AAP (AAPJ) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of AAP shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of December 31st, traders have sold 293,900 shares of AAPJ short. Learn More on AAP's current short interest.

Here is how the short interest of companies compare to AAP: Ciena Co. (3.31%), Fabrinet (5.24%), Infinera Co. (11.26%), ADTRAN Holdings, Inc. (2.06%), NETGEAR, Inc. (3.30%), Clearfield, Inc. (9.18%), AudioCodes Ltd. (0.76%), Franklin Wireless Corp. (0.39%), DZS Inc. (3.07%), ClearOne, Inc. (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 AAPJ is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from AAP as its price is falling. AAPJ shares are trading down $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 AAP 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 AAPJ, 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 AAPJ, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is December, 31 2024.