Colony Credit Real Estate Short Interest Ratio and Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Colony Credit Real Estate shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of April 15th, traders have sold 777,500 shares of CLNC short. 0.93% of Colony Credit Real Estate'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. Colony Credit Real Estate currently has a short interest ratio of 2.0.

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. 0.93% of Colony Credit Real Estate's floating shares are currently sold short.

Colony Credit Real Estate saw a decrease in short interest during the month of April. As of April 15th, there was short interest totaling 777,500 shares, a decrease of 14.5% from the previous total of 908,900 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.

Colony Credit Real Estate currently has issued a total of 129,762,000 shares. Some of Colony Credit Real Estate'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. Colony Credit Real Estate currently has a public float of 83,350,000 shares.

0.93% of Colony Credit Real Estate's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "real estate investment trusts" compare to Colony Credit Real Estate: Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc. (0.00%), Highwoods Properties, Inc. (2.34%), Agree Realty Co. (0.00%), QTS Realty Trust, Inc. (0.00%), Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated (0.00%), PS Business Parks, Inc. (1.82%), Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc. (0.00%), Weingarten Realty Investors (2.67%), JBG SMITH Properties (0.91%), and PotlatchDeltic Co. (1.69%).

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Analog Devices, Inc. ($5.85 billion), Aon plc ($5.61 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($5.44 billion), Snap Inc. ($3.49 billion), Airbnb, Inc. ($3.35 billion), Peloton Interactive, Inc. ($2.53 billion), ViacomCBS Inc. ($2.48 billion), Expedia Group, Inc. ($2.39 billion), The Kroger Co. ($2.26 billion), and Nuance Communications, Inc. ($2.18 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling CLNC is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Colony Credit Real Estate as its price is falling. Colony Credit Real Estate's stock is trading up $0.10 today. To short Colony Credit Real Estate 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 Colony Credit Real Estate 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 Colony Credit Real Estate 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 CLNC, 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 CLNC, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is April, 15 2021.