American Finance Trust (AFINP) Short Interest Ratio & 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 February 15th, traders have sold 100 shares of AFINP short. Learn More on American Finance Trust's current short interest.

American Finance Trust saw a decrease in short interest during the month of February. As of February 15th, there was short interest totaling 100 shares, a decrease of 99.3% from the previous total of 14,600 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 sector of "real estate" compare to American Finance Trust: NexPoint Diversified Real Estate Trust (0.63%), American Realty Investors, Inc. (1.37%), Seven Hills Realty Trust (0.37%), CorEnergy Infrastructure Trust, Inc. (1.56%), Xinyuan Real Estate Co., Ltd. (0.32%), Leju Holdings Limited (0.15%), Altisource Portfolio Solutions S.A. (9.86%), and AMREP Co. (0.96%).

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: S&P Global Inc. ($7.23 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($6.03 billion), Palo Alto Networks, Inc. ($3.16 billion), Lucid Group, Inc. ($2.77 billion), Snap Inc. ($2.53 billion), Datadog, Inc. ($2.53 billion), Rivian Automotive, Inc. ($2.30 billion), Wayfair Inc. ($2.30 billion), Booking Holdings Inc. ($2.18 billion), and Carnival Co. & plc ($1.96 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. 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 American Finance Trust 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 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 February, 15 2022.