MFS High Yield Municipal Trust (CMU) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $3.58 +0.02 (+0.42%) Closing price 02/21/2025 03:54 PM EasternExtended Trading$3.54 -0.05 (-1.37%) As of 02/21/2025 04:56 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 AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrends MFS High Yield Municipal Trust Short Interest DataMFS High Yield Municipal Trust (CMU) has a short interest of 290,300 shares. This marks a -2.12% decrease in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 4.3, indicating that it would take 4.3 days of the average trading volume of 58,796 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest290,300 sharesPrevious Short Interest296,600 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month-2.12%Dollar Volume Sold Short$1.02 millionShort Interest Ratio4.3 Days to CoverLast Record DateJanuary 31, 2025Outstanding Shares25,490,000 sharesPercentage of Shares Shorted1.14%Today's Trading Volume94,375 sharesAverage Trading Volume58,796 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average161% Short Selling MFS High Yield Municipal Trust? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for MFS High Yield Municipal Trust and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartCMU Short Interest Over TimeCMU Days to Cover Over TimeCMU Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time MFS High Yield Municipal Trust Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 1/31/2025290,300 shares $1.02 million -2.1%N/A4.3 $3.53 1/15/2025296,600 shares $1.04 million +27.6%N/A5.1 $3.51 12/31/2024232,400 shares $818,048.00 +42.8%N/A4.2 $3.52 12/15/2024162,800 shares $586,080.00 +131.3%N/A2.6 $3.60 11/30/202470,400 shares $256,960.00 +140.3%N/A1.2 $3.65 11/15/202429,300 shares $104,161.50 -36.4%N/A0.5 $3.56 10/31/202446,100 shares $164,116.00 +347.6%N/A0.9 $3.56 10/15/202410,300 shares $37,440.50 +98.1%N/A0.2 $3.64 9/30/20245,200 shares $19,058.00 -10.3%N/A0.1 $3.67 9/15/20245,800 shares $21,199.00 -63.8%N/A0.1 $3.66 Get the Latest News and Ratings for CMU and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for MFS High Yield Municipal Trust and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 8/31/202416,000 shares $57,120.00 -13.0%N/A0.4 $3.57 8/15/202418,400 shares $64,952.00 -12.4%N/A0.5 $3.53 7/31/202421,000 shares $74,340.00 +42.9%N/A0.5 $3.54 7/15/202414,700 shares $51,744.00 +93.4%N/A0.3 $3.52 6/30/20247,600 shares $26,068.00 -24.8%N/A0.2 $3.43 6/15/202410,100 shares $34,542.00 -11.4%N/A0.2 $3.42 5/31/202411,400 shares $37,335.00 -4.2%N/A0.2 $3.28 5/15/202411,900 shares $39,627.00 -71.4%N/A0.2 $3.33 4/30/202441,600 shares $134,576.00 +132.4%N/A0.7 $3.24 4/15/202417,900 shares $58,085.50 -63.8%N/A0.3 $3.25 3/31/202449,500 shares $164,835.00 +41.4%N/A0.7 $3.33 3/15/202435,000 shares $116,025.00 -12.1%N/A0.4 $3.32 2/29/202439,800 shares $130,544.00 +0.8%N/A0.4 $3.28 2/15/202439,500 shares $130,745.00 -0.3%N/A0.4 $3.31 1/31/202439,600 shares $130,680.00 +4.8%N/A0.4 $3.30 1/15/202437,800 shares $125,118.00 +7.4%N/A0.4 $3.31 12/31/202335,200 shares $116,512.00 -24.6%N/A0.4 $3.31 12/15/202346,700 shares $152,942.50 +0.7%N/A0.5 $3.28 11/30/202346,400 shares $146,624.00 -55.2%N/A0.6 $3.16 11/15/2023103,500 shares $313,605.00 -28.8%N/A1.4 $3.03 10/31/2023145,300 shares $415,558.00 -24.7%N/A2 $2.86 10/15/2023192,900 shares $594,132.00 -40.3%N/A2.6 $3.08 9/30/2023323,200 shares $1.01 million -7.0%N/A4.1 $3.13 9/15/2023347,600 shares $1.13 million -0.5%N/A4.6 $3.25 8/31/2023349,200 shares $1.17 million +25.4%N/A4.8 $3.34 8/15/2023278,500 shares $919,050.00 +57.6%N/A3.5 $3.30 7/31/2023176,700 shares $595,479.00 +95.0%N/A2.1 $3.37 7/15/202390,600 shares $295,356.00 +40.3%N/A1.2 $3.26 6/30/202364,600 shares $208,012.00 +64.4%N/A1.1 $3.22 6/15/202339,300 shares $125,760.00 -65.5%N/A0.6 $3.20Watch This Robotics Demo Before March 17th (Ad)Jeff Brown, the tech legend who picked shares of Nvidia in 2016 before they jumped by more than 22,000%... 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Click here to watch the demo… 5/31/2023113,800 shares $356,194.00 +172.9%N/A1.8 $3.13 5/15/202341,700 shares $134,691.00 +334.4%N/A0.8 $3.23 4/30/20239,600 shares $30,624.00 -56.4%N/A0.2 $3.19 4/15/202322,000 shares $71,060.00 +7.8%N/A0.4 $3.23 3/31/202320,400 shares $65,484.00 +3.6%N/A0.3 $3.21 3/15/202319,700 shares $61,858.00 -10.9%N/A0.2 $3.14 2/28/202322,100 shares $70,499.00 +281.0%N/A0.2 $3.19 2/15/20235,800 shares $18,966.00 -55.4%N/A0.1 $3.27 1/31/202313,000 shares $43,680.00 -36.6%N/A0.1 $3.36 1/15/202320,500 shares $66,830.00 +201.5%N/A0.2 $3.26 12/30/20226,800 shares $21,284.00 -83.2%N/A0.1 $3.13 12/15/202240,500 shares $128,790.00 +120.1%N/A0.4 $3.18 11/30/202218,400 shares $58,880.00 -50.5%N/A0.2 $3.20 11/15/202237,200 shares $112,716.00 -31.7%N/A0.4 $3.03 10/31/202254,500 shares $157,505.00 +209.7%N/A0.7 $2.89 10/15/202217,600 shares $52,800.00 No ChangeN/A0.2 $3.00 9/30/202226,600 shares $80,066.00 +166.0%N/A0.3 $3.01 9/15/202210,000 shares $32,100.00 -61.2%N/A0.1 $3.21 8/31/202225,800 shares $86,430.00 +290.9%N/A0.3 $3.35 8/15/20226,600 shares $23,628.00 -67.5%N/A0.1 $3.58 7/31/202220,300 shares $73,283.00 -14.4%N/A0.2 $3.61 7/15/202223,700 shares $82,713.00 -17.4%N/A0.2 $3.49 6/30/202228,700 shares $96,432.00 +170.8%N/A0.2 $3.36 6/15/202210,600 shares $34,344.00 -6.2%N/A0.1 $3.24 5/31/202211,300 shares $41,584.00 +175.6%N/A0.1 $3.68 5/15/20224,100 shares $13,899.00 -64.4%N/A0 $3.39 4/30/202211,500 shares $40,250.00 -41.9%N/A0.1 $3.50 4/15/202219,800 shares $71,676.00 -20.2%N/A0.2 $3.62 3/31/202224,800 shares $95,976.00 +4,860.0%N/A0.3 $3.87 3/15/2022500 shares $1,940.00 -94.6%N/A0 $3.88 2/28/20229,300 shares $38,037.00 -65.4%N/A0.1 $4.09 2/15/202226,900 shares $108,676.00 +12.1%N/A0.4 $4.04 1/31/202224,000 shares $101,760.00 +269.2%N/A0.4 $4.24 1/15/20226,500 shares $28,535.00 +103.1%N/A0.1 $4.39 12/31/20213,200 shares $14,464.00 -5.9%N/A0.1 $4.52 12/15/20213,400 shares $15,334.00 +6.3%N/A0.1 $4.51 11/30/20213,200 shares $14,528.00 +39.1%N/A0.1 $4.54 11/15/20212,300 shares $10,488.00 -78.9%N/A0 $4.56 10/29/202110,900 shares $48,723.00 +990.0%N/A0.2 $4.47 10/15/20211,000 shares $4,540.00 -91.3%N/A0 $4.54 9/30/202111,500 shares $52,785.00 -19.6%N/A0.3 $4.59 9/15/202114,300 shares $68,068.00 +297.2%N/A0.4 $4.76 8/31/20213,600 shares $17,460.00 -35.7%N/A0.1 $4.85 8/13/20215,600 shares $26,768.00 +5.7%N/A0.1 $4.78 7/30/20215,300 shares $25,228.00 +179.0%N/A0.1 $4.76 7/15/20211,900 shares $8,968.00 -5.0%N/A0 $4.72 6/30/20212,000 shares $9,500.00 -95.4%N/A0 $4.75 6/15/202143,500 shares $203,580.00 +101.4%N/A0.8 $4.68 5/28/202121,600 shares $103,032.00 +70.1%N/A0.4 $4.77 5/14/202112,700 shares $59,817.00 +36.6%N/A0.2 $4.71Watch This Robotics Demo Before March 17th (Ad)Jeff Brown, the tech legend who picked shares of Nvidia in 2016 before they jumped by more than 22,000%... 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Click here to watch the demo… 4/30/20219,300 shares $43,524.00 -72.1%N/A0.1 $4.68 4/15/202133,300 shares $152,847.00 +106.8%N/A0.4 $4.59 3/31/202116,100 shares $71,806.00 +6.6%N/A0.2 $4.46 3/15/202115,100 shares $67,950.00 -55.9%N/A0.2 $4.50 2/26/202134,200 shares $151,848.00 +194.8%N/A0.4 $4.44 2/12/202111,600 shares $54,752.00 -18.3%N/A0.1 $4.72 1/29/202114,200 shares $63,616.00 -64.3%N/A0.2 $4.48 1/15/202139,800 shares $177,110.00 +552.5%N/A0.5 $4.45 12/31/20206,100 shares $26,474.00 -35.8%N/A0.1 $4.34 12/15/20209,500 shares $42,180.00 +2,275.0%N/A0.2 $4.44 11/30/2020400 shares $1,740.00 -97.0%N/A0 $4.35 11/15/202013,200 shares $56,496.00 +76.0%N/A0.2 $4.28 10/30/20207,500 shares $31,350.00 +97.4%N/A0.1 $4.18 10/15/20203,800 shares $16,036.00 -73.2%N/A0 $4.22 9/30/202014,200 shares $59,640.00 +108.8%N/A0.3 $4.20 9/15/202017,300 shares $73,871.00 +154.4%N/A0.3 $4.27 8/31/20206,800 shares $28,968.00 -26.9%N/A0.1 $4.26 8/14/20209,300 shares $40,734.00 -53.7%N/A0.2 $4.38 7/31/202020,100 shares $87,636.00 -30.7%N/A0.3 $4.36 7/15/202029,000 shares $122,670.00 +229.6%N/A0.4 $4.23 6/30/20208,800 shares $35,728.00 -86.0%N/A0.1 $4.06 6/15/202062,700 shares $266,475.00 +85.5%N/A0.7 $4.25 5/29/202033,800 shares $139,256.00 -27.0%N/A0.3 $4.12 5/15/202046,300 shares $179,644.00 +104.0%N/A0.4 $3.88 4/30/202022,700 shares $86,714.00 +22.7%N/A0.2 $3.82 4/15/202018,500 shares $71,595.00 -63.8%N/A0.2 $3.87 3/31/202051,100 shares $195,713.00 +1,944.0%N/A0.5 $3.83 3/13/20202,500 shares $10,000.00 +127.3%0.0%0 $4.00 2/28/20201,100 shares $3,663.00 -92.0%N/A0 $3.33 CMU Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is MFS High Yield Municipal Trust's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of MFS High Yield Municipal Trust shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of January 31st, investors have sold 290,300 shares of CMU short. Learn More on MFS High Yield Municipal Trust's current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for MFS High Yield Municipal Trust? 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. CMU shares currently have a short interest ratio of 4.0. Learn More on MFS High Yield Municipal Trust's short interest ratio. Is MFS High Yield Municipal Trust's short interest increasing or decreasing? MFS High Yield Municipal Trust saw a decrease in short interest in the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totaling 290,300 shares, a decrease of 2.1% from the previous total of 296,600 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. How does MFS High Yield Municipal Trust's short interest compare to its competitors? Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "financial services" compare to MFS High Yield Municipal Trust: BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund, Inc. (0.17%), The Taiwan Fund, Inc. (0.06%), Liberty All-Star Growth Fund, Inc. (0.06%), BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund, Inc. (0.07%), TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC Corp. (2.74%), MFS Intermediate Income Trust (0.35%), Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund, Inc. (0.03%), MFS Multimarket Income Trust (0.07%), BlackRock Income Trust, Inc. (0.21%), Templeton Dragon Fund, Inc. (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: AppLovin Co. ($5.21 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.07 billion), Reddit, Inc. ($3.33 billion), The Kroger Co. ($2.67 billion), Cencora, Inc. ($2.29 billion), Hims & Hers Health, Inc. ($2.17 billion), SoFi Technologies, Inc. ($1.99 billion), Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. ($1.87 billion), Rivian Automotive, Inc. ($1.76 billion), and Moderna, Inc. ($1.60 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short MFS High Yield Municipal Trust stock? Short selling CMU is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from MFS High Yield Municipal Trust as its price is falling. CMU 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 MFS High Yield Municipal Trust? A short squeeze for MFS High Yield Municipal Trust 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 CMU, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is MFS High Yield Municipal Trust'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 CMU, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is January, 31 2025. More Short Interest Resources from MarketBeat Related Companies BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund Short Interest Data The Taiwan Fund Short Interest Data Liberty All-Star Growth Fund Short Interest Data BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund Short Interest Data TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC Short Interest Data MFS Intermediate Income Trust Short Interest Data Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund Short Interest Data MFS Multimarket Income Trust Short Interest Data BlackRock Income Trust Short Interest Data Templeton Dragon Fund Short Interest Data Short Interest Tools Stocks to Short Largest Short Interest Positions Short Interest Increases Short Interest Decreases Short Interest Reporting Dates This page (NYSE:CMU) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersSecret financial plot unfolding in Washington DC… [DEVELOPING]What stocks are next up to soar in 2025? I believe I’ve found the answer - and it might surprise you. 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