VTEX (VTEX) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of VTEX shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of October 31st, traders have sold 238,300 shares of VTEX short. 0.46% of VTEX's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on VTEX'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. 0.46% of VTEX's floating shares are currently sold short.

VTEX saw a increase in short interest in the month of October. As of October 31st, there was short interest totaling 238,300 shares, an increase of 6.2% from the previous total of 224,300 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.

VTEX currently has issued a total of 184,030,000 shares. Some of VTEX'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. VTEX currently has a public float of 52,100,000 shares.

0.46% of VTEX's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "computer software" compare to VTEX: Intapp, Inc. (3.98%), Cellebrite DI Ltd. (1.83%), IAC Inc. (2.80%), Alkami Technology, Inc. (2.37%), GDS Holdings Limited (3.12%), Braze, Inc. (5.54%), ZoomInfo Technologies Inc. (11.36%), BlackLine, Inc. (9.04%), DigitalOcean Holdings, Inc. (9.23%), Instructure Holdings, Inc. (10.35%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.08 billion), AppLovin Co. ($3.18 billion), Paychex, Inc. ($2.64 billion), Nu Holdings Ltd. ($2.54 billion), International Paper ($2.46 billion), Cencora, Inc. ($2.27 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($1.87 billion), SoFi Technologies, Inc. ($1.81 billion), Lululemon Athletica Inc. ($1.75 billion), and Onsemi ($1.71 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling VTEX is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from VTEX as its price is falling. VTEX shares are trading up $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 VTEX occurs when it has a large amount of short interest and its stock appreciates in price. This forces short sellers to cover their short interest positions by buying actual shares of VTEX, 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 VTEX, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is October, 31 2024.