Mid-Con Energy Partners (MCEP) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Mid-Con Energy Partners shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of December 31st, investors have sold 2,700 shares of MCEP short. 0.05% of Mid-Con Energy Partners' shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Mid-Con Energy Partners' current short interest.

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. 0.05% of Mid-Con Energy Partners' floating shares are currently sold short.

Mid-Con Energy Partners saw a increase in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totaling 2,700 shares, an increase of 8.0% from the previous total of 2,500 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.

Mid-Con Energy Partners currently has issued a total of 14,312,000 shares. Some of Mid-Con Energy Partners' 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. Mid-Con Energy Partners currently has a public float of 5,090,000 shares.

0.05% of Mid-Con Energy Partners' shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies compare to Mid-Con Energy Partners: PermRock Royalty Trust (0.42%), Permianville Royalty Trust (0.19%), MV Oil Trust (0.03%), Epsilon Energy Ltd. (0.94%), PHX Minerals Inc. (0.31%), U.S. Energy Corp. (0.05%), Prairie Operating Co. (1.26%), PrimeEnergy Resources Co. (0.45%), Amplify Energy Corp. (3.29%), Via Renewables, Inc. (1.64%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Charter Communications, Inc. ($6.95 billion), Aon plc ($4.44 billion), Analog Devices, Inc. ($4.13 billion), Snap Inc. ($3.12 billion), Peloton Interactive, Inc. ($2.68 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($2.60 billion), The Clorox Company ($2.47 billion), The Kroger Co. ($2.32 billion), International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. ($2.21 billion), and Altice USA, Inc. ($1.94 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling MCEP is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Mid-Con Energy Partners 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 Mid-Con Energy Partners 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 MCEP, 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 MCEP, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is December, 31 2020.