SuRo Capital (SSSS) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of SuRo Capital shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of March 31st, traders have sold 49,300 shares of SSSS short. 0.21% of SuRo Capital's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on SuRo Capital's current short interest.

As of the most recent reporting period, the following institutional investors, funds, and major shareholders have reported short positions of SuRo Capital: 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. 0.21% of SuRo Capital's floating shares are currently sold short.

SuRo Capital saw a increase in short interest in March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 49,300 shares, an increase of 31.8% from the previous total of 37,400 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.

SuRo Capital currently has issued a total of 23,350,000 shares. Some of SuRo Capital'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. SuRo Capital currently has a public float of 23,960,000 shares.

0.21% of SuRo Capital's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" compare to SuRo Capital: MFS Government Markets Income Trust (0.05%), PCM Fund Inc. (0.11%), Nuveen Massachusetts Quality Municipal Income Fund (0.24%), The Swiss Helvetia Fund Inc. (0.23%), Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund Inc. (0.50%), DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust (0.63%), Nuveen Municipal Income Fund, Inc. (0.07%), MFS High Income Municipal Trust (0.20%), Nuveen Select Maturities Municipal Fund (0.06%), High Income Securities Fund (0.00%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: TC Energy Co. ($4.49 billion), T-Mobile US, Inc. ($3.94 billion), General Motors ($3.34 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.32 billion), Occidental Petroleum Co. ($3.21 billion), Super Micro Computer, Inc. ($3.13 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($3.08 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($2.28 billion), Tractor Supply ($2.24 billion), and Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. ($2.14 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling SSSS is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from SuRo Capital as its price is falling. SSSS shares are trading down $0.02 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 SuRo Capital 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 SSSS, 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 SSSS, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is March, 31 2024.