Citizens Bancshares (CZBS) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Citizens Bancshares shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of October 15th, traders have sold 400 shares of CZBS short. Learn More on Citizens Bancshares' current short interest.

Citizens Bancshares saw a increase in short interest in October. As of October 15th, there was short interest totaling 400 shares, an increase of 300.0% from the previous total of 100 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 Citizens Bancshares: Bank7 Corp. (1.06%), Unity Bancorp, Inc. (0.40%), VersaBank (0.22%), Northeast Community Bancorp, Inc. (1.37%), Farmers & Merchants Bancorp, Inc. (1.39%), First Business Financial Services, Inc. (0.31%), Red River Bancshares, Inc. (0.36%), Source Capital, Inc. (0.01%), Community West Bancshares (1.29%), ACNB Co. (2.55%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.14 billion), AppLovin Co. ($3.15 billion), Paychex, Inc. ($2.69 billion), Nu Holdings Ltd. ($2.48 billion), Cencora, Inc. ($2.24 billion), International Paper ($2.04 billion), Tractor Supply ($1.96 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($1.93 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($1.91 billion), and SoFi Technologies, Inc. ($1.84 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling CZBS is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Citizens Bancshares as its price is falling. 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 Citizens Bancshares 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 CZBS, 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 CZBS, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is October, 15 2024.