Investar (ISTR) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $23.31 +0.02 (+0.09%) (As of 10:30 AM ET) Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrends Investar Short Interest DataInvestar (ISTR) has a short interest of 224,700 shares, representing 2.66% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a -12.19% decrease in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 5.7, indicating that it would take 5.7 days of the average trading volume of 42,422 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest224,700 sharesPrevious Short Interest255,900 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month-12.19%Dollar Volume Sold Short$4.69 millionShort Interest Ratio5.7 Days to CoverLast Record DateOctober 31, 2024Outstanding Shares9,830,000 sharesFloat Size8,460,000 sharesShort Percent of Float2.66%Today's Trading Volume2,378 sharesAverage Trading Volume42,422 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average6% Short Selling Investar? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for Investar and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartISTR Short Interest Over TimeISTR Days to Cover Over TimeISTR Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Ad WealthPressThis Bull Market Indicator called NVDA at $116Every now and again we find an investment idea so incredible we can’t help but share. And today is one of those rare days… Except, today we won't be giving you insight on any one particular stock… But rather, insight on a revolutionary new stock picking indicator… In fact, within the last year, this indicator has become famous for a multitude of reasons… But one of the biggest was because of the buy signal it issued on October 18th, 2022. In fact, on that very day, it said to buy NVDA at $116.37… Anyone who did would be sitting on a tremendously large return today… But even if you missed the original buy signal from October, this incredible indicator issued 11 other buy signals while Nvidia made its epic run…All you have to do is follow this link here Investar Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 10/31/2024224,700 shares $4.69 million -12.2%2.7%5.7 $20.87 10/15/2024255,900 shares $5.23 million +8.3%3.0%6 $20.43 9/30/2024236,200 shares $4.58 million +12.3%2.8%4.3 $19.40 9/15/2024210,400 shares $3.86 million -13.0%2.5%2.7 $18.34 8/31/2024241,900 shares $4.50 million -0.5%2.9%3.1 $18.62 8/15/2024243,200 shares $4.06 million -2.0%2.9%3.2 $16.69 Get the Latest News and Ratings for ISTR and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Investar and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 7/31/2024248,200 shares $4.59 million +11.7%3.0%3.5 $18.50 7/15/2024222,200 shares $3.77 million +363.9%2.7%3.4 $16.95 6/30/202447,900 shares $737,660.00 +25.4%0.6%0.9 $15.40 6/15/202438,200 shares $573,000.00 +15.4%0.5%1.4 $15.00 5/31/202433,100 shares $524,635.00 +8.9%0.4%1.4 $15.85 5/15/202430,400 shares $493,696.00 -11.9%0.4%1.3 $16.24 4/30/202434,500 shares $575,460.00 +8.2%0.4%1.4 $16.68 4/15/202431,900 shares $501,468.00 -11.1%0.4%1.3 $15.72 3/31/202435,900 shares $587,324.00 -9.8%0.4%1.5 $16.36 3/15/202439,800 shares $617,298.00 +5.6%0.5%1.6 $15.51 2/29/202437,700 shares $601,315.00 -3.3%0.4%1.4 $15.95 2/15/202439,000 shares $662,220.00 +87.5%0.4%1.5 $16.98 1/31/202420,800 shares $372,320.00 -14.8%0.2%0.8 $17.90 1/15/202424,400 shares $406,016.00 -12.2%0.3%1.1 $16.64 12/31/202327,800 shares $414,498.00 +35.0%0.3%1.3 $14.91 12/15/202320,600 shares $292,314.00 +90.7%0.2%0.9 $14.19 11/30/202310,800 shares $118,908.00 -15.6%0.1%0.6 $11.01 11/15/202312,800 shares $132,736.00 -55.1%0.1%0.7 $10.37 10/31/202328,500 shares $270,180.00 -23.8%0.3%1.7 $9.48 10/15/202337,400 shares $405,790.00 -7.9%0.4%2.4 $10.85 9/30/202340,600 shares $429,954.00 -14.0%0.5%2 $10.59 9/15/202347,200 shares $573,952.00 +4.2%0.5%1.5 $12.16 8/31/202345,300 shares $593,430.00 -8.3%0.5%1.1 $13.10 8/15/202349,400 shares $676,780.00 +37.6%0.6%1.1 $13.70 7/31/202335,900 shares $533,115.00 +1.7%0.4%0.8 $14.85 7/15/202335,300 shares $411,951.00 +45.3%0.4%0.8 $11.67 6/30/202324,300 shares $294,273.00 -47.6%0.3%0.5 $12.11 6/15/202346,400 shares $536,384.00 +182.9%0.5%1.5 $11.56 5/31/202316,400 shares $180,400.00 -23.4%0.2%0.7 $11.00 5/15/202321,400 shares $241,392.00 +20.9%0.2%0.9 $11.28 4/30/202317,700 shares $237,534.00 -57.3%0.2%0.8 $13.42 4/15/202341,400 shares $531,990.00 -5.3%0.5%1.9 $12.85 3/31/202343,700 shares $610,052.00 +131.2%0.5%2.3 $13.96 3/15/202318,900 shares $297,675.00 +17.4%0.2%1.3 $15.75Trump’s IRS Hands Massive ‘Victory Gift’ To 401K Owners (Ad)The "Fake Media" has completely ignored Trump's genius "victory gift" to all America First patriots like you. A tax-free gift so powerful it could reshape the financial destinies of millions of IRA and 401(k) owners…Claim your FREE 2024 Gold Guide 2/28/202316,100 shares $317,170.00 +1.9%0.2%1.4 $19.70 2/15/202315,800 shares $318,528.00 +58.0%0.2%1.6 $20.16 1/31/202310,000 shares $208,500.00 +44.9%0.1%1 $20.85 1/15/20236,900 shares $148,695.00 -14.8%0.1%0.7 $21.55 12/30/20228,100 shares $174,393.00 -2.4%0.1%0.8 $21.53 12/15/20228,300 shares $179,695.00 -17.8%0.1%0.8 $21.65 11/30/202210,100 shares $223,614.00 +44.3%0.1%1 $22.14 11/15/20227,000 shares $154,700.00 -17.7%0.1%0.6 $22.10 10/31/20228,500 shares $183,090.00 -22.0%0.1%0.7 $21.54 10/15/202210,900 shares $234,132.00 +39.7%0.1%0.8 $21.48 9/30/20227,800 shares $155,220.00 -22.0%0.1%0.5 $19.90 9/15/202210,000 shares $202,000.00 +44.9%0.1%0.5 $20.20 8/31/20226,900 shares $149,040.00 -28.1%0.1%0.3 $21.60 8/15/20229,600 shares $219,936.00 -26.2%0.1%0.4 $22.91 7/31/202213,000 shares $285,350.00 -34.3%0.1%0.5 $21.95 7/15/202219,800 shares $434,016.00 +76.8%0.2%0.7 $21.92 6/30/202211,200 shares $245,280.00 -43.2%0.1%0.4 $21.90 6/15/202219,700 shares $430,051.00 +82.4%0.2%0.9 $21.83 5/31/202210,800 shares $238,680.00 -22.3%0.1%0.5 $22.10 5/15/202213,900 shares $276,471.00 -35.7%0.2%0.7 $19.89 4/30/202221,600 shares $425,520.00 +127.4%0.2%1.2 $19.70 4/15/20229,500 shares $177,840.00 -8.7%0.1%0.7 $18.72 3/31/202210,400 shares $198,536.00 -1.0%N/A0 $19.09 3/15/202210,500 shares $205,170.00 -30.0%0.1%0.8 $19.54 2/28/202215,000 shares $305,250.00 No Change0.2%1.1 $20.35 2/15/202215,000 shares $300,300.00 -21.9%0.2%1.1 $20.02 1/31/202219,200 shares $369,024.00 +6.1%0.2%1.7 $19.22 1/15/202218,100 shares $341,909.00 -9.5%N/A0 $18.89 12/31/202120,000 shares $368,200.00 +4.7%0.2%1.5 $18.41 12/15/202119,100 shares $344,182.00 No Change0.2%1.4 $18.02 11/30/202119,100 shares $342,272.00 -15.5%0.2%1.5 $17.92 11/15/202122,600 shares $411,320.00 -8.9%0.2%1.5 $18.20 10/29/202124,800 shares $463,760.00 +1.2%0.3%1.4 $18.70 10/15/202124,500 shares $447,615.00 +10.4%0.3%1.1 $18.27 9/30/202122,200 shares $488,844.00 -9.0%0.2%0.9 $22.02 9/15/202124,400 shares $529,968.00 +10.9%0.3%0.4 $21.72 8/31/202122,000 shares $494,780.00 -16.0%0.2%0.3 $22.49 8/13/202126,200 shares $594,216.00 -41.9%0.3%0.4 $22.68 7/30/202145,100 shares $989,945.00 -19.6%0.5%0.6 $21.95 7/15/202156,100 shares $1.27 million +0.4%0.6%0.8 $22.67 6/30/202155,900 shares $1.28 million -84.8%0.6%0.8 $22.89 6/15/2021368,500 shares $8.35 million +9.5%3.9%8.2 $22.67 5/28/2021336,500 shares $7.60 million +7.5%3.5%7.6 $22.58 5/14/2021313,100 shares $7.01 million +30.0%3.3%8 $22.39 4/30/2021240,800 shares $5.32 million +48.1%2.5%6.5 $22.10 4/15/2021162,600 shares $3.40 million +17.0%1.7%4.3 $20.89 3/31/2021139,000 shares $2.91 million +24.0%1.5%4.1 $20.93 3/15/2021112,100 shares $2.44 million +1.8%1.2%3.8 $21.79 2/26/2021110,100 shares $2.10 million +18.4%1.1%5 $19.05 2/12/202193,000 shares $1.62 million +26.9%1.0%4.3 $17.41Trump’s IRS Hands Massive ‘Victory Gift’ To 401K Owners (Ad)The "Fake Media" has completely ignored Trump's genius "victory gift" to all America First patriots like you. A tax-free gift so powerful it could reshape the financial destinies of millions of IRA and 401(k) owners…Claim your FREE 2024 Gold Guide 1/29/202173,300 shares $1.19 million +17.1%0.8%3.3 $16.30 1/15/202162,600 shares $1.09 million +3.1%0.6%3.2 $17.48 12/31/202060,700 shares $1.03 million -2.4%0.6%3.2 $17.00 12/15/202062,200 shares $1.04 million -0.6%0.6%3.3 $16.77 11/30/202062,600 shares $1.07 million -6.3%0.6%3.2 $17.04 11/15/202066,800 shares $1.06 million +2.8%0.7%3.2 $15.85 10/30/202065,000 shares $851,500.00 -11.8%0.7%3.4 $13.10 10/15/202073,700 shares $1.02 million -6.0%N/A4.1 $13.81 9/30/202078,400 shares $1.01 million +4.8%N/A4.5 $12.82 9/15/202074,800 shares $1.03 million -4.5%N/A3.5 $13.81 8/31/202078,300 shares $1.06 million -6.6%N/A3.6 $13.60 8/14/202083,800 shares $1.18 million -8.9%N/A3.4 $14.10 7/31/202092,000 shares $1.23 million -5.4%N/A3.5 $13.33 7/15/202097,200 shares $1.29 million -11.6%N/A3.2 $13.30 6/30/2020109,900 shares $1.59 million +158.6%N/A3.4 $14.46 6/15/202042,500 shares $605,625.00 +10.1%N/A1.3 $14.25 5/29/202038,600 shares $509,520.00 +11.2%N/A1 $13.20 5/15/202034,700 shares $380,659.00 +20.9%N/A0.8 $10.97 4/30/202028,700 shares $360,185.00 +24.8%N/A0.8 $12.55 4/15/202023,000 shares $251,620.00 -27.4%N/A0.7 $10.94 3/31/202031,700 shares $374,060.00 -8.1%N/A1 $11.80 3/13/202034,500 shares $444,015.00 +106.6%N/A0.7 $12.87 2/28/202016,700 shares $154,475.00 +42.7%N/A0.9 $9.25 2/14/202011,700 shares $213,525.00 -45.6%N/A1 $18.25 1/31/202021,500 shares $485,040.00 -10.8%N/A1.8 $22.56 1/15/202024,100 shares $576,713.00 -8.4%0.3%2 $23.93 12/31/201926,300 shares $611,212.00 -17.3%0.3%2.1 $23.24 ISTR Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Investar's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Investar shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of October 31st, traders have sold 224,700 shares of ISTR short. 2.66% of Investar's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Investar's current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for Investar? 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. ISTR shares currently have a short interest ratio of 6.0. Learn More on Investar's short interest ratio. What is a good short interest percentage for Investar? 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. 2.66% of Investar's floating shares are currently sold short. Is Investar's short interest increasing or decreasing? Investar saw a decline in short interest in the month of October. As of October 31st, there was short interest totaling 224,700 shares, a decline of 12.2% from the previous total of 255,900 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 Investar's float size? Investar currently has issued a total of 9,830,000 shares. Some of Investar'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. Investar currently has a public float of 8,460,000 shares. How does Investar's short interest compare to its competitors? 2.66% of Investar's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies compare to Investar: Penns Woods Bancorp, Inc. (0.22%), Chemung Financial Co. (0.39%), Parke Bancorp, Inc. (0.63%), BayCom Corp (0.37%), First Business Financial Services, Inc. (0.25%), Bitfarms Ltd. (11.52%), MetroCity Bankshares, Inc. (0.54%), MoneyLion Inc. (9.02%), BitFuFu Inc. (2.74%), Guild Holdings (0.03%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.08 billion), AppLovin Co. ($3.18 billion), Paychex, Inc. ($2.64 billion), Nu Holdings Ltd. ($2.54 billion), International Paper ($2.46 billion), Cencora, Inc. ($2.27 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($1.87 billion), SoFi Technologies, Inc. ($1.81 billion), Lululemon Athletica Inc. ($1.75 billion), and Onsemi ($1.71 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short Investar stock? Short selling ISTR is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Investar as its price is falling. ISTR shares are trading up $0.02 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 Investar? A short squeeze for Investar 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 ISTR, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Investar'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 ISTR, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is October, 31 2024. 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