Haverty Furniture Companies (HVT.A) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Haverty Furniture Companies shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of December 15th, investors have sold 700 shares of HVT.A short. 0.20% of Haverty Furniture Companies' shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Haverty Furniture Companies' 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. HVT.A shares currently have a short interest ratio of 2.0. Learn More on Haverty Furniture Companies'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. 0.20% of Haverty Furniture Companies' floating shares are currently sold short.

Haverty Furniture Companies currently has issued a total of 16,150,000 shares. Some of Haverty Furniture Companies' 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. Haverty Furniture Companies currently has a public float of 346,700 shares.

0.20% of Haverty Furniture Companies' shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the sector of "retail/wholesale" compare to Haverty Furniture Companies: Titan Machinery Inc. (3.56%), Chuy's Holdings, Inc. (8.28%), Carrols Restaurant Group, Inc. (2.83%), Petco Health and Wellness Company, Inc. (8.22%), Designer Brands Inc. (26.29%), Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc. (7.19%), Movado Group, Inc. (6.16%), 1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Inc. (8.49%), BigCommerce Holdings, Inc. (7.02%), MarineMax, Inc. (14.55%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. ($10.20 billion), S&P Global Inc. ($9.27 billion), Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited ($8.89 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.91 billion), Palo Alto Networks, Inc. ($3.82 billion), Wayfair Inc. ($3.47 billion), Lucid Group, Inc. ($3.06 billion), Zscaler, Inc. ($2.54 billion), Teladoc Health, Inc. ($2.27 billion), and Datadog, Inc. ($2.24 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling HVT.A is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Haverty Furniture Companies as its price is falling. HVT.A shares are trading up $0.59 today. 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 Haverty Furniture Companies occurs when it has a large amount of short interest and its stock appreciates in price. This forces short sellers to cover their short interest positions by buying actual shares of HVT.A, 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 HVT.A, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is December, 15 2021.