Exantas Capital (XAN) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Exantas Capital shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of January 29th, traders have sold 296,300 shares of XAN short. 0.96% of Exantas Capital's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Exantas Capital's current short interest.

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. 0.96% of Exantas Capital's floating shares are currently sold short.

Exantas Capital saw a decrease in short interest in the month of January. As of January 29th, there was short interest totaling 296,300 shares, a decrease of 10.6% from the previous total of 331,600 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.

Exantas Capital currently has issued a total of 32,093,000 shares. Some of Exantas Capital'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. Exantas Capital currently has a public float of 30,790,000 shares.

0.96% of Exantas Capital's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the sector of "finance" compare to Exantas Capital: Orchid Island Capital, Inc. (5.69%), Gladstone Land Co. (1.62%), Chatham Lodging Trust (1.08%), Universal Health Realty Income Trust (1.35%), One Liberty Properties, Inc. (0.74%), CTO Realty Growth, Inc. (3.72%), Peakstone Realty Trust (3.20%), Farmland Partners Inc. (6.15%), Ares Commercial Real Estate Co. (3.45%), Global Medical REIT Inc. (2.01%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: GameStop Corp. ($6.96 billion), DuPont de Nemours, Inc. ($5.44 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($5.39 billion), Aon plc ($4.87 billion), Analog Devices, Inc. ($4.45 billion), Snap Inc. ($3.29 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($3.19 billion), The Clorox Company ($2.24 billion), Palantir Technologies Inc. ($2.18 billion), and Snowflake Inc. ($2.17 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling XAN is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Exantas Capital as its price is falling. XAN shares are trading down $0.38 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 Exantas 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 XAN, 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 XAN, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is January, 29 2021.