H&R Real Estate Investment Trust Short Interest Ratio and Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of H&R Real Estate Investment Trust shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of April 15th, traders have sold 136,000 shares of HRUFF short.

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. H&R Real Estate Investment Trust currently has a short interest ratio of 23.0.

H&R Real Estate Investment Trust saw a decline in short interest in the month of April. As of April 15th, there was short interest totaling 136,000 shares, a decline of 2.5% from the previous total of 139,500 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.

0.00% of H&R Real Estate Investment Trust's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "reit—diversified" compare to H&R Real Estate Investment Trust: American Finance Trust, Inc. (0.00%), BTB Real Estate Investment Trust (0.00%), Covivio (0.00%), Fibra UNO (0.00%), Goodman Group (0.00%), GPT Group (0.00%), Hibernia REIT Plc (0.00%), Icade SA (0.00%), Japan Prime Realty Investment Co. (0.00%), and Land Securities Group plc (0.00%).

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Analog Devices, Inc. ($5.85 billion), Aon plc ($5.61 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($5.44 billion), Snap Inc. ($3.49 billion), Airbnb, Inc. ($3.35 billion), Peloton Interactive, Inc. ($2.53 billion), ViacomCBS Inc. ($2.48 billion), Expedia Group, Inc. ($2.39 billion), The Kroger Co. ($2.26 billion), and Nuance Communications, Inc. ($2.18 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling HRUFF is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from H&R Real Estate Investment Trust as its price is falling. H&R Real Estate Investment Trust's stock is trading up $0.14 today. To short H&R Real Estate Investment Trust 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 H&R Real Estate Investment Trust 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 H&R Real Estate Investment Trust 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 HRUFF, 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 HRUFF, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is April, 15 2021.