Incannex Healthcare (IXHL) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Incannex Healthcare shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of April 30th, investors have sold 54,900 shares of IXHL short. 0.48% of Incannex Healthcare's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Incannex Healthcare's current short interest.

Companies that have a short interest as a percentage of float below 10% indicates positive investor sentiment and few short sellers. Stocks with a short interest percentage above 10% is considered high, suggesting some investors are pessimistic about the stock. Companies with a short interest percentage of 20% or more indicates widespread negative sentiment. 0.48% of Incannex Healthcare's floating shares are currently sold short.

Incannex Healthcare saw a increase in short interest in the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 54,900 shares, an increase of 31.3% from the previous total of 41,800 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.

Incannex Healthcare currently has issued a total of 63,480,000 shares. Some of Incannex Healthcare's outstanding shares are available for trading, while others are subject to various restrictions. The public float, also referred to as floating shares or "the float", are shares that publicly owned, unrestricted and available to trade on the open market. Incannex Healthcare currently has a public float of 11,470,000 shares.

0.48% of Incannex Healthcare's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the sector of "medical" compare to Incannex Healthcare: Atossa Therapeutics, Inc. (9.10%), Inventiva S.A. (0.13%), Organigram Holdings Inc. (5.87%), Acrivon Therapeutics, Inc. (5.22%), Zevra Therapeutics, Inc. (6.15%), Lifecore Biomedical, Inc. (6.60%), Trevi Therapeutics, Inc. (1.49%), Conduit Pharmaceuticals Inc. (0.42%), Galectin Therapeutics Inc. (7.35%), Greenwich LifeSciences, Inc. (3.24%),

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 IXHL is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Incannex Healthcare as its price is falling. IXHL shares are trading down $0.28 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 Incannex Healthcare 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 IXHL, 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 IXHL, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is April, 30 2024.