Mentor Capital Short Interest Ratio and Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Mentor Capital shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of April 15th, investors have sold 1,400 shares of MNTR short.

Mentor Capital saw a increase in short interest in the month of April. As of April 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,400 shares, an increase of ∞ from the previous total of 0 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 Mentor Capital's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the sub-industry of "cannabis" compare to Mentor Capital: Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc. (0.00%), GrowGeneration Corp. (0.00%), 22nd Century Group, Inc. (0.00%), KushCo Holdings, Inc. (0.00%), NSAV Holding, Inc. (0.00%), Terra Tech Corp. (0.00%), General Cannabis Corp (0.00%), Grow Capital, Inc. (0.00%), Pervasip Co. (0.00%), and MassRoots, Inc. (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 MNTR is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Mentor Capital as its price is falling. Mentor Capital's stock is trading down $0.00 today. To short Mentor Capital 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 Mentor Capital 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 Mentor Capital 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 MNTR, 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 MNTR, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is April, 15 2021.