Cross Timbers Royalty Trust Short Interest Ratio and Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Cross Timbers Royalty Trust shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of December 31st, investors have sold 2,300 shares of CRT short. 0.00% of Cross Timbers Royalty Trust's shares are currently sold short. View details.

Cross Timbers Royalty Trust saw a decline in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totaling 2,300 shares, a decline of 20.7% from the previous total of 2,900 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 Cross Timbers Royalty Trust's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the sector of "oils/energy" compare to Cross Timbers Royalty Trust: Natural Resource Partners L.P. (0.67%), Gran Tierra Energy Inc. (0.20%), SandRidge Energy, Inc. (1.12%), Penn Virginia Co. (11.76%), VivoPower International PLC (2.86%), San Juan Basin Royalty Trust (0.35%), TETRA Technologies, Inc. (0.83%), Exterran Co. (3.87%), Permian Basin Royalty Trust (0.74%), and Blue Sphere 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 CRT is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Cross Timbers Royalty Trust as its price is falling. Cross Timbers Royalty Trust's stock is trading down $0.10 today. To short Cross Timbers Royalty 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 Cross Timbers Royalty 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 Cross Timbers Royalty 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 CRT, 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 CRT, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is December, 31 2020.