Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina (PEBK) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $27.86 -0.85 (-2.96%) Closing price 08/1/2025 04:00 PM EasternExtended Trading$27.84 -0.02 (-0.09%) As of 08/1/2025 04:11 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina Short Interest DataPeoples Bancorp of North Carolina (PEBK) has a short interest of 31,300 shares, representing 0.66% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a -10.83% decrease in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 4.1, indicating that it would take 4.1 days of the average trading volume of 6,064 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest31,300 sharesPrevious Short Interest35,100 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month-10.83%Dollar Volume Sold Short$898.31 thousandShort Interest Ratio4.1 Days to CoverLast Record DateJuly 15, 2025Outstanding Shares5,460,000 sharesFloat Size4,750,000 sharesShort Percent of Float0.66%Today's Trading Volume27,974 sharesAverage Trading Volume6,064 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average461% Short Selling Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartPEBK Short Interest Over TimePEBK Days to Cover Over TimePEBK Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 7/15/202531,300 shares $898.31 thousand -10.8%0.7%4.1 $28.70 6/30/202535,100 shares $1.01 million -18.9%0.7%4.2 $28.85 6/15/202543,300 shares $1.20 million -1.1%0.9%6.7 $27.73 5/31/202543,800 shares $1.22 million -8.0%0.9%6.8 $27.92 5/15/202547,600 shares $1.47 million +4.6%1.0%7.4 $30.88 4/30/202545,500 shares $1.26 million -8.8%1.0%6.8 $27.62 4/15/202549,900 shares $1.32 million -2.9%1.1%6.8 $26.36 3/31/202551,400 shares $1.40 million -9.7%1.1%5.9 $27.24 3/15/202556,900 shares $1.53 million -1.4%1.2%6.4 $26.96 2/28/202557,700 shares $1.52 million -8.3%1.2%5.3 $26.42 Get the Latest News and Ratings for PEBK and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 2/15/202562,900 shares $1.90 million +6.8%1.3%3.9 $30.16 1/31/202558,900 shares $1.68 million -6.5%1.2%3.6 $28.49 1/15/202563,000 shares $1.96 million -9.5%1.3%3.7 $31.08 12/31/202469,600 shares $2.18 million +1.6%1.5%4 $31.25 12/15/202468,500 shares $2.19 million -5.1%1.5%3.9 $32.01 11/30/202472,200 shares $2.31 million -14.3%1.6%3.6 $32.01 11/15/202484,200 shares $2.44 million +0.7%1.9%3.8 $29.03 10/31/202483,600 shares $2.15 million -8.3%1.9%4.3 $25.75 10/15/202491,200 shares $2.30 million -5.8%2.1%3.9 $25.21 9/30/202496,800 shares $2.46 million -4.1%2.2%3.5 $25.39 9/15/2024100,900 shares $2.69 million -5.8%2.4%2.4 $26.62 8/31/2024107,100 shares $3.12 million +5.1%2.5%2.6 $29.11 8/15/2024101,900 shares $2.93 million -5.7%2.4%2.8 $28.71 7/31/2024108,000 shares $3.43 million +0.7%2.5%3.1 $31.78 7/15/2024107,300 shares $3.18 million +366.5%2.5%3.4 $29.65 6/30/202423,000 shares $671.60 thousand +34.5%0.5%0.9 $29.20 6/15/202417,100 shares $501.03 thousand +67.7%0.4%1.8 $29.30 5/31/202410,200 shares $308.75 thousand +6.3%0.2%1.3 $30.27 5/15/20249,600 shares $294.14 thousand +43.3%0.2%1.4 $30.64 4/30/20246,700 shares $194.90 thousand -10.7%0.2%1 $29.09 4/15/20247,500 shares $206.25 thousand -6.3%0.2%1.2 $27.50 3/31/20248,000 shares $222.80 thousand +2.6%0.2%1.3 $27.85 3/15/20247,800 shares $216.06 thousand -3.7%0.2%1.2 $27.70 2/29/20248,100 shares $215.87 thousand +26.6%0.2%1.2 $26.65 2/15/20246,400 shares $157.89 thousand +28.0%0.1%0.9 $24.67 1/31/20245,000 shares $145.45 thousand -9.1%0.1%0.9 $29.09 1/15/20245,500 shares $163.68 thousand -1.8%0.1%0.9 $29.76 12/31/20235,600 shares $173.26 thousand -20.0%0.1%1 $30.94 12/15/20237,000 shares $190.75 thousand +6.1%0.2%1.5 $27.25 11/30/20236,600 shares $178.86 thousand -14.3%0.2%1.6 $27.10Digital Dollar Alert: Protect Your Wealth Before It’s Too Late (Ad)134 countries are developing Central Bank Digital Currencies — and the U.S. is quietly testing one. 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A free guide reveals how to protect your savings before the system goes live.Download your FREE Digital Dollar Defense Kit now 11/15/20237,700 shares $209.36 thousand -9.4%0.2%1.8 $27.19 10/31/20238,500 shares $194.31 thousand -8.6%0.2%1.8 $22.86 10/15/20239,300 shares $199.67 thousand +31.0%0.2%1.9 $21.47 9/30/20237,100 shares $156.16 thousand -26.8%0.2%1.5 $22.00 9/15/20239,700 shares $223.00 thousand +44.8%0.2%1.7 $22.99 8/31/20236,700 shares $141.10 thousand +8.1%0.2%0.9 $21.06 8/15/20236,200 shares $126.85 thousand -40.4%0.1%0.6 $20.46 7/31/202310,400 shares $229.63 thousand +82.5%0.2%1 $22.08 7/15/20235,700 shares $108.47 thousand +7.6%0.1%0.5 $19.03 6/30/20235,300 shares $96.30 thousand -17.2%0.1%0.4 $18.17 6/15/20236,400 shares $129.28 thousand +33.3%0.1%0.5 $20.20 5/31/20234,800 shares $82.66 thousand -57.9%0.1%0.3 $17.22 5/15/202311,400 shares $213.18 thousand -9.5%0.3%0.8 $18.70 4/30/202312,600 shares $353.81 thousand +9.6%0.3%1.1 $28.08 4/15/202311,500 shares $348.91 thousand +79.7%0.3%0.9 $30.34 3/31/20236,400 shares $203.33 thousand -31.9%0.1%0.5 $31.77 3/15/20239,400 shares $302.49 thousand -16.1%0.2%0.8 $32.18 2/28/202311,200 shares $377.33 thousand +14.3%0.2%1.2 $33.69 2/15/20239,800 shares $325.16 thousand +25.6%0.2%1.2 $33.18 1/31/20237,800 shares $258.96 thousand +39.3%0.2%1 $33.20 1/15/20235,600 shares $182.56 thousand -13.9%0.1%0.7 $32.60 12/30/20226,500 shares $211.64 thousand -19.8%0.1%1 $32.56 12/15/20228,100 shares $248.67 thousand -27.0%0.2%1.7 $30.70 11/30/202211,100 shares $329.89 thousand +13.3%0.2%2.1 $29.72 11/15/20229,800 shares $277.24 thousand -22.2%0.2%2 $28.29 10/31/202212,600 shares $354.69 thousand +5.0%0.3%2.7 $28.15 10/15/202212,000 shares $299.88 thousand -18.4%0.3%2.9 $24.99 9/30/202214,700 shares $364.56 thousand +126.2%0.3%4.9 $24.80 9/15/20226,500 shares $162.83 thousand +8.3%0.1%1.9 $25.05 8/31/20226,000 shares $156 thousand -4.8%0.1%1.7 $26.00 8/15/20226,300 shares $168.40 thousand -10.0%0.1%2 $26.73 7/31/20227,000 shares $188.65 thousand +7.7%0.2%2.1 $26.95 7/15/20226,500 shares $177.97 thousand -31.6%0.1%1.9 $27.38 6/30/20229,500 shares $258.02 thousand +50.8%0.2%2.7 $27.16 6/15/20226,300 shares $163.80 thousand +28.6%0.1%1.8 $26.00 5/31/20224,900 shares $128.14 thousand -14.0%0.1%1.4 $26.15 5/15/20225,700 shares $151.91 thousand -6.6%0.1%1.5 $26.65 4/30/20226,100 shares $166.47 thousand -17.6%0.1%1.5 $27.29 4/15/20227,400 shares $209.64 thousand -7.5%0.2%1.7 $28.33 3/31/20228,000 shares $229.60 thousand +25.0%0.2%1.7 $28.70 3/15/20226,400 shares $181.82 thousand -16.9%0.1%1.3 $28.41 2/28/20227,700 shares $219.37 thousand No Change0.2%1.6 $28.49 2/15/20227,700 shares $219.84 thousand +16.7%0.2%1.6 $28.55 1/31/20226,600 shares $191.07 thousand -9.6%0.1%1.5 $28.95 1/15/20227,300 shares $203.52 thousand No Change0.2%1.9 $27.88 12/31/20217,300 shares $201.41 thousand -46.3%0.2%2 $27.59 12/15/202113,600 shares $376.31 thousand +37.4%0.3%4.9 $27.67 11/30/20219,900 shares $283.64 thousand -18.9%0.2%2.2 $28.65 11/15/202112,200 shares $355.26 thousand -17.0%0.3%2.4 $29.12 10/29/202114,700 shares $413.07 thousand -2.7%0.3%2.3 $28.10Digital Dollar Alert: Protect Your Wealth Before It’s Too Late (Ad)134 countries are developing Central Bank Digital Currencies — and the U.S. is quietly testing one. 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A free guide reveals how to protect your savings before the system goes live.Download your FREE Digital Dollar Defense Kit now 10/15/202115,100 shares $426.73 thousand -28.1%0.3%2.2 $28.26 9/30/202121,000 shares $596.19 thousand -17.7%0.5%2.5 $28.39 9/15/202125,500 shares $714.26 thousand No Change0.6%1.3 $28.01 8/31/202125,500 shares $717.06 thousand -25.0%0.6%1.2 $28.12 8/13/202134,000 shares $964.58 thousand -11.5%0.8%1.5 $28.37 7/30/202138,400 shares $1.05 million +11.6%0.9%1.6 $27.45 7/15/202134,400 shares $926.05 thousand +13.2%0.8%1.3 $26.92 6/30/202130,400 shares $784.32 thousand -81.4%0.7%1.1 $25.80 6/15/2021163,500 shares $4.14 million -6.6%3.7%9.7 $25.32 5/28/2021175,000 shares $4.36 million +16.2%4.0%11.4 $24.89 5/14/2021150,600 shares $3.49 million +51.5%3.4%10.2 $23.16 4/30/202199,400 shares $2.34 million +32.9%2.3%7 $23.53 4/15/202174,800 shares $1.78 million +33.3%1.7%5.8 $23.75 3/31/202156,100 shares $1.36 million -8.2%1.3%4.5 $24.22 3/15/202161,100 shares $1.74 million +10.5%1.4%4.9 $28.44 2/26/202155,300 shares $1.34 million +10.6%1.3%4.9 $24.31 2/12/202150,000 shares $1.15 million +20.2%1.1%5.1 $22.96 1/29/202141,600 shares $855.71 thousand +3.0%1.0%5.5 $20.57 1/15/202140,400 shares $969.60 thousand No Change0.9%5.9 $24.00 PEBK Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of July 15th, investors have sold 31,300 shares of PEBK short. 0.66% of Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina's current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina? 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. PEBK shares currently have a short interest ratio of 4.0. Learn More on Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina's short interest ratio. What is a good short interest percentage for Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina? 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. 0.66% of Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina's floating shares are currently sold short. Is Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina's short interest increasing or decreasing? Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina saw a decrease in short interest during the month of July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totaling 31,300 shares, a decrease of 10.8% from the previous total of 35,100 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 Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina's float size? Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina currently has issued a total of 5,460,000 shares. Some of Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina'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. Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina currently has a public float of 4,750,000 shares. How does Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina's short interest compare to its competitors? 0.66% of Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "banking" compare to Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina: loanDepot, Inc. (6.50%), SmartFinancial, Inc. (0.65%), Capital Bancorp, Inc. (3.27%), Bitfarms Ltd. (8.00%), Mid Penn Bancorp (1.55%), Alerus Financial (0.88%), Shore Bancshares Inc (1.22%), Qudian Inc. - Sponsored ADR (0.16%), California BanCorp (1.54%), Unity Bancorp, Inc. (1.38%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Coinbase Global, Inc. ($5.11 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.76 billion), Reddit Inc. ($2.84 billion), SoFi Technologies, Inc. ($2.79 billion), Seagate Technology Holdings PLC ($2.79 billion), Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. ($2.67 billion), Rocket Lab Corporation ($2.49 billion), AST SpaceMobile, Inc. ($2.12 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($2.09 billion), and Omnicom Group Inc. ($2.04 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina stock? Short selling PEBK is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina as its price is falling. PEBK shares are trading down $0.85 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 Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina? A short squeeze for Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina 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 PEBK, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina's 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 PEBK, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is July, 15 2025. 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