Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Federal National Mortgage Association shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of March 31st, traders have sold 5,835,100 shares of FNMA short. Learn More on Federal National Mortgage Association's current short interest.

Federal National Mortgage Association saw a increase in short interest during the month of March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 5,835,100 shares, an increase of 13.3% from the previous total of 5,148,600 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.

Here is how the short interest of companies in the sector of "finance" compare to Federal National Mortgage Association: Federal Agricultural Mortgage Co. (1.39%), Independent Bank Group, Inc. (7.62%), Newmark Group, Inc. (2.57%), CoreCivic, Inc. (3.67%), Virtus Investment Partners, Inc. (0.93%), Hammerson Plc (0.01%), NBT Bancorp Inc. (2.44%), Triumph Financial, Inc. (7.67%), Upbound Group, Inc. (4.30%), OFG Bancorp (0.61%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: TC Energy Co. ($4.49 billion), T-Mobile US, Inc. ($3.94 billion), General Motors ($3.34 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.32 billion), Occidental Petroleum Co. ($3.21 billion), Super Micro Computer, Inc. ($3.13 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($3.08 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($2.28 billion), Tractor Supply ($2.24 billion), and Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. ($2.14 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling FNMA is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Federal National Mortgage Association as its price is falling. FNMA shares are trading up $0.02 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 Federal National Mortgage Association 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 FNMA, 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 FNMA, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is March, 31 2024.