Virgin Orbit (VORB) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Virgin Orbit shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of March 31st, traders have sold 3,290,000 shares of VORB short. 41.28% of Virgin Orbit's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Virgin Orbit'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. 41.28% of Virgin Orbit's floating shares are currently sold short.

Virgin Orbit saw a increase in short interest during the month of March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 3,290,000 shares, an increase of 261.3% from the previous total of 910,500 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.

Virgin Orbit currently has issued a total of 337,014,000 shares. Some of Virgin Orbit'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. Virgin Orbit currently has a public float of 7,970,000 shares.

41.28% of Virgin Orbit's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies compare to Virgin Orbit: Northrop Grumman Co. (0.99%), L3Harris Technologies, Inc. (0.86%), Garmin Ltd. (2.57%), Teledyne Technologies Incorporated (0.68%), Leonardo DRS, Inc. (2.38%), Nextracker Inc. (9.00%), NextNav Inc. (10.75%), Intuitive Machines, Inc. (31.65%), Coda Octopus Group, Inc. (1.88%), MIND Technology, Inc. (0.31%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: T-Mobile US, Inc. ($4.66 billion), TC Energy Co. ($4.13 billion), Occidental Petroleum Co. ($3.04 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($2.63 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($2.51 billion), T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. ($2.29 billion), Paramount Global ($2.26 billion), Verisk Analytics, Inc. ($2.19 billion), Etsy, Inc. ($1.84 billion), and Voya Financial, Inc. ($1.67 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling VORB is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Virgin Orbit as its price is falling. 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 Virgin Orbit 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 VORB, 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 VORB, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is March, 31 2023.