CTRL Group (MCTR) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of CTRL Group shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of September 30th, investors have sold 93,000 shares of MCTR short. 2.30% of CTRL Group's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on CTRL Group's 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. 2.30% of CTRL Group's floating shares are currently sold short.

CTRL Group saw a decrease in short interest during the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totaling 93,000 shares, a decrease of 22.0% from the previous total of 119,300 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.

CTRL Group currently has issued a total of 15,300,000 shares. Some of CTRL Group'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. CTRL Group currently has a public float of 4,050,000 shares.

2.30% of CTRL Group's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "business services" compare to CTRL Group: Bridger Aerospace Group Holdings, Inc. (1.03%), American Well Corporation (1.11%), Currenc Group Inc. (0.68%), Mastech Digital, Inc. (0.76%), Primech Holdings Ltd. (0.95%), DLH Holdings Corp. (0.71%), Thumzup Media Corporation (12.41%), Oriental Culture Holding LTD (0.70%), Next Technology Holding Inc. (5.57%), WISeKey International Holding Ltd. Sponsored ADR (2.25%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: AppLovin Corporation ($15.71 billion), Robinhood Markets, Inc. ($7.56 billion), Reddit Inc. ($4.55 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($4.53 billion), CoreWeave Inc. ($4.43 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.07 billion), Seagate Technology Holdings PLC ($3.94 billion), IonQ, Inc. ($3.78 billion), TC Energy Corporation ($3.13 billion), and Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. ($3.12 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling MCTR is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from CTRL Group 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 CTRL Group 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 MCTR, 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 MCTR, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is September, 30 2025.