Americas Silver (USAS) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Americas Silver shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of December 31st, investors have sold 378,600 shares of USAS short. 0.31% of Americas Silver's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Americas Silver'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. 0.31% of Americas Silver's floating shares are currently sold short.

Americas Silver saw a increase in short interest in December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totaling 378,600 shares, an increase of 138.6% from the previous total of 158,700 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.

Americas Silver currently has issued a total of 247,750,000 shares. Some of Americas Silver'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. Americas Silver currently has a public float of 120,970,000 shares.

0.31% of Americas Silver's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "metal mining" compare to Americas Silver: Lithium Americas (Argentina) Corp. (7.86%), Fission Uranium Corp. (1.32%), TMC the metals company Inc. (6.81%), Lifezone Metals Limited (5.02%), EMX Royalty Co. (0.17%), Amerigo Resources Ltd. (0.88%), Jaguar Mining Inc. (0.31%), American Lithium Corp. (0.68%), International Tower Hill Mines Ltd. (0.13%), U.S. Gold Corp. (0.43%),

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 USAS is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Americas Silver as its price is falling. USAS shares are trading up $0.00 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 Americas Silver 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 USAS, 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 USAS, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is December, 31 2024.