Invesco Value Municipal Income Trust (IIM) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Invesco Value Municipal Income Trust shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of September 15th, traders have sold 42,000 shares of IIM short. Learn More on Invesco Value Municipal Income Trust's current short interest.

Invesco Value Municipal Income Trust saw a decline in short interest in September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 42,000 shares, a decline of 58.4% from the previous total of 100,900 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.

Here is how the short interest of companies in the sector of "finance" compare to Invesco Value Municipal Income Trust: Heritage Commerce Corp (1.03%), Farmland Partners Inc. (4.18%), TrustCo Bank Corp NY (1.63%), Applied Digital Co. (20.68%), Gladstone Commercial Co. (2.91%), Boston Omaha Co. (2.35%), FRP Holdings, Inc. (0.60%), Amalgamated Financial Corp. (3.64%), The India Fund, Inc. (0.98%), IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima (0.13%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Canadian Natural Resources Limited ($8.05 billion), T-Mobile US, Inc. ($3.94 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.77 billion), Occidental Petroleum Co. ($3.27 billion), Tractor Supply ($2.29 billion), Celsius Holdings, Inc. ($2.20 billion), Rivian Automotive, Inc. ($2.10 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($2.08 billion), Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. ($1.90 billion), and T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. ($1.90 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling IIM is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Invesco Value Municipal Income Trust as its price is falling. IIM shares are trading down $0.02 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 Invesco Value Municipal Income Trust 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 IIM, 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 IIM, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is September, 15 2023.