Volato Group (SOAR) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Volato Group shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of December 31st, traders have sold 401,700 shares of SOAR short. 2.68% of Volato Group's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Volato Group'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. 2.68% of Volato Group's floating shares are currently sold short.

Volato Group saw a decrease in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totaling 401,700 shares, a decrease of 72.5% from the previous total of 1,460,000 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.

Volato Group currently has issued a total of 29,780,000 shares. Some of Volato Group'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. Volato Group currently has a public float of 15,010,000 shares.

2.68% of Volato Group's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "transportation" compare to Volato Group: Globus Maritime Limited (3.23%), Performance Shipping Inc. (6.71%), United Maritime Co. (8.26%), Mondee Holdings, Inc. (8.06%), Globavend Holdings Limited (1.65%), OceanPal Inc. (0.08%), Singularity Future Technology Ltd. (0.97%), Saker Aviation Services, Inc. (0.52%), MingZhu Logistics Holdings Limited (0.10%), Jet.AI Inc. (12.75%),

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 SOAR is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Volato Group as its price is falling. SOAR shares are trading down $0.02 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 Volato Group 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 SOAR, 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 SOAR, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is December, 31 2024.