Motive Capital (MOTV) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Motive Capital shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of February 28th, investors have sold 127,200 shares of MOTV short. Learn More on Motive Capital's current short interest.

Motive Capital saw a increase in short interest in February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totaling 127,200 shares, an increase of 14.7% from the previous total of 110,900 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 Motive Capital: Dynex Capital, Inc. (5.93%), Columbia Financial (5.88%), Getty Realty Corporation (6.30%), Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc. (6.88%), Paramount Group, Inc. (3.85%), 1st Source Corporation (0.96%), Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund (0.45%), Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance (2.30%), German American Bancorp, Inc. (3.55%), NETSTREIT Corp. (16.83%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Charter Communications, Inc. ($5.96 billion), Palo Alto Networks, Inc. ($4.37 billion), Lucid Group, Inc. ($2.87 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($2.70 billion), Rivian Automotive, Inc. ($2.31 billion), Wayfair Inc. ($2.29 billion), Snap Inc. ($2.23 billion), Datadog, Inc. ($2.21 billion), Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. ($1.96 billion), and Zoom Communications, Inc. ($1.89 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling MOTV is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Motive Capital as its price is falling. 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 Motive Capital 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 MOTV, 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 MOTV, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is February, 28 2022.