Community Healthcare Trust Short Interest Ratio and Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Community Healthcare Trust shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of December 31st, traders have sold 229,800 shares of CHCT short. 0.00% of Community Healthcare Trust'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. Community Healthcare Trust currently has a short interest ratio of 2.0.

Community Healthcare Trust saw a decline in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totaling 229,800 shares, a decline of 2.2% from the previous total of 234,900 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 Community Healthcare Trust's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "real estate investment trusts" compare to Community Healthcare Trust: SL Green Realty Corp. (14.14%), Rayonier Inc. (0.00%), Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated (0.00%), JBG SMITH Properties (0.85%), MGM Growth Properties LLC (0.00%), Highwoods Properties, Inc. (1.72%), QTS Realty Trust, Inc. (0.00%), Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc. (0.00%), New Residential Investment Corp. (1.85%), and Agree Realty Co. (0.00%).

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Charter Communications, Inc. ($5.18 billion), ViacomCBS Inc. ($4.71 billion), Analog Devices, Inc. ($4.45 billion), Aon Plc ($4.28 billion), Snap Inc. ($3.70 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($3.00 billion), The Clorox Company ($2.46 billion), Peloton Interactive, Inc. ($2.40 billion), The Kroger Co. ($2.38 billion), and Expedia Group, Inc. ($2.37 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling CHCT is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Community Healthcare Trust as its price is falling. Community Healthcare Trust's stock is trading up $1.26 today. To short Community Healthcare Trust 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 Community Healthcare Trust 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 Community Healthcare Trust 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 CHCT, 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 CHCT, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is December, 31 2020.