Barings Participation Investors (MPV) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Barings Participation Investors shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of May 15th, investors have sold 3,300 shares of MPV short. Learn More on Barings Participation Investors' current short interest.

Barings Participation Investors saw a drop in short interest during the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 3,300 shares, a drop of 69.7% from the previous total of 10,900 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.

Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" compare to Barings Participation Investors: The Gabelli Multimedia Trust Inc. (0.77%), BlackRock MuniYield Pennsylvania Quality Fund (0.15%), Nuveen New York Municipal Value Fund (0.13%), Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust (0.46%), Oxford Square Capital Corp. (0.41%), Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund (0.06%), Templeton Emerging Markets Fund (0.03%), Nuveen Arizona Quality Municipal Income Fund (0.06%), BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust Inc. (0.57%), The Korea Fund, Inc. (0.08%),

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.

Short selling MPV is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Barings Participation Investors as its price is falling. MPV shares are trading down $0.06 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.

A short squeeze for Barings Participation Investors 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 MPV, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further.

Short interest is typically published by a stock exchange once per month. However, NASDAQ publishes a report for U.S. stocks, including MPV, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is May, 15 2024.