American Finance Trust Short Interest Ratio and Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of American Finance Trust shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of April 15th, traders have sold 11,600 shares of AFINP short.

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. American Finance Trust currently has a short interest ratio of 1.0.

American Finance Trust saw a decrease in short interest in April. As of April 15th, there was short interest totaling 11,600 shares, a decrease of 78.6% from the previous total of 54,300 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.

0.00% of American Finance Trust's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "reit—diversified" compare to American Finance Trust: BTB Real Estate Investment Trust (0.00%), Covivio (0.00%), Fibra UNO (0.00%), Goodman Group (0.00%), GPT Group (0.00%), H&R Real Estate Investment Trust (0.00%), Hibernia REIT Plc (0.00%), Icade SA (0.00%), Japan Prime Realty Investment Co. (0.00%), and Land Securities Group plc (0.00%).

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Analog Devices, Inc. ($5.85 billion), Aon plc ($5.61 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($5.44 billion), Snap Inc. ($3.49 billion), Airbnb, Inc. ($3.35 billion), Peloton Interactive, Inc. ($2.53 billion), ViacomCBS Inc. ($2.48 billion), Expedia Group, Inc. ($2.39 billion), The Kroger Co. ($2.26 billion), and Nuance Communications, Inc. ($2.18 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling AFINP is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from American Finance Trust as its price is falling. American Finance Trust's stock is trading up $0.10 today. To short American Finance Trust 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 American Finance Trust 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 American Finance 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 AFINP, 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 AFINP, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is April, 15 2021.