Kayne Anderson BDC (KBDC) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Kayne Anderson BDC shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of October 31st, investors have sold 4,100 shares of KBDC short. 0.01% of Kayne Anderson BDC's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Kayne Anderson BDC's current short interest.

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. 0.01% of Kayne Anderson BDC's floating shares are currently sold short.

Kayne Anderson BDC currently has issued a total of 71,030,000 shares. Some of Kayne Anderson BDC'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. Kayne Anderson BDC currently has a public float of 52,200,000 shares.

0.01% of Kayne Anderson BDC's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "holding & other investment offices" compare to Kayne Anderson BDC: Morgan Stanley Direct Lending (0.15%), Blue Owl Capital Co. III (0.10%), Bain Capital Specialty Finance, Inc. (0.40%), Trinity Capital Inc. (2.65%), Ares Acquisition Co. II (0.03%), CION Investment Co. (0.13%), Nabors Energy Transition Corp. II (0.03%), Rigel Resource Acquisition Corp. (0.00%), Inflection Point Acquisition Corp. II (0.02%), Codere Online Luxembourg, S.A. (2.60%),

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 KBDC is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Kayne Anderson BDC as its price is falling. KBDC shares are trading down $0.10 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 Kayne Anderson BDC 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 KBDC, 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 KBDC, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is October, 31 2024.