Virgin Money UK (CBBYF) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Virgin Money UK shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of April 30th, traders have sold 510,800 shares of CBBYF short. Learn More on Virgin Money UK's current short interest.

Virgin Money UK saw a drop in short interest in the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 510,800 shares, a drop of 23.4% from the previous total of 666,500 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 "finance" compare to Virgin Money UK: Advanced Oxygen Technologies, Inc. (0.00%), AGM Group Holdings Inc. (0.12%), American Realty Investors, Inc. (1.36%).

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 CBBYF is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Virgin Money UK 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 Virgin Money UK 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 CBBYF, 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 CBBYF, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is April, 30 2024.