Mercer International (MERC) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume → [FREE Ticket] 27 Crypto Experts Reveal Their #1 Picks (From Crypto 101 Media) (Ad) Free MERC Stock Alerts $9.87 -0.22 (-2.18%) (As of 05/28/2024 ET) Add Compare Share Share Short InterestStock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsStock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrends Mercer International Short Interest DataCurrent Short Interest1,220,000 sharesPrevious Short Interest1,270,000 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month-3.94%Dollar Volume Sold Short$12.71 millionShort Interest Ratio6.0 Days to CoverLast Record DateMay 15, 2024Outstanding Shares66,850,000 sharesFloat Size38,080,000 sharesShort Percent of Float3.20%Today's Trading Volume218,784 sharesAverage Trading Volume243,858 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average90% Short Selling Mercer International ? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for Mercer International and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartMERC Short Interest Over TimeMERC Days to Cover Over TimeMERC Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Ad Chaikin AnalyticsWall Street Legend Warns: "A Strange Day Is Coming to America"Get Your Cash Out of U.S. Banks Immediately Man who predicted 2023 bank run warns a historic financial reset is coming. Get out of cash and into a new vehicle 50 years in the making.Click here to learn more. Mercer International Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 5/15/20241,220,000 shares $12.71 million -3.9%3.2%6 $10.42 4/30/20241,270,000 shares $12.87 million -6.6%3.4%5.3 $10.13 4/15/20241,360,000 shares $12.58 million -7.5%3.6%5.4 $9.25 3/31/20241,470,000 shares $14.63 million -2.0%3.9%5.4 $9.95 3/15/20241,500,000 shares $13.88 million No Change4.0%5.4 $9.25 2/29/20241,500,000 shares $13.77 million -7.4%4.0%4.9 $9.18 Get the Latest News and Ratings for MERC and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Mercer International and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 2/15/20241,620,000 shares $12.64 million -16.1%4.3%5.4 $7.80 1/31/20241,930,000 shares $16.33 million -10.2%5.1%6.7 $8.46 1/15/20242,150,000 shares $21.16 million -1.8%5.7%6.5 $9.84 12/31/20232,190,000 shares $20.76 million +2.8%5.8%6.3 $9.48 12/15/20232,130,000 shares $19.51 million +2.9%5.6%5.6 $9.16 11/30/20232,070,000 shares $19.83 million +6.2%5.5%5.2 $9.58 11/15/20231,950,000 shares $18.51 million +16.1%5.2%4.8 $9.49 10/31/20231,680,000 shares $13.34 million -21.1%4.5%3.7 $7.94 10/15/20232,130,000 shares $18.81 million -4.5%5.6%4.3 $8.83 9/30/20232,230,000 shares $19.13 million No Change5.9%4.4 $8.58 9/15/20232,230,000 shares $20.00 million -10.1%5.9%4 $8.97 8/31/20232,480,000 shares $22.54 million +1.6%6.6%3.8 $9.09 8/15/20232,440,000 shares $20.33 million -2.4%6.5%3.5 $8.33 7/31/20232,500,000 shares $22.25 million +22.0%6.5%3.5 $8.90 7/15/20232,050,000 shares $18.47 million +10.2%5.3%2.9 $9.01 6/30/20231,860,000 shares $15.01 million -23.1%4.8%2.9 $8.07 6/15/20232,420,000 shares $21.90 million +21.6%6.3%4.1 $9.05 5/31/20231,990,000 shares $17.23 million +28.4%5.2%4.2 $8.66 5/15/20231,550,000 shares $14.12 million +105.9%4.0%3.4 $9.11 4/30/2023752,800 shares $7.32 million +28.2%2.0%1.7 $9.73 4/15/2023587,100 shares $5.55 million -18.4%1.5%1.5 $9.45 3/31/2023719,500 shares $7.03 million +0.9%1.9%1.8 $9.78 3/15/2023712,800 shares $7.01 million +2.8%1.9%1.8 $9.84 2/28/2023693,600 shares $7.48 million -28.5%1.8%1.6 $10.78 2/15/2023970,200 shares $11.25 million +0.6%2.6%2.2 $11.60 1/31/2023964,500 shares $12.28 million -1.5%2.4%2.4 $12.73 1/15/2023979,600 shares $12.11 million +26.1%2.5%2.3 $12.36 12/30/2022776,900 shares $9.04 million -7.9%2.0%1.8 $11.64 12/15/2022843,400 shares $9.96 million -11.5%2.1%1.6 $11.81 11/30/2022953,200 shares $13.15 million -8.4%2.4%1.7 $13.80 11/15/20221,040,000 shares $14.40 million -2.8%2.6%1.8 $13.85 10/31/20221,070,000 shares $14.36 million -6.1%2.7%1.7 $13.42 10/15/20221,140,000 shares $16.34 million +11.8%2.9%1.9 $14.33 9/30/20221,020,000 shares $12.55 million +72.6%2.6%1.7 $12.30Crypto Pioneer Says: “The last crypto bull market has begun.” (Ad)Right now, there’s over $6 trillion in potential investment money waiting on the sidelines. That means this crypto bull market has a lot more room to run before it comes close to being a bubble.Click here if you’d like to learn more about these five cryptos… 9/15/2022591,100 shares $7.87 million +35.5%1.5%1.2 $13.31 8/31/2022436,100 shares $7.07 million +31.3%1.1%1 $16.22 8/15/2022332,100 shares $5.54 million +8.0%0.8%0.9 $16.68 7/31/2022307,400 shares $4.91 million -21.2%0.8%0.9 $15.96 7/15/2022390,300 shares $5.44 million +31.5%1.0%1.2 $13.93 6/30/2022296,900 shares $3.90 million -18.8%0.8%0.8 $13.15 6/15/2022365,600 shares $5.18 million +0.1%0.9%1 $14.17 5/31/2022365,300 shares $5.40 million -12.5%0.9%1.1 $14.77 5/15/2022417,700 shares $6.20 million -2.3%1.0%1.2 $14.85 4/30/2022427,700 shares $6.85 million -5.4%1.1%1.2 $16.01 4/15/2022451,900 shares $7.06 million -10.8%1.1%1.4 $15.63 3/31/2022506,400 shares $7.06 million +80.2%1.3%1.9 $13.95 3/15/2022281,100 shares $3.89 million -20.1%0.7%1.1 $13.84 2/28/2022351,600 shares $4.70 million -10.9%0.9%1.3 $13.37 2/15/2022394,500 shares $5.07 million -11.7%1.0%1.5 $12.85 1/31/2022447,000 shares $5.43 million -16.1%1.1%1.8 $12.15 1/15/2022532,500 shares $6.66 million -29.5%1.3%1.9 $12.50 12/31/2021755,500 shares $9.06 million +75.1%1.9%2.4 $11.99 12/15/2021431,600 shares $4.87 million -2.7%1.1%1.4 $11.29 11/30/2021443,500 shares $4.75 million -1.2%1.1%1.5 $10.70 11/15/2021448,700 shares $4.87 million -52.8%1.1%1.5 $10.86 10/29/2021950,300 shares $10.23 million +0.5%2.4%3 $10.77 10/15/2021945,200 shares $9.72 million +72.0%2.4%3.5 $10.28 9/30/2021549,600 shares $6.37 million -38.7%1.4%2.3 $11.59 9/15/2021896,700 shares $10.05 million -9.8%2.2%4 $11.21 8/31/2021993,900 shares $11.31 million +24.7%2.5%4.6 $11.38 8/13/2021797,000 shares $9.09 million -13.4%2.0%3.7 $11.40 7/30/2021920,600 shares $10.71 million -16.3%2.3%4.3 $11.63 7/15/20211,100,000 shares $13.42 million -12.7%2.7%4.5 $12.20 6/30/20211,260,000 shares $16.07 million +20.0%3.1%4.9 $12.75 6/15/20211,050,000 shares $14.29 million +6.4%2.6%3.9 $13.61 5/28/2021986,700 shares $14.64 million +14.2%2.5%3.6 $14.84 5/14/2021864,200 shares $13.40 million +46.2%2.2%2.8 $15.51 4/30/2021591,100 shares $9.93 million -5.6%1.5%1.9 $16.80 4/15/2021626,400 shares $9.82 million +170.5%1.6%2.1 $15.68 3/31/2021231,600 shares $3.38 million -63.3%0.6%0.8 $14.61 3/15/2021630,800 shares $10.02 million -16.7%1.6%2.1 $15.88 2/26/2021756,900 shares $10.67 million -6.8%1.9%2.5 $14.10 2/12/2021812,400 shares $11.15 million -2.2%2.0%3.1 $13.72 1/29/2021830,300 shares $9.17 million +95.4%2.1%3.2 $11.05 1/15/2021425,000 shares $4.82 million -19.0%1.1%1.6 $11.35 12/31/2020524,800 shares $5.37 million -4.4%1.3%2.1 $10.23 12/15/2020548,700 shares $5.62 million -31.3%1.4%2.2 $10.24 11/30/2020799,200 shares $6.59 million -7.2%2.0%3.2 $8.24 11/15/2020861,600 shares $6.46 million -6.0%2.2%3.5 $7.50 10/30/2020916,100 shares $5.71 million +29.9%2.3%3.8 $6.23 10/15/2020705,500 shares $4.83 million +38.1%1.8%3.1 $6.85 9/30/2020510,800 shares $3.37 million -30.7%1.3%2.4 $6.60 9/15/2020736,900 shares $5.27 million -5.9%1.8%3.8 $7.15 8/31/2020783,300 shares $6.56 million -16.5%2.0%4.5 $8.38Crypto Pioneer Says: “The last crypto bull market has begun.” (Ad)Right now, there’s over $6 trillion in potential investment money waiting on the sidelines. That means this crypto bull market has a lot more room to run before it comes close to being a bubble.Click here if you’d like to learn more about these five cryptos… 8/14/2020938,000 shares $7.55 million -21.2%2.3%4.7 $8.05 7/31/20201,190,000 shares $8.87 million -12.5%3.0%5.7 $7.45 7/15/20201,360,000 shares $10.73 million -8.7%3.4%6.3 $7.89 6/30/20201,490,000 shares $12.10 million +12.0%3.7%6.4 $8.12 6/15/20201,330,000 shares $11.20 million +82.8%3.3%5.3 $8.42 5/29/2020727,600 shares $6.01 million -11.3%1.8%2.6 $8.26 5/15/2020820,700 shares $6.42 million -1.8%2.1%3.1 $7.82 4/30/2020835,800 shares $8.04 million -10.9%2.1%2.9 $9.62 4/15/2020937,500 shares $7.67 million -22.5%2.3%3.2 $8.18 3/31/20201,210,000 shares $10.15 million -12.4%3.0%3.9 $8.39 3/13/20201,381,600 shares $12.02 million -9.7%3.5%5.6 $8.70 2/28/20201,530,000 shares $10.45 million +51.5%3.8%5.3 $6.83 2/14/20201,010,000 shares $8.03 million +103.3%2.5%3.6 $7.95 1/31/2020496,800 shares $4.61 million -63.2%1.2%2 $9.27 1/15/20201,350,000 shares $14.84 million -11.2%3.4%5.7 $10.99 12/31/20191,520,000 shares $18.47 million -18.3%3.8%6.8 $12.15 8/15/20193,050,000 shares $34.13 million +26.9%7.7%8.5 $11.19 MERC Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Mercer International's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Mercer International shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of May 15th, traders have sold 1,220,000 shares of MERC short. 3.20% of Mercer International's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Mercer International's current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for Mercer International? 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. MERC shares currently have a short interest ratio of 6.0. Learn More on Mercer International's short interest ratio. Which institutional investors are shorting Mercer International? As of the most recent reporting period, the following institutional investors, funds, and major shareholders have reported short positions of Mercer International: Walleye Trading LLC, and Simplex Trading LLC. These positions are disclosed in Form 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. What is a good short interest percentage for Mercer International? 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. 3.20% of Mercer International's floating shares are currently sold short. Is Mercer International's short interest increasing or decreasing? Mercer International saw a decline in short interest in May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,220,000 shares, a decline of 3.9% from the previous total of 1,270,000 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 Mercer International's float size? Mercer International currently has issued a total of 66,850,000 shares. Some of Mercer International'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. Mercer International currently has a public float of 38,080,000 shares. How does Mercer International's short interest compare to its competitors? 3.20% of Mercer International's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the sector of "basic materials" compare to Mercer International: Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc. (4.98%), Metals Acquisition Limited (1.69%), AdvanSix Inc. (1.21%), Oil-Dri Co. of America (1.34%), Olympic Steel, Inc. (3.27%), Haynes International, Inc. (3.46%), McEwen Mining Inc (3.97%), Ranpak Holdings Corp. (1.80%), Compass Minerals International, Inc. (9.61%), Westlake Chemical Partners LP (0.56%), 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 Mercer International stock? Short selling MERC is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Mercer International as its price is falling. MERC shares are trading down $0.22 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 Mercer International? A short squeeze for Mercer International occurs when it has a large amount of short interest and its stock appreciates in price. This forces short sellers to cover their short interest positions by buying actual shares of MERC, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Mercer International'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 MERC, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is May, 15 2024. More Short Interest Resources from MarketBeat Related Companies: Rayonier Advanced Materials Short Interest Data Metals Acquisition Short Interest Data AdvanSix Short Interest Data Oil-Dri Co. of America Short Interest Data Olympic Steel Short Interest Data Haynes International Short Interest Data McEwen Mining Short Interest Data Ranpak Short Interest Data Compass Minerals International Short Interest Data Westlake Chemical Partners Short Interest Data Short Interest Tools: Stocks to Short Largest Short Interest Positions Short Interest Increases Short Interest Decreases Short Interest Reporting Dates This page (NASDAQ:MERC) was last updated on 5/28/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersTim Sykes’ Urgent Trade Alert: “Make this move now”Timothy SykesElon’s New Device is About to Shock the WorldInvestorPlaceExposed: 10 CENT Crypto to Explode May 20th?True Market InsidersHe Is Giving Away BitcoinCrypto Swap ProfitsThe #1 Crypto for AIWeiss RatingsThe #1 Crypto That You Don’t Own… YetCrypto 101 MediaDigitizing the $11T commodities sector with one tiny stockResource Stock DigestMusk, Bezos, and Gates All On Board… Porter & Company Adding Choose a watchlist: Watchlist Adding You have already added five stocks to your watchlist. 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