Harte Hanks Short Interest Ratio and Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Harte Hanks shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of June 30th, traders have sold 22,700 shares of HHS short. 0.62% of Harte Hanks' 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. Harte Hanks currently has a short interest ratio of 1.0.

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. 0.62% of Harte Hanks' floating shares are currently sold short.

Harte Hanks saw a increase in short interest in the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 22,700 shares, an increase of 52.3% from the previous total of 14,900 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.

Harte Hanks currently has issued a total of 6,600,000 shares. Some of Harte Hanks' 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. Harte Hanks currently has a public float of 3,670,000 shares.

0.62% of Harte Hanks' shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the sector of "business services" compare to Harte Hanks: Visa Inc. (2.10%), Mastercard Incorporated (0.55%), Accenture plc (1.05%), BYD Company Limited (0.00%), Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. (0.00%), S&P Global Inc. (1.17%), Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd. (0.00%), Fiserv, Inc. (2.46%), Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (0.88%), and Spotify Technology S.A. (3.30%).

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Tesla, Inc. ($19.78 billion), Match Group, Inc. ($3.79 billion), Wayfair Inc. ($3.57 billion), Morgan Stanley ($3.05 billion), Aon Plc ($2.77 billion), The Charles Schwab Co. ($2.72 billion), The Clorox Company ($2.49 billion), Snap Inc. ($2.12 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($2.10 billion), and DocuSign, Inc. ($2.05 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling HHS is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Harte Hanks as its price is falling. To short Harte Hanks 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 Harte Hanks 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 Harte Hanks 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 HHS, 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 HHS, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is June, 30 2020.