BlackRock MuniAssets Fund (MUA) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of BlackRock MuniAssets Fund shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of March 31st, traders have sold 36,200 shares of MUA short. Learn More on BlackRock MuniAssets Fund's current short interest.

BlackRock MuniAssets Fund saw a decrease in short interest in March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 36,200 shares, a decrease of 72.0% from the previous total of 129,400 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 BlackRock MuniAssets Fund: Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund (0.01%), Royce Micro-Cap Trust, Inc. (0.00%), BlackRock MuniVest Fund, Inc. (0.01%), VanEck Biotech ETF (0.29%), Invesco California Value Municipal Income Trust (0.05%), BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund, Inc. (0.26%), Horizon Technology Finance Co. (1.70%), BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc. (0.61%), DWS Municipal Income Trust (0.06%), BlackRock MuniYield Fund, Inc. (0.11%),

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 MUA is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from BlackRock MuniAssets Fund as its price is falling. MUA 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 BlackRock MuniAssets Fund 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 MUA, 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 MUA, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is March, 31 2024.