Columbus McKinnon (CMCO) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $16.53 +0.09 (+0.55%) Closing price 05/22/2025 04:00 PM EasternExtended Trading$16.53 +0.00 (+0.01%) As of 05/22/2025 06:16 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock Columbus McKinnon Short Interest DataColumbus McKinnon (CMCO) has a short interest of 716,300 shares, representing 2.56% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a 1.30% increase in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 1.0, indicating that it would take 1.0 days of the average trading volume of 347,962 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest716,300 sharesPrevious Short Interest707,100 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month+1.30%Dollar Volume Sold Short$10.64 millionShort Interest Ratio1.0 Days to CoverLast Record DateApril 30, 2025Outstanding Shares28,613,000 sharesFloat Size27,950,000 sharesShort Percent of Float2.56%Today's Trading Volume471,716 sharesAverage Trading Volume347,962 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average136% Short Selling Columbus McKinnon? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for Columbus McKinnon and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartCMCO Short Interest Over TimeCMCO Days to Cover Over TimeCMCO Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Columbus McKinnon Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 4/30/2025716,300 shares $10.64 million +1.3%2.6%1 $14.85 4/15/2025707,100 shares $9.59 million +0.8%2.5%1.1 $13.56 3/31/2025701,400 shares $11.87 million -1.6%2.5%1.1 $16.93 3/15/2025712,800 shares $13.07 million +44.3%2.6%1.3 $18.34 2/28/2025494,000 shares $8.61 million -4.9%1.8%1 $17.43 2/15/2025519,400 shares $10.64 million -1.3%1.9%1.2 $20.48 1/31/2025526,300 shares $19.17 million +2.4%1.9%1.8 $36.42 1/15/2025513,800 shares $18.39 million +5.2%1.8%2.2 $35.80 12/31/2024488,500 shares $18.19 million +29.9%1.8%2.1 $37.24 12/15/2024376,000 shares $14.63 million -7.7%1.4%1.5 $38.90 Get the Latest News and Ratings for CMCO and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Columbus McKinnon and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 11/30/2024407,500 shares $16.01 million +2.7%1.5%1.5 $39.29 11/15/2024396,700 shares $14.73 million -0.7%1.4%1.6 $37.14 10/31/2024399,400 shares $12.70 million -12.1%1.4%1.7 $31.81 10/15/2024454,300 shares $15.82 million +3.3%1.6%2.2 $34.82 9/30/2024440,000 shares $15.84 million +21.5%1.6%2.1 $36.00 9/15/2024362,300 shares $11.20 million +3.9%1.3%1.7 $30.90 8/31/2024348,800 shares $11.93 million +0.0%1.2%1.9 $34.21 8/15/2024348,700 shares $11.47 million +4.6%1.2%1.7 $32.89 7/31/2024333,500 shares $12.73 million +14.0%1.2%1.8 $38.16 7/15/2024292,500 shares $10.45 million -4.3%1.0%1.7 $35.72 6/30/2024305,500 shares $10.55 million -18.0%1.1%1.8 $34.54 6/15/2024372,500 shares $13.10 million +14.7%1.3%2.4 $35.16 5/31/2024324,900 shares $12.70 million +23.3%1.2%2.5 $39.10 5/15/2024263,500 shares $11.94 million +9.4%0.9%2.3 $45.30 4/30/2024240,900 shares $9.94 million -4.9%0.9%1.8 $41.27 4/15/2024253,300 shares $10.39 million +2.7%0.9%1.8 $41.01 3/31/2024246,600 shares $11.01 million -28.5%0.9%1.7 $44.63 3/15/2024344,800 shares $14.40 million -10.4%1.2%2.4 $41.75 2/29/2024384,600 shares $16.06 million +33.6%1.4%2.6 $41.77 2/15/2024287,900 shares $12.65 million +30.0%1.0%2 $43.94 1/31/2024221,500 shares $8.65 million -1.6%0.8%1.7 $39.07 1/15/2024225,000 shares $8.30 million -6.4%0.8%1.9 $36.91 12/31/2023240,300 shares $9.38 million -29.1%0.9%2.1 $39.02 12/15/2023338,800 shares $13.08 million +23.2%1.2%3.1 $38.62 11/30/2023275,000 shares $9.60 million +31.0%1.0%2.9 $34.92 11/15/2023210,000 shares $7.45 million +11.5%0.8%2.4 $35.49 10/31/2023188,300 shares $5.76 million -19.8%0.7%2.3 $30.57 10/15/2023234,800 shares $7.97 million -8.3%0.8%3.2 $33.96 9/30/2023256,000 shares $8.94 million +22.1%0.9%3.4 $34.91 9/15/2023209,600 shares $7.46 million -5.5%0.8%2.6 $35.59Trump wipes out trillions overnight… (Ad)Is there anybody more powerful than Donald Trump right now? In a single tariff announcement, he wiped out nearly $5 trillion in wealth from the S&P 500 and $6.4 trillion from the Dow Jones… Not to mention the countless trillions of dollars lost in every market around the world… leaving the major political powers scrambling in fear of Trump’s next move.Whether you take some of that wealth for yourself depends on if you watch this controversial exposé 8/31/2023221,800 shares $8.36 million -3.0%0.8%2.5 $37.67 8/15/2023228,700 shares $8.44 million +11.6%0.8%2.4 $36.92 7/31/2023205,000 shares $8.68 million -4.5%0.7%2.1 $42.34 7/15/2023214,700 shares $8.89 million +3.6%0.8%2.3 $41.39 6/30/2023207,300 shares $8.43 million -19.9%0.7%2.2 $40.65 6/15/2023258,900 shares $10.74 million -8.1%0.9%2.8 $41.49 5/31/2023281,600 shares $10.27 million -6.9%1.0%3 $36.48 5/15/2023302,300 shares $10.49 million -9.8%1.1%3.4 $34.71 4/30/2023335,000 shares $11.63 million +7.9%1.2%3.7 $34.71 4/15/2023310,500 shares $11.02 million +11.2%1.1%3.2 $35.49 3/31/2023279,200 shares $10.38 million -12.2%1.0%2.7 $37.16 3/15/2023317,900 shares $11.30 million +0.3%1.1%2.9 $35.54 2/28/2023316,900 shares $11.76 million -3.5%1.1%2.9 $37.12 2/15/2023328,300 shares $12.28 million -6.2%1.2%2.9 $37.39 1/31/2023350,000 shares $12.58 million -9.4%1.3%2.8 $35.95 1/15/2023386,500 shares $14.04 million -5.2%1.4%2.6 $36.32 12/30/2022407,700 shares $13.24 million -5.9%1.5%2.6 $32.47 12/15/2022433,100 shares $13.38 million +44.3%1.5%2.8 $30.90 11/30/2022300,200 shares $9.68 million -24.2%1.1%2.1 $32.23 11/15/2022396,200 shares $12.88 million +7.8%1.4%2.9 $32.50 10/31/2022367,600 shares $10.48 million -15.9%1.3%3 $28.52 10/15/2022437,000 shares $10.95 million +1.4%1.6%4 $25.05 9/30/2022431,000 shares $11.27 million -2.7%1.6%4.8 $26.16 9/15/2022443,100 shares $12.84 million +1.2%1.6%4.7 $28.98 8/31/2022437,700 shares $13.41 million +10.6%1.6%4.2 $30.63 8/15/2022395,900 shares $13.52 million -21.1%1.4%3 $34.14 7/31/2022501,600 shares $16.60 million -11.9%1.8%3.6 $33.10 7/15/2022569,600 shares $16.36 million -3.6%2.1%3.9 $28.73 6/30/2022590,600 shares $16.76 million +4.9%2.1%4.1 $28.37 6/15/2022562,800 shares $17.28 million -8.9%2.0%3.9 $30.70 5/31/2022617,700 shares $20.85 million +18.0%2.2%4.7 $33.75 5/15/2022523,400 shares $17.43 million +3.7%1.9%4.5 $33.31 4/30/2022504,800 shares $17.90 million +1.3%1.8%4.5 $35.45 4/15/2022498,500 shares $18.91 million -2.7%1.8%4.3 $37.93 3/31/2022512,200 shares $21.72 million -8.5%1.9%4.3 $42.40 3/15/2022559,600 shares $23.50 million +12.5%2.0%5.1 $42.00 2/28/2022497,600 shares $22.71 million +5.5%1.8%4.5 $45.64 2/15/2022471,900 shares $21.11 million +33.1%1.7%4.6 $44.74 1/31/2022354,500 shares $15.34 million -2.4%1.3%3.5 $43.28 1/15/2022363,300 shares $17.99 million +43.1%N/A0 $49.53 12/31/2021253,800 shares $11.74 million -12.4%0.9%2.3 $46.26 12/15/2021289,700 shares $13.00 million +9.7%1.1%2.3 $44.89 11/30/2021264,100 shares $11.73 million -15.6%1.0%2.1 $44.42 11/15/2021313,000 shares $16.20 million -19.6%1.1%2.3 $51.75 10/29/2021389,500 shares $18.41 million -19.4%1.4%2.8 $47.27 10/15/2021483,300 shares $24.30 million -6.1%1.8%3.8 $50.27 9/30/2021514,600 shares $24.88 million +12.2%1.9%4.2 $48.35 9/15/2021458,700 shares $20.18 million +0.1%1.7%3.9 $44.00 8/31/2021458,300 shares $21.10 million +7.0%1.7%3.7 $46.05 8/13/2021428,200 shares $19.42 million +7.9%1.6%3.2 $45.36Trump wipes out trillions overnight… (Ad)Is there anybody more powerful than Donald Trump right now? In a single tariff announcement, he wiped out nearly $5 trillion in wealth from the S&P 500 and $6.4 trillion from the Dow Jones… Not to mention the countless trillions of dollars lost in every market around the world… leaving the major political powers scrambling in fear of Trump’s next move.Whether you take some of that wealth for yourself depends on if you watch this controversial exposé 7/30/2021396,700 shares $18.41 million -17.1%1.4%2.6 $46.40 7/15/2021478,700 shares $21.87 million -14.7%1.7%2.5 $45.68 6/30/2021561,300 shares $27.08 million +13.9%2.0%3 $48.24 6/15/2021492,900 shares $24.33 million -3.3%1.8%2.7 $49.37 5/28/2021509,600 shares $25.84 million -6.5%N/A3 $50.70 5/14/2021545,100 shares $29.28 million +2.5%N/A3.2 $53.71 4/30/2021531,900 shares $26.39 million -10.9%N/A3.5 $49.62 4/15/2021597,000 shares $31.53 million -5.6%2.6%5.6 $52.82 3/31/2021632,300 shares $32.32 million -3.8%2.7%6 $51.12 3/15/2021657,300 shares $35.32 million -2.1%2.8%6.5 $53.73 2/26/2021671,500 shares $33.17 million +2.3%2.9%7.2 $49.40 2/12/2021656,200 shares $31.38 million +9.5%2.8%7.8 $47.82 1/29/2021599,500 shares $24.78 million -2.9%2.6%7.1 $41.34 1/15/2021617,400 shares $25.47 million -0.3%2.7%7.6 $41.25 12/31/2020619,500 shares $24.40 million +0.6%2.7%7.7 $39.38 12/15/2020615,900 shares $24.93 million -1.5%2.7%7.4 $40.48 11/30/2020625,400 shares $23.65 million -1.2%2.7%7.2 $37.81 11/15/2020632,700 shares $23.27 million +11.5%2.7%7.5 $36.78 10/30/2020567,600 shares $19.56 million +25.7%2.5%7.2 $34.46 10/15/2020451,600 shares $16.12 million +56.6%2.0%5.6 $35.70 9/30/2020288,400 shares $9.55 million -15.9%1.3%3.3 $33.10 9/15/2020343,000 shares $12.09 million +2.0%1.5%3.2 $35.24 8/31/2020336,200 shares $12.23 million +1.3%1.5%3 $36.38 8/14/2020332,000 shares $12.27 million -12.6%1.5%2.8 $36.97 7/31/2020379,800 shares $12.58 million -11.3%1.7%2.9 $33.13 7/15/2020428,400 shares $14.31 million -6.9%1.9%3 $33.41 6/30/2020460,200 shares $15.39 million +49.4%2.0%3.3 $33.45 6/15/2020308,000 shares $9.41 million -6.8%1.3%2.2 $30.56 5/29/2020330,500 shares $10.05 million -4.5%1.4%2.3 $30.41 CMCO Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Columbus McKinnon's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Columbus McKinnon shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of April 30th, investors have sold 716,300 shares of CMCO short. 2.56% of Columbus McKinnon's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Columbus McKinnon's current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for Columbus McKinnon? 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. CMCO shares currently have a short interest ratio of 1.0. Learn More on Columbus McKinnon's short interest ratio. Which institutional investors are shorting Columbus McKinnon? As of the most recent reporting period, the following institutional investors, funds, and major shareholders have reported short positions of Columbus McKinnon: Simplex Trading LLC. These positions are disclosed in Form 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. What is a good short interest percentage for Columbus McKinnon? 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. 2.56% of Columbus McKinnon's floating shares are currently sold short. Is Columbus McKinnon's short interest increasing or decreasing? Columbus McKinnon saw a increase in short interest during the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 716,300 shares, an increase of 1.3% from the previous total of 707,100 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. What is Columbus McKinnon's float size? Columbus McKinnon currently has issued a total of 28,613,000 shares. Some of Columbus McKinnon'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. Columbus McKinnon currently has a public float of 27,950,000 shares. How does Columbus McKinnon's short interest compare to its competitors? 2.56% of Columbus McKinnon's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "industrial machinery" compare to Columbus McKinnon: Standex International Co. (1.98%), Kennametal Inc. (5.55%), Tennant (2.87%), TriMas Co. (8.10%), The Gorman-Rupp Company (0.65%), Proto Labs, Inc. (3.53%), Hyster-Yale Materials Handling, Inc. (6.35%), Energy Recovery, Inc. (1.77%), Graham Co. (2.21%), Omega Flex, Inc. (1.13%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Spotify Technology S.A. ($4.67 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.58 billion), Capital One Financial Co. ($4.47 billion), The Kroger Co. ($2.56 billion), Reddit, Inc. ($2.23 billion), Rivian Automotive, Inc. ($2.16 billion), Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. ($1.90 billion), SoFi Technologies, Inc. ($1.85 billion), Zscaler, Inc. ($1.75 billion), and Omnicom Group Inc. ($1.75 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short Columbus McKinnon stock? Short selling CMCO is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Columbus McKinnon as its price is falling. CMCO shares are trading up $0.09 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 Columbus McKinnon? A short squeeze for Columbus McKinnon 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 CMCO, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Columbus McKinnon'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 CMCO, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is April, 30 2025. More Short Interest Resources from MarketBeat Related Companies Standex International Short Interest Data Kennametal Short Interest Data Tennant Short Interest Data TriMas Short Interest Data Gorman-Rupp Short Interest Data Proto Labs Short Interest Data Hyster-Yale Materials Handling Short Interest Data Energy Recovery Short Interest Data Graham Short Interest Data Omega Flex Short Interest Data Short Interest Tools Stocks to Short Largest Short Interest Positions Short Interest Increases Short Interest Decreases Short Interest Reporting Dates This page (NASDAQ:CMCO) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersMarket Panic: Trump Just Dropped a Bomb on Your Stockstock Market Panic: Trump Just Dropped a Bomb on Your Stocks The market is in freefall—and Trump's new tarif...American Alternative | SponsoredWhite House to reset Social Security?Elon Musk's parting DOGE gift looks set to shock America... 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