American Hotel Income Properties REIT Short Interest Ratio and Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of American Hotel Income Properties REIT shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of October 30th, traders have sold 7,000 shares of AHOTF short. 0.00% of American Hotel Income Properties REIT's shares are currently sold short. View details.

American Hotel Income Properties REIT saw a increase in short interest in the month of October. As of October 30th, there was short interest totaling 7,000 shares, an increase of 6,900.0% from the previous total of 100 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.

0.00% of American Hotel Income Properties REIT's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "real estate investment trusts" compare to American Hotel Income Properties REIT: American Tower Co. (REIT) (0.00%), Prologis, Inc. (0.00%), Crown Castle International Corp. (REIT) (0.00%), Equinix, Inc. (REIT) (0.00%), Public Storage (1.84%), Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (0.00%), SBA Communications Co. (0.87%), Welltower Inc. (0.00%), Simon Property Group, Inc. (8.94%), and AvalonBay Communities, Inc. (2.21%).

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.66 billion), Aon Plc ($3.83 billion), Analog Devices, Inc. ($3.33 billion), ViacomCBS Inc. ($3.13 billion), Snap Inc. ($3.05 billion), The Clorox Company ($2.85 billion), Uber Technologies, Inc. ($2.80 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($2.26 billion), Simon Property Group, Inc. ($2.02 billion), and International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. ($1.96 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling AHOTF is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from American Hotel Income Properties REIT as its price is falling. American Hotel Income Properties REIT's stock is trading up $0.20 today. To short American Hotel Income Properties REIT 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 American Hotel Income Properties REIT 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 American Hotel Income Properties REIT 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 AHOTF, 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 AHOTF, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is October, 30 2020.