Pillarstone Capital REIT Short Interest Ratio and Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Pillarstone Capital REIT shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of October 15th, traders have sold 100 shares of PRLE short.

0.00% of Pillarstone Capital 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 Pillarstone Capital 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 (2.45%), Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (0.00%), Simon Property Group, Inc. (8.96%), SBA Communications Co. (0.98%), Welltower Inc. (0.00%), and Weyerhaeuser (1.06%).

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.68 billion), Aon Plc ($3.70 billion), The Clorox Company ($2.93 billion), ViacomCBS Inc. ($2.88 billion), Analog Devices, Inc. ($2.75 billion), Snap Inc. ($2.72 billion), The Kroger Co. ($2.21 billion), Uber Technologies, Inc. ($1.94 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($1.93 billion), and Datadog, Inc. ($1.83 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling PRLE is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Pillarstone Capital REIT as its price is falling. To short Pillarstone Capital 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 Pillarstone Capital 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 Pillarstone Capital REIT 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 PRLE, 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 PRLE, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is October, 15 2020.