AGNC Investment (AGNCN) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of AGNC Investment shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of March 31st, investors have sold 12,500 shares of AGNCN short. Learn More on AGNC Investment's current short interest.

AGNC Investment saw a increase in short interest during the month of March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 12,500 shares, an increase of 54.3% from the previous total of 8,100 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.

Here is how the short interest of companies in the sector of "real estate" compare to AGNC Investment: Seven Hills Realty Trust (0.37%), American Realty Investors, Inc. (1.37%), NexPoint Diversified Real Estate Trust (0.63%), Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT (1.58%), 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: TC Energy Co. ($4.49 billion), T-Mobile US, Inc. ($3.94 billion), General Motors ($3.34 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.32 billion), Occidental Petroleum Co. ($3.21 billion), Super Micro Computer, Inc. ($3.13 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($3.08 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($2.28 billion), Tractor Supply ($2.24 billion), and Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. ($2.14 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling AGNCN is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from AGNC Investment as its price is falling. AGNCN shares are trading down $0.02 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 AGNC Investment 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 AGNCN, 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 AGNCN, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is March, 31 2024.