Hallmark Financial Services (HALL) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Hallmark Financial Services shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of May 15th, traders have sold 7,800 shares of HALL short. 0.60% of Hallmark Financial Services' shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Hallmark Financial Services' current short interest.

As of the most recent reporting period, the following institutional investors, funds, and major shareholders have reported short positions of Hallmark Financial Services: Simplex Trading 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. 0.60% of Hallmark Financial Services' floating shares are currently sold short.

Hallmark Financial Services saw a drop in short interest during the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 7,800 shares, a drop of 25.0% from the previous total of 10,400 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.

Hallmark Financial Services currently has issued a total of 1,820,000 shares. Some of Hallmark Financial Services' 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. Hallmark Financial Services currently has a public float of 1,310,000 shares.

0.60% of Hallmark Financial Services' shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the sector of "finance" compare to Hallmark Financial Services: Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc. (0.17%), Oxbridge Re Holdings Limited (0.44%), Signature Bank (10.38%), Sentage Holdings Inc. (4.75%), Lion Group Holding Ltd. (2.04%), Orbital Infrastructure Group, Inc. (4.75%), Unico American Co. (0.02%), Northern Lights Acquisition Corp. (0.04%), LM Funding America, Inc. (1.02%), Tian Ruixiang Holdings Ltd (5.33%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Enbridge Inc. ($4.29 billion), T-Mobile US, Inc. ($4.17 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.07 billion), Occidental Petroleum Co. ($2.81 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($2.37 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($2.27 billion), T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. ($1.98 billion), Verisk Analytics, Inc. ($1.94 billion), Extra Space Storage Inc. ($1.88 billion), and Xylem Inc. ($1.61 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling HALL is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Hallmark Financial Services as its price is falling. HALL shares are trading down $0.04 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 Hallmark Financial Services 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 HALL, 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 HALL, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is May, 15 2023.