Mastercard - MA Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Mastercard shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of September 15th, investors have sold 4,240,000 shares of MA short. 0.50% of Mastercard's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Mastercard'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. MA shares currently have a short interest ratio of 2.0. Learn More on Mastercard's short interest ratio.

As of the most recent reporting period, the following institutional investors, funds, and major shareholders have reported short positions of Mastercard: Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Centiva Capital LP, Parallax Volatility Advisers L.P., Jane Street Group LLC, Wolverine Trading LLC, Capital Markets Trading UK LLP, Capula Management Ltd, Creative Planning, Delta Accumulation LLC, Parallax Volatility Advisers L.P., Amussen Hunsaker Associates LLC, Point72 Hong Kong Ltd, Cubist Systematic Strategies LLC, Point72 Asset Management L.P., Citadel Advisors LLC, Laurion Capital Management LP, Millennium Management LLC, InterOcean Capital Group LLC, Concourse Financial Group Securities Inc., Wells Fargo & Company MN, Allianz Asset Management GmbH, PEAK6 Investments LLC, Guardian Capital LP, BNP Paribas Arbitrage SA, DRW Securities LLC, Group One Trading L.P., Twin Tree Management LP, UBS Group AG, Baader Bank Aktiengesellschaft, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Gladius Capital Management LP, Walleye Trading LLC, Credit Agricole S A, IMC Chicago LLC, QVR LLC, Privium Fund Management B.V., and CenterStar Asset Management LLC. These positions are disclosed in Form 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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. 0.50% of Mastercard's floating shares are currently sold short.

Mastercard saw a increase in short interest in the month of September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 4,240,000 shares, an increase of 5.7% from the previous total of 4,010,000 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.

Mastercard currently has issued a total of 966,380,000 shares. Some of Mastercard'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. Mastercard currently has a public float of 854,240,000 shares.

0.50% of Mastercard's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the sector of "business services" compare to Mastercard: Visa Inc. (2.78%), Accenture plc (0.88%), S&P Global Inc. (2.54%), Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (1.12%), Fiserv, Inc. (1.45%), Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. (0.98%), Global Payments Inc. (3.09%), Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (1.47%), FLEETCOR Technologies, Inc. (1.68%), and WEX Inc. (2.45%).

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Occidental Petroleum Co. ($4.11 billion), Canadian Natural Resources Limited ($3.64 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.15 billion), Lucid Group, Inc. ($2.09 billion), Chesapeake Energy Co. ($2.02 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($2.01 billion), T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. ($1.92 billion), Plug Power Inc. ($1.77 billion), Rivian Automotive, Inc. ($1.71 billion), and Williams-Sonoma, Inc. ($1.59 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling MA is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Mastercard as its price is falling. MA shares are trading down $3.18 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 Mastercard 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 MA, 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 MA, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is September, 15 2022.