AG Mortgage Investment Trust (MITT) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of AG Mortgage Investment Trust shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of April 15th, investors have sold 103,200 shares of MITT short. 0.37% of AG Mortgage Investment Trust's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on AG Mortgage Investment Trust's current short interest.

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. 0.37% of AG Mortgage Investment Trust's floating shares are currently sold short.

AG Mortgage Investment Trust saw a decrease in short interest during the month of April. As of April 15th, there was short interest totaling 103,200 shares, a decrease of 1.8% from the previous total of 105,100 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.

AG Mortgage Investment Trust currently has issued a total of 29,450,000 shares. Some of AG Mortgage Investment Trust'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. AG Mortgage Investment Trust currently has a public float of 27,550,000 shares.

0.37% of AG Mortgage Investment Trust's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "real estate investment trusts" compare to AG Mortgage Investment Trust: Ares Commercial Real Estate Co. (3.45%), Invesco Mortgage Capital Inc. (8.23%), New York Mortgage Trust, Inc. (2.59%), Orion Office REIT Inc. (2.35%), Braemar Hotels & Resorts (3.13%), Modiv Industrial, Inc. (0.21%), City Office REIT, Inc. (1.06%), Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT (1.04%), Lument Finance Trust, Inc. (0.07%), Alpine Income Property Trust, Inc. (1.44%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: T-Mobile US, Inc. ($3.70 billion), Occidental Petroleum Co. ($3.52 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.14 billion), General Motors ($2.68 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($2.57 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($2.18 billion), Tractor Supply ($2.10 billion), Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. ($1.91 billion), TC Energy Co. ($1.90 billion), and Williams-Sonoma, Inc. ($1.78 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling MITT is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from AG Mortgage Investment Trust as its price is falling. MITT shares are trading up $0.47 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 AG Mortgage Investment Trust 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 MITT, 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 MITT, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is April, 15 2024.