CatchMark Timber Trust (CTT) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of CatchMark Timber Trust shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of August 31st, investors have sold 665,000 shares of CTT short. 1.37% of CatchMark Timber Trust's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on CatchMark Timber Trust'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. CTT shares currently have a short interest ratio of 2.0. Learn More on CatchMark Timber Trust'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. 1.37% of CatchMark Timber Trust's floating shares are currently sold short.

CatchMark Timber Trust saw a drop in short interest in August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 665,000 shares, a drop of 9.8% from the previous total of 736,900 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.

CatchMark Timber Trust currently has issued a total of 49,275,000 shares. Some of CatchMark Timber Trust'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. CatchMark Timber Trust currently has a public float of 48,630,000 shares.

1.37% of CatchMark Timber Trust's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies compare to CatchMark Timber Trust: Franklin Street Properties Corp. (1.41%), Equity Commonwealth (0.86%), InnSuites Hospitality Trust (0.12%), Power REIT (0.80%), CareTrust REIT, Inc. (2.23%), Retail Opportunity Investments Corp. (2.25%), Gibraltar Industries, Inc. (1.72%), Century Communities, Inc. (7.46%), Limbach Holdings, Inc. (7.96%), Hillman Solutions Corp. (3.10%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Occidental Petroleum Corporation ($4.91 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.53 billion), Suncor Energy Inc. ($2.26 billion), T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. ($2.01 billion), Chesapeake Energy Co. ($1.92 billion), Lucid Group, Inc. ($1.84 billion), Plug Power, Inc. ($1.81 billion), Williams-Sonoma, Inc. ($1.66 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($1.64 billion), and Lumen Technologies, Inc. ($1.50 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling CTT is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from CatchMark Timber Trust 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 CatchMark Timber 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 CTT, 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 CTT, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is August, 31 2022.