Mason Industrial Technology (MIT) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Mason Industrial Technology shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of January 15th, traders have sold 11,300 shares of MIT short. 0.02% of Mason Industrial Technology's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Mason Industrial Technology's current short interest.

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. 0.02% of Mason Industrial Technology's floating shares are currently sold short.

Mason Industrial Technology saw a drop in short interest during the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totaling 11,300 shares, a drop of 94.8% from the previous total of 215,800 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.

Mason Industrial Technology currently has issued a total of 62,500,000 shares. Some of Mason Industrial Technology'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. Mason Industrial Technology currently has a public float of 49,680,000 shares.

0.02% of Mason Industrial Technology's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "holding & other investment offices" compare to Mason Industrial Technology: Ares Acquisition Co. II (0.03%), Nabors Energy Transition Corp. II (0.02%), Rigel Resource Acquisition Corp. (0.00%), Inflection Point Acquisition Corp. II (0.02%), Churchill Capital Corp VII (0.04%), TortoiseEcofin Acquisition Corp. III (0.32%), Pearl Holdings Acquisition Corp (0.00%), Screaming Eagle Acquisition Corp. (0.11%), Patria Latin American Opportunity Acquisition Corp. (0.01%), Spring Valley Acquisition Corp. II (0.09%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Occidental Petroleum Co. ($3.43 billion), T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. ($2.26 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($2.19 billion), Etsy, Inc. ($1.78 billion), Paramount Global ($1.77 billion), Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. ($1.69 billion), United Rentals, Inc. ($1.53 billion), American Airlines Group Inc. ($1.52 billion), PG&E Co. ($1.48 billion), and Voya Financial, Inc. ($1.47 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling MIT is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Mason Industrial Technology as its price is falling. MIT shares are trading up $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 Mason Industrial Technology 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 MIT, 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 MIT, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is January, 15 2023.