Chesapeake Financial Shares (CPKF) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Chesapeake Financial Shares shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of October 31st, traders have sold 100 shares of CPKF short. Learn More on Chesapeake Financial Shares' current short interest.

Chesapeake Financial Shares saw a decline in short interest in October. As of October 31st, there was short interest totaling 100 shares, a decline of 50.0% from the previous total of 200 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.

Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "banking" compare to Chesapeake Financial Shares: Orange County Bancorp, Inc. (0.90%), First Internet Bancorp (1.64%), Southern First Bancshares, Inc. (0.89%), Jiayin Group Inc. (0.05%), Citizens Financial Services, Inc. (0.60%), Southern States Bancshares, Inc. (0.69%), Fidelity D & D Bancorp, Inc. (0.92%), ChoiceOne Financial Services, Inc. (2.97%), Ponce Financial Group, Inc. (0.37%), Colony Bankcorp, Inc. (0.42%),

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 CPKF is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Chesapeake Financial Shares as its price is falling. CPKF shares are trading up $0.23 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 Chesapeake Financial Shares 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 CPKF, 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 CPKF, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is October, 31 2024.