Bowhead Specialty (BOW) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Bowhead Specialty shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of August 31st, traders have sold 29,800 shares of BOW short. 0.26% of Bowhead Specialty's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Bowhead Specialty'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. 0.26% of Bowhead Specialty's floating shares are currently sold short.

Bowhead Specialty saw a decline in short interest during the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 29,800 shares, a decline of 24.4% from the previous total of 39,400 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.

Bowhead Specialty currently has issued a total of 31,529,000 shares. Some of Bowhead Specialty'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. Bowhead Specialty currently has a public float of 11,340,000 shares.

0.26% of Bowhead Specialty's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "insurance" compare to Bowhead Specialty: Hagerty, Inc. (0.62%), NMI Holdings, Inc. (1.71%), Goosehead Insurance, Inc (15.80%), SiriusPoint Ltd. (1.97%), Palomar Holdings, Inc. (1.57%), Fidelis Insurance Holdings Limited (2.51%), Hamilton Insurance Group, Ltd. (1.37%), Trupanion, Inc. (38.20%), Alignment Healthcare, Inc. (5.03%), Skyward Specialty Insurance Group, Inc. (3.70%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.11 billion), Canadian Natural Resources Limited ($4.04 billion), Suncor Energy Inc. ($3.19 billion), Aptiv PLC ($2.56 billion), Paychex, Inc. ($2.48 billion), Cencora, Inc. ($2.28 billion), Onsemi ($2.08 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($1.98 billion), Tractor Supply ($1.93 billion), and International Paper ($1.93 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling BOW is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Bowhead Specialty as its price is falling. BOW shares are trading down $0.36 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 Bowhead Specialty 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 BOW, 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 BOW, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is August, 31 2024.