Stein Mart (SMRTQ) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Stein Mart shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of April 15th, traders have sold 41,000 shares of SMRTQ short. Learn More on Stein Mart's current short interest.

Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "retail" compare to Stein Mart: Christopher & Banks Corporation (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. ($2.57 billion), Expedia Group, Inc. ($2.39 billion), The Kroger Co. ($2.26 billion), Nuance Communications, Inc. ($2.18 billion), and Palo Alto Networks, Inc. ($1.84 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling SMRTQ is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Stein Mart as its price is falling. SMRTQ shares are trading up $0.00 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 Stein Mart 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 SMRTQ, 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 SMRTQ, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is April, 15 2021.