Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Berkshire Hathaway shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of December 15th, investors have sold 400 shares of BRK.A short. 0.06% of Berkshire Hathaway's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Berkshire Hathaway'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. 0.06% of Berkshire Hathaway's floating shares are currently sold short.

Berkshire Hathaway saw a decrease in short interest in the month of December. As of December 15th, there was short interest totaling 400 shares, a decrease of 20.0% from the previous total of 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.

Berkshire Hathaway currently has issued a total of 1,438,000 shares. Some of Berkshire Hathaway'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. Berkshire Hathaway currently has a public float of 619,800 shares.

0.06% of Berkshire Hathaway's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "insurance" compare to Berkshire Hathaway: Chubb Limited (0.71%), Manulife Financial Co. (0.86%), Willis Towers Watson Public Limited (1.20%), Sun Life Financial Inc. (0.95%), Prudential plc (0.10%), Ryan Specialty Holdings, Inc. (5.28%), Corebridge Financial, Inc. (2.70%), Equitable Holdings, Inc. (1.88%), Everest Group, Ltd. (2.26%), Aegon Ltd. (0.52%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. ($10.20 billion), S&P Global Inc. ($9.27 billion), Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited ($8.89 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.91 billion), Palo Alto Networks, Inc. ($3.82 billion), Wayfair Inc. ($3.47 billion), Lucid Group, Inc. ($3.06 billion), Zscaler, Inc. ($2.54 billion), Teladoc Health, Inc. ($2.27 billion), and Datadog, Inc. ($2.24 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling BRK.A is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Berkshire Hathaway as its price is falling. BRK.A shares are trading down $28,237.29 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 Berkshire Hathaway 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 BRK.A, 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 BRK.A, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is December, 15 2021.