CVR Partners Short Interest Ratio and Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of CVR Partners shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of December 31st, investors have sold 9,900 shares of UAN short. 0.14% of CVR Partners' shares are currently sold short. View details.

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. 0.14% of CVR Partners' floating shares are currently sold short.

CVR Partners saw a increase in short interest during the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totaling 9,900 shares, an increase of 17.9% from the previous total of 8,400 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.

CVR Partners currently has issued a total of 11,099,000 shares. Some of CVR Partners' 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. CVR Partners currently has a public float of 7,050,000 shares.

0.14% of CVR Partners' shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "agricultural chemicals" compare to CVR Partners: Nutrien Ltd. (0.93%), The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company (2.62%), The Mosaic Company (2.44%), CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (1.58%), ICL Group Ltd (0.08%), American Vanguard Co. (1.44%), Calyxt, Inc. (3.30%), Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc. (1.84%), Evogene Ltd. (2.13%), and China Green Agriculture, Inc. (0.00%).

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Charter Communications, Inc. ($5.18 billion), ViacomCBS Inc. ($4.71 billion), Analog Devices, Inc. ($4.45 billion), Aon Plc ($4.28 billion), Snap Inc. ($3.70 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($3.00 billion), The Clorox Company ($2.46 billion), Peloton Interactive, Inc. ($2.40 billion), The Kroger Co. ($2.38 billion), and Expedia Group, Inc. ($2.37 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling UAN is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from CVR Partners as its price is falling. CVR Partners' stock is trading up $0.43 today. To short CVR Partners 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 CVR Partners 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 CVR Partners 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 UAN, 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 UAN, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is December, 31 2020.