Income Opportunity Realty Investors (IOR) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Income Opportunity Realty Investors shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of May 15th, traders have sold 1,200 shares of IOR short. 0.33% of Income Opportunity Realty Investors' shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Income Opportunity Realty Investors' current short interest.

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. IOR shares currently have a short interest ratio of 1.0. Learn More on Income Opportunity Realty Investors's short interest ratio.

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. 0.33% of Income Opportunity Realty Investors' floating shares are currently sold short.

Income Opportunity Realty Investors saw a decrease in short interest during the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,200 shares, a decrease of 52.0% from the previous total of 2,500 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.

Income Opportunity Realty Investors currently has issued a total of 4,070,000 shares. Some of Income Opportunity Realty Investors' 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. Income Opportunity Realty Investors currently has a public float of 364,700 shares.

0.33% of Income Opportunity Realty Investors' shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "trading" compare to Income Opportunity Realty Investors: Transcontinental Realty Investors, Inc. (0.69%), NexPoint Real Estate Finance, Inc. (1.59%), Cartesian Growth Co. II (0.01%), Uranium Royalty Corp. (13.08%), Industrial Logistics Properties Trust (2.96%), Keen Vision Acquisition Co. (0.01%), Alpine Income Property Trust, Inc. (0.93%), Ellington Credit (1.38%), Silvercrest Asset Management Group Inc. (1.04%), City Office REIT, Inc. (1.04%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Invesco QQQ ($29.20 billion), Strategy Incorporated ($10.88 billion), iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF ($10.04 billion), Capital One Financial Co. ($5.51 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($5.00 billion), Super Micro Computer, Inc. ($4.43 billion), Apollo Global Management, Inc. ($4.02 billion), Hims & Hers Health, Inc. ($3.65 billion), VanEck Semiconductor ETF ($3.27 billion), and Coinbase Global, Inc. ($3.10 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling IOR is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Income Opportunity Realty Investors as its price is falling. IOR shares are trading down $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 Income Opportunity Realty Investors 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 IOR, 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 IOR, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is May, 15 2025.