Guardforce AI (GFAI) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Guardforce AI shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of October 31st, traders have sold 154,200 shares of GFAI short. 1.84% of Guardforce AI's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Guardforce AI'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. 1.84% of Guardforce AI's floating shares are currently sold short.

Guardforce AI saw a drop in short interest in October. As of October 31st, there was short interest totaling 154,200 shares, a drop of 59.5% from the previous total of 380,700 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.

Guardforce AI currently has issued a total of 10,237,000 shares. Some of Guardforce AI'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. Guardforce AI currently has a public float of 8,360,000 shares.

1.84% of Guardforce AI's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "business services" compare to Guardforce AI: ShiftPixy, Inc. (71.76%), XBP Europe Holdings, Inc. (1.08%), Swvl Holdings Corp. (6.68%), Scienjoy Holding Co. (0.01%), FlexShopper, Inc. (3.49%), comScore, Inc. (0.73%), CDT Environmental Technology Investment Holdings Limited (0.07%), BIT Mining Limited (1.30%), Cheer Holding, Inc. (0.34%), Data Storage Co. (8.30%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.08 billion), AppLovin Co. ($3.18 billion), Paychex, Inc. ($2.64 billion), Nu Holdings Ltd. ($2.54 billion), International Paper ($2.46 billion), Cencora, Inc. ($2.27 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($1.87 billion), SoFi Technologies, Inc. ($1.81 billion), Lululemon Athletica Inc. ($1.75 billion), and Onsemi ($1.71 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling GFAI is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Guardforce AI as its price is falling. GFAI shares are trading down $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 Guardforce AI 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 GFAI, 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 GFAI, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is October, 31 2024.