Prestige Wealth (PWM) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Prestige Wealth shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of January 15th, investors have sold 284,900 shares of PWM short. 12.39% of Prestige Wealth's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Prestige Wealth'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. 12.39% of Prestige Wealth's floating shares are currently sold short.

Prestige Wealth saw a decline in short interest in the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totaling 284,900 shares, a decline of 21.8% from the previous total of 364,400 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.

Prestige Wealth currently has issued a total of 9,000,000 shares. Some of Prestige Wealth'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. Prestige Wealth currently has a public float of 2,300,000 shares.

12.39% of Prestige Wealth's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "banking" compare to Prestige Wealth: Texas Community Bancshares, Inc. (0.28%), First Seacoast Bancorp, Inc. (0.20%), OptimumBank Holdings, Inc. (0.30%), Binah Capital Group, Inc. (1.45%), Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana (0.07%), Argo Blockchain plc (2.16%), Mogo Inc. (0.33%), Kentucky First Federal Bancorp (0.37%), Soluna Holdings, Inc. (7.96%), Sphere 3D Corp. (3.00%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: AppLovin Co. ($4.18 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.91 billion), Reddit, Inc. ($3.16 billion), The Kroger Co. ($2.75 billion), International Paper ($2.57 billion), Cencora, Inc. ($2.06 billion), SoFi Technologies, Inc. ($2.06 billion), Rivian Automotive, Inc. ($2.00 billion), Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. ($1.63 billion), and Hims & Hers Health, Inc. ($1.57 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling PWM is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Prestige Wealth as its price is falling. PWM shares are trading up $0.24 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 Prestige Wealth 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 PWM, 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 PWM, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is January, 15 2025.