Holiday Island (HIHI) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Holiday Island shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of January 15th, traders have sold 5,000 shares of HIHI short. Learn More on Holiday Island's current short interest.

The short interest ratio, also known as the "days to cover ratio", is calculated by dividing the number of shares of a stock sold short divided by its average trading volume. A short interest ratio ranging between 1 and 4 generally indicates strong positive sentiment about a stock and a lack of short sellers. A short interest ratio of 10 or greater indicates strong pessimism about a stock. HIHI shares currently have a short interest ratio of 2.0. Learn More on Holiday Island's short interest ratio.

Holiday Island saw a drop in short interest in January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totaling 5,000 shares, a drop of 16.7% from the previous total of 6,000 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.

Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "business services" compare to Holiday Island: Millennium Group International Holdings Limited (0.60%), Smart Powerr Corp. (0.34%), ESGL Holdings Limited (0.30%), Paltalk, Inc. (0.43%), QuoteMedia, Inc. (0.02%), OneMedNet Co. (0.26%), MSP Recovery, Inc. (17.29%), HeartCore Enterprises, Inc. (0.50%), Aluf Holdings, Inc. (0.00%), Cheer Holding, Inc. (0.37%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: AppLovin Co. ($4.18 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.91 billion), Reddit, Inc. ($3.16 billion), The Kroger Co. ($2.75 billion), International Paper ($2.57 billion), Cencora, Inc. ($2.06 billion), SoFi Technologies, Inc. ($2.06 billion), Rivian Automotive, Inc. ($2.00 billion), Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. ($1.63 billion), and Hims & Hers Health, Inc. ($1.57 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling HIHI is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Holiday Island as its price is falling. HIHI shares are trading up $0.01 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 Holiday Island 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 HIHI, 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 HIHI, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is January, 15 2025.