Stellus Capital Investment (SCM) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $14.70 -0.08 (-0.54%) Closing price 08/14/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$14.72 +0.02 (+0.14%) As of 08/14/2025 07:06 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock Stellus Capital Investment Short Interest DataStellus Capital Investment (SCM) has a short interest of 542,000 shares, representing 1.99% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a 127.25% increase in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 3.9, indicating that it would take 3.9 days of the average trading volume of 171,433 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest542,000 sharesPrevious Short Interest238,500 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month+127.25%Dollar Volume Sold Short$7.60 millionShort Interest Ratio3.9 Days to CoverLast Record DateJuly 31, 2025Outstanding Shares28,420,000 sharesShort Percent of Float1.99%Today's Trading Volume131,637 sharesAverage Trading Volume171,433 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average77% Short Selling Stellus Capital Investment? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for Stellus Capital Investment and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartSCM Short Interest Over TimeSCM Days to Cover Over TimeSCM Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Stellus Capital Investment Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 7/31/2025542,000 shares $7.60 million +127.3%2.0%3.9 $14.02 7/15/2025238,500 shares $3.59 million -22.6%N/A1.8 $15.07 6/30/2025308,200 shares $4.31 million +14.3%1.1%2.2 $13.97 6/15/2025269,600 shares $3.69 million -19.3%1.0%1.7 $13.68 5/31/2025333,900 shares $4.45 million +19.2%1.3%1.9 $13.32 5/15/2025280,100 shares $3.74 million +2.1%1.1%1.4 $13.35 4/30/2025274,400 shares $3.52 million +32.4%N/A1.4 $12.81 4/15/2025207,300 shares $2.64 million +0.2%0.8%1 $12.73 3/31/2025206,900 shares $2.90 million -20.4%0.8%1 $14.00 3/15/2025259,900 shares $3.63 million -43.6%1.0%1.5 $13.97 Get the Latest News and Ratings for SCM and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Stellus Capital Investment and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 2/28/2025461,100 shares $7.06 million +41.1%1.8%2.8 $15.31 2/15/2025326,800 shares $5.00 million +72.6%1.3%2.3 $15.31 1/31/2025189,300 shares $2.78 million +28.7%N/A1.3 $14.71 1/15/2025147,100 shares $2.06 million -20.8%N/A1 $14.03 12/31/2024185,800 shares $2.56 million +24.4%N/A1.3 $13.76 12/15/2024149,400 shares $2.08 million -21.9%N/A1 $13.89 11/30/2024191,200 shares $2.64 million +20.4%N/A1.3 $13.79 11/15/2024158,800 shares $2.22 million -52.7%N/A1.1 $13.98 10/31/2024335,700 shares $4.72 million +81.3%N/A2.2 $14.05 10/15/2024185,200 shares $2.61 million +9.1%N/A1.3 $14.11 9/30/2024169,700 shares $2.32 million +44.9%N/A1.2 $13.69 9/15/2024117,100 shares $1.61 million -6.6%N/A0.8 $13.75 8/31/2024125,400 shares $1.71 million -42.6%N/A0.9 $13.66 8/15/2024218,500 shares $3.03 million -21.7%N/A1.3 $13.86 7/31/2024279,100 shares $3.92 million +186.6%N/A1.7 $14.03 7/15/202497,400 shares $1.40 million -43.1%N/A0.6 $14.36 6/30/2024171,300 shares $2.35 million +45.8%N/A1.1 $13.73 6/15/2024117,500 shares $1.62 million -53.9%N/A0.8 $13.79 5/31/2024254,700 shares $3.54 million -26.5%N/A1.6 $13.88 5/15/2024346,300 shares $4.91 million +126.5%N/A2.6 $14.19 4/30/2024152,900 shares $2.15 million +127.9%N/A1.4 $14.06 4/15/202467,100 shares $894.44 thousand -23.6%N/A0.6 $13.33 3/31/202487,800 shares $1.15 million +30.7%N/A0.8 $13.08 3/15/202467,200 shares $878.98 thousand -47.0%N/A0.6 $13.08 2/29/2024126,800 shares $1.62 million +0.8%N/A1.1 $12.75 2/15/2024125,800 shares $1.63 million -18.5%N/A1.1 $12.99 1/31/2024154,300 shares $2.00 million +50.8%N/A1.3 $12.94 1/15/2024102,300 shares $1.33 million -26.0%N/A0.9 $13.03 12/31/2023138,300 shares $1.78 million +22.8%N/A1.2 $12.85 12/15/2023112,600 shares $1.43 million -5.8%N/A0.8 $12.69Musk’s Project Colossus could mint millionaires (Ad)I predict this single breakthrough could make Elon the world’s first trillionaire — and mint more new millionaires than any tech advance in history. And for a limited time, you have the chance to claim a stake in this project, even though it’s housed inside Elon’s private company, xAI.All the details are waiting for you now — but you need to act before the September 1st funding windo 11/30/2023119,500 shares $1.53 million +37.8%N/A0.7 $12.78 11/15/202386,700 shares $1.12 million -10.1%N/A0.5 $12.92 10/31/202396,400 shares $1.20 million +19.0%N/A0.5 $12.49 10/15/202381,000 shares $1.08 million -45.9%N/A0.5 $13.37 9/30/2023149,700 shares $2.04 million +1.1%N/A0.9 $13.60 9/15/2023148,100 shares $2.06 million -29.1%N/A1 $13.92 8/31/2023208,800 shares $2.90 million -16.5%N/A1.8 $13.89 8/15/2023250,000 shares $3.56 million +76.3%N/A1.8 $14.22 7/31/2023141,800 shares $2.13 million +59.2%N/A1.1 $15.04 7/15/202389,100 shares $1.29 million +3.7%N/A0.7 $14.47 6/30/202385,900 shares $1.21 million -57.0%N/A0.6 $14.09 6/15/2023199,700 shares $2.80 million +15.0%N/A1.4 $14.00 5/31/2023173,600 shares $2.38 million -26.3%N/A1.2 $13.71 5/15/2023235,400 shares $3.51 million +63.0%N/A1.8 $14.90 4/30/2023144,400 shares $2.10 million +18.2%N/A1.2 $14.54 4/15/2023122,200 shares $1.68 million -31.7%0.7%1 $13.77 3/31/2023178,900 shares $2.52 million +0.2%1.0%1.5 $14.09 3/15/2023178,600 shares $2.50 million -23.7%1.0%1.6 $14.00 2/28/2023234,000 shares $3.67 million +63.0%1.3%2.5 $15.68 2/15/2023143,600 shares $2.23 million +30.8%0.8%1.8 $15.53 1/31/2023109,800 shares $1.57 million +48.8%0.6%1.5 $14.26 1/15/202373,800 shares $1.02 million +2.6%0.4%1.2 $13.80 12/30/202271,900 shares $953.39 thousand -9.3%0.4%1.5 $13.26 12/15/202279,300 shares $1.05 million -13.4%0.4%1.5 $13.28 11/30/202291,600 shares $1.24 million -27.1%0.5%1.8 $13.59 11/15/2022125,700 shares $1.73 million -25.9%0.7%2.6 $13.80 10/31/2022169,700 shares $2.25 million +3.9%0.9%3.5 $13.27 10/15/2022163,400 shares $2.06 million +13.2%0.9%3.3 $12.60 9/30/2022144,300 shares $1.72 million +67.8%0.8%2.9 $11.93 9/15/202286,000 shares $1.16 million +1.3%0.5%1.7 $13.52 8/31/202284,900 shares $1.15 million -11.7%0.5%1.5 $13.54 8/15/202296,100 shares $1.35 million -19.2%0.5%1.7 $14.08 7/31/2022118,900 shares $1.59 million +32.6%0.6%1.8 $13.38 7/15/202289,700 shares $1.09 million +33.3%0.5%1.3 $12.18 6/30/202267,300 shares $749.05 thousand -6.0%0.4%1 $11.13 6/15/202271,600 shares $855.62 thousand -29.3%0.5%1.1 $11.95 5/31/2022101,200 shares $1.28 million -5.7%0.6%1.5 $12.69 5/15/2022107,300 shares $1.36 million -26.2%0.6%1.6 $12.68 4/30/2022145,300 shares $1.98 million +12.7%0.8%2.3 $13.66 4/15/2022128,900 shares $1.79 million +5.1%0.7%1.9 $13.87 3/31/2022122,700 shares $1.70 million -9.9%0.7%1.8 $13.89 3/15/2022136,100 shares $1.88 million +48.3%0.7%1.9 $13.85 2/28/202291,800 shares $1.22 million -20.7%0.5%1.3 $13.24 2/15/2022115,800 shares $1.60 million -1.5%0.6%1.6 $13.83 1/31/2022117,600 shares $1.60 million +26.3%0.6%1.5 $13.58 1/15/202293,100 shares $1.22 million +8.1%0.5%1.2 $13.15 12/31/202186,100 shares $1.12 million -6.7%0.5%1.1 $13.02 12/15/202192,300 shares $1.20 million -8.7%0.5%1.2 $13.01 11/30/2021101,100 shares $1.34 million -8.6%0.6%1.4 $13.25 11/15/2021110,600 shares $1.57 million +4.2%0.6%1.7 $14.22Musk’s Project Colossus could mint millionaires (Ad)I predict this single breakthrough could make Elon the world’s first trillionaire — and mint more new millionaires than any tech advance in history. And for a limited time, you have the chance to claim a stake in this project, even though it’s housed inside Elon’s private company, xAI.All the details are waiting for you now — but you need to act before the September 1st funding windo 10/29/2021106,100 shares $1.48 million +21.4%0.6%1.7 $13.91 10/15/202187,400 shares $1.18 million -19.3%0.5%1.6 $13.46 9/30/2021108,300 shares $1.41 million +4.4%0.6%1.9 $13.06 9/15/2021103,700 shares $1.40 million -24.8%0.6%1.8 $13.46 8/31/2021137,900 shares $1.79 million -2.7%0.8%2.4 $12.95 8/13/2021141,700 shares $1.91 million -13.9%0.8%2.4 $13.50 7/30/2021164,600 shares $2.13 million +17.1%0.9%2.6 $12.93 7/15/2021140,600 shares $1.78 million +19.9%0.8%2.2 $12.64 6/30/2021117,300 shares $1.48 million +13.3%0.6%1.9 $12.59 6/15/2021103,500 shares $1.38 million -10.2%0.6%1.6 $13.30 5/28/2021115,300 shares $1.52 million +8.8%0.6%1.7 $13.20 5/14/2021106,000 shares $1.35 million -12.5%0.6%1.5 $12.75 4/30/2021121,100 shares $1.64 million -6.6%0.7%1.6 $13.51 4/15/2021129,600 shares $1.76 million +30.3%0.7%1.7 $13.60 3/31/202199,500 shares $1.26 million -0.1%0.6%1.2 $12.64 3/15/202199,600 shares $1.26 million +13.6%0.6%1.2 $12.64 2/26/202187,700 shares $1.02 million +29.2%0.5%0.9 $11.60 2/12/202167,900 shares $740.79 thousand -5.6%0.4%0.7 $10.91 1/29/202171,900 shares $757.11 thousand -6.4%0.4%0.7 $10.53 1/15/202176,800 shares $838.66 thousand -21.1%0.4%0.8 $10.92 12/31/202097,300 shares $1.05 million -14.1%0.5%1 $10.83 12/15/2020113,200 shares $1.30 million +16.5%0.6%1.2 $11.48 11/30/202097,200 shares $1.11 million -0.6%0.5%1.1 $11.40 11/15/202097,800 shares $927.14 thousand -3.9%0.5%1.1 $9.48 10/30/2020101,800 shares $842.90 thousand -10.0%0.6%1.2 $8.28 10/15/2020113,100 shares $944.39 thousand +16.1%0.6%1.2 $8.35 9/30/202097,400 shares $847.38 thousand -21.6%0.5%0.9 $8.70 9/15/2020124,200 shares $1.05 million +23.0%0.7%1.1 $8.44 8/31/2020101,000 shares $828.20 thousand -5.9%0.6%0.8 $8.20 SCM Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Stellus Capital Investment's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Stellus Capital Investment shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of July 31st, traders have sold 542,000 shares of SCM short. 1.99% of Stellus Capital Investment's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Stellus Capital Investment's current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for Stellus Capital Investment? 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. SCM shares currently have a short interest ratio of 4.0. Learn More on Stellus Capital Investment's short interest ratio. Which institutional investors are shorting Stellus Capital Investment? As of the most recent reporting period, the following institutional investors, funds, and major shareholders have reported short positions of Stellus Capital Investment: Simplex Trading LLC. These positions are disclosed in Form 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. What is a good short interest percentage for Stellus Capital Investment? 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. 1.99% of Stellus Capital Investment's floating shares are currently sold short. Is Stellus Capital Investment's short interest increasing or decreasing? Stellus Capital Investment saw a increase in short interest during the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totaling 542,000 shares, an increase of 127.3% from the previous total of 238,500 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. How does Stellus Capital Investment's short interest compare to its competitors? 1.99% of Stellus Capital Investment's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the sector of "finance" compare to Stellus Capital Investment: Virtus Investment Partners, Inc. (2.04%), Prospect Capital Corporation (8.01%), Capital Southwest Corporation (5.07%), Oaktree Specialty Lending Corp. (1.64%), Fidus Investment Corporation (0.78%), Gladstone Capital Corporation (1.89%), BLACKROCK TCP CAPITAL CORP. (2.49%), Gladstone Investment Corporation (7.65%), PennantPark Investment Co. (3.57%), Diamond Hill Investment Group, Inc. (2.33%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust ($70.87 billion), Invesco QQQ ($30.12 billion), iShares Russell 2000 ETF ($19.85 billion), iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF ($10.34 billion), MicroStrategy Incorporated ($8.98 billion), iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF ($7.61 billion), SPDR S&P Biotech ETF ($6.81 billion), Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF ($6.14 billion), Palo Alto Networks, Inc. ($5.97 billion), and Super Micro Computer, Inc. ($5.28 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short Stellus Capital Investment stock? Short selling SCM is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Stellus Capital Investment as its price is falling. SCM shares are trading down $0.08 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. How does a short squeeze work against Stellus Capital Investment? A short squeeze for Stellus Capital Investment 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 SCM, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Stellus Capital Investment's short interest reported? Short interest is typically published by a stock exchange once per month. However, NASDAQ publishes a report for U.S. stocks, including SCM, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is July, 31 2025. 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