Camtek (CAMT) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

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(As of 09/10/2024 ET)

Camtek Short Interest Data

Camtek (CAMT) has a short interest of 2.96 million shares, representing 10.71% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a 3.86% increase in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 4.4, indicating that it would take 4.4 days of the average trading volume of 530,816 shares to cover all short positions.

Current Short Interest: 2,960,000 shares
Previous Short Interest: 2,850,000 shares
Change Vs. Previous Month: +3.86%
Dollar Volume Sold Short: $299.05 million
Short Interest Ratio: 4.4 Days to Cover
Last Record Date: August 15, 2024

Outstanding Shares: 45,370,000 shares
Float Size: 27,650,000 shares
Short Percent of Float: 10.71%
Today's Trading Volume: 578,125 shares
Average Trading Volume: 530,816 shares
Today's Volume Vs. Average: 109%

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Camtek Short Interest History

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Report Date	Total Shares Sold Short	Dollar Volume Sold Short	Change from Previous Report	Percentage of Float Shorted	Days to Cover	Price on Report Date
8/15/2024	2,960,000 shares	$299.05 million	+3.9%	10.7%	4.4	$101.03
7/31/2024	2,850,000 shares	$299.25 million	-3.1%	10.3%	4.2	$105.00
7/15/2024	2,940,000 shares	$386.26 million	+3.9%	10.6%	5.5	$131.38
6/30/2024	2,830,000 shares	$354.43 million	-3.7%	10.2%	6.1	$125.24
6/15/2024	2,940,000 shares	$333.98 million	+6.5%	10.6%	6.7	$113.60
5/31/2024	2,760,000 shares	$282.65 million	+15.5%	10.0%	6.7	$102.41
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5/15/2024	2,390,000 shares	$239.93 million	+8.1%	8.7%	5.8	$100.39
4/30/2024	2,210,000 shares	$178.94 million	+0.9%	8.0%	5.3	$80.97
4/15/2024	2,190,000 shares	$171.83 million	-7.2%	7.9%	5.3	$78.46
3/31/2024	2,360,000 shares	$197.70 million	+10.8%	8.6%	5.4	$83.77
3/15/2024	2,130,000 shares	$162.18 million	-1.8%	7.7%	4.7	$76.14
2/29/2024	2,170,000 shares	$172.71 million	+13.6%	8.0%	4.7	$79.59
2/15/2024	1,910,000 shares	$161.85 million	+3.2%	7.0%	4.3	$84.74
1/31/2024	1,850,000 shares	$144.00 million	+12.8%	6.8%	4	$77.84
1/15/2024	1,640,000 shares	$116.37 million	-3.5%	6.0%	3.3	$70.96
12/31/2023	1,700,000 shares	$117.95 million	-13.3%	6.3%	3.2	$69.38
12/15/2023	1,960,000 shares	$122.46 million	+16.0%	7.2%	3.6	$62.48
11/30/2023	1,690,000 shares	$107.28 million	-13.8%	6.2%	3.1	$63.48
11/15/2023	1,960,000 shares	$121.81 million	+14.0%	7.2%	3.5	$62.15
10/31/2023	1,720,000 shares	$90.47 million	+39.8%	6.4%	3.4	$52.60
10/15/2023	1,230,000 shares	$73.69 million	+23.0%	4.6%	2.4	$59.91
9/30/2023	1,000,000 shares	$62.26 million	+19.0%	3.7%	2.1	$62.26
9/15/2023	840,300 shares	$47.21 million	-14.8%	3.1%	2.1	$56.18
8/31/2023	986,700 shares	$59.50 million	+2.1%	3.7%	3	$60.30
8/15/2023	966,500 shares	$44.57 million	+3.9%	3.6%	3.9	$46.12
7/31/2023	930,300 shares	$44.29 million	+88.0%	3.5%	4.6	$47.61
7/15/2023	494,800 shares	$20.24 million	-0.3%	1.8%	3.3	$40.91
6/30/2023	496,200 shares	$17.68 million	-4.4%	1.8%	5.3	$35.63
6/15/2023	518,900 shares	$17.25 million	+2.4%	1.9%	6.1	$33.25
5/31/2023	507,000 shares	$14.65 million	-8.0%	1.8%	6.4	$28.89
5/15/2023	551,100 shares	$15.39 million	-7.3%	2.0%	5.7	$27.92
4/30/2023	594,300 shares	$15.66 million	+0.8%	2.2%	6	$26.35
4/15/2023	589,400 shares	$14.96 million	-7.4%	2.1%	5.4	$25.39
3/31/2023	636,600 shares	$18.05 million	-4.0%	2.3%	5.6	$28.35
3/15/2023	663,200 shares	$17.91 million	+26.6%	2.4%	5.5	$27.00
2/28/2023	523,900 shares	$14.21 million	+8.4%	1.9%	4.2	$27.12
2/15/2023	483,300 shares	$12.94 million	+6.6%	1.8%	4.4	$26.78
1/31/2023	453,500 shares	$11.79 million	+4.4%	1.7%	3.3	$25.99
1/15/2023	434,400 shares	$10.77 million	-13.0%	1.6%	3.1	$24.80
12/30/2022	499,100 shares	$10.96 million	+0.6%	1.8%	3.6	$21.96
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12/15/2022	496,000 shares	$11.14 million	-18.2%	1.8%	3.5	$22.45
11/30/2022	606,500 shares	$14.79 million	+2.1%	2.2%	4.5	$24.39
11/15/2022	594,100 shares	$15.27 million	-31.7%	2.2%	4.5	$25.70
10/31/2022	869,900 shares	$20.03 million	-3.3%	3.2%	7.5	$23.02
10/15/2022	899,500 shares	$20.11 million	+2.8%	3.3%	8.8	$22.36
9/30/2022	875,300 shares	$20.28 million	+13.6%	3.2%	8.2	$23.17
9/15/2022	770,700 shares	$19.31 million	-1.8%	2.9%	7	$25.05
8/31/2022	784,700 shares	$21.19 million	-2.5%	2.9%	6.6	$27.00
8/15/2022	804,800 shares	$24.70 million	+34.5%	3.0%	5.4	$30.69
7/31/2022	598,300 shares	$17.44 million	+3.6%	2.2%	3.9	$29.15
7/15/2022	577,600 shares	$15.47 million	-0.4%	3.0%	3.7	$26.78
6/30/2022	579,900 shares	$14.42 million	+2.6%	3.0%	3.6	$24.86
6/15/2022	565,000 shares	$14.55 million	-5.0%	2.9%	3.2	$25.75
5/31/2022	594,400 shares	$17.55 million	+4.6%	2.2%	3.2	$29.53
5/15/2022	568,500 shares	$15.85 million	+3.0%	2.4%	2.7	$27.88
4/30/2022	552,200 shares	$16.40 million	+2.5%	2.4%	2.5	$29.70
4/15/2022	538,600 shares	$16.08 million	+3.6%	1.7%	2.1	$29.86
3/31/2022	519,700 shares	$15.83 million	+4.6%	1.7%	1.8	$30.46
3/15/2022	497,100 shares	$14.84 million	-5.3%	1.6%	1.8	$29.86
2/28/2022	524,800 shares	$17.23 million	-9.1%	1.7%	1.9	$32.84
2/15/2022	577,100 shares	$21.42 million	-7.3%	1.9%	2.2	$37.11
1/31/2022	622,700 shares	$23.15 million	-15.5%	2.0%	2.1	$37.17
1/15/2022	736,600 shares	$31.73 million	-16.9%	2.4%	2.6	$43.07
12/31/2021	886,400 shares	$40.81 million	-10.4%	2.8%	3.7	$46.04
12/15/2021	989,100 shares	$42.85 million	-25.6%	3.2%	4.2	$43.32
11/30/2021	1,330,000 shares	$61.34 million	+184.6%	4.2%	5.8	$46.12
11/15/2021	467,300 shares	$22.19 million	-0.5%	1.5%	2.1	$47.49
10/29/2021	469,400 shares	$18.25 million	-32.7%	1.5%	2.9	$38.87
10/15/2021	697,100 shares	$26.87 million	-0.9%	2.2%	4.3	$38.54
9/30/2021	703,100 shares	$28.48 million	+3.3%	2.3%	4.2	$40.51
9/15/2021	680,800 shares	$28.93 million	+10.8%	2.2%	4	$42.50
8/31/2021	614,700 shares	$25.41 million	+23.5%	2.0%	3.2	$41.33
8/13/2021	497,700 shares	$18.70 million	+35.4%	1.6%	2.2	$37.57
7/30/2021	367,600 shares	$13.75 million	-1.5%	1.2%	1.4	$37.40
7/15/2021	373,000 shares	$12.96 million	+16.2%	1.2%	1.4	$34.74
6/30/2021	320,900 shares	$12.10 million	-28.7%	1.0%	1.1	$37.71
6/15/2021	449,800 shares	$16.72 million	+19.9%	1.5%	1.5	$37.18
5/28/2021	375,300 shares	$13.69 million	+24.4%	1.2%	1.2	$36.47
5/14/2021	301,700 shares	$7.98 million	-19.5%	1.0%	0.9	$26.44
4/30/2021	374,900 shares	$13.01 million	+4.4%	1.2%	1.2	$34.69
4/15/2021	359,100 shares	$11.98 million	+11.0%	1.2%	1.3	$33.37
3/31/2021	323,500 shares	$9.15 million	-1.8%	1.1%	1.2	$28.28
3/15/2021	329,400 shares	$10.47 million	+35.4%	1.1%	1.2	$31.80
2/26/2021	243,300 shares	$6.38 million	-45.1%	0.8%	1	$26.24
2/12/2021	443,300 shares	$12.60 million	+5.4%	1.5%	1.9	$28.43
1/29/2021	420,700 shares	$9.97 million	-12.0%	1.2%	1.8	$23.69
1/15/2021	478,300 shares	$11.83 million	+70.0%	1.4%	2.2	$24.74
12/31/2020	281,300 shares	$6.11 million	-19.8%	1.1%	1.4	$21.71
12/15/2020	350,900 shares	$7.02 million	-3.9%	1.4%	1.9	$20.00
11/30/2020	365,200 shares	$6.92 million	-19.6%	1.5%	2.2	$18.94
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11/15/2020	454,400 shares	$8.81 million	+4.4%	1.9%	3	$19.38
10/30/2020	435,300 shares	$7.98 million	-3.8%	2.0%	4.3	$18.33
10/15/2020	452,700 shares	$8.31 million	+19.2%	2.1%	4.5	$18.35
9/30/2020	379,900 shares	$5.84 million	-0.3%	1.7%	3.5	$15.38
9/15/2020	381,200 shares	$5.87 million	-4.3%	1.7%	3.8	$15.40
8/31/2020	398,300 shares	$6.15 million	-2.9%	1.8%	3.7	$15.44
8/14/2020	410,000 shares	$6.65 million	-3.5%	1.9%	3.7	$16.23
7/31/2020	424,700 shares	$6.38 million	+44.6%	2.0%	3.5	$15.03
7/15/2020	293,700 shares	$3.85 million	-5.5%	1.4%	2.5	$13.12
6/30/2020	310,900 shares	$3.91 million	+10.3%	1.5%	2.6	$12.58
6/15/2020	282,000 shares	$3.44 million	+9.7%	1.3%	2.2	$12.21
5/29/2020	257,100 shares	$3.31 million	+23.9%	1.2%	1.8	$12.89
5/15/2020	207,500 shares	$2.37 million	-12.1%	1.0%	1.4	$11.43
4/30/2020	236,100 shares	$2.49 million	+5.2%	1.1%	1.6	$10.53
4/15/2020	224,400 shares	$2.20 million	+5.0%	1.1%	1.5	$9.81
3/31/2020	213,700 shares	$2.11 million	-19.6%	1.0%	1.5	$9.86
3/13/2020	265,900 shares	$2.52 million	+2.6%	1.2%	1.5	$9.47
2/28/2020	259,100 shares	$1.86 million	-22.0%	1.2%	2.4	$7.18
2/14/2020	332,000 shares	$3.05 million	+2.2%	1.5%	3.5	$9.19
1/31/2020	324,800 shares	$3.46 million	+48.2%	1.5%	3.8	$10.66
1/15/2020	219,100 shares	$2.61 million	-16.7%	1.0%	2.2	$11.90
12/31/2019	263,000 shares	$3.45 million	-18.3%	1.2%	2.6	$13.13

CAMT Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions

What is Camtek's current short interest?: Short interest is the volume of Camtek shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of August 15th, traders have sold 2,960,000 shares of CAMT short. 10.71% of Camtek's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Camtek's current short interest.
What is a good short interest ratio for Camtek?: 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. CAMT shares currently have a short interest ratio of 4.0. Learn More on Camtek's short interest ratio.
Which institutional investors are shorting Camtek?: As of the most recent reporting period, the following institutional investors, funds, and major shareholders have reported short positions of Camtek: Cubist Systematic Strategies LLC. These positions are disclosed in Form 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
What is a good short interest percentage for Camtek?: 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. 10.71% of Camtek's floating shares are currently sold short.
Is Camtek's short interest increasing or decreasing?: Camtek saw a increase in short interest in August. As of August 15th, there was short interest totaling 2,960,000 shares, an increase of 3.9% from the previous total of 2,850,000 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.
What is Camtek's float size?: Camtek currently has issued a total of 45,370,000 shares. Some of Camtek'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. Camtek currently has a public float of 27,650,000 shares.

How does Camtek's short interest compare to its competitors?: 10.71% of Camtek's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies compare to Camtek: Coherent Corp. (3.45%), Nova Ltd. (4.37%), Optex Systems Holdings, Inc (0.16%), Syntec Optics Holdings, Inc. (2.45%), MultiSensor AI Holdings, Inc. (0.25%), KLA Co. (1.68%), Snap Inc. (5.21%), Aspen Technology, Inc. (5.06%), Bentley Systems, Incorporated (6.08%), Logitech International S.A. (3.65%),
Which stocks are the most shorted right now?: As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.23 billion), Aptiv PLC ($2.50 billion), Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. ($2.48 billion), Paychex, Inc. ($2.25 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($2.17 billion), Cencora, Inc. ($2.12 billion), Tractor Supply ($1.93 billion), Onsemi ($1.82 billion), International Paper ($1.81 billion), and Rivian Automotive, Inc. ($1.72 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.
What does it mean to sell short Camtek stock?: Short selling CAMT is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Camtek as its price is falling. CAMT shares are trading up $1.75 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.
How does a short squeeze work against Camtek?: A short squeeze for Camtek 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 CAMT, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further.
How often is Camtek's short interest reported?: Short interest is typically published by a stock exchange once per month. However, NASDAQ publishes a report for U.S. stocks, including CAMT, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is August, 15 2024.