Vivid Seats (SEAT) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Vivid Seats shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of November 30th, investors have sold 12,560,000 shares of SEAT short. 17.78% of Vivid Seats' shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Vivid Seats' current short interest.

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. SEAT shares currently have a short interest ratio of 10.0. Learn More on Vivid Seats's short interest ratio.

As of the most recent reporting period, the following institutional investors, funds, and major shareholders have reported short positions of Vivid Seats: Jane Street Group LLC, Ionic Capital Management LLC, and PEAK6 Investments LLC. These positions are disclosed in Form 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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. 17.78% of Vivid Seats' floating shares are currently sold short.

Vivid Seats saw a increase in short interest in November. As of November 30th, there was short interest totaling 12,560,000 shares, an increase of 5.3% from the previous total of 11,930,000 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.

Vivid Seats currently has issued a total of 207,745,000 shares. Some of Vivid Seats' 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. Vivid Seats currently has a public float of 70,640,000 shares.

17.78% of Vivid Seats' shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies compare to Vivid Seats: Genius Sports Limited (14.04%), Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp. (3.09%), Falcon's Beyond Global, Inc. (0.65%), Everi Holdings Inc. (3.85%), Golden Entertainment, Inc. (4.40%), Xponential Fitness, Inc. (13.42%), Gambling.com Group Limited (2.87%), Clover Leaf Capital Corp. (0.28%), Hall of Fame Resort & Entertainment (9.60%), Golden Heaven Group Holdings Ltd. (2.25%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: AppLovin Co. ($5.70 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.55 billion), Spotify Technology S.A. ($3.84 billion), Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. ($3.07 billion), International Paper ($3.00 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($2.93 billion), Cencora, Inc. ($2.54 billion), Paychex, Inc. ($2.53 billion), SoFi Technologies, Inc. ($2.24 billion), and Reddit, Inc. ($2.00 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling SEAT is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Vivid Seats as its price is falling. SEAT shares are trading up $0.14 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 Vivid Seats 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 SEAT, 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 SEAT, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is November, 30 2024.