Dollar Tree - DLTR Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Dollar Tree shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of March 15th, traders have sold 6,380,000 shares of DLTR short. 2.89% of Dollar Tree's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Dollar Tree's current short interest.

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. DLTR shares currently have a short interest ratio of 3.0. Learn More on Dollar Tree's short interest ratio.

As of the most recent reporting period, the following institutional investors, funds, and major shareholders have reported short positions of Dollar Tree: Parallax Volatility Advisers L.P., Portman Square Capital LLP, Point72 Middle East FZE, Jane Street Group LLC, Soros Capital Management LLC, Squarepoint Ops LLC, Laurion Capital Management LP, Millennium Management LLC, Nomura Holdings Inc., Centiva Capital LP, Point72 Hong Kong Ltd, Susquehanna International Group LLP, Verition Fund Management LLC, Twin Tree Management LP, Capital Fund Management S.A., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Bank of America Corp DE, Capstone Investment Advisors LLC, Group One Trading L.P., IMC Chicago LLC, Citigroup Inc., UBS Group AG, Cutler Group LLC CA, Privium Fund Management B.V., Simplex Trading LLC, Bank of Montreal Can, Concourse Financial Group Securities Inc., and Avestar Capital LLC. These positions are disclosed in Form 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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. 2.89% of Dollar Tree's floating shares are currently sold short.

Dollar Tree saw a decline in short interest during the month of March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totaling 6,380,000 shares, a decline of 19.0% from the previous total of 7,880,000 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.

Dollar Tree currently has issued a total of 221,230,000 shares. Some of Dollar Tree'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. Dollar Tree currently has a public float of 220,390,000 shares.

2.89% of Dollar Tree's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the sector of "retail/wholesale" compare to Dollar Tree: Dollar General Co. (2.09%), Target Co. (2.07%), Five Below, Inc. (6.87%), Fastenal (2.58%), Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (4.38%), The Kroger Co. (2.20%), Yum China Holdings, Inc. (2.04%), Ross Stores, Inc. (1.19%), Ulta Beauty, Inc. (2.45%), and Yum! Brands, Inc. (1.20%).

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Canadian Natural Resources Limited ($3.66 billion), Occidental Petroleum Co. ($2.62 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($2.38 billion), T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. ($2.13 billion), Verisk Analytics, Inc. ($2.08 billion), Snowflake Inc. ($1.95 billion), Paramount Global ($1.78 billion), Etsy, Inc. ($1.60 billion), Teck Resources Limited ($1.51 billion), and Voya Financial, Inc. ($1.49 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling DLTR is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Dollar Tree as its price is falling. DLTR shares are trading up $2.93 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 Dollar Tree 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 DLTR, 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 DLTR, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is March, 15 2023.