DWS Municipal Income Trust (KTF) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of DWS Municipal Income Trust shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of March 31st, investors have sold 22,100 shares of KTF short. Learn More on DWS Municipal Income Trust's current short interest.

DWS Municipal Income Trust saw a increase in short interest in March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 22,100 shares, an increase of 104.6% from the previous total of 10,800 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 industry of "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" compare to DWS Municipal Income Trust: Horizon Technology Finance Co. (1.70%), Barings Corporate Investors (0.00%), Source Capital, Inc. (0.10%), Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Co. (0.14%), BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund, Inc. (0.26%), Abrdn Life Sciences Investors (0.08%), Putnam Premier Income Trust (0.13%), BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund, Inc. (0.01%), VanEck Biotech ETF (0.29%), BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund, Inc. (0.17%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: TC Energy Co. ($4.49 billion), T-Mobile US, Inc. ($3.94 billion), General Motors ($3.34 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.32 billion), Occidental Petroleum Co. ($3.21 billion), Super Micro Computer, Inc. ($3.13 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($3.08 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($2.28 billion), Tractor Supply ($2.24 billion), and Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. ($2.14 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling KTF is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from DWS Municipal Income Trust as its price is falling. KTF shares are trading up $0.01 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 DWS Municipal Income 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 KTF, 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 KTF, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is March, 31 2024.