Real Good Food (RGF) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Real Good Food shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of December 15th, traders have sold 112,900 shares of RGF short. 0.58% of Real Good Food's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Real Good Food'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. 0.58% of Real Good Food's floating shares are currently sold short.

Real Good Food saw a drop in short interest in December. As of December 15th, there was short interest totaling 112,900 shares, a drop of 52.8% from the previous total of 239,000 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.

Real Good Food currently has issued a total of 33,684,000 shares. Some of Real Good Food'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. Real Good Food currently has a public float of 19,510,000 shares.

0.58% of Real Good Food's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "food products" compare to Real Good Food: Borealis Foods Inc. (0.17%), Bridgford Foods Co. (0.39%), Barfresh Food Group, Inc. (0.49%), Chanson International Holding (10.77%), Sow Good Inc. (32.65%), Australian Oilseeds Holdings Limited (1.69%), Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Inc. (0.55%), Coffee Holding Co., Inc. (0.57%), BranchOut Food Inc. (3.17%), TDH Holdings, Inc. (1.19%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: AppLovin Co. ($5.70 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.32 billion), Spotify Technology S.A. ($4.06 billion), Canadian Natural Resources Limited ($3.45 billion), Reddit, Inc. ($2.79 billion), International Paper ($2.70 billion), Cencora, Inc. ($2.27 billion), SoFi Technologies, Inc. ($2.21 billion), Lululemon Athletica Inc. ($2.13 billion), and Rivian Automotive, Inc. ($2.05 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling RGF is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Real Good Food as its price is falling. RGF shares are trading down $2.34 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 Real Good Food 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 RGF, 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 RGF, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is December, 15 2024.