Chimerix (CMRX) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume → After Conviction, More Bad News for Trump (From Paradigm Press) (Ad) Free CMRX Stock Alerts $0.93 -0.01 (-1.06%) (As of 06/7/2024 ET) Add Compare Share Share Short InterestStock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrendsStock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrends Chimerix Short Interest DataCurrent Short Interest1,280,000 sharesPrevious Short Interest1,360,000 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month-5.88%Dollar Volume Sold Short$1.25 millionShort Interest Ratio3.8 Days to CoverLast Record DateMay 15, 2024Outstanding Shares89,630,000 sharesFloat Size80,070,000 sharesShort Percent of Float1.60%Today's Trading Volume314,274 sharesAverage Trading Volume338,522 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average93% Short Selling Chimerix ? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for Chimerix and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartCMRX Short Interest Over TimeCMRX Days to Cover Over TimeCMRX Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Ad Porter & CompanyThe new masters of energyAccording to one source, this new grid could soon provide energy to “one billion people in the world who don’t have access to electricity right now.” And early investors could make a fortune.Click here to get all the details. Chimerix Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 5/15/20241,280,000 shares $1.25 million -5.9%1.6%3.8 $0.98 4/30/20241,360,000 shares $1.28 million +3.0%1.7%3.2 $0.94 4/15/20241,320,000 shares $1.21 million +6.5%1.7%3.1 $0.91 3/31/20241,240,000 shares $1.31 million -1.6%1.6%3 $1.06 3/15/20241,260,000 shares $1.45 million -0.8%1.6%2.8 $1.15 2/29/20241,270,000 shares $1.46 million +2.4%1.6%3 $1.15 Get the Latest News and Ratings for CMRX and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Chimerix and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 2/15/20241,240,000 shares $1.29 million -1.6%1.6%3.2 $1.04 1/31/20241,260,000 shares $1.18 million +10.5%1.6%3.6 $0.94 1/15/20241,140,000 shares $1.09 million -7.3%1.4%3 $0.96 12/31/20231,230,000 shares $1.18 million -9.6%1.6%3 $0.96 12/15/20231,360,000 shares $1.32 million -14.5%1.7%3.2 $0.97 11/30/20231,590,000 shares $1.55 million +12.8%2.0%3.7 $0.97 11/15/20231,410,000 shares $1.35 million -14.6%1.8%3 $0.96 10/31/20231,650,000 shares $1.55 million -9.3%2.1%2.9 $0.94 10/15/20231,820,000 shares $1.79 million -6.7%2.3%2.8 $0.98 9/30/20231,950,000 shares $1.87 million +3.2%2.5%2.9 $0.96 9/15/20231,890,000 shares $1.97 million +6.2%2.4%2.7 $1.04 8/31/20231,780,000 shares $2.03 million -3.3%2.2%1.8 $1.14 8/15/20231,840,000 shares $1.78 million -0.5%2.3%1.7 $0.97 7/31/20231,850,000 shares $2.18 million +1.7%2.4%1.6 $1.18 7/15/20231,820,000 shares $2.17 million -3.7%2.4%1.6 $1.19 6/30/20231,890,000 shares $2.29 million -56.2%2.5%1.6 $1.21 6/15/20234,310,000 shares $6.25 million +15.6%5.8%3.7 $1.45 5/31/20233,730,000 shares $5.15 million +0.3%5.0%4 $1.38 5/15/20233,720,000 shares $4.24 million -9.3%5.0%3.9 $1.14 4/30/20234,100,000 shares $4.76 million +3.5%5.5%5.2 $1.16 4/15/20233,960,000 shares $4.75 million +4.5%5.3%5.2 $1.20 3/31/20233,790,000 shares $4.78 million +15.2%5.1%5.2 $1.26 3/15/20233,290,000 shares $4.47 million +17.5%4.4%4.4 $1.36 2/28/20232,800,000 shares $4.42 million -3.5%3.8%3.5 $1.58 2/15/20232,900,000 shares $4.87 million +6.6%3.9%3.5 $1.68 1/31/20232,720,000 shares $4.81 million +2.6%3.7%3 $1.77 1/15/20232,650,000 shares $5.46 million +4.3%3.6%2.7 $2.06 12/30/20222,540,000 shares $4.72 million -11.8%3.4%2.5 $1.86 12/15/20222,880,000 shares $5.70 million +0.7%3.9%2.7 $1.98 11/30/20222,860,000 shares $6.21 million -9.8%3.9%2.5 $2.17 11/15/20223,170,000 shares $6.94 million -8.9%4.3%1.8 $2.19 10/31/20223,480,000 shares $6.16 million -2.5%4.7%1.7 $1.77 10/15/20223,570,000 shares $6.39 million +4.4%4.8%1 $1.79 9/30/20223,420,000 shares $6.60 million +2.7%4.6%0.8 $1.93Secret energy grid to power millions of homes (Ad)This high-security, secret U.S. facility has 2,100 engineers, machinists, and technicians building a new type of energy system the world has never seen before.Click here to get all the details. 9/15/20223,330,000 shares $7.49 million -17.8%4.5%0.7 $2.25 8/31/20224,050,000 shares $8.91 million +8.0%5.5%0.8 $2.20 8/15/20223,750,000 shares $10.35 million -10.5%5.1%0.7 $2.76 7/31/20224,190,000 shares $9.18 million +6.9%5.7%0.7 $2.19 7/15/20223,920,000 shares $8.47 million +8.3%5.3%0.9 $2.16 6/30/20223,620,000 shares $7.53 million -2.2%4.9%0.9 $2.08 6/15/20223,700,000 shares $5.07 million -23.1%8.4%1 $1.37 5/31/20224,810,000 shares $9.04 million +6.7%6.1%1.5 $1.88 5/15/20224,510,000 shares $19.12 million -3.6%5.7%1.7 $4.24 4/30/20224,680,000 shares $20.59 million +16.1%6.0%4.1 $4.40 4/15/20224,030,000 shares $19.30 million +16.5%5.2%3.6 $4.79 3/31/20223,460,000 shares $15.85 million -7.5%4.4%3.7 $4.58 3/15/20223,740,000 shares $19.07 million -4.4%4.8%4 $5.10 2/28/20223,910,000 shares $22.05 million +8.3%5.0%4.3 $5.64 2/15/20223,610,000 shares $21.19 million +7.1%4.6%3.7 $5.87 1/31/20223,370,000 shares $19.24 million +12.7%4.3%3.4 $5.71 1/15/20222,990,000 shares $17.94 million +6.8%3.8%2.9 $6.00 12/31/20212,800,000 shares $18.00 million +5.7%3.6%2.8 $6.43 12/15/20212,650,000 shares $16.30 million -7.3%3.4%2.7 $6.15 11/30/20212,860,000 shares $17.99 million +13.9%3.7%2.9 $6.29 11/15/20212,510,000 shares $14.78 million -8.7%3.2%2.9 $5.89 10/29/20212,750,000 shares $14.41 million +0.7%3.6%3.5 $5.24 10/15/20212,730,000 shares $16.63 million +7.5%3.5%3.8 $6.09 9/30/20212,540,000 shares $15.72 million +2.4%3.3%3.7 $6.19 9/15/20212,480,000 shares $15.55 million -15.4%3.2%3.4 $6.27 8/31/20212,930,000 shares $20.80 million -6.7%4.1%4.7 $7.10 8/13/20213,140,000 shares $19.41 million -4.0%4.4%4.2 $6.18 7/30/20213,270,000 shares $21.68 million +2.5%4.6%4.3 $6.63 7/15/20213,190,000 shares $23.48 million -5.9%4.5%4.3 $7.36 6/30/20213,390,000 shares $27.12 million +11.9%4.8%4.8 $8.00 6/15/20213,030,000 shares $25.18 million -11.7%4.3%4.7 $8.31 5/28/20213,430,000 shares $26.82 million -12.7%4.8%4.6 $7.82 5/14/20213,930,000 shares $32.03 million -3.7%N/A5.7 $8.15 4/30/20214,080,000 shares $36.68 million -3.6%N/A6.3 $8.99 4/15/20214,230,000 shares $35.41 million +4.2%N/A5.7 $8.37 3/31/20214,060,000 shares $34.88 million +294.2%N/A3.3 $8.59 3/15/20211,030,000 shares $10.30 million +5.6%N/A0.9 $10.00 2/26/2021975,000 shares $10.40 million +22.8%N/A0.8 $10.67 2/12/2021794,300 shares $7.85 million -15.0%N/A0.7 $9.88 1/29/2021934,000 shares $8.14 million -0.2%N/A0.9 $8.72 1/15/2021935,700 shares $7.58 million +5.3%N/A0.9 $8.10 12/31/2020888,600 shares $4.32 million +0.7%1.9%1.1 $4.86 12/15/2020882,300 shares $4.48 million -6.7%1.9%1.8 $5.08 11/30/2020945,200 shares $3.60 million +0.4%2.0%1.8 $3.81 11/15/2020941,200 shares $3.18 million -17.4%2.0%2.3 $3.38 10/30/20201,140,000 shares $3.15 million +18.3%2.5%2.7 $2.76 10/15/2020963,500 shares $2.77 million +7.6%2.1%2.2 $2.88 9/30/2020895,400 shares $2.23 million +5.2%1.9%1.9 $2.49 9/15/2020851,300 shares $2.02 million -17.4%1.9%1.8 $2.37 8/31/20201,030,000 shares $2.89 million -2.8%2.2%2.3 $2.81Secret energy grid to power millions of homes (Ad)This high-security, secret U.S. facility has 2,100 engineers, machinists, and technicians building a new type of energy system the world has never seen before.Click here to get all the details. 8/14/20201,060,000 shares $3.06 million -7.8%2.3%2.3 $2.89 7/31/20201,150,000 shares $3.58 million -8.0%2.5%1.9 $3.11 7/15/20201,250,000 shares $3.76 million +5.0%2.7%1.2 $3.01 6/30/20201,190,000 shares $3.72 million +19.7%2.6%1.1 $3.13 6/15/2020994,000 shares $3.07 million -17.2%2.2%1 $3.09 5/29/20201,200,000 shares $3.74 million -26.8%2.6%1.1 $3.12 5/15/20201,640,000 shares $5.90 million +13.9%3.6%1.5 $3.60 4/30/20201,440,000 shares $3.31 million +5.9%3.2%1.5 $2.30 4/15/20201,360,000 shares $2.15 million -20.9%3.0%3.2 $1.58 3/31/20201,720,000 shares $2.48 million -10.1%3.8%3.9 $1.44 3/13/20201,913,600 shares $2.91 million +35.7%4.2%3.6 $1.52 2/28/20201,410,000 shares $1.83 million +1.4%3.1%3.1 $1.30 2/14/20201,390,000 shares $2.13 million +14.9%3.1%2.8 $1.53 1/31/20201,210,000 shares $2.25 million +41.7%2.7%2.3 $1.86 1/15/2020853,700 shares $1.43 million -27.0%1.9%1.2 $1.68 12/31/20191,170,000 shares $2.23 million +11.4%2.6%1.5 $1.91 CMRX Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Chimerix's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Chimerix shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of May 15th, investors have sold 1,280,000 shares of CMRX short. 1.60% of Chimerix's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Chimerix's current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for Chimerix? The short interest ratio, also known as the "days to cover ratio", is calculated by dividing the number of shares of a stock sold short divided by its average trading volume. A short interest ratio ranging between 1 and 4 generally indicates strong positive sentiment about a stock and a lack of short sellers. A short interest ratio of 10 or greater indicates strong pessimism about a stock. CMRX shares currently have a short interest ratio of 4.0. Learn More on Chimerix's short interest ratio. Which institutional investors are shorting Chimerix? As of the most recent reporting period, the following institutional investors, funds, and major shareholders have reported short positions of Chimerix: Concourse Financial Group Securities Inc.. These positions are disclosed in Form 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. What is a good short interest percentage for Chimerix? 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. 1.60% of Chimerix's floating shares are currently sold short. Is Chimerix's short interest increasing or decreasing? Chimerix saw a decline in short interest in the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,280,000 shares, a decline of 5.9% from the previous total of 1,360,000 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. What is Chimerix's float size? Chimerix currently has issued a total of 89,630,000 shares. Some of Chimerix'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. Chimerix currently has a public float of 80,070,000 shares. How does Chimerix's short interest compare to its competitors? 1.60% of Chimerix's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "pharmaceutical preparations" compare to Chimerix: Verastem, Inc. (3.94%), Fortress Biotech, Inc. (11.49%), scPharmaceuticals Inc. (21.81%), Shattuck Labs, Inc. (3.85%), Organogenesis Holdings Inc. (14.60%), Skye Bioscience, Inc. (0.13%), Nkarta, Inc. (16.27%), Atea Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (2.53%), Nanobiotix S.A. (0.12%), UroGen Pharma Ltd. (19.06%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: T-Mobile US, Inc. ($3.81 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.30 billion), Occidental Petroleum Co. ($3.10 billion), General Motors ($2.84 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($2.77 billion), AppLovin Co. ($2.22 billion), Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. ($2.22 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($2.16 billion), Tractor Supply ($2.12 billion), and Williams-Sonoma, Inc. ($2.12 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short Chimerix stock? Short selling CMRX is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Chimerix as its price is falling. CMRX shares are trading down $0.01 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. How does a short squeeze work against Chimerix? A short squeeze for Chimerix 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 CMRX, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Chimerix's short interest reported? Short interest is typically published by a stock exchange once per month. However, NASDAQ publishes a report for U.S. stocks, including CMRX, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is May, 15 2024. More Short Interest Resources from MarketBeat Related Companies: Verastem Short Squeeze Fortress Biotech Short Squeeze scPharmaceuticals Short Squeeze Shattuck Labs Short Squeeze Organogenesis Short Squeeze Skye Bioscience Short Squeeze Nkarta Short Squeeze Atea Pharmaceuticals Short Squeeze Nanobiotix Short Squeeze UroGen Pharma Short Squeeze Short Interest Tools: Stocks to Short Largest Short Interest Positions Short Interest Increases Short Interest Decreases Short Interest Reporting Dates This page (NASDAQ:CMRX) was last updated on 6/8/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersMillionaire-Making “Wealth Pattern” Just Repeated on April 22If you think you missed out on the Bitcoin band wagon… You need to watch this immediately.Paradigm Press | SponsoredBreaking - The US Gov. Seized CITGODo you want an investment that can double or triple your money in the next three months? 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