Minerals Technologies (MTX) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $69.94 -1.16 (-1.63%) Closing price 02/21/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$69.96 +0.02 (+0.03%) As of 02/21/2025 05:17 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 AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrends Minerals Technologies Short Interest DataMinerals Technologies (MTX) has a short interest of 287,300 shares, representing 0.92% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a -26.90% decrease in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 1.9, indicating that it would take 1.9 days of the average trading volume of 175,558 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest287,300 sharesPrevious Short Interest393,000 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month-26.90%Dollar Volume Sold Short$22.06 millionShort Interest Ratio1.9 Days to CoverLast Record DateJanuary 31, 2025Outstanding Shares31,890,000 sharesFloat Size31,340,000 sharesShort Percent of Float0.92%Today's Trading Volume182,032 sharesAverage Trading Volume175,558 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average104% Short Selling Minerals Technologies? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for Minerals Technologies and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartMTX Short Interest Over TimeMTX Days to Cover Over TimeMTX Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Minerals Technologies Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 1/31/2025287,300 shares $22.06 million -26.9%0.9%1.9 $76.78 1/15/2025393,000 shares $29.76 million -8.3%1.3%2.6 $75.73 12/31/2024428,500 shares $32.66 million +2.2%1.4%2.8 $76.21 12/15/2024419,300 shares $33.17 million -4.4%1.3%2.8 $79.11 11/30/2024438,800 shares $35.79 million +2.5%1.4%3 $81.57 11/15/2024428,200 shares $34.56 million +19.4%1.4%3 $80.72 10/31/2024358,600 shares $27.00 million -3.6%1.1%2.4 $75.29 10/15/2024372,100 shares $28.71 million +14.6%1.2%2.4 $77.17 9/30/2024324,600 shares $25.07 million -7.0%1.0%2 $77.23 9/15/2024349,100 shares $25.42 million +14.7%1.1%2.1 $72.81 Get the Latest News and Ratings for MTX and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Minerals Technologies and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 8/31/2024304,300 shares $23.46 million +5.9%1.0%1.8 $77.10 8/15/2024287,300 shares $21.29 million -11.5%0.9%1.6 $74.12 7/31/2024324,700 shares $25.45 million -20.0%1.0%1.8 $78.37 7/15/2024405,800 shares $34.73 million +2.2%1.3%2.3 $85.59 6/30/2024396,900 shares $33.01 million +4.8%1.3%2.3 $83.16 6/15/2024378,800 shares $31.24 million +23.6%1.2%2.3 $82.48 5/31/2024306,500 shares $26.62 million +7.4%1.0%2 $86.84 5/15/2024285,400 shares $23.14 million +13.0%0.9%2 $81.08 4/30/2024252,600 shares $18.41 million -7.9%0.8%1.7 $72.87 4/15/2024274,400 shares $19.72 million +5.7%0.9%1.8 $71.88 3/31/2024259,600 shares $19.54 million -28.0%0.8%1.7 $75.28 3/15/2024360,700 shares $26.14 million +6.2%1.1%2.3 $72.47 2/29/2024339,600 shares $24.56 million +22.3%1.1%2 $72.32 2/15/2024277,600 shares $20.20 million -1.3%0.9%1.6 $72.75 1/31/2024281,300 shares $18.38 million -10.3%0.9%1.7 $65.35 1/15/2024313,700 shares $21.01 million -9.8%1.2%1.8 $66.97 12/31/2023347,600 shares $24.79 million -34.0%1.1%2 $71.31 12/15/2023526,600 shares $34.56 million +32.5%1.6%3.1 $65.62 11/30/2023397,500 shares $24.88 million -2.0%1.2%2.4 $62.59 11/15/2023405,600 shares $25.05 million +98.7%1.3%2.4 $61.77 10/31/2023204,100 shares $11.05 million -21.4%0.6%1.2 $54.13 10/15/2023259,700 shares $12.65 million -7.9%0.8%1.7 $48.71 9/30/2023282,100 shares $15.45 million -9.1%0.9%1.8 $54.76 9/15/2023310,200 shares $17.30 million +2.4%1.0%2 $55.76 8/31/2023302,800 shares $18.52 million +20.6%0.9%1.9 $61.16 8/15/2023251,100 shares $14.38 million -42.1%0.8%1.5 $57.27 7/31/2023433,400 shares $26.59 million +56.4%1.4%2.7 $61.35 7/15/2023277,100 shares $15.08 million +85.0%0.9%1.6 $54.41 6/30/2023149,800 shares $8.64 million -42.2%0.5%0.9 $57.69 6/15/2023259,000 shares $14.62 million -18.1%0.8%1.6 $56.46Watch 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… 4/30/2021438,600 shares $34.95 million +11.4%1.3%3.1 $79.68 4/15/2021393,600 shares $30.46 million -14.9%1.2%2.8 $77.39 3/31/2021462,500 shares $34.87 million -1.0%1.4%3.3 $75.39 3/15/2021467,100 shares $37.06 million +9.7%1.4%3.2 $79.35 2/26/2021426,000 shares $30.52 million +6.0%1.3%3.1 $71.65 2/12/2021401,800 shares $27.31 million -0.5%1.2%3.1 $67.97 1/29/2021404,000 shares $25.53 million +1.8%1.2%3 $63.20 1/15/2021396,700 shares $26.82 million +6.0%1.2%3 $67.62 12/31/2020374,400 shares $23.35 million +5.3%1.1%2.7 $62.36 12/15/2020355,600 shares $21.40 million -18.2%1.1%2.5 $60.19 11/30/2020434,800 shares $27.16 million -4.8%1.3%3.1 $62.47 11/15/2020456,700 shares $27.18 million -30.0%1.4%3.3 $59.51 10/30/2020652,500 shares $35.91 million +31.8%1.9%4.8 $55.03 10/15/2020495,100 shares $28.15 million +19.5%1.5%3.6 $56.86 9/30/2020414,400 shares $21.18 million -4.9%1.2%2.9 $51.10 9/15/2020435,900 shares $21.88 million -23.4%1.3%3 $50.20 8/31/2020569,100 shares $28.88 million -16.5%1.7%3.6 $50.75 8/14/2020681,900 shares $36.37 million -2.7%2.0%3.9 $53.33 7/31/2020700,800 shares $32.85 million -7.5%2.1%3.7 $46.88 7/15/2020757,400 shares $35.86 million -5.7%2.2%4 $47.35 6/30/2020802,900 shares $37.04 million +32.1%2.4%4.1 $46.13 6/15/2020607,700 shares $28.88 million -25.6%1.8%3 $47.53 5/29/2020817,100 shares $41.46 million +9.1%2.4%3.7 $50.74 5/15/2020749,100 shares $31.01 million +8.3%2.2%3.1 $41.40 4/30/2020691,700 shares $32.30 million +10.8%2.1%3.1 $46.69 4/15/2020624,200 shares $23.10 million -7.2%1.8%2.9 $37.01 3/31/2020672,600 shares $26.60 million -6.2%2.0%3.1 $39.55 3/13/2020717,200 shares $28.40 million +5.3%2.1%4 $39.60 2/28/2020680,900 shares $20.64 million -2.4%2.0%3.8 $30.32 MTX Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Minerals Technologies' current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Minerals Technologies shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of January 31st, investors have sold 287,300 shares of MTX short. 0.92% of Minerals Technologies' shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Minerals Technologies' current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for Minerals Technologies? 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. MTX shares currently have a short interest ratio of 2.0. Learn More on Minerals Technologies's short interest ratio. Which institutional investors are shorting Minerals Technologies? As of the most recent reporting period, the following institutional investors, funds, and major shareholders have reported short positions of Minerals Technologies: Concourse Financial Group Securities Inc.. These positions are disclosed in Form 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. What is a good short interest percentage for Minerals Technologies? 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. 0.92% of Minerals Technologies' floating shares are currently sold short. Is Minerals Technologies' short interest increasing or decreasing? Minerals Technologies saw a decrease in short interest in the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totaling 287,300 shares, a decrease of 26.9% from the previous total of 393,000 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. What is Minerals Technologies' float size? Minerals Technologies currently has issued a total of 31,890,000 shares. Some of Minerals Technologies' 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. Minerals Technologies currently has a public float of 31,340,000 shares. How does Minerals Technologies' short interest compare to its competitors? 0.92% of Minerals Technologies' shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies compare to Minerals Technologies: Albemarle Co. (11.19%), Celanese Co. (5.67%), Balchem Co. (1.29%), NewMarket Co. (1.10%), H.B. Fuller (2.36%), Sensient Technologies Co. (1.74%), Ashland Inc. (3.40%), Innospec Inc. (1.18%), Quaker Chemical Co. (11.83%), Stepan (1.90%), 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 Minerals Technologies stock? Short selling MTX is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Minerals Technologies as its price is falling. MTX shares are trading down $1.16 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 Minerals Technologies? A short squeeze for Minerals Technologies 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 MTX, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Minerals Technologies' 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 MTX, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is January, 31 2025. More Short Interest Resources from MarketBeat Related Companies Albemarle Short Squeeze Celanese Short Squeeze Balchem Short Squeeze NewMarket Short Squeeze H.B. 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