $10.31 million -26.3%N/A2.9 $30.65 1/15/2023456,200 shares $13.99 million -63.5%N/A3.9 $30.67 12/30/20221,250,000 shares $40.01 million +2.5%N/A10.4 $32.01 12/15/20221,220,000 shares $37.72 million +13.0%N/A10.1 $30.92 11/30/20221,080,000 shares $36.93 million +8.6%N/A9.3 $34.19 11/15/2022994,600 shares $34.51 million +12.9%N/A8.5 $34.70Media Humiliated: Demo of Elon’s Tech Proves They’re Wrong (Ad)Elon Musk believes his new AI product will be worth an incredible $9 trillion. But the mainstream media is not buying it.Click here to watch this demo and decide for yourself. 10/31/2022880,800 shares $28.84 million -3.7%N/A7.3 $32.74 10/15/2022914,200 shares $28.89 million +7.6%N/A7.8 $31.60 9/30/2022849,500 shares $25.37 million +18.9%N/A7.9 $29.87 9/15/2022714,300 shares $22.26 million +3.9%N/A7.4 $31.17 8/31/2022687,600 shares $20.56 million -7.8%N/A8 $29.90 8/15/2022746,000 shares $22.73 million +93.7%N/A9.6 $30.47 7/31/2022385,200 shares $11.17 million +29.0%2.0%5.8 $29.00 7/15/2022298,600 shares $8.48 million +4.1%1.5%4.8 $28.39 6/30/2022286,900 shares $8.21 million -9.7%1.5%4.3 $28.60 6/15/2022317,600 shares $9.07 million +9.8%1.6%4.3 $28.57 5/31/2022289,300 shares $8.71 million +8.9%1.5%3.9 $30.10 5/15/2022265,600 shares $8.27 million +26.1%1.4%3.6 $31.12 4/30/2022210,700 shares $6.78 million +0.5%1.1%2.6 $32.19 4/15/2022209,700 shares $6.85 million -10.0%1.1%2.6 $32.66 3/31/2022232,900 shares $7.84 million -15.8%N/A0 $33.66 3/15/2022276,500 shares $9.67 million +40.6%1.4%4.2 $34.97 2/28/2022196,600 shares $6.94 million +6.2%1.0%3 $35.31 2/15/2022185,100 shares $6.92 million +7.9%0.9%2.9 $37.40 1/31/2022171,600 shares $6.19 million -26.0%0.9%2.7 $36.07 1/15/2022231,800 shares $9.15 million -5.5%N/A0 $39.48 12/31/2021245,300 shares $9.47 million +14.4%1.2%3.7 $38.62 12/15/2021214,400 shares $8.45 million +12.5%1.1%2.8 $39.42 11/30/2021190,600 shares $7.41 million -47.5%1.0%2.5 $38.86 11/15/2021362,900 shares $15.29 million -5.0%1.8%4.3 $42.13 10/29/2021382,100 shares $15.38 million -0.3%1.9%4.4 $40.25 10/15/2021383,300 shares $14.85 million -10.7%1.9%4.4 $38.73 9/30/2021429,300 shares $16.65 million -13.7%2.1%5.7 $38.78 9/15/2021497,200 shares $19.48 million +7.0%2.5%7.4 $39.18 8/31/2021464,500 shares $18.86 million +19.0%2.3%6.9 $40.60 8/13/2021390,200 shares $15.73 million +96.6%2.0%6.3 $40.30 7/30/2021198,500 shares $7.66 million +6.8%1.0%3.3 $38.57 7/15/2021185,800 shares $6.98 million +7.2%0.9%3.4 $37.58 6/30/2021173,400 shares $6.49 million -36.2%0.9%3.3 $37.43 6/15/2021271,700 shares $10.86 million +14.0%1.4%5.6 $39.96 5/28/2021238,300 shares $9.31 million -20.2%1.2%4.6 $39.05 5/14/2021298,500 shares $11.47 million +15.0%N/A5.7 $38.42 4/30/2021259,600 shares $10.16 million +7.1%N/A5.2 $39.15 4/15/2021242,500 shares $9.11 million +4.9%N/A5 $37.56 3/31/2021231,200 shares $8.51 million -6.8%N/A4.4 $36.81 3/15/2021248,100 shares $9.28 million +2.3%N/A4.2 $37.40 2/26/2021242,500 shares $8.02 million +3.9%N/A4.7 $33.06 2/12/2021233,500 shares $7.55 million +12.2%N/A4.5 $32.35 1/29/2021208,200 shares $6.44 million -16.0%N/A3.9 $30.94 1/15/2021247,900 shares $8.22 million -12.6%N/A4.5 $33.16 12/31/2020283,500 shares $8.71 million +12.5%N/A5.4 $30.72 12/15/2020252,100 shares $7.46 million -5.3%N/A4.8 $29.60 11/30/2020266,200 shares $7.48 million -1.6%N/A4.8 $28.10 11/15/2020270,600 shares $7.56 million -6.3%N/A5 $27.92 10/30/2020288,800 shares $6.90 million -5.7%N/A5.4 $23.90 10/15/2020306,300 shares $6.96 million +13.2%N/A5.3 $22.73Media Humiliated: Demo of Elon’s Tech Proves They’re Wrong (Ad)Elon Musk believes his new AI product will be worth an incredible $9 trillion. But the mainstream media is not buying it.Click here to watch this demo and decide for yourself. 9/30/2020270,500 shares $5.67 million -4.2%N/A4.3 $20.97 9/15/2020282,400 shares $6.15 million +7.9%N/A4.1 $21.79 8/31/2020261,700 shares $5.61 million -3.1%N/A3.7 $21.44 8/14/2020270,000 shares $6.25 million -9.5%N/A3.5 $23.14 7/31/2020298,400 shares $5.94 million -13.0%N/A3.6 $19.91 7/15/2020342,800 shares $6.83 million -12.6%N/A3.8 $19.92 6/30/2020392,400 shares $8.79 million +82.9%N/A4.2 $22.41 6/15/2020214,500 shares $4.67 million -11.3%N/A2.1 $21.79 5/29/2020241,800 shares $5.30 million -13.1%N/A2 $21.92 5/15/2020278,100 shares $4.77 million +14.8%N/A2.4 $17.15 4/30/2020242,200 shares $4.82 million -9.1%N/A2.3 $19.92 4/15/2020266,300 shares $4.90 million -39.7%N/A2.6 $18.41 3/31/2020441,600 shares $8.09 million -32.1%N/A4.6 $18.32 3/13/2020650,400 shares $14.45 million +3.9%N/A10 $22.22 2/28/2020625,900 shares $10.13 million -1.4%N/A8.7 $16.19 2/14/2020634,500 shares $16.83 million +6.7%N/A8.7 $26.52 1/31/2020594,900 shares $19.30 million +4.0%N/A8 $32.45 1/15/2020572,100 shares $20.02 million -1.1%N/A8.2 $35.00 12/31/2019578,300 shares $19.57 million +17.5%N/A8.4 $33.84 FBMS Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is First Bancshares' current short interest? Short interest is the volume of First Bancshares shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of June 30th, traders have sold 463,500 shares of FBMS short. Learn More on First Bancshares' current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for First Bancshares? 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. FBMS shares currently have a short interest ratio of 3.0. Learn More on First Bancshares's short interest ratio. Is First Bancshares' short interest increasing or decreasing? First Bancshares saw a increase in short interest in the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 463,500 shares, an increase of 12.6% from the previous total of 411,700 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. How does First Bancshares' short interest compare to its competitors? Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "banking" compare to First Bancshares: Axos Financial, Inc. (9.38%), Banco BBVA Argentina S.A. (0.91%), Eastern Bankshares, Inc. (1.73%), Associated Banc-Corp (2.19%), CleanSpark, Inc. (19.33%), First Hawaiian, Inc. (3.52%), Intercorp Financial Services Inc. (0.24%), Bread Financial Holdings, Inc. (5.92%), TeraWulf Inc. (19.83%), Burford Capital Limited (2.36%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.71 billion), TC Energy Co. ($2.95 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($2.63 billion), Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. ($2.53 billion), Paychex, Inc. ($2.03 billion), Cencora, Inc. ($2.03 billion), Tractor Supply ($1.91 billion), Rivian Automotive, Inc. ($1.78 billion), Chesapeake Energy Co. ($1.50 billion), and United Therapeutics Co. ($1.40 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short First Bancshares stock? Short selling FBMS is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from First Bancshares as its price is falling. FBMS shares are trading down $0.02 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 Bancshares? A short squeeze for First Bancshares 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 FBMS, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is First Bancshares' 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 FBMS, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is June, 30 2024. 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