Empire State Realty OP (ESBA) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Empire State Realty OP shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of October 31st, traders have sold 700 shares of ESBA short. Learn More on Empire State Realty OP's current short interest.

Empire State Realty OP saw a decline in short interest during the month of October. As of October 31st, there was short interest totaling 700 shares, a decline of 41.7% from the previous total of 1,200 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.

Empire State Realty OP currently has issued a total of 0 shares. Some of Empire State Realty OP'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. Empire State Realty OP currently has a public float of 18,540,000 shares.

Here is how the short interest of companies in the sector of "real estate" compare to Empire State Realty OP: NexPoint Diversified Real Estate Trust (0.87%), Seven Hills Realty Trust (1.21%),

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 ESBA is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Empire State Realty OP as its price is falling. ESBA shares are trading down $0.04 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 Empire State Realty OP 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 ESBA, 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 ESBA, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is October, 31 2024.