ITV (ITVPY) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of ITV shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of April 30th, investors have sold 5,600 shares of ITVPY short. Learn More on ITV's current short interest.

ITV saw a increase in short interest in the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 5,600 shares, an increase of 19.1% from the previous total of 4,700 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 sector of "consumer discretionary" compare to ITV: Cable One, Inc. (18.94%), Liberty Global Ltd. (1.76%), Liberty Global Ltd. (5.76%), Liberty Broadband Co. (3.90%), Liberty Broadband Co. (1.98%), Roku, Inc. (9.36%), Acushnet Holdings Corp. (17.13%), International Game Technology PLC (1.75%), Kontoor Brands, Inc. (8.51%), Academy Sports and Outdoors, Inc. (6.70%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: T-Mobile US, Inc. ($3.98 billion), Occidental Petroleum Co. ($3.35 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.06 billion), General Motors ($2.88 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($2.32 billion), Tractor Supply ($2.27 billion), Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. ($2.22 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($2.18 billion), Williams-Sonoma, Inc. ($1.95 billion), and Chesapeake Energy Co. ($1.52 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling ITVPY is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from ITV as its price is falling. ITVPY shares are trading up $0.03 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 ITV 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 ITVPY, 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 ITVPY, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is April, 30 2024.