Cara Therapeutics (CARA) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $5.22 -0.14 (-2.61%) As of 01/3/2025 05:39 PM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrends Cara Therapeutics Short Interest DataCara Therapeutics (CARA) has a short interest of 329,400 shares, representing 0.72% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a -42.88% decrease in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 0.2, indicating that it would take 0.2 days of the average trading volume of 110,359 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest329,400 sharesPrevious Short Interest576,700 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month-42.88%Dollar Volume Sold Short$86,302.80Short Interest Ratio0.2 Days to CoverLast Record DateDecember 15, 2024Outstanding Shares4,569,000 sharesFloat Size45,770,000 sharesShort Percent of Float0.72%Today's Trading Volume92,519 sharesAverage Trading Volume110,359 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average84% Short Selling Cara Therapeutics? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for Cara Therapeutics and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartCARA Short Interest Over TimeCARA Days to Cover Over TimeCARA Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Cara Therapeutics Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 12/15/2024329,400 shares $86,302.80 -42.9%0.7%0.2 $0.26 11/30/2024576,700 shares $175,316.80 -54.2%1.3%1.1 $0.30 11/15/20241,260,000 shares $391,986.00 +33.7%2.8%2.5 $0.31 10/31/2024942,500 shares $292,552.00 +54.6%2.1%2 $0.31 10/15/2024609,700 shares $155,473.50 -26.7%1.3%1.9 $0.26 9/30/2024832,200 shares $256,317.60 -31.2%1.8%1.6 $0.31 Get the Latest News and Ratings for CARA and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Cara Therapeutics and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 9/15/20241,210,000 shares $317,625.00 +9.0%2.6%1.7 $0.26 8/31/20241,110,000 shares $399,600.00 -24.0%2.4%1.3 $0.36 8/15/20241,460,000 shares $474,500.00 +73.2%3.2%1.7 $0.33 7/31/2024842,900 shares $293,413.49 +37.4%1.9%1 $0.35 7/15/2024613,400 shares $205,489.00 -68.2%1.4%0.7 $0.34 6/30/20241,930,000 shares $497,940.00 -15.0%4.2%2.8 $0.26 6/15/20242,270,000 shares $794,500.00 -1.3%5.0%3.9 $0.35 5/31/20242,300,000 shares $1.49 million -5.7%5.1%6 $0.65 5/15/20242,440,000 shares $1.85 million -6.5%5.2%4.4 $0.76 4/30/20242,610,000 shares $1.96 million No Change5.6%4.4 $0.75 4/15/20242,610,000 shares $1.85 million +1.2%5.6%4.1 $0.71 3/31/20242,580,000 shares $2.35 million +4.0%5.6%3.7 $0.91 3/15/20242,480,000 shares $2.18 million +3.8%5.3%3.1 $0.88 2/29/20242,390,000 shares $2.03 million +7.2%5.2%2.5 $0.85 2/15/20242,230,000 shares $1.33 million -11.2%4.8%2.5 $0.60 1/31/20242,510,000 shares $1.42 million +5.5%5.4%3.2 $0.57 1/15/20242,380,000 shares $1.36 million +3.0%5.1%3.1 $0.57 12/31/20232,310,000 shares $1.72 million +6.5%5.0%3.1 $0.74 12/15/20232,170,000 shares $2.67 million -38.9%4.7%3.2 $1.23 11/30/20233,550,000 shares $3.43 million +3.8%7.7%6.2 $0.97 11/15/20233,420,000 shares $3.83 million +15.2%7.4%5.6 $1.12 10/31/20232,970,000 shares $3.83 million +9.6%6.6%5 $1.29 10/15/20232,710,000 shares $3.85 million +9.7%6.0%4.1 $1.42 9/30/20232,470,000 shares $4.15 million +10.3%5.5%3.5 $1.68 9/15/20232,240,000 shares $5.24 million +44.5%5.0%2 $2.34 8/31/20231,550,000 shares $3.98 million -40.8%3.5%1.2 $2.57 8/15/20232,620,000 shares $7.86 million -24.5%5.8%1.9 $3.00 7/31/20233,470,000 shares $11.56 million -12.6%8.1%2.5 $3.33 7/15/20233,970,000 shares $11.35 million +6.7%9.3%2.9 $2.86 6/30/20233,720,000 shares $10.53 million -35.3%8.7%2.8 $2.83 6/15/20235,750,000 shares $18.57 million +12.5%13.5%5.9 $3.23 5/31/20235,110,000 shares $16.25 million +2.0%12.0%6.8 $3.18 5/15/20235,010,000 shares $20.79 million No Change11.7%6.8 $4.15 4/30/20235,010,000 shares $21.04 million +3.5%11.9%7.5 $4.20 4/15/20234,840,000 shares $20.47 million -9.4%11.4%7.5 $4.23 3/31/20235,340,000 shares $26.22 million +3.9%12.6%8.6 $4.91 3/15/20235,140,000 shares $29.61 million -6.4%12.2%8.7 $5.76 2/28/20235,490,000 shares $55.78 million -1.4%13.0%11 $10.16 2/15/20235,570,000 shares $57.71 million +3.9%13.3%15.2 $10.36 1/31/20235,360,000 shares $62.60 million +6.4%12.8%15.3 $11.68 1/15/20235,040,000 shares $54.68 million +1.6%12.0%14.1 $10.85 12/30/20224,960,000 shares $53.27 million -10.8%11.8%13.8 $10.74 12/15/20225,560,000 shares $62.11 million -0.4%13.2%16.4 $11.17 11/30/20225,580,000 shares $65.84 million -9.4%13.3%16.5 $11.80 11/15/20226,160,000 shares $69.79 million -1.8%14.7%18.1 $11.33 10/31/20226,270,000 shares $58.94 million -1.7%14.9%17.1 $9.40 10/15/20226,380,000 shares $64.82 million -3.6%15.2%16.4 $10.16 9/30/20226,620,000 shares $61.96 million -7.2%15.8%16.4 $9.36 9/15/20227,130,000 shares $73.65 million No Change17.0%16.5 $10.33 8/31/20227,130,000 shares $73.58 million -0.7%17.0%16.4 $10.32 8/15/20227,180,000 shares $84.37 million -0.8%17.1%15.1 $11.75 7/31/20227,240,000 shares $63.28 million +3.0%16.3%12.6 $8.74 7/15/20227,030,000 shares $65.03 million +8.2%15.8%11.4 $9.25 6/30/20226,500,000 shares $59.35 million +3.5%14.6%10 $9.13 6/15/20226,280,000 shares $49.86 million +3.6%14.1%9.8 $7.94 5/31/20226,060,000 shares $50.42 million +13.3%13.6%9.1 $8.32 5/15/20225,350,000 shares $44.94 million +30.2%12.0%7.8 $8.40 4/30/20224,110,000 shares $35.84 million -2.4%9.2%6.9 $8.72 4/15/20224,210,000 shares $58.27 million +2.9%9.5%7.7 $13.84 3/31/20224,090,000 shares $49.69 million +1.0%9.2%8.2 $12.15 3/15/20224,050,000 shares $46.37 million +29.4%9.1%8.4 $11.45 2/28/20223,130,000 shares $32.46 million +25.2%7.1%6.3 $10.37 2/15/20222,500,000 shares $26.43 million +50.6%5.7%5.1 $10.57 1/31/20221,660,000 shares $19.22 million -4.6%3.8%3.2 $11.58 1/15/20221,740,000 shares $20.79 million -7.0%N/A0 $11.95 12/31/20211,870,000 shares $22.78 million -9.7%4.2%2.8 $12.18 12/15/20212,070,000 shares $25.83 million -19.8%4.7%3.1 $12.48 11/30/20212,580,000 shares $34.00 million +4.5%5.9%3.7 $13.18 11/15/20212,470,000 shares $38.63 million -14.8%5.6%2.7 $15.64 10/29/20212,900,000 shares $48.81 million +37.4%7.3%1.8 $16.83 10/15/20212,110,000 shares $27.77 million -0.5%5.3%1.4 $13.16 9/30/20212,120,000 shares $32.75 million -30.3%5.3%1.4 $15.45 9/15/20213,040,000 shares $44.90 million -21.5%7.6%2 $14.77 8/31/20213,870,000 shares $61.07 million +29.4%9.6%2.6 $15.78 8/13/20212,990,000 shares $41.41 million -2.0%7.4%4.3 $13.85 7/30/20213,050,000 shares $36.51 million No Change7.8%5.4 $11.97 7/15/20213,050,000 shares $39.47 million -3.8%7.8%3.6 $12.94 6/30/20213,170,000 shares $45.24 million -10.5%8.1%3.4 $14.27 6/15/20213,540,000 shares $50.20 million +12.4%9.0%2.8 $14.18 5/28/20213,150,000 shares $42.81 million -11.8%8.0%2.5 $13.59 5/14/20213,570,000 shares $45.98 million -7.8%9.1%2.9 $12.88 4/30/20213,870,000 shares $54.45 million +8.1%9.9%3 $14.07 4/15/20213,580,000 shares $102.10 million +30.7%9.3%3.8 $28.52 3/31/20212,740,000 shares $56.42 million -14.6%7.1%3.1 $20.59 3/15/20213,210,000 shares $61.95 million +4.6%8.3%6.3 $19.30 2/26/20213,070,000 shares $59.13 million +9.6%7.9%6.1 $19.26 2/12/20212,800,000 shares $55.75 million -4.4%7.2%5.8 $19.91 1/29/20212,930,000 shares $54.15 million -18.2%7.6%6.5 $18.48 1/15/20213,580,000 shares $64.62 million -6.8%9.2%8.2 $18.05 12/31/20203,840,000 shares $59.06 million -3.0%9.9%9.3 $15.38 12/15/20203,960,000 shares $59.00 million +2.9%10.2%9.3 $14.90 11/30/20203,850,000 shares $57.56 million +0.5%9.9%9.1 $14.95 11/15/20203,830,000 shares $59.02 million No Change10.1%9.3 $15.41 10/30/20203,830,000 shares $50.44 million -15.3%10.7%9.8 $13.17 10/15/20204,520,000 shares $60.52 million +2.5%12.6%11.6 $13.39 9/30/20204,410,000 shares $56.12 million +14.8%10.3%11.7 $12.73 9/15/20203,840,000 shares $58.56 million +2.4%9.0%10.3 $15.25 8/31/20203,750,000 shares $58.13 million +2.7%8.8%9.3 $15.50 8/14/20203,650,000 shares $59.46 million -1.1%8.5%8.5 $16.29 7/31/20203,690,000 shares $60.66 million -3.2%8.7%7.6 $16.44 7/15/20203,810,000 shares $68.28 million -5.0%9.0%7.4 $17.92 6/30/20204,010,000 shares $67.29 million +12.0%9.5%7.4 $16.78 6/15/20203,580,000 shares $55.56 million -2.2%8.5%6.6 $15.52 5/29/20203,660,000 shares $58.08 million -2.1%8.6%6.7 $15.87 5/15/20203,740,000 shares $56.25 million +14.0%8.8%6.6 $15.04 4/30/20203,280,000 shares $48.61 million -6.0%7.7%6.4 $14.82 4/15/20203,490,000 shares $48.62 million -5.4%8.2%6.8 $13.93 3/31/20203,690,000 shares $58.45 million -13.2%8.7%6.9 $15.84 3/13/20204,251,500 shares $58.54 million -1.6%12.2%8.2 $13.77 2/28/20204,320,000 shares $47.78 million +0.2%12.4%7.2 $11.06 2/14/20204,310,000 shares $60.25 million -5.5%10.2%5.9 $13.98 1/31/20204,560,000 shares $72.32 million -6.0%10.7%6.2 $15.86 1/15/20204,850,000 shares $83.81 million -9.7%11.4%6.6 $17.28 CARA Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Cara Therapeutics' current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Cara Therapeutics shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of December 15th, investors have sold 329,400 shares of CARA short. 0.72% of Cara Therapeutics' shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Cara Therapeutics' current short interest. What is a good short interest percentage for Cara Therapeutics? Companies that have a short interest as a percentage of float below 10% indicates positive investor sentiment and few short sellers. Stocks with a short interest percentage above 10% is considered high, suggesting some investors are pessimistic about the stock. Companies with a short interest percentage of 20% or more indicates widespread negative sentiment. 0.72% of Cara Therapeutics' floating shares are currently sold short. Is Cara Therapeutics' short interest increasing or decreasing? Cara Therapeutics saw a drop in short interest in December. As of December 15th, there was short interest totaling 329,400 shares, a drop of 42.9% from the previous total of 576,700 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. What is Cara Therapeutics' float size? Cara Therapeutics currently has issued a total of 4,569,000 shares. Some of Cara Therapeutics' outstanding shares are available for trading, while others are subject to various restrictions. The public float, also referred to as floating shares or "the float", are shares that publicly owned, unrestricted and available to trade on the open market. Cara Therapeutics currently has a public float of 45,770,000 shares. How does Cara Therapeutics' short interest compare to its competitors? 0.72% of Cara Therapeutics' shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "pharmaceutical products" compare to Cara Therapeutics: Theratechnologies Inc. (0.38%), ESSA Pharma Inc. (2.14%), Anixa Biosciences, Inc. (1.06%), Scilex Holding (3.29%), CytomX Therapeutics, Inc. (7.08%), Atara Biotherapeutics, Inc. (13.04%), Context Therapeutics Inc. (1.67%), Entera Bio Ltd. (0.17%), Aerovate Therapeutics, Inc. (9.49%), Ikena Oncology, Inc. (0.29%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: AppLovin Co. ($5.70 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.32 billion), Spotify Technology S.A. ($4.06 billion), Canadian Natural Resources Limited ($3.45 billion), Reddit, Inc. ($2.79 billion), International Paper ($2.70 billion), Cencora, Inc. ($2.27 billion), SoFi Technologies, Inc. ($2.21 billion), Lululemon Athletica Inc. ($2.13 billion), and Rivian Automotive, Inc. ($2.05 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short Cara Therapeutics stock? Short selling CARA is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Cara Therapeutics as its price is falling. CARA shares are trading down $0.14 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. How does a short squeeze work against Cara Therapeutics? A short squeeze for Cara Therapeutics 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 CARA, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Cara Therapeutics' short interest reported? Short interest is typically published by a stock exchange once per month. However, NASDAQ publishes a report for U.S. stocks, including CARA, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is December, 15 2024. 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