Private Bancorp of America (PBAM) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Private Bancorp of America shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of April 30th, investors have sold 1,100 shares of PBAM short. Learn More on Private Bancorp of America's current short interest.

Here is how the short interest of companies in the sector of "finance" compare to Private Bancorp of America: Avidbank Holdings, Inc. (0.00%), VersaBank (0.11%), American Business Bank (0.00%), Freedom Financial Holdings, Inc. (0.00%), PBCO Financial Co. (0.00%), Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc. (2.89%), Peapack-Gladstone Financial Co. (3.41%), Farmers & Merchants Bank of Long Beach (0.08%), Braemar Hotels & Resorts (3.13%), Oxford Square Capital Corp. (0.35%),

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 PBAM is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Private Bancorp of America as its price is falling. PBAM shares are trading down $0.12 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 Private Bancorp of America 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 PBAM, 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 PBAM, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is April, 30 2024.