Reven Housing Reit (RVEN) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Reven Housing Reit shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of October 15th, investors have sold 148,000 shares of RVEN short. 4.92% of Reven Housing Reit's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Reven Housing Reit'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. RVEN shares currently have a short interest ratio of 12.0. Learn More on Reven Housing Reit's short interest ratio.

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. 4.92% of Reven Housing Reit's floating shares are currently sold short.

Reven Housing Reit saw a drop in short interest in the month of October. As of October 15th, there was short interest totaling 148,000 shares, a drop of 4.6% from the previous total of 155,100 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.

Reven Housing Reit currently has issued a total of 11,040,000 shares. Some of Reven Housing Reit'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. Reven Housing Reit currently has a public float of 3,010,000 shares.

4.92% of Reven Housing Reit's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the sector of "finance" compare to Reven Housing Reit: Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc. (6.89%), Global Self Storage, Inc. (0.19%), Clipper Realty Inc. (0.61%), Creative Media & Community Trust Co. (0.48%), Sotherly Hotels Inc. (0.22%), Generation Income Properties, Inc. (0.79%), Great Ajax Corp. (0.86%), American Strategic Investment Co. (0.77%), Cherry Hill Mortgage Investment Co. (1.41%), ACRES Commercial Realty Corp. (0.41%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Alibaba Group Holding Limited ($3.24 billion), Sempra ($2.36 billion), Digital Realty Trust, Inc. ($1.78 billion), Twilio Inc. ($1.67 billion), Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. ($1.27 billion), Insulet Co. ($909.50 million), Guidewire Software, Inc. ($704.80 million), Zendesk, Inc. ($602.65 million), Medidata Solutions Inc ($560.77 million), and Prosperity Bancshares, Inc. ($437.13 million). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling RVEN is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Reven Housing Reit 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 Reven Housing Reit 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 RVEN, 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 RVEN, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is October, 15 2019.