Home Bancorp (HBCP) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $45.75 -0.24 (-0.52%) As of 03/25/2025 04:00 PM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock Home Bancorp Short Interest DataHome Bancorp (HBCP) has a short interest of 24,400 shares, representing 0.35% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a -11.27% decrease in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 1.2, indicating that it would take 1.2 days of the average trading volume of 18,114 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest24,400 sharesPrevious Short Interest27,500 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month-11.27%Dollar Volume Sold Short$1.15 millionShort Interest Ratio1.2 Days to CoverLast Record DateFebruary 28, 2025Outstanding Shares8,098,000 sharesFloat Size6,950,000 sharesShort Percent of Float0.35%Today's Trading Volume14,299 sharesAverage Trading Volume18,114 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average79% Short Selling Home Bancorp? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for Home Bancorp and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartHBCP Short Interest Over TimeHBCP Days to Cover Over TimeHBCP Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Remove Ads Home Bancorp Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 2/28/202524,400 shares $1.15 million -11.3%0.4%1.2 $47.00 2/15/202527,500 shares $1.36 million -5.2%0.4%1.3 $49.48 1/31/202529,000 shares $1.46 million +15.5%0.4%1.3 $50.20 1/15/202525,100 shares $1.15 million -12.2%0.4%1.2 $45.78 12/31/202428,600 shares $1.32 million -18.8%0.4%1.3 $46.21 12/15/202435,200 shares $1.74 million -11.1%0.5%1.8 $49.37 11/30/202439,600 shares $2.01 million -7.9%0.6%2.1 $50.73 11/15/202443,000 shares $2.12 million -6.3%0.6%2.3 $49.38 10/31/202445,900 shares $2.16 million -4.0%0.7%2.6 $47.15 10/15/202447,800 shares $2.10 million -1.9%0.7%3.2 $43.94 Get the Latest News and Ratings for HBCP and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Home Bancorp and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 9/30/202448,700 shares $2.17 million -4.3%0.7%3.2 $44.58 9/15/202450,900 shares $2.19 million -9.1%0.7%2.9 $42.95 8/31/202456,000 shares $2.50 million +12.2%0.8%3.1 $44.66 8/15/202449,900 shares $2.07 million +0.4%0.7%2.7 $41.50 7/31/202449,700 shares $2.19 million -10.6%0.7%2.7 $44.12 7/15/202455,600 shares $2.35 million +13.0%0.8%3.3 $42.21 6/30/202449,200 shares $1.97 million +20.9%0.7%3.4 $40.01 6/15/202440,700 shares $1.48 million +45.4%0.6%3.2 $36.43 5/31/202428,000 shares $1.01 million -13.9%0.4%2.4 $36.17 5/15/202432,500 shares $1.23 million +1.3%0.5%3 $37.82 4/30/202432,100 shares $1.12 million +24.9%0.5%2.9 $35.00 4/15/202425,700 shares $888,449.00 -9.2%0.4%2.2 $34.57 3/31/202428,300 shares $1.08 million -23.1%0.4%2.4 $38.31 3/15/202436,800 shares $1.29 million +1.9%0.5%3.2 $35.10 2/29/202436,100 shares $1.33 million +6.2%0.5%2.5 $36.75 2/15/202434,000 shares $1.31 million -1.7%0.5%2.3 $38.47 1/31/202434,600 shares $1.38 million -16.4%0.5%2.3 $39.82 1/15/202441,400 shares $1.70 million -1.2%0.6%2.9 $41.10 12/31/202341,900 shares $1.76 million +9.4%0.6%2.9 $42.01 12/15/202338,300 shares $1.64 million +0.5%0.6%2.7 $42.93 11/30/202338,100 shares $1.39 million -17.2%0.6%3.4 $36.45 11/15/202346,000 shares $1.75 million -26.1%0.7%4.2 $38.03 10/31/202362,200 shares $2.13 million +65.0%0.9%5.8 $34.27 10/15/202337,700 shares $1.23 million -20.8%0.5%3.4 $32.57 9/30/202347,600 shares $1.52 million -6.7%0.7%4 $31.87 9/15/202351,000 shares $1.69 million +13.3%0.7%3.9 $33.18 8/31/202345,000 shares $1.47 million +14.5%0.6%3.4 $32.66 8/15/202339,300 shares $1.31 million -32.0%0.6%2.7 $33.38 7/31/202357,800 shares $2.06 million +0.2%0.8%3.8 $35.62 7/15/202357,700 shares $1.99 million +0.7%0.8%3.9 $34.45Trump’s betrayal exposed (Ad)Trump’s Final Reset Inside the shocking plot to re-engineer America’s financial system…and why you need to move your money now.Millions of Americans are about to be wiped out, while others could make a fortune… click here to ma 6/30/202357,300 shares $1.90 million -19.1%0.8%4.1 $33.21 6/15/202370,800 shares $2.52 million -12.9%1.0%4.6 $35.56 5/31/202381,300 shares $2.50 million -8.6%1.2%5.4 $30.79 5/15/202388,900 shares $2.70 million +22.0%1.3%6.4 $30.39 4/30/202372,900 shares $2.28 million +5.4%1.0%5.6 $31.33 4/15/202369,200 shares $2.20 million +13.6%1.0%5.4 $31.73 3/31/202360,900 shares $2.01 million +14.3%0.9%4.8 $33.03 3/15/202353,300 shares $1.72 million +28.1%0.8%5 $32.19 2/28/202341,600 shares $1.65 million -2.6%0.6%4.2 $39.55 2/15/202342,700 shares $1.68 million -9.0%0.6%4.5 $39.26 1/31/202346,900 shares $1.80 million +12.2%0.7%4.9 $38.40 1/15/202341,800 shares $1.69 million -12.7%0.6%4.3 $40.50 12/30/202247,900 shares $1.92 million +1.7%0.7%4.8 $40.03 12/15/202247,100 shares $1.91 million +31.9%0.7%4.3 $40.53 11/30/202235,700 shares $1.53 million -27.4%0.5%3.1 $42.98 11/15/202249,200 shares $2.06 million -39.2%0.7%4.5 $41.81 10/31/202280,900 shares $3.46 million +11.9%1.1%6.7 $42.75 10/15/202272,300 shares $2.96 million +2.4%1.0%5.9 $40.96 9/30/202270,600 shares $2.75 million -8.9%1.0%5.9 $38.99 9/15/202277,500 shares $2.91 million +3.3%1.1%6.3 $37.52 8/31/202275,000 shares $2.93 million -15.3%1.1%6.2 $39.04 8/15/202288,500 shares $3.75 million +8.3%1.2%6.7 $42.39 7/31/202281,700 shares $3.08 million +5.3%1.1%6.1 $37.67 7/15/202277,600 shares $2.76 million -31.0%1.1%5.4 $35.62 6/30/2022112,500 shares $3.84 million +20.1%1.6%7.2 $34.13 6/15/202293,700 shares $3.23 million +12.2%1.3%5.3 $34.46 5/31/202283,500 shares $2.87 million -6.1%1.2%4.9 $34.39 5/15/202288,900 shares $3.07 million +9.0%1.2%5.1 $34.51 4/30/202281,600 shares $3.13 million +4.9%1.1%4.7 $38.33 4/15/202277,800 shares $3.12 million +2.0%1.1%4.3 $40.14 3/31/202276,300 shares $3.11 million -0.1%1.0%4.3 $40.79 3/15/202276,400 shares $3.00 million +24.8%1.0%4.7 $39.26 2/28/202261,200 shares $2.40 million +4.8%0.8%3.5 $39.21 2/15/202258,400 shares $2.37 million +50.5%0.8%3.4 $40.50 1/31/202238,800 shares $1.51 million +17.2%0.5%2.3 $38.85 1/15/202233,100 shares $1.46 million -18.7%N/A0 $44.20 12/31/202140,700 shares $1.69 million -21.3%0.6%2.6 $41.51 12/15/202151,700 shares $2.17 million -14.6%0.7%3.3 $42.00 11/30/202160,500 shares $2.45 million -3.5%0.9%3.8 $40.44 11/15/202162,700 shares $2.67 million -5.3%0.9%3.7 $42.58 10/29/202166,200 shares $2.76 million -0.2%0.9%3.7 $41.75 10/15/202166,300 shares $2.62 million -4.7%0.9%3.8 $39.50 9/30/202169,600 shares $2.69 million -14.0%1.0%3.8 $38.68 9/15/202180,900 shares $3.00 million +8.0%1.1%4 $37.14 8/31/202174,900 shares $2.80 million +6.4%1.0%3.8 $37.42 8/13/202170,400 shares $2.63 million No Change1.0%3.7 $37.35 7/30/202170,400 shares $2.47 million -2.6%1.0%3.7 $35.12 7/15/202172,300 shares $2.75 million -9.1%1.0%3.9 $38.02 6/30/202179,500 shares $3.03 million -20.4%1.1%4.5 $38.11 6/15/202199,900 shares $3.78 million -11.5%1.4%6.2 $37.85Trump’s betrayal exposed (Ad)Trump’s Final Reset Inside the shocking plot to re-engineer America’s financial system…and why you need to move your money now.Millions of Americans are about to be wiped out, while others could make a fortune… click here to ma 5/28/2021112,900 shares $4.39 million +14.3%1.5%6.2 $38.85 5/14/202198,800 shares $3.65 million +2.8%1.4%4.9 $36.91 4/30/202196,100 shares $3.63 million -8.0%1.3%4.8 $37.77 4/15/2021104,500 shares $3.91 million -0.6%1.4%5 $37.46 3/31/2021105,100 shares $3.84 million +3.8%1.5%5 $36.55 3/15/2021101,300 shares $3.83 million +11.1%1.4%4.9 $37.85 2/26/202191,200 shares $3.02 million No Change1.3%5.8 $33.14 2/12/202191,200 shares $2.89 million +6.7%1.3%6.6 $31.73 1/29/202185,500 shares $2.45 million +5.8%1.2%6.3 $28.65 1/15/202180,800 shares $2.45 million -3.7%1.1%6.5 $30.30 12/31/202083,900 shares $2.34 million +3.5%1.2%6.5 $27.86 12/15/202081,100 shares $2.25 million -1.2%1.1%6.7 $27.74 11/30/202082,100 shares $2.43 million +3.8%1.1%6.4 $29.58 11/15/202079,100 shares $2.26 million -0.9%1.1%5.7 $28.56 10/30/202079,800 shares $2.01 million -7.4%1.1%5.6 $25.24 10/15/202086,200 shares $2.21 million -9.1%1.2%5.9 $25.62 9/30/202094,800 shares $2.29 million -8.3%1.3%6.9 $24.15 9/15/2020103,400 shares $2.66 million -1.1%1.4%6.8 $25.69 8/31/2020104,500 shares $2.52 million +18.0%1.4%6.7 $24.16 8/14/202088,600 shares $2.21 million -26.9%1.2%5.7 $24.99 7/31/2020121,200 shares $2.83 million -7.1%1.6%7.3 $23.38 7/15/2020130,400 shares $3.31 million +6.5%1.7%7 $25.39 6/30/2020122,400 shares $3.23 million +50.2%1.6%5.8 $26.37 6/15/202081,500 shares $2.04 million -7.6%1.1%3.3 $25.07 5/29/202088,200 shares $2.10 million +16.5%1.2%2.8 $23.76 5/15/202075,700 shares $1.61 million +5.0%1.0%2.3 $21.26 4/30/202072,100 shares $1.83 million -1.4%1.0%2.4 $25.40 4/15/202073,100 shares $1.77 million +11.1%1.0%2.5 $24.18 3/31/202065,800 shares $1.54 million +1.9%0.9%2.5 $23.41 HBCP Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Home Bancorp's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Home Bancorp shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of February 28th, traders have sold 24,400 shares of HBCP short. 0.35% of Home Bancorp's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Home Bancorp's current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for Home Bancorp? The short interest ratio, also known as the "days to cover ratio", is calculated by dividing the number of shares of a stock sold short divided by its average trading volume. A short interest ratio ranging between 1 and 4 generally indicates strong positive sentiment about a stock and a lack of short sellers. A short interest ratio of 10 or greater indicates strong pessimism about a stock. HBCP shares currently have a short interest ratio of 1.0. Learn More on Home Bancorp's short interest ratio. Which institutional investors are shorting Home Bancorp? As of the most recent reporting period, the following institutional investors, funds, and major shareholders have reported short positions of Home Bancorp: Group One Trading LLC, and Concourse Financial Group Securities Inc.. These positions are disclosed in Form 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. What is a good short interest percentage for Home Bancorp? 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. 0.35% of Home Bancorp's floating shares are currently sold short. Is Home Bancorp's short interest increasing or decreasing? Home Bancorp saw a drop in short interest in the month of February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totaling 24,400 shares, a drop of 11.3% from the previous total of 27,500 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 Home Bancorp's float size? Home Bancorp currently has issued a total of 8,098,000 shares. Some of Home Bancorp's 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. Home Bancorp currently has a public float of 6,950,000 shares. How does Home Bancorp's short interest compare to its competitors? 0.35% of Home Bancorp's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies compare to Home Bancorp: Dime Community Bancshares, Inc. (5.56%), Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc. (4.33%), OceanFirst Financial Corp. (1.03%), Brookline Bancorp, Inc. (2.06%), Capitol Federal Financial, Inc. (3.06%), LendingTree, Inc. (4.36%), TrustCo Bank Corp NY (1.18%), Hingham Institution for Savings (10.43%), Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) (0.87%), Flushing Financial Co. (1.70%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Invesco QQQ ($23.74 billion), iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF ($10.75 billion), MicroStrategy Incorporated ($6.56 billion), Apollo Global Management, Inc. ($5.40 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.57 billion), AppLovin Co. ($4.45 billion), Capital One Financial Co. ($4.33 billion), Super Micro Computer, Inc. ($4.23 billion), Schlumberger Limited ($3.22 billion), and Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. ($3.06 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short Home Bancorp stock? Short selling HBCP is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Home Bancorp as its price is falling. HBCP shares are trading down $0.24 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 Home Bancorp? A short squeeze for Home 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 HBCP, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Home Bancorp's 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 HBCP, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is February, 28 2025. More Short Interest Resources from MarketBeat Related Companies Dime Community Bancshares Short Interest Data Berkshire Hills Bancorp Short Interest Data OceanFirst Financial Short Interest Data Brookline Bancorp Short Interest Data Capitol Federal Financial Short Interest Data LendingTree Short Interest Data TrustCo Bank Corp NY Short Interest Data Hingham Institution for Savings Short Interest Data Northfield Bancorp, Inc. 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