Main Street Capital (MAIN) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $55.33 -0.02 (-0.04%) (As of 11:51 AM ET) Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrends Main Street Capital Short Interest DataMain Street Capital (MAIN) has a short interest of 3.56 million shares. This marks a -5.57% decrease in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 9.4, indicating that it would take 9.4 days of the average trading volume of 365,815 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest3,560,000 sharesPrevious Short Interest3,770,000 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month-5.57%Dollar Volume Sold Short$185.69 millionShort Interest Ratio9.4 Days to CoverLast Record DateNovember 15, 2024Outstanding Shares88,180,000 sharesPercentage of Shares Shorted4.04%Today's Trading Volume130,267 sharesAverage Trading Volume365,815 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average36% Short Selling Main Street Capital? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for Main Street Capital and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartMAIN Short Interest Over TimeMAIN Days to Cover Over TimeMAIN Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Ad Porter & CompanyThis company will win the AI race Rome wasn’t built in a day… But there is another lesser-known type of keystone, one that plays an equally critical role in supporting the most revolutionary technology the world’s ever seen… artificial intelligence. And without it, the entire AI industry would collapse. You must read this new presentation from Porter Stansberry. Main Street Capital Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 11/15/20243,560,000 shares $185.69 million -5.6%N/A9.4 $52.16 10/31/20243,770,000 shares $193.50 million -3.3%N/A10.6 $51.33 10/15/20243,900,000 shares $199.06 million -6.3%N/A10.5 $51.04 9/30/20244,160,000 shares $208.58 million +1.5%N/A11.1 $50.14 9/15/20244,100,000 shares $204.80 million +10.2%N/A11 $49.95 8/31/20243,720,000 shares $183.77 million +5.4%N/A10 $49.40 Get the Latest News and Ratings for MAIN and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Main Street Capital and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 8/15/20243,530,000 shares $173.82 million +3.5%N/A9.8 $49.24 7/31/20243,410,000 shares $174.46 million -1.5%N/A8.8 $51.16 7/15/20243,460,000 shares $178.81 million No ChangeN/A9.6 $51.68 6/30/20243,460,000 shares $174.70 million -0.6%N/A9.9 $50.49 6/15/20243,480,000 shares $171.70 million +5.8%N/A9.8 $49.34 5/31/20243,290,000 shares $161.14 million -3.0%N/A9.1 $48.98 5/15/20243,390,000 shares $167.23 million +0.9%N/A9.4 $49.33 4/30/20243,360,000 shares $166.69 million +1.8%N/A9.8 $49.61 4/15/20243,300,000 shares $154.04 million -3.8%N/A9.5 $46.68 3/31/20243,430,000 shares $162.27 million +1.2%N/A9.6 $47.31 3/15/20243,390,000 shares $156.58 million No ChangeN/A9.3 $46.19 2/29/20243,390,000 shares $154.96 million No ChangeN/A9.2 $45.71 2/15/20243,390,000 shares $152.04 million -2.9%N/A9.4 $44.85 1/31/20243,490,000 shares $158.03 million -2.0%N/A9.7 $45.28 1/15/20243,560,000 shares $155.82 million +2.3%N/A9.5 $43.77 12/31/20233,480,000 shares $150.44 million -4.9%N/A9.4 $43.23 12/15/20233,660,000 shares $156.76 million -1.6%N/A10.2 $42.83 11/30/20233,720,000 shares $153.77 million +6.3%N/A10.7 $41.34 11/15/20233,500,000 shares $142.87 million -3.3%N/A9.8 $40.82 10/31/20233,620,000 shares $137.99 million +7.7%N/A10 $38.12 10/15/20233,360,000 shares $133.36 million +6.3%N/A9.9 $39.69 9/30/20233,160,000 shares $128.39 million +3.6%N/A9.3 $40.63 9/15/20233,050,000 shares $125.14 million No ChangeN/A7.9 $41.03 8/31/20233,050,000 shares $122.98 million +1.0%N/A7.5 $40.32 8/15/20233,020,000 shares $121.77 million +2.7%N/A7.5 $40.32 7/31/20232,940,000 shares $124.27 million +1.4%N/A7.2 $42.27 7/15/20232,900,000 shares $118.32 million -3.3%N/A7.2 $40.80 6/30/20233,000,000 shares $120.06 million +7.9%N/A7.6 $40.02 6/15/20232,780,000 shares $109.38 million +6.9%N/A8.3 $39.35 5/31/20232,600,000 shares $103.12 million +8.8%N/A7.6 $39.66 5/15/20232,390,000 shares $94.48 million +7.2%N/A7 $39.53 4/30/20232,230,000 shares $90.36 million -1.3%N/A6.7 $40.52 4/15/20232,260,000 shares $89.41 million -1.7%N/A6.9 $39.56 3/31/20232,300,000 shares $90.76 million +13.9%N/A6.9 $39.46This company will win the AI race (Ad)Rome wasn’t built in a day… But there is another lesser-known type of keystone, one that plays an equally critical role in supporting the most revolutionary technology the world’s ever seen… artificial intelligence. And without it, the entire AI industry would collapse. You must read this new presentation from Porter Stansberry. 3/15/20232,020,000 shares $77.85 million +3.6%N/A6.2 $38.54 2/28/20231,950,000 shares $82.86 million +3.2%N/A6.2 $42.49 2/15/20231,890,000 shares $75.15 million -3.6%N/A6.2 $39.76 1/31/20231,960,000 shares $77.48 million -5.8%N/A6.6 $39.53 1/15/20232,080,000 shares $80.10 million +4.0%N/A6.9 $38.51 12/30/20222,000,000 shares $73.90 million +2.0%N/A6.5 $36.95 12/15/20221,960,000 shares $72.89 million +4.3%N/A5.8 $37.19 11/30/20221,880,000 shares $71.89 million +1.1%N/A5.4 $38.24 11/15/20221,860,000 shares $70.96 million +9.4%N/A5.4 $38.15 10/31/20221,700,000 shares $62.80 million -0.6%N/A4.5 $36.94 10/15/20221,710,000 shares $56.67 million +4.3%N/A4.6 $33.14 9/30/20221,640,000 shares $55.17 million -0.6%N/A4.5 $33.64 9/15/20221,650,000 shares $65.60 million -5.7%N/A4.6 $39.76 8/31/20221,750,000 shares $73.05 million -9.3%N/A4.5 $41.74 8/15/20221,930,000 shares $84.55 million -25.2%N/A4.9 $43.81 7/31/20222,580,000 shares $116.15 million -3.4%N/A6.6 $45.02 7/15/20222,670,000 shares $109.39 million +18.7%N/A6.6 $40.97 6/30/20222,250,000 shares $86.69 million +35.5%N/A5.6 $38.53 6/15/20221,660,000 shares $59.44 million +9.2%2.9%4.3 $35.81 5/31/20221,520,000 shares $57.96 million +5.6%N/A4.5 $38.13 5/15/20221,440,000 shares $54.46 million +0.7%N/A4 $37.82 4/30/20221,430,000 shares $57.54 million +1.4%N/A4.2 $40.24 4/15/20221,410,000 shares $58.80 million +2.9%N/A4.1 $41.70 3/31/20221,370,000 shares $58.42 million -4.9%N/A4 $42.64 3/15/20221,440,000 shares $58.88 million +9.9%2.1%4.2 $40.89 2/28/20221,310,000 shares $57.17 million -3.0%1.9%3.9 $43.64 2/15/20221,350,000 shares $57.78 million -4.9%2.0%4.2 $42.80 1/31/20221,420,000 shares $62.82 million +2.2%2.2%4.5 $44.24 1/15/20221,390,000 shares $61.29 million -5.4%2.1%4.7 $44.09 12/31/20211,470,000 shares $65.94 million +11.4%2.2%5.6 $44.86 12/15/20211,320,000 shares $56.65 million -12.6%2.0%5 $42.92 11/30/20211,510,000 shares $67.10 million -11.2%2.3%5.8 $44.44 11/15/20211,700,000 shares $77.66 million -4.5%2.6%6.8 $45.68 10/29/20211,780,000 shares $78.00 million +4.7%2.7%7.2 $43.82 10/15/20211,700,000 shares $72.42 million No Change2.6%7 $42.60 9/30/20211,700,000 shares $69.87 million +3.7%2.6%7 $41.10 9/15/20211,640,000 shares $68.39 million No Change2.5%6.6 $41.70 8/31/20211,640,000 shares $68.21 million -0.6%2.5%6.6 $41.59 8/13/20211,650,000 shares $70.64 million -1.8%2.5%6.3 $42.81 7/30/20211,680,000 shares $69.08 million +8.4%2.6%5.8 $41.12 7/15/20211,550,000 shares $64.05 million +2.0%2.4%5 $41.32 6/30/20211,520,000 shares $62.46 million +10.1%2.4%4.8 $41.09 6/15/20211,380,000 shares $57.56 million -7.4%2.2%4.3 $41.71 5/28/20211,490,000 shares $61.27 million +8.0%2.3%4.5 $41.12 5/14/20211,380,000 shares $54.50 million -21.1%N/A3.9 $39.49 4/30/20211,750,000 shares $74.78 million -9.8%N/A5 $42.73 4/15/20211,940,000 shares $80.55 million +2.7%N/A5.3 $41.52 3/31/20211,890,000 shares $74.77 million +8.0%N/A4.9 $39.56 3/15/20211,750,000 shares $67.18 million -1.1%N/A4 $38.39 2/26/20211,770,000 shares $63.19 million +1.7%N/A4 $35.70This company will win the AI race (Ad)Rome wasn’t built in a day… But there is another lesser-known type of keystone, one that plays an equally critical role in supporting the most revolutionary technology the world’s ever seen… artificial intelligence. And without it, the entire AI industry would collapse. You must read this new presentation from Porter Stansberry. 2/12/20211,740,000 shares $59.66 million -5.4%2.8%4 $34.29 1/29/20211,840,000 shares $59.87 million +9.5%3.0%4.2 $32.54 1/15/20211,680,000 shares $54.13 million -12.0%2.7%3.9 $32.22 12/31/20201,910,000 shares $62.11 million -5.5%3.1%4.6 $32.52 12/15/20202,020,000 shares $63.63 million -8.6%3.2%5.3 $31.50 11/30/20202,210,000 shares $71.49 million +2.8%3.5%6.3 $32.35 11/15/20202,150,000 shares $66.59 million -10.4%3.5%6.2 $30.97 10/30/20202,400,000 shares $66.24 million +17.1%3.9%7 $27.60 10/15/20202,050,000 shares $62.24 million -9.7%3.3%6.5 $30.36 9/30/20202,270,000 shares $67.12 million +8.1%3.7%7 $29.57 9/15/20202,100,000 shares $64.43 million -3.2%3.4%6.2 $30.68 8/31/20202,170,000 shares $65.69 million -10.3%3.5%6 $30.27 8/14/20202,420,000 shares $79.38 million -6.9%3.9%6.1 $32.80 7/31/20202,600,000 shares $78.81 million -1.9%4.2%6 $30.31 7/15/20202,650,000 shares $79.98 million -6.7%4.3%5.3 $30.18 6/30/20202,840,000 shares $87.81 million -9.6%4.7%4.5 $30.92 6/15/20203,140,000 shares $103.84 million -20.5%5.1%3.8 $33.07 5/29/20203,950,000 shares $123.24 million -13.6%6.5%3.9 $31.20 5/15/20204,570,000 shares $131.20 million +10.4%7.5%4.2 $28.71 4/30/20204,140,000 shares $107.97 million -1.2%6.8%4 $26.08 4/15/20204,190,000 shares $103.83 million +17.0%6.9%4.3 $24.78 3/31/20203,580,000 shares $87.21 million +82.7%5.9%4.2 $24.36 3/13/20201,959,300 shares $51.27 million +33.3%3.2%5.3 $26.17 2/28/20201,470,000 shares $23.14 million -8.7%2.4%4 $15.74 2/14/20201,610,000 shares $53.95 million +8.8%2.7%5.8 $33.51 1/31/20201,480,000 shares $59.38 million -11.4%2.5%5.9 $40.12 1/15/20201,670,000 shares $74.20 million -15.7%2.8%6.9 $44.43 12/31/20191,980,000 shares $87.16 million -7.5%3.3%8.5 $44.02 MAIN Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Main Street Capital's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Main Street Capital shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of November 15th, investors have sold 3,560,000 shares of MAIN short. Learn More on Main Street Capital's current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for Main Street Capital? 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. MAIN shares currently have a short interest ratio of 9.0. Learn More on Main Street Capital's short interest ratio. Which institutional investors are shorting Main Street Capital? As of the most recent reporting period, the following institutional investors, funds, and major shareholders have reported short positions of Main Street Capital: Jane Street Group LLC, and Wolverine Trading LLC. These positions are disclosed in Form 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Is Main Street Capital's short interest increasing or decreasing? Main Street Capital saw a drop in short interest during the month of November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totaling 3,560,000 shares, a drop of 5.6% from the previous total of 3,770,000 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. How does Main Street Capital's short interest compare to its competitors? Here is how the short interest of companies compare to Main Street Capital: Ares Capital Co. (2.41%), Franklin Resources, Inc. (10.29%), SEI Investments (1.66%), Invesco Ltd. (2.23%), Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (1.71%), Cohen & Steers, Inc. (7.00%), Golub Capital BDC, Inc. (0.98%), Prospect Capital Co. (5.12%), Oaktree Specialty Lending Co. (1.23%), Capital Southwest Co. (2.52%), 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. ($4.85 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.81 billion), International Paper ($2.96 billion), Cencora, Inc. ($2.40 billion), Paychex, Inc. ($2.38 billion), Lululemon Athletica Inc. ($2.05 billion), SoFi Technologies, Inc. ($2.03 billion), Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. ($1.93 billion), Onsemi ($1.82 billion), and Tractor Supply ($1.65 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short Main Street Capital stock? Short selling MAIN is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Main Street Capital as its price is falling. MAIN shares are trading down $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 Main Street Capital? A short squeeze for Main Street Capital 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 MAIN, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Main Street Capital'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 MAIN, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is November, 15 2024. 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