BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust (BCAT) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of December 31st, traders have sold 48,100 shares of BCAT short. Learn More on BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust's current short interest.

BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust saw a decline in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totaling 48,100 shares, a decline of 62.6% from the previous total of 128,600 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 "financial services" compare to BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust: FS KKR Capital Corp. (1.62%), Blue Owl Capital Co. (2.69%), Adams Diversified Equity Fund, Inc. (0.51%), PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund (0.19%), Liberty All-Star Equity Fund (0.08%), Royce Value Trust Inc. (0.23%), Oxford Lane Capital Corp. (0.81%), The Gabelli Equity Trust Inc. (0.09%), SRH Total Return Fund, Inc. (0.03%), Goldman Sachs BDC, Inc. (1.05%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: AppLovin Co. ($5.83 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.77 billion), Reddit, Inc. ($2.98 billion), The Kroger Co. ($2.97 billion), International Paper ($2.64 billion), SoFi Technologies, Inc. ($1.99 billion), Rivian Automotive, Inc. ($1.93 billion), Onsemi ($1.81 billion), SoundHound AI, Inc. ($1.59 billion), and Moderna, Inc. ($1.57 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling BCAT is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust as its price is falling. BCAT shares are trading up $0.09 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 BlackRock Capital Allocation Term 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 BCAT, 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 BCAT, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is December, 31 2024.