M&F Bancorp Short Interest Ratio and Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of M&F Bancorp shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of April 15th, traders have sold 100 shares of MFBP short.

M&F Bancorp saw a drop in short interest in the month of April. As of April 15th, there was short interest totaling 100 shares, a drop of 75.0% from the previous total of 400 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 M&F Bancorp's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "state commercial banks" compare to M&F Bancorp: Surrey Bancorp (0.00%), Commercial National Financial Co. (0.00%), Mid-Southern Bancorp, Inc. (0.05%), Elmira Savings Bank (0.00%), Commercial National Financial Co. (0.00%), Touchstone Bankshares Inc. (0.00%), Glen Burnie Bancorp (0.02%), Citizens Bancshares Co. (0.00%), CIB Marine Bancshares, Inc. (0.00%), and Albina Community Bancorp (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 MFBP is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from M&F Bancorp as its price is falling. To short M&F Bancorp 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 M&F Bancorp 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 M&F Bancorp 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 MFBP, 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 MFBP, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is April, 15 2021.