Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending (NCDL) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of January 31st, investors have sold 77,300 shares of NCDL short. 0.18% of Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending'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. 0.18% of Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending's floating shares are currently sold short.

Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending saw a increase in short interest in the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totaling 77,300 shares, an increase of 10.0% from the previous total of 70,300 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.

Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending currently has issued a total of 54,490,000 shares. Some of Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending'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. Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending currently has a public float of 43,510,000 shares.

0.18% of Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the sector of "finance" compare to Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending: Guild Holdings (0.13%), Onity Group (1.01%), Finance of America Companies Inc. (17.20%), Rocket Companies, Inc. (14.49%), UWM Holdings Co. (0.93%), PennyMac Financial Services, Inc. (2.65%), Intercorp Financial Services Inc. (0.30%), The GEO Group, Inc. (5.70%), Associated Banc-Corp (2.37%), Tanger Inc. (4.35%),

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.

Short selling NCDL is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending as its price is falling. NCDL shares are trading down $0.08 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 Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending 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 NCDL, 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 NCDL, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is January, 31 2025.