Northern Trust (NTRSO) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Northern Trust shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of October 31st, traders have sold 8,700 shares of NTRSO short. Learn More on Northern Trust's current short interest.

Northern Trust saw a decrease in short interest in October. As of October 31st, there was short interest totaling 8,700 shares, a decrease of 23.7% from the previous total of 11,400 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.

Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "banking" compare to Northern Trust: Banco BBVA Argentina S.A. (0.96%), Banco Macro S.A. (0.97%), Bancolombia S.A. (0.16%), Burford Capital Limited (4.08%), Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft (0.44%), Intercorp Financial Services Inc. (0.14%),

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.

Short selling NTRSO is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Northern Trust as its price is falling. NTRSO 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.

A short squeeze for Northern Trust 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 NTRSO, 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 NTRSO, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is October, 31 2024.