Talphera (TLPH) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Talphera shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of December 31st, traders have sold 30,500 shares of TLPH short. 0.18% of Talphera's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Talphera'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. 0.18% of Talphera's floating shares are currently sold short.

Talphera saw a drop in short interest during the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totaling 30,500 shares, a drop of 49.0% from the previous total of 59,800 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.

Talphera currently has issued a total of 17,030,000 shares. Some of Talphera'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. Talphera currently has a public float of 16,640,000 shares.

0.18% of Talphera's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "pharmaceutical products" compare to Talphera: Anebulo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (0.66%), CalciMedica, Inc. (0.85%), Rallybio Co. (1.75%), Barinthus Biotherapeutics plc (0.03%), Q32 Bio Inc. (31.75%), BioVie Inc. (6.58%), Surrozen, Inc. (1.94%), Lexaria Bioscience Corp. (3.18%), OncoCyte Co. (2.42%), OKYO Pharma Limited (0.88%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: AppLovin Co. ($5.83 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.77 billion), Reddit, Inc. ($2.98 billion), The Kroger Co. ($2.97 billion), International Paper ($2.64 billion), SoFi Technologies, Inc. ($1.99 billion), Rivian Automotive, Inc. ($1.93 billion), Onsemi ($1.81 billion), SoundHound AI, Inc. ($1.59 billion), and Moderna, Inc. ($1.57 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling TLPH is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Talphera as its price is falling. TLPH shares are trading down $0.04 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 Talphera 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 TLPH, 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 TLPH, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is December, 31 2024.