Townsquare Media Short Interest Ratio and Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Townsquare Media shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of March 15th, traders have sold 123,000 shares of TSQ short. 1.18% of Townsquare Media's shares are currently sold short. View details.

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. Townsquare Media currently has a short interest ratio of 1.0.

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. 1.18% of Townsquare Media's floating shares are currently sold short.

Townsquare Media saw a increase in short interest in the month of March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totaling 123,000 shares, an increase of 19.4% from the previous total of 103,000 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.

Townsquare Media currently has issued a total of 16,099,000 shares. Some of Townsquare Media'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. Townsquare Media currently has a public float of 10,390,000 shares.

1.18% of Townsquare Media's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "radio broadcasting stations" compare to Townsquare Media: Spotify Technology S.A. (3.69%), Tencent Music Entertainment Group (0.00%), Sirius XM Holdings Inc. (18.12%), Corus Entertainment Inc. (0.00%), Entercom Communications Corp. (6.49%), Urban One, Inc. (0.00%), Cumulus Media Inc. (0.00%), Saga Communications, Inc. (1.84%), Beasley Broadcast Group, Inc. (0.22%), and Urban One, Inc. (0.56%).

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Aon plc ($5.64 billion), Analog Devices, Inc. ($5.59 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($5.47 billion), ViacomCBS Inc. ($4.95 billion), Baidu, Inc. ($3.51 billion), Snap Inc. ($3.18 billion), Airbnb, Inc. ($2.38 billion), The Kroger Co. ($2.28 billion), Expedia Group, Inc. ($2.24 billion), and Bilibili Inc. ($2.06 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling TSQ is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Townsquare Media as its price is falling. Townsquare Media's stock is trading down $0.27 today. To short Townsquare Media 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 Townsquare Media 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 Townsquare Media 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 TSQ, 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 TSQ, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is March, 15 2021.