Trean Insurance Group (TIG) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Trean Insurance Group shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of March 31st, investors have sold 377,200 shares of TIG short. 2.01% of Trean Insurance Group's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Trean Insurance Group'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. TIG shares currently have a short interest ratio of 2.0. Learn More on Trean Insurance Group'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. 2.01% of Trean Insurance Group's floating shares are currently sold short.

Trean Insurance Group saw a decline in short interest in March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 377,200 shares, a decline of 2.2% from the previous total of 385,500 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.

Trean Insurance Group currently has issued a total of 51,240,000 shares. Some of Trean Insurance 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. Trean Insurance Group currently has a public float of 18,770,000 shares.

2.01% of Trean Insurance Group's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "fire, marine, & casualty insurance" compare to Trean Insurance Group: Employers Holdings, Inc. (1.54%), ProAssurance Co. (3.63%), Safety Insurance Group, Inc. (0.60%), AMERISAFE, Inc. (0.83%), Tiptree Inc. (1.03%), United Fire Group, Inc. (1.04%), Universal Insurance Holdings, Inc. (1.16%), Donegal Group Inc. (1.68%), Heritage Insurance Holdings, Inc. (3.94%), Hippo Holdings Inc. (9.28%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: T-Mobile US, Inc. ($4.66 billion), TC Energy Co. ($4.13 billion), Occidental Petroleum Co. ($3.04 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($2.63 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($2.51 billion), T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. ($2.29 billion), Paramount Global ($2.26 billion), Verisk Analytics, Inc. ($2.19 billion), Etsy, Inc. ($1.84 billion), and Voya Financial, Inc. ($1.67 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling TIG is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Trean Insurance 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 Trean Insurance Group 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 TIG, 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 TIG, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is March, 31 2023.