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Acasti Pharma Inc Short % of float

What is the Short % of float of Acasti Pharma Inc?

The Short % of float of Acasti Pharma Inc is 0.09%

What is the definition of Short % of float?



Short percentage of float is the amount of shares being shorted compared to the float expressed as a percentage.

= short interest / float shares

Short percentage of float, or short interest ratio, is calculated by taking the total amount of shares shorted and dividing it by the total amount of shares available for trade. It is an indirect metric of investor sentiment. When short percentage of float is high, above 40%, it implies company investors hope shares will decline in value. The percentage is used by both fundamental and technical traders to identify trends. The short percentage of float can also be calculated for entire exchanges to determine the sentiment of the market as a whole. If it is high of around five or greater for an exchange, this can be taken as a bearish signal, and vice versa.

Short % of float of companies in the Health Care sector on NASDAQ compared to Acasti Pharma Inc

What does Acasti Pharma Inc do?

acasti pharma, inc., a subsiduary of neptune technologies & bioressources, is a quebec-based biopharmaceutical dedicated in advancing a proprietary portfolio based on marine phospholipids. our products can be used in prescription, medical food and over-the-counter applications, either as a stand-alone, or, as a fixed-dose combination to exisitng productrs, for the prevention and treatment of cardiometabolic disorders.

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