Navios Maritime Containers Short Interest Ratio and Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Navios Maritime Containers shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of March 15th, investors have sold 53,100 shares of NMCI short. 0.26% of Navios Maritime Containers' shares are currently sold short. View details.

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. 0.26% of Navios Maritime Containers' floating shares are currently sold short.

Navios Maritime Containers saw a increase in short interest in the month of March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totaling 53,100 shares, an increase of 66.5% from the previous total of 31,900 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.

Navios Maritime Containers currently has issued a total of 32,446,000 shares. Some of Navios Maritime Containers' 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. Navios Maritime Containers currently has a public float of 20,770,000 shares.

0.26% of Navios Maritime Containers' shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "deep sea foreign transportation of freight" compare to Navios Maritime Containers: Scorpio Tankers Inc. (7.40%), SFL Co. Ltd. (0.00%), DHT Holdings, Inc. (3.02%), Seacor Holdings Inc. (0.00%), TORM plc (0.21%), Genco Shipping & Trading Limited (1.31%), Navigator Holdings Ltd. (0.06%), Navios Maritime Partners L.P. (12.32%), Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc. (5.76%), and Dorian LPG Ltd. (7.58%).

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: ViacomCBS Inc. ($9.74 billion), Aon plc ($5.63 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($5.41 billion), Analog Devices, Inc. ($5.32 billion), Baidu, Inc. ($4.45 billion), Snap Inc. ($3.86 billion), Discovery, Inc. ($3.30 billion), Airbnb, Inc. ($2.82 billion), GameStop Corp. ($2.70 billion), and Bilibili Inc. ($2.34 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling NMCI is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Navios Maritime Containers as its price is falling. To short Navios Maritime Containers 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 Navios Maritime Containers 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 Navios Maritime Containers 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 NMCI, 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 NMCI, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is March, 15 2021.