ABAT short interest surges, indicating growing pessimism among investors

Roman Campbell

Investors can speculate about the future of a stock by watching how its insiders buy and sell stocks. American Battery Technology Company shares valued at $67,900 were sold by JOLCOVER SCOTT on Dec 16 ’25. At $3.88 per share, JOLCOVER SCOTT sold 17,500 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 321,424 shares worth approximately $1.48 million following the completion of this transaction.

Also, Lowery Elizabeth Ann sold 37,600 shares, netting a total of over 149,272 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $3.97 each, the insider now holds 61,318 shares.

Before that, Wu Steven had sold 12,333 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $49,998, the Chief Operating Officer traded American Battery Technology Company shares for $4.05 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 12,333 shares, worth approximately $1.32 million.

As published in their initiating research note from Northland Capital on March 27, 2024, American Battery Technology Company [ABAT] has been an Outperform and the price target has been revised to $6.

Analyzing ABAT Stock Performance

On last trading session, American Battery Technology Company [NASDAQ: ABAT] plunged -4.95% to $4.61. The stock’s lowest price that day was $4.21, but it reached a high of $5.1 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -5.92%. Over the course of the year, American Battery Technology Company shares have jumped approximately 130.50%.

Is American Battery Technology Company subject to short interest?

Stocks of American Battery Technology Company saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-12-31 jumping by 1.76 million shares to 16.75 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-11-28 was 14.99 million shares. A jump of 10.51% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 3.0 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 3.0.

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