Amerant Bancorp (AMTBB) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Amerant Bancorp shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of October 29th, traders have sold 3,900 shares of AMTBB short. Learn More on Amerant Bancorp's current short interest.

Amerant Bancorp saw a increase in short interest in October. As of October 29th, there was short interest totaling 3,900 shares, an increase of 5.4% from the previous total of 3,700 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 "finance" compare to Amerant Bancorp: Bank of the James Financial Group, Inc. (0.18%), Blackrock Income Trust (0.28%), BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund, Inc. (0.32%), Crescent Capital BDC, Inc. (0.60%), and FS KKR Capital Corp. (2.25%).

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: S&P Global Inc. ($8.61 billion), Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. ($8.44 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($5.26 billion), Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited ($5.13 billion), Wayfair Inc. ($4.34 billion), Uber Technologies, Inc. ($3.69 billion), Palo Alto Networks, Inc. ($3.35 billion), Teladoc Health, Inc. ($3.11 billion), eBay Inc. ($2.91 billion), and Etsy, Inc. ($2.63 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling AMTBB is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Amerant Bancorp 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 Amerant Bancorp 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 AMTBB, 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 AMTBB, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is October, 29 2021.