Bank of Montreal (BMO) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $98.06 +0.59 (+0.61%) Closing price 03/25/2025 03:58 PM EasternExtended Trading$98.15 +0.09 (+0.09%) As of 03/25/2025 04:39 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrendsBuy This Stock Bank of Montreal Short Interest DataBank of Montreal (BMO) has a short interest of 5.18 million shares, representing 0.71% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a -41.80% decrease in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 8.0, indicating that it would take 8.0 days of the average trading volume of 786,169 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest5,180,000 sharesPrevious Short Interest8,900,000 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month-41.80%Dollar Volume Sold Short$532.02 millionShort Interest Ratio8.0 Days to CoverLast Record DateFebruary 28, 2025Outstanding Shares727,008,000 sharesFloat Size728,370,000 sharesShort Percent of Float0.71%Today's Trading Volume452,917 sharesAverage Trading Volume786,169 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average58% Short Selling Bank of Montreal? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for Bank of Montreal and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartBMO Short Interest Over TimeBMO Days to Cover Over TimeBMO Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Remove Ads Bank of Montreal Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 2/28/20255,180,000 shares $532.02 million -41.8%0.7%8 $102.71 2/15/20258,900,000 shares $899.65 million -18.7%1.2%13.8 $101.08 1/31/202510,950,000 shares $1.08 billion +45.6%1.5%16.9 $99.05 1/15/20257,520,000 shares $745.61 million +29.2%1.0%10 $99.15 12/31/20245,820,000 shares $564.83 million -5.2%0.8%7.1 $97.05 12/15/20246,140,000 shares $607.98 million +1.2%0.8%6.8 $99.02 11/30/20246,070,000 shares $578.17 million +10.0%0.8%6.4 $95.25 11/15/20245,520,000 shares $514.35 million -59.0%0.8%5.7 $93.18 10/31/202413,470,000 shares $1.23 billion +37.2%1.9%13.1 $91.11 10/15/20249,820,000 shares $910.81 million +205.9%1.4%9 $92.75 Get the Latest News and Ratings for BMO and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Bank of Montreal and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 9/30/20243,210,000 shares $289.57 million -32.9%0.4%2.9 $90.21 9/15/20244,780,000 shares $408.98 million +4.4%0.7%4.3 $85.56 8/31/20244,580,000 shares $382.98 million -28.1%0.6%4.4 $83.62 8/15/20246,370,000 shares $539.48 million -63.1%0.9%6.2 $84.69 7/31/202417,270,000 shares $1.46 billion +99.4%2.4%17.3 $84.31 7/15/20248,660,000 shares $751.00 million +102.8%1.2%9.4 $86.72 6/30/20244,270,000 shares $358.04 million -43.8%0.6%4.8 $83.85 6/15/20247,600,000 shares $635.28 million +20.6%1.1%9.2 $83.59 5/31/20246,300,000 shares $561.71 million -22.4%0.9%7.9 $89.16 5/15/20248,120,000 shares $773.43 million -61.6%1.1%10.2 $95.25 4/30/202421,160,000 shares $1.89 billion +83.0%2.9%29 $89.33 4/15/202411,560,000 shares $1.07 billion +120.6%1.6%16.7 $92.74 3/31/20245,240,000 shares $511.84 million -17.7%0.7%7.8 $97.68 3/15/20246,370,000 shares $597.79 million -5.4%0.9%9.4 $93.85 2/29/20246,730,000 shares $609.07 million -8.4%0.9%9.5 $90.50 2/15/20247,350,000 shares $695.09 million -59.0%1.0%10.2 $94.57 1/31/202417,910,000 shares $1.69 billion +103.3%2.5%25.9 $94.21 1/15/20248,810,000 shares $830.87 million +124.2%1.2%11.7 $94.31 12/31/20233,930,000 shares $388.83 million -6.2%0.6%5.2 $98.94 12/15/20234,190,000 shares $387.62 million -59.2%0.6%5.5 $92.51 11/30/202310,260,000 shares $844.30 million -24.0%1.4%14.1 $82.29 11/15/202313,500,000 shares $1.10 billion -30.6%1.9%19.3 $81.22 10/31/202319,440,000 shares $1.47 billion +49.5%2.7%29.4 $75.54 10/15/202313,000,000 shares $1.05 billion +78.3%1.8%21 $80.54 9/30/20237,290,000 shares $615.06 million -11.4%1.0%12.4 $84.37 9/15/20238,230,000 shares $728.85 million +16.1%1.2%14.7 $88.56 8/31/20237,090,000 shares $610.66 million -36.1%1.0%13 $86.13 8/15/202311,090,000 shares $945.42 million -35.0%1.6%19.7 $85.25 7/31/202317,050,000 shares $1.58 billion +112.3%2.4%29.3 $92.92 7/15/20238,030,000 shares $736.91 million +14.9%1.1%14.3 $91.77The Dirty Secret About Gold Mining Stocks... 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Even as gold prices rise.Right now, I've found 4 miners showing the exact same pattern as previous 100-baggers. 6/30/20236,990,000 shares $631.13 million -19.0%1.0%12.6 $90.29 6/15/20238,630,000 shares $774.28 million -16.9%1.2%15.1 $89.72 5/31/202310,390,000 shares $866.53 million -13.3%1.5%15.9 $83.40 5/15/202311,980,000 shares $1.07 billion -39.2%1.7%19.3 $89.07 4/30/202319,700,000 shares $1.78 billion +72.7%2.8%33.3 $90.19 4/15/202311,410,000 shares $1.04 billion +31.0%1.7%20.5 $90.96 3/31/20238,710,000 shares $776.15 million +61.9%1.3%15.1 $89.11 3/15/20235,380,000 shares $462.36 million -19.3%0.8%9.4 $85.94 2/28/20236,670,000 shares $632.05 million -12.7%1.0%12.2 $94.76 2/15/20237,640,000 shares $770.26 million -58.7%1.1%13.3 $100.82 1/31/202318,490,000 shares $1.86 billion +39.9%2.7%30.1 $100.64 1/15/202313,220,000 shares $1.29 billion +58.5%2.0%20.4 $97.95 12/30/20228,340,000 shares $755.60 million -4.5%1.2%12.3 $90.60 12/15/20228,730,000 shares $771.30 million -15.9%1.3%11.7 $88.35 11/30/202210,380,000 shares $1.02 billion -33.1%1.5%13.8 $97.83 11/15/202215,510,000 shares $1.54 billion -17.2%2.3%20.1 $99.61 10/31/202218,740,000 shares $1.73 billion +38.8%2.8%25 $92.08 10/15/202213,500,000 shares $1.16 billion +29.4%2.0%18.8 $85.99 9/30/202210,430,000 shares $914.09 million +26.0%1.6%15 $87.64 9/15/20228,280,000 shares $800.18 million +74.7%1.2%12.8 $96.64 8/31/20224,740,000 shares $437.22 million -24.2%0.7%7.5 $92.24 8/15/20226,250,000 shares $645.88 million -35.4%0.9%10.2 $103.34 7/31/20229,670,000 shares $973.96 million +34.7%1.4%14.8 $100.72 7/15/20227,180,000 shares $660.92 million -9.3%1.1%10.2 $92.05 6/30/20227,920,000 shares $761.67 million +20.9%1.2%11.4 $96.17 6/15/20226,550,000 shares $657.23 million +4.5%1.0%8.8 $100.34 5/31/20226,270,000 shares $682.74 million -19.7%1.0%8.2 $108.89 5/15/20227,810,000 shares $797.87 million -17.1%1.2%9.1 $102.16 4/30/20229,420,000 shares $998.90 million +278.3%1.5%11 $106.04 4/15/20222,490,000 shares $282.69 million +7.3%0.4%2.8 $113.53 3/31/20222,320,000 shares $273.69 million -16.9%0.4%2.5 $117.97 3/15/20222,790,000 shares $324.56 million +28.0%0.4%3 $116.33 2/28/20222,180,000 shares $248.30 million -35.5%0.3%2.5 $113.90 2/15/20223,380,000 shares $396.98 million -54.5%0.5%4 $117.45 1/31/20227,430,000 shares $840.93 million +103.0%1.2%9.7 $113.18 1/15/20223,660,000 shares $431.99 million +16.9%0.6%5.4 $118.03 12/31/20213,130,000 shares $337.16 million +18.1%0.5%5.2 $107.72 12/15/20212,650,000 shares $288.82 million +6.0%0.4%4.4 $108.99 11/30/20212,500,000 shares $260.18 million +13.6%0.4%4.4 $104.07 11/15/20212,200,000 shares $246.55 million -53.5%0.3%3.8 $112.07 10/29/20214,730,000 shares $513.25 million +135.3%0.7%7.6 $108.51 10/15/20212,010,000 shares $215.49 million -6.9%0.3%3 $107.21 9/30/20212,160,000 shares $215.42 million -33.7%0.3%3.1 $99.73 9/15/20213,260,000 shares $331.31 million -6.1%0.5%4.6 $101.63 8/31/20213,470,000 shares $345.33 million +41.6%0.5%4.9 $99.52 8/13/20212,450,000 shares $252.03 million No ChangeN/A0 $102.87 7/15/20213,690,000 shares $369.92 million -6.4%0.6%4.8 $100.25 6/30/20213,940,000 shares $404.09 million -15.1%0.6%4.9 $102.56 6/15/20214,640,000 shares $485.48 million +6.9%0.7%5.6 $104.63 5/28/20214,340,000 shares $455.79 million +34.0%0.7%5.2 $105.02The Dirty Secret About Gold Mining Stocks... 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Even as gold prices rise.Right now, I've found 4 miners showing the exact same pattern as previous 100-baggers. 5/14/20213,240,000 shares $318.17 million -17.6%0.5%3.5 $98.20 4/30/20213,930,000 shares $375.63 million +7.1%0.6%4.5 $95.58 4/15/20213,670,000 shares $335.25 million +17.6%0.6%4.6 $91.35 3/31/20213,120,000 shares $279.74 million -5.5%0.5%4.1 $89.66 3/15/20213,300,000 shares $291.52 million -13.8%0.5%4.8 $88.34 2/26/20213,830,000 shares $321.07 million +14.3%0.6%6.2 $83.83 2/12/20213,350,000 shares $255.44 million -5.6%0.5%6.2 $76.25 1/29/20213,550,000 shares $272.25 million +1.4%0.6%7.1 $76.69 1/15/20213,500,000 shares $275.59 million -17.1%0.5%6.5 $78.74 12/31/20204,220,000 shares $319.58 million -6.0%0.7%8.1 $75.73 12/15/20204,490,000 shares $338.23 million -17.8%0.7%8.2 $75.33 11/30/20205,460,000 shares $408.08 million +0.7%0.9%9.8 $74.74 11/15/20205,420,000 shares $361.35 million -36.5%0.8%9.1 $66.67 10/30/20208,530,000 shares $519.56 million +57.7%1.3%14.6 $60.91 10/15/20205,410,000 shares $332.34 million -0.6%0.8%9.9 $61.43 9/30/20205,440,000 shares $317.75 million -4.4%0.9%9.7 $58.41 9/15/20205,690,000 shares $350.67 million -0.2%0.9%9.8 $61.63 8/31/20205,700,000 shares $362.35 million -1.2%0.9%8.9 $63.57 8/14/20205,770,000 shares $339.97 million -23.1%0.9%8.2 $58.92 7/31/20207,500,000 shares $416.40 million +24.6%1.2%9.7 $55.52 7/15/20206,020,000 shares $326.34 million -11.5%0.9%7.2 $54.21 6/30/20206,800,000 shares $355.10 million +6.6%1.1%7.2 $52.22 6/15/20206,380,000 shares $351.09 million +7.2%1.0%6.1 $55.03 5/29/20205,950,000 shares $299.46 million -4.3%0.9%5 $50.33 5/15/20206,220,000 shares $279.65 million -35.0%1.0%5.1 $44.96 4/30/20209,570,000 shares $514.48 million +67.9%1.5%8.6 $53.76 4/15/20205,700,000 shares $280.50 million -14.2%0.9%5.4 $49.21 3/31/20206,640,000 shares $318.32 million -25.0%1.0%7.1 $47.94 BMO Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Bank of Montreal's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Bank of Montreal shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of February 28th, investors have sold 5,180,000 shares of BMO short. 0.71% of Bank of Montreal's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Bank of Montreal's current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for Bank of Montreal? 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. BMO shares currently have a short interest ratio of 8.0. Learn More on Bank of Montreal's short interest ratio. Which institutional investors are shorting Bank of Montreal? As of the most recent reporting period, the following institutional investors, funds, and major shareholders have reported short positions of Bank of Montreal: Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC, Toronto Dominion Bank, GTS Securities LLC, Arrowpoint Investment Partners Singapore Pte. Ltd., Wolverine Trading LLC, SIG North Trading ULC, Royal Bank of Canada, Group One Trading LLC, D. E. Shaw & Co. Inc., Cubist Systematic Strategies LLC, Citadel Advisors LLC, Parallax Volatility Advisers L.P., Two Sigma Securities LLC, Susquehanna International Group LLP, Walleye Trading LLC, Walleye Capital LLC, Capital Fund Management S.A., Bank of Montreal Can, National Bank of Canada FI, Twin Tree Management LP, Genus Capital Management Inc., Cibc World Market Inc., and Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC. These positions are disclosed in Form 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. What is a good short interest percentage for Bank of Montreal? 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. 0.71% of Bank of Montreal's floating shares are currently sold short. Is Bank of Montreal's short interest increasing or decreasing? Bank of Montreal saw a decline in short interest in February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totaling 5,180,000 shares, a decline of 41.8% from the previous total of 8,900,000 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 Bank of Montreal's float size? Bank of Montreal currently has issued a total of 727,008,000 shares. Some of Bank of Montreal'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. Bank of Montreal currently has a public float of 728,370,000 shares. How does Bank of Montreal's short interest compare to its competitors? 0.71% of Bank of Montreal's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "banking" compare to Bank of Montreal: HSBC Holdings plc (0.27%), Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. (0.09%), Royal Bank of Canada (0.46%), HDFC Bank Limited (0.77%), Citigroup Inc. (1.81%), UBS Group AG (0.42%), ICICI Bank Limited (0.70%), The Toronto-Dominion Bank (0.67%), Banco Santander, S.A. (0.04%), Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (0.09%), 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 Bank of Montreal stock? Short selling BMO is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Bank of Montreal as its price is falling. BMO shares are trading up $0.59 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 Bank of Montreal? A short squeeze for Bank of Montreal 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 BMO, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Bank of Montreal'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 BMO, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is February, 28 2025. 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