American Realty Investors Short Interest Ratio and Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of American Realty Investors shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of June 30th, traders have sold 6,000 shares of ARL short. 0.65% of American Realty Investors' shares are currently sold short. Learn More on American Realty Investors' 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. American Realty Investors currently has a short interest ratio of 1.0. Learn More on a good short interest ratio for American Realty Investors

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. 0.65% of American Realty Investors' floating shares are currently sold short.

American Realty Investors saw a decline in short interest in the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 6,000 shares, a decline of 92.0% from the previous total of 75,300 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.

American Realty Investors currently has issued a total of 16,152,000 shares. Some of American Realty Investors' 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. American Realty Investors currently has a public float of 925,700 shares.

0.65% of American Realty Investors' shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the sector of "finance" compare to American Realty Investors: Cornerstone Strategic Value Fund, Inc. (0.00%), American Finance Trust, Inc. (2.26%), PIMCO High Income Fund (0.00%), Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust (0.00%), Preferred Bank (2.49%), Apollo Investment Co. (0.00%), Byline Bancorp, Inc. (1.33%), Banc of California, Inc. (5.07%), WisdomTree Investments, Inc. (11.08%), and Banco Macro S.A. (0.54%).

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. ($8.32 billion), AstraZeneca PLC ($8.20 billion), Square, Inc. ($7.79 billion), Analog Devices, Inc. ($7.16 billion), S&P Global Inc. ($7.07 billion), Aon plc ($6.17 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($5.38 billion), Wayfair Inc. ($4.80 billion), AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. ($4.28 billion), and Snowflake Inc. ($3.19 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling ARL is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from American Realty Investors as its price is falling. American Realty Investors' stock is trading up $0.78 today. To short American Realty Investors 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 American Realty Investors 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 American Realty Investors 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 ARL, 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 ARL, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is June, 30 2021.