BiomX (PHGE) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of BiomX shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of December 31st, investors have sold 32,800 shares of PHGE short. 0.29% of BiomX's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on BiomX'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. 0.29% of BiomX's floating shares are currently sold short.

BiomX saw a drop in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totaling 32,800 shares, a drop of 9.9% from the previous total of 36,400 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.

BiomX currently has issued a total of 18,180,000 shares. Some of BiomX'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. BiomX currently has a public float of 11,310,000 shares.

0.29% of BiomX's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "pharmaceutical products" compare to BiomX: Earth Science Tech, Inc. (0.01%), Immix Biopharma, Inc. (2.18%), Repare Therapeutics Inc. (4.33%), Ovid Therapeutics Inc. (1.24%), MAIA Biotechnology, Inc. (3.26%), Celularity Inc. (4.16%), Invivyd, Inc. (5.30%), Spero Therapeutics, Inc. (0.76%), Provectus Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (0.00%), Achilles Therapeutics plc (0.32%),

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 PHGE is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from BiomX as its price is falling. PHGE shares are trading up $0.07 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 BiomX 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 PHGE, 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 PHGE, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is December, 31 2024.