National American University (NAUH) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of National American University shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of October 15th, investors have sold 600 shares of NAUH short. Learn More on National American University's current short interest.

Here is how the short interest of companies compare to National American University: Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. (0.86%), Grand Canyon Education, Inc. (1.44%), Stride, Inc. (17.85%), Adtalem Global Education Inc. (2.53%), Strategic Education, Inc. (1.93%), Universal Technical Institute, Inc. (3.61%), Lincoln Educational Services Co. (0.88%), American Public Education, Inc. (5.76%), Visionary Holdings Inc. (0.01%), Ambow Education Holding Ltd. (3.21%),

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 NAUH is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from National American University as its price is falling. NAUH 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 National American University 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 NAUH, 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 NAUH, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is October, 15 2024.