Horace Mann Educators (HMN) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $37.88 -1.11 (-2.85%) As of 03:58 PM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrends Horace Mann Educators Short Interest DataHorace Mann Educators (HMN) has a short interest of 721,100 shares, representing 1.78% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a 6.69% increase in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 2.8, indicating that it would take 2.8 days of the average trading volume of 160,680 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest721,100 sharesPrevious Short Interest675,900 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month+6.69%Dollar Volume Sold Short$29.90 millionShort Interest Ratio2.8 Days to CoverLast Record DateDecember 15, 2024Outstanding Shares40,758,000 sharesFloat Size40,530,000 sharesShort Percent of Float1.78%Today's Trading Volume175,541 sharesAverage Trading Volume160,680 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average109% Short Selling Horace Mann Educators? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for Horace Mann Educators and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartHMN Short Interest Over TimeHMN Days to Cover Over TimeHMN Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Horace Mann Educators Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 12/15/2024721,100 shares $29.90 million +6.7%1.8%2.8 $41.46 11/30/2024675,900 shares $28.30 million -18.0%1.7%2.6 $41.87 11/15/2024824,100 shares $34.01 million +8.1%2.0%3 $41.27 10/31/2024762,100 shares $28.38 million +2.9%1.9%2.8 $37.24 10/15/2024741,000 shares $26.69 million +4.0%1.8%2.8 $36.02 9/30/2024712,500 shares $24.90 million +92.8%1.8%2.7 $34.95 Get the Latest News and Ratings for HMN and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Horace Mann Educators and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 9/15/2024369,500 shares $12.56 million -29.5%0.9%1.5 $33.98 8/31/2024524,200 shares $18.67 million -17.5%1.3%2 $35.61 8/15/2024635,300 shares $21.55 million -2.2%1.6%2.5 $33.92 7/31/2024649,500 shares $22.45 million -19.8%1.6%2.5 $34.57 7/15/2024810,300 shares $27.63 million +8.9%2.0%3.2 $34.10 6/30/2024743,900 shares $24.27 million +8.3%1.8%3 $32.62 6/15/2024687,100 shares $22.52 million -4.5%1.7%2.8 $32.78 5/31/2024719,300 shares $24.58 million +6.8%1.8%3.1 $34.17 5/15/2024673,800 shares $23.69 million -16.6%1.7%3 $35.16 4/30/2024807,700 shares $29.76 million +23.4%2.0%3.7 $36.85 4/15/2024654,400 shares $22.34 million +31.2%1.6%3 $34.14 3/31/2024498,900 shares $18.45 million +3.7%1.2%2.4 $36.99 3/15/2024480,900 shares $16.95 million -9.0%1.2%2.4 $35.25 2/29/2024528,500 shares $19.14 million +5.0%1.3%2.5 $36.23 2/15/2024503,200 shares $18.92 million +6.8%1.3%2.5 $37.60 1/31/2024471,400 shares $17.35 million +14.3%1.2%2.3 $36.81 1/15/2024412,300 shares $13.78 million +27.7%1.0%2 $33.43 12/31/2023323,000 shares $10.56 million -22.5%0.8%1.6 $32.70 12/15/2023416,500 shares $13.53 million +21.3%1.0%1.9 $32.49 11/30/2023343,400 shares $11.48 million -5.2%0.9%1.6 $33.44 11/15/2023362,100 shares $11.82 million +1.7%0.9%1.7 $32.65 10/31/2023356,100 shares $11.30 million -35.3%0.9%1.7 $31.72 10/15/2023550,300 shares $16.97 million +37.2%1.4%2.5 $30.83 9/30/2023401,200 shares $11.79 million -0.2%1.0%1.7 $29.38 9/15/2023401,900 shares $11.82 million -0.4%1.0%1.7 $29.40 8/31/2023403,400 shares $11.56 million +13.0%1.0%1.5 $28.66 8/15/2023357,000 shares $10.11 million -19.5%0.9%1.3 $28.32 7/31/2023443,400 shares $13.36 million -4.7%1.1%1.6 $30.13 7/15/2023465,100 shares $13.39 million +7.8%1.2%1.7 $28.78 6/30/2023431,600 shares $12.80 million -12.1%1.1%1.7 $29.66 6/15/2023491,200 shares $14.55 million -25.5%1.2%1.9 $29.62 5/31/2023659,000 shares $19.80 million -8.5%1.6%2.7 $30.05 5/15/2023720,500 shares $23.91 million +3.6%1.8%3.3 $33.18 4/30/2023695,800 shares $21.76 million -20.4%1.7%2.9 $31.28 4/15/2023874,400 shares $28.56 million -8.4%2.2%3.5 $32.66 3/31/2023954,500 shares $31.96 million -2.1%2.4%3.8 $33.48 3/15/2023975,100 shares $32.89 million -4.4%2.4%4.2 $33.73 2/28/20231,020,000 shares $37.70 million +34.1%2.5%4.5 $36.96 2/15/2023760,600 shares $28.62 million +3.5%1.9%3.4 $37.63 1/31/2023735,000 shares $26.17 million +10.3%1.8%3.4 $35.61 1/15/2023666,500 shares $25.27 million -3.4%1.6%3.4 $37.92 12/30/2022689,700 shares $25.77 million -12.5%1.7%3.4 $37.37 12/15/2022788,600 shares $28.48 million +18.8%1.9%3.8 $36.12 11/30/2022664,000 shares $25.62 million -8.6%1.6%3.3 $38.59 11/15/2022726,600 shares $27.04 million -24.0%1.8%3.7 $37.21 10/31/2022956,100 shares $37.73 million -18.3%2.4%4.9 $39.46 10/15/20221,170,000 shares $45.43 million -0.9%2.9%6 $38.83 9/30/20221,180,000 shares $41.64 million +11.3%2.9%5.4 $35.29 9/15/20221,060,000 shares $38.11 million -3.6%2.6%4.7 $35.95 8/31/20221,100,000 shares $39.35 million No Change2.7%4.9 $35.77 8/15/20221,100,000 shares $41.26 million +13.1%2.7%4.5 $37.51 7/31/2022972,400 shares $33.30 million -7.4%2.4%3.8 $34.25 7/15/20221,050,000 shares $35.35 million +21.7%2.5%4.2 $33.67 6/30/2022862,700 shares $33.11 million +0.2%2.1%3.9 $38.38 6/15/2022860,600 shares $30.26 million -16.5%2.1%3.8 $35.16 5/31/20221,030,000 shares $41.67 million +7.0%2.5%4.8 $40.46 5/15/2022963,100 shares $36.45 million -9.1%2.3%4.7 $37.85 4/30/20221,060,000 shares $42.24 million +17.7%2.6%5 $39.85 4/15/2022901,000 shares $36.58 million -11.7%2.2%3.8 $40.60 3/31/20221,020,000 shares $42.67 million -5.6%2.5%4.1 $41.83 3/15/20221,080,000 shares $44.32 million +1.9%2.6%4.4 $41.04 2/28/20221,060,000 shares $44.09 million +8.5%2.6%4.1 $41.59 2/15/2022977,300 shares $39.68 million +19.0%2.4%3.9 $40.60 1/31/2022821,000 shares $31.21 million -14.0%2.0%3.4 $38.01 1/15/2022954,700 shares $37.97 million +23.1%2.3%4.9 $39.77 12/31/2021775,400 shares $30.01 million +10.7%1.9%4.4 $38.70 12/15/2021700,200 shares $26.21 million -0.4%1.7%4.2 $37.43 11/30/2021702,700 shares $26.05 million -3.4%1.7%4.9 $37.07 11/15/2021727,300 shares $29.64 million -4.1%1.8%5.1 $40.76 10/29/2021758,600 shares $29.72 million -8.2%1.8%5.4 $39.18 10/15/2021826,200 shares $32.85 million -2.5%2.0%5.5 $39.76 9/30/2021847,300 shares $33.71 million -2.5%2.1%5.3 $39.79 9/15/2021869,000 shares $33.88 million -14.0%2.1%4.9 $38.99 8/31/20211,010,000 shares $41.41 million +14.4%2.4%5.5 $41.00 8/13/2021882,600 shares $35.81 million +13.7%2.1%4.4 $40.57 7/30/2021776,500 shares $30.91 million -2.0%1.9%3.7 $39.81 7/15/2021792,300 shares $30.66 million +13.8%1.9%3.8 $38.70 6/30/2021696,000 shares $26.04 million -1.5%1.7%3.2 $37.42 6/15/2021706,400 shares $26.94 million -34.0%1.7%3.3 $38.14 5/28/20211,070,000 shares $42.66 million -0.9%2.6%4.9 $39.87 5/14/20211,080,000 shares $42.97 million -5.3%N/A4.6 $39.79 4/30/20211,140,000 shares $46.08 million +29.4%N/A4.8 $40.42 4/15/2021881,100 shares $37.44 million -7.0%N/A3.5 $42.49 3/31/2021947,500 shares $41.12 million +32.7%N/A3.8 $43.40 3/15/2021714,100 shares $31.41 million -12.3%N/A2.9 $43.98 2/26/2021814,400 shares $32.01 million +12.7%N/A3.5 $39.30 2/12/2021722,900 shares $28.32 million -0.3%N/A3.2 $39.17 1/29/2021725,200 shares $29.16 million +2.0%N/A3.2 $40.21 1/15/2021711,300 shares $30.37 million +4.0%N/A3.3 $42.69 12/31/2020684,100 shares $28.53 million +27.4%N/A3 $41.70 12/15/2020537,000 shares $23.09 million +15.8%N/A2.3 $42.99 11/30/2020463,800 shares $19.01 million -10.9%N/A2 $40.99 11/15/2020520,300 shares $20.47 million -13.3%N/A2.3 $39.34 10/30/2020600,100 shares $20.60 million +0.7%N/A2.9 $34.32 10/15/2020595,700 shares $20.50 million -0.3%1.5%3.1 $34.41 9/30/2020597,500 shares $19.96 million +0.1%1.5%3.5 $33.40 9/15/2020596,900 shares $20.32 million -9.1%1.5%3.4 $34.05 8/31/2020656,300 shares $25.64 million +15.4%1.6%3.9 $39.06 8/14/2020568,500 shares $22.56 million -14.5%1.4%3.3 $39.68 7/31/2020665,100 shares $24.99 million -12.5%1.6%3.5 $37.58 7/15/2020759,700 shares $28.58 million -4.9%1.9%3.9 $37.62 6/30/2020798,800 shares $28.69 million +36.9%2.0%4 $35.92 6/15/2020583,400 shares $21.21 million -19.9%1.4%2.8 $36.35 5/29/2020727,900 shares $26.58 million +11.7%1.8%3.1 $36.52 5/15/2020651,400 shares $21.18 million +22.1%1.6%2.8 $32.52 4/30/2020533,400 shares $18.75 million -10.1%1.3%2.4 $35.16 4/15/2020593,600 shares $19.93 million +2.7%1.5%2.7 $33.58 3/31/2020578,200 shares $19.81 million -16.9%1.4%2.8 $34.27 3/13/2020695,900 shares $25.21 million +18.4%1.7%4.2 $36.22 2/28/2020587,800 shares $18.46 million +8.4%1.4%3.5 $31.40 2/14/2020542,400 shares $22.14 million +3.5%1.3%3.5 $40.82 1/31/2020524,000 shares $22.30 million -7.9%1.3%3.4 $42.55 1/15/2020569,100 shares $25.05 million -20.0%1.4%3.6 $44.02 HMN Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Horace Mann Educators' current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Horace Mann Educators shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of December 15th, traders have sold 721,100 shares of HMN short. 1.78% of Horace Mann Educators' shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Horace Mann Educators' current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for Horace Mann Educators? 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. HMN shares currently have a short interest ratio of 3.0. Learn More on Horace Mann Educators's short interest ratio. What is a good short interest percentage for Horace Mann Educators? 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. 1.78% of Horace Mann Educators' floating shares are currently sold short. Is Horace Mann Educators' short interest increasing or decreasing? Horace Mann Educators saw a increase in short interest during the month of December. As of December 15th, there was short interest totaling 721,100 shares, an increase of 6.7% from the previous total of 675,900 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 Horace Mann Educators' float size? Horace Mann Educators currently has issued a total of 40,758,000 shares. Some of Horace Mann Educators' 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. Horace Mann Educators currently has a public float of 40,530,000 shares. How does Horace Mann Educators' short interest compare to its competitors? 1.78% of Horace Mann Educators' shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the sector of "finance" compare to Horace Mann Educators: Kemper Co. (1.70%), Genworth Financial, Inc. (2.07%), American International Group, Inc. (1.67%), The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (1.30%), Loews Co. (0.90%), American Financial Group, Inc. (1.35%), Assurant, Inc. (1.37%), Selective Insurance Group, Inc. (2.30%), The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. (0.69%), White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd. (1.45%), 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. ($5.70 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.32 billion), Spotify Technology S.A. ($4.06 billion), Canadian Natural Resources Limited ($3.45 billion), Reddit, Inc. ($2.79 billion), International Paper ($2.70 billion), Cencora, Inc. ($2.27 billion), SoFi Technologies, Inc. ($2.21 billion), Lululemon Athletica Inc. ($2.13 billion), and Rivian Automotive, Inc. ($2.05 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short Horace Mann Educators stock? Short selling HMN is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Horace Mann Educators as its price is falling. HMN shares are trading down $1.11 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 Horace Mann Educators? A short squeeze for Horace Mann Educators 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 HMN, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Horace Mann Educators' 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 HMN, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is December, 15 2024. More Short Interest Resources from MarketBeat Related Companies Kemper Short Interest Data Genworth Financial Short Interest Data American International Group Short Interest Data The Hartford Financial Services Group Short Interest Data Loews Short Interest Data American Financial Group Short Interest Data Assurant Short Interest Data Selective Insurance Group Short Interest Data The Hanover Insurance Group Short Interest Data White Mountains Insurance Group 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:HMN) was last updated on 1/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersCollect $7k per month from Tesla’s SECRET dividendTesla doesn't pay a traditional dividend.... 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