Equity Residential (EQR) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume → Memorial Day Sale! Get 90% OFF Behind the Markets! (From Behind the Markets) (Ad) Free EQR Stock Alerts $65.70 +0.32 (+0.49%) (As of 05/24/2024 ET) Add Compare Share Share Short InterestStock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSocial MediaSustainabilityStock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSocial MediaSustainability Equity Residential Short Interest DataCurrent Short Interest5,370,000 sharesPrevious Short Interest5,560,000 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month-3.42%Dollar Volume Sold Short$345.83 millionShort Interest Ratio2.8 Days to CoverLast Record DateApril 30, 2024Outstanding Shares379,550,000 sharesFloat Size371,570,000 sharesShort Percent of Float1.45%Today's Trading Volume1,427,935 sharesAverage Trading Volume1,720,995 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average83% Short Selling Equity Residential ? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for Equity Residential and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartEQR Short Interest Over TimeEQR Days to Cover Over TimeEQR Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Ad Crypto 101 Media[FREE Ticket] 27 Crypto Experts Reveal Their #1 Picks Did you see bitcoin crossed $70k again? Don't miss the next bull run. 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Equity Residential Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 4/30/20245,370,000 shares $345.83 million -3.4%1.5%2.8 $64.40 4/15/20245,560,000 shares $337.27 million +1.7%1.5%2.6 $60.66 3/31/20245,470,000 shares $345.21 million +7.7%1.5%2.6 $63.11 3/15/20245,080,000 shares $320.24 million -0.2%1.4%2.4 $63.04 2/29/20245,090,000 shares $306.47 million -13.0%1.4%2.3 $60.21 2/15/20245,850,000 shares $353.05 million +12.3%1.6%2.6 $60.35 Get the Latest News and Ratings for EQR and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Equity Residential and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 1/31/20245,210,000 shares $313.59 million -1.7%1.4%2.2 $60.19 1/15/20245,300,000 shares $329.45 million +10.9%1.4%2.3 $62.16 12/31/20234,780,000 shares $292.34 million -19.8%1.3%2.1 $61.16 12/15/20235,960,000 shares $365.41 million -2.6%1.6%2.7 $61.31 11/30/20236,120,000 shares $347.86 million +3.4%1.6%3 $56.84 11/15/20235,920,000 shares $331.05 million +7.4%1.6%3.2 $55.92 10/31/20235,510,000 shares $304.87 million -8.5%1.5%3.3 $55.33 10/15/20236,020,000 shares $360.54 million +0.7%1.6%3.8 $59.89 9/30/20235,980,000 shares $351.09 million +5.8%1.6%3.8 $58.71 9/15/20235,650,000 shares $356.74 million +2.0%1.5%3.7 $63.14 8/31/20235,540,000 shares $359.16 million -9.0%1.5%3.3 $64.83 8/15/20236,090,000 shares $389.82 million -1.8%1.6%3.5 $64.01 7/31/20236,200,000 shares $408.83 million +10.5%1.7%3.4 $65.94 7/15/20235,610,000 shares $384.34 million -1.6%1.5%3.2 $68.51 6/30/20235,700,000 shares $376.03 million -1.9%1.5%3.3 $65.97 6/15/20235,810,000 shares $385.44 million -5.5%1.6%3.3 $66.34 5/31/20236,150,000 shares $373.86 million +2.5%1.7%3.5 $60.79 5/15/20236,000,000 shares $374.76 million -1.0%1.6%3.5 $62.46 4/30/20236,060,000 shares $383.30 million -2.7%1.6%3.2 $63.25 4/15/20236,230,000 shares $374.05 million +8.5%1.7%3 $60.04 3/31/20235,740,000 shares $344.40 million -8.9%1.5%2.6 $60.00 3/15/20236,300,000 shares $377.81 million -2.0%1.7%2.6 $59.97 2/28/20236,430,000 shares $402.00 million -21.0%1.7%2.6 $62.52 2/15/20238,140,000 shares $542.04 million +28.2%2.2%3.3 $66.59 1/31/20236,350,000 shares $404.18 million -7.2%1.7%2.6 $63.65 1/15/20236,840,000 shares $414.64 million +38.5%1.8%3 $60.62 12/30/20224,940,000 shares $291.46 million -22.3%1.3%2.2 $59.00 12/15/20226,360,000 shares $399.15 million -3.9%1.7%3.1 $62.76 11/30/20226,620,000 shares $429.37 million -3.6%1.8%3.6 $64.86 11/15/20226,870,000 shares $428.00 million +4.1%1.9%3.8 $62.30 10/31/20226,600,000 shares $415.93 million +11.7%1.8%4 $63.02 10/15/20225,910,000 shares $365.42 million +22.1%1.6%3.8 $61.83 9/30/20224,840,000 shares $325.34 million +3.2%1.3%3.3 $67.22 9/15/20224,690,000 shares $342.04 million +2.0%1.3%3.4 $72.93Memorial Day Sale! 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I call it “The AI Keystone.” 7/31/20206,570,000 shares $352.35 million +8.8%1.8%2.1 $53.63 7/15/20206,040,000 shares $323.93 million +15.5%1.7%2 $53.63 6/30/20205,230,000 shares $307.63 million +18.6%1.4%1.7 $58.82 6/15/20204,410,000 shares $279.33 million -16.6%1.2%1.4 $63.34 5/29/20205,290,000 shares $320.36 million -15.0%1.5%1.7 $60.56 5/15/20206,220,000 shares $357.77 million +29.3%1.7%2.1 $57.52 4/30/20204,810,000 shares $312.94 million -5.5%1.3%1.9 $65.06 4/15/20205,090,000 shares $350.80 million +11.6%1.4%2.1 $68.92 3/31/20204,560,000 shares $291.79 million -1.5%1.3%2 $63.99 3/13/20204,629,400 shares $321.37 million -9.2%1.3%2.9 $69.42 2/28/20205,100,000 shares $262.09 million -0.2%1.4%3.1 $51.39 2/14/20205,110,000 shares $408.44 million -2.5%1.4%3.3 $79.93 1/31/20205,240,000 shares $436.81 million +22.1%1.4%3.4 $83.36 1/15/20204,290,000 shares $363.75 million +11.4%1.2%2.8 $84.79 12/31/20193,850,000 shares $318.63 million -14.8%1.1%2.5 $82.76 8/15/20195,156,700 shares $431.15 million +10.2%1.4%4.3 $83.61 EQR Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Equity Residential's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Equity Residential shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of April 30th, traders have sold 5,370,000 shares of EQR short. 1.45% of Equity Residential's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Equity Residential's current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for Equity Residential? 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. EQR shares currently have a short interest ratio of 3.0. Learn More on Equity Residential's short interest ratio. Which institutional investors are shorting Equity Residential? As of the most recent reporting period, the following institutional investors, funds, and major shareholders have reported short positions of Equity Residential: Walleye Trading LLC, PEAK6 Investments LLC, Capstone Investment Advisors LLC, Concourse Financial Group Securities Inc., 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 Equity Residential? 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. 1.45% of Equity Residential's floating shares are currently sold short. Is Equity Residential's short interest increasing or decreasing? Equity Residential saw a decrease in short interest in the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 5,370,000 shares, a decrease of 3.4% from the previous total of 5,560,000 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 Equity Residential's float size? Equity Residential currently has issued a total of 379,550,000 shares. Some of Equity Residential'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. Equity Residential currently has a public float of 371,570,000 shares. How does Equity Residential's short interest compare to its competitors? 1.45% of Equity Residential's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "real estate investment trusts" compare to Equity Residential: AvalonBay Communities, Inc. (1.37%), Essex Property Trust, Inc. (2.54%), Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. (2.11%), Sun Communities, Inc. (1.23%), UDR, Inc. (1.48%), Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. (1.85%), Camden Property Trust (2.47%), Iron Mountain Incorporated (3.39%), Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. (2.60%), SBA Communications Co. (1.99%), 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. ($3.98 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. What does it mean to sell short Equity Residential stock? Short selling EQR is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Equity Residential as its price is falling. EQR shares are trading up $0.32 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 Equity Residential? A short squeeze for Equity Residential 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 EQR, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Equity Residential'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 EQR, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is April, 30 2024. 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