Peoples Financial (PFBX) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

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

Peoples Financial saw a increase in short interest in January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totaling 100 shares, an increase of ∞ from the previous total of 0 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 Peoples Financial: Southern States Bancshares, Inc. (0.67%), Red River Bancshares, Inc. (0.57%), Community West Bancshares (0.80%), Mercurity Fintech Holding Inc. (2.19%), Source Capital, Inc. (0.30%), VersaBank (0.46%), Northeast Community Bancorp, Inc. (0.88%), Bit Digital, Inc. (36.94%), Farmers & Merchants Bancorp, Inc. (0.82%), NewtekOne, Inc. (5.98%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: AppLovin Co. ($5.21 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.07 billion), Reddit, Inc. ($3.33 billion), The Kroger Co. ($2.67 billion), Cencora, Inc. ($2.29 billion), Hims & Hers Health, Inc. ($2.17 billion), SoFi Technologies, Inc. ($1.99 billion), Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. ($1.87 billion), Rivian Automotive, Inc. ($1.76 billion), and Moderna, Inc. ($1.60 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling PFBX is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Peoples Financial as its price is falling. PFBX shares are trading down $0.15 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 Peoples Financial 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 PFBX, 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 PFBX, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is January, 31 2025.