Strategic Education Short Interest Ratio and Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Strategic Education shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of October 30th, investors have sold 525,000 shares of STRA short. 0.00% of Strategic Education's shares are currently sold short. View details.

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. Strategic Education currently has a short interest ratio of 3.0.

Strategic Education saw a decrease in short interest during the month of October. As of October 30th, there was short interest totaling 525,000 shares, a decrease of 7.3% from the previous total of 566,500 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.

0.00% of Strategic Education's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "educational services" compare to Strategic Education: Grand Canyon Education, Inc. (2.71%), Youdao, Inc. (0.00%), Laureate Education, Inc. (7.00%), Afya Limited (0.00%), Graham Holdings (1.52%), Hailiang Education Group Inc. (0.00%), Adtalem Global Education Inc. (3.57%), K12 Inc. (9.80%), Arco Platform Limited (0.00%), and Bright Scholar Education Holdings Limited (0.33%).

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.66 billion), Aon Plc ($3.83 billion), Analog Devices, Inc. ($3.33 billion), ViacomCBS Inc. ($3.13 billion), Snap Inc. ($3.05 billion), Clorox Co ($2.85 billion), Uber Technologies, Inc. ($2.80 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($2.26 billion), Simon Property Group, Inc. ($2.02 billion), and International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. ($1.96 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling STRA is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Strategic Education as its price is falling. Strategic Education's stock is trading up $1.03 today. To short Strategic Education 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 Strategic Education 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 Strategic Education 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 STRA, 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 STRA, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is October, 30 2020.