Northwest Natural (NWN) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $40.37 +0.22 (+0.55%) As of 01/17/2025 03:59 PM Eastern This is a fair market value price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrends Northwest Natural Short Interest DataNorthwest Natural (NWN) has a short interest of 749,300 shares. This marks a -1.25% decrease in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 3.5, indicating that it would take 3.5 days of the average trading volume of 197,552 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest749,300 sharesPrevious Short Interest758,800 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month-1.25%Dollar Volume Sold Short$29.64 millionShort Interest Ratio3.5 Days to CoverLast Record DateDecember 31, 2024Outstanding Shares40,130,000 sharesPercentage of Shares Shorted1.87%Today's Trading Volume266,929 sharesAverage Trading Volume197,552 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average135% Short Selling Northwest Natural? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for Northwest Natural and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartNWN Short Interest Over TimeNWN Days to Cover Over TimeNWN Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Northwest Natural Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 12/31/2024749,300 shares $29.64 million -1.3%N/A3.5 $39.56 12/15/2024758,800 shares $31.73 million +11.6%N/A3.3 $41.81 11/30/2024679,700 shares $29.78 million -10.3%N/A3 $43.82 11/15/2024758,100 shares $31.20 million -16.7%N/A3.2 $41.15 10/31/2024909,800 shares $35.42 million +48.4%N/A3.9 $38.93 10/15/2024613,000 shares $24.84 million -11.2%N/A2.5 $40.52 9/30/2024689,900 shares $28.16 million +20.1%N/A2.7 $40.82 9/15/2024574,400 shares $23.17 million -9.2%N/A2.3 $40.33 8/31/2024632,500 shares $25.44 million +5.2%N/A2.5 $40.22 8/15/2024601,000 shares $23.22 million -19.8%N/A2.4 $38.63 Get the Latest News and Ratings for NWN and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Northwest Natural and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 7/31/2024748,900 shares $29.96 million +19.2%N/A3 $40.01 7/15/2024628,200 shares $23.82 million +0.8%N/A2.5 $37.92 6/30/2024623,400 shares $22.51 million +10.6%N/A2.5 $36.11 6/15/2024563,500 shares $19.96 million +15.6%N/A2.2 $35.42 5/31/2024487,300 shares $18.23 million -5.4%N/A1.9 $37.40 5/15/2024515,000 shares $19.65 million -46.8%N/A1.8 $38.16 4/30/2024968,500 shares $36.94 million +38.2%N/A2.6 $38.14 4/15/2024700,800 shares $25.04 million -16.2%N/A1.9 $35.73 3/31/2024836,300 shares $31.13 million -12.8%N/A2.3 $37.22 3/15/2024959,500 shares $34.90 million -18.7%N/A2.7 $36.37 2/29/20241,180,000 shares $43.35 million +118.1%N/A3.4 $36.74 2/15/2024541,100 shares $19.51 million -36.9%N/A1.6 $36.06 1/31/2024857,200 shares $31.57 million +88.4%N/A3.4 $36.83 1/15/2024455,000 shares $17.49 million +7.0%N/A1.9 $38.43 12/31/2023425,400 shares $16.57 million -5.7%N/A1.8 $38.94 12/15/2023451,000 shares $17.36 million +8.2%N/A1.9 $38.49 11/30/2023416,700 shares $15.26 million -13.0%N/A1.8 $36.62 11/15/2023479,100 shares $17.90 million -38.2%N/A2.1 $37.36 10/31/2023775,500 shares $28.48 million +48.5%N/A3.7 $36.72 10/15/2023522,100 shares $20.45 million -14.1%N/A2.6 $39.17 9/30/2023608,000 shares $23.20 million -0.2%N/A3 $38.16 9/15/2023609,000 shares $25.12 million -0.1%N/A3.1 $41.24 8/31/2023609,800 shares $23.93 million +12.7%N/A3.3 $39.25 8/15/2023541,000 shares $21.70 million -18.2%N/A2.9 $40.11 7/31/2023661,400 shares $28.41 million +94.9%N/A3.7 $42.95 7/15/2023339,300 shares $14.69 million -8.0%N/A2 $43.30 6/30/2023368,800 shares $15.88 million +16.2%N/A2.3 $43.05 6/15/2023317,300 shares $13.50 million -4.8%N/A2 $42.54 5/31/2023333,200 shares $14.20 million -15.4%N/A2.1 $42.63 5/15/2023394,000 shares $17.73 million -37.5%N/A2.4 $45.00Must-See: 5-Second Trump Prediction (Ad)President Trump's prediction is about to become a reality... Opening a rare window of opportunity for you to accelerate your retirement during the first 100 days of his administration.Click here now to get the details because you must act before January 20th. 4/30/2023630,100 shares $29.59 million +70.4%N/A3.8 $46.96 4/15/2023369,700 shares $17.39 million -18.0%N/A2.1 $47.05 3/31/2023450,700 shares $21.44 million -2.8%N/A2.4 $47.56 3/15/2023463,700 shares $22.30 million -12.7%N/A2.4 $48.09 2/28/2023530,900 shares $25.66 million +10.2%N/A2.7 $48.34 2/15/2023481,900 shares $23.42 million -57.4%N/A2.5 $48.59 1/31/20231,130,000 shares $56.66 million +136.0%N/A5.6 $50.14 1/15/2023478,800 shares $23.74 million +18.7%N/A2.6 $49.58 12/30/2022403,400 shares $19.20 million +0.2%N/A2.1 $47.59 12/15/2022402,800 shares $18.90 million -13.0%N/A1.9 $46.91 11/30/2022463,200 shares $23.21 million -11.7%N/A2.4 $50.11 11/15/2022524,500 shares $25.13 million -57.4%N/A2.7 $47.91 10/31/20221,230,000 shares $59.15 million +64.7%N/A6.3 $48.09 10/15/2022746,900 shares $33.84 million +14.7%N/A3.9 $45.31 9/30/2022651,200 shares $28.25 million +18.6%N/A3.4 $43.38 9/15/2022549,200 shares $26.32 million +1.8%N/A2.8 $47.93 8/31/2022539,300 shares $25.68 million -23.3%N/A2.4 $47.61 8/15/2022703,200 shares $37.35 million -30.4%N/A3 $53.11 7/31/20221,010,000 shares $54.21 million +23.9%N/A4 $53.67 7/15/2022815,500 shares $44.08 million -13.4%N/A3 $54.05 6/30/2022941,500 shares $49.99 million +23.8%N/A3.3 $53.10 6/15/2022760,400 shares $38.64 million -0.1%2.7%2.3 $50.81 5/31/2022761,300 shares $41.33 million -16.4%N/A2.5 $54.29 5/15/2022910,700 shares $46.11 million +44.8%N/A2.9 $50.63 4/30/2022629,100 shares $30.09 million +16.0%N/A2.2 $47.83 4/15/2022542,400 shares $27.05 million -11.9%N/A1.9 $49.88 3/31/2022615,900 shares $31.85 million -3.2%N/A2.4 $51.72 3/15/2022636,200 shares $33.78 million -25.9%2.1%3.2 $53.10 2/28/2022858,800 shares $44.67 million +3.0%2.8%4.4 $52.01 2/15/2022834,100 shares $38.73 million -26.2%2.8%4.7 $46.43 1/31/20221,130,000 shares $53.49 million +48.2%3.7%6.4 $47.34 1/15/2022762,700 shares $38.00 million +11.4%2.5%4.3 $49.82 12/31/2021684,500 shares $33.39 million -12.8%2.3%4.1 $48.78 12/15/2021785,100 shares $37.40 million +10.6%2.6%4.8 $47.64 11/30/2021709,700 shares $30.60 million -1.0%2.3%4.8 $43.12 11/15/2021716,800 shares $33.60 million -24.0%2.4%5.2 $46.87 10/29/2021943,100 shares $42.52 million +25.9%3.1%7.6 $45.09 10/15/2021748,900 shares $35.50 million +16.1%2.5%6.6 $47.40 9/30/2021644,800 shares $29.65 million +9.8%2.1%5.8 $45.99 9/15/2021587,400 shares $28.28 million -3.8%1.9%4.9 $48.15 8/31/2021610,600 shares $31.42 million +1.3%2.0%5.2 $51.45 8/13/2021603,000 shares $32.28 million -5.5%2.0%5 $53.53 7/30/2021637,800 shares $33.35 million +9.5%2.1%4.8 $52.29 7/15/2021582,600 shares $30.84 million +2.7%1.9%4.1 $52.94 6/30/2021567,100 shares $29.78 million -10.3%1.9%3.8 $52.52 6/15/2021632,000 shares $34.94 million -6.3%2.1%3.5 $55.29 5/28/2021674,800 shares $35.68 million -6.7%2.2%3 $52.88 5/14/2021723,000 shares $39.79 million -19.1%2.4%2.9 $55.04 4/30/2021893,200 shares $48.11 million -0.1%3.0%3.3 $53.86 4/15/2021894,000 shares $48.90 million -4.3%3.0%2.5 $54.70Must-See: 5-Second Trump Prediction (Ad)President Trump's prediction is about to become a reality... Opening a rare window of opportunity for you to accelerate your retirement during the first 100 days of his administration.Click here now to get the details because you must act before January 20th. 3/31/2021933,700 shares $50.13 million -22.2%3.1%2.4 $53.69 3/15/20211,200,000 shares $63.86 million +0.8%4.0%2.9 $53.22 2/26/20211,190,000 shares $58.06 million -2.5%4.0%3.4 $48.79 2/12/20211,220,000 shares $57.73 million -50.6%4.1%3.7 $47.32 1/29/20212,470,000 shares $109.10 million +36.5%8.2%7.8 $44.17 1/15/20211,810,000 shares $80.36 million +10.4%6.0%6.9 $44.40 12/31/20201,640,000 shares $74.88 million +29.1%5.4%7.8 $45.66 12/15/20201,270,000 shares $63.74 million +4.1%4.2%6.5 $50.19 11/30/20201,220,000 shares $60.44 million +8.0%4.1%6.4 $49.54 11/15/20201,130,000 shares $55.54 million -25.7%3.8%5.9 $49.15 10/30/20201,520,000 shares $67.97 million +18.8%5.0%8 $44.72 10/15/20201,280,000 shares $59.47 million -5.2%4.3%7.2 $46.46 9/30/20201,350,000 shares $61.28 million +15.4%4.5%7.5 $45.39 9/15/20201,170,000 shares $53.15 million -2.5%3.9%6.6 $45.43 8/31/20201,200,000 shares $61.33 million No Change4.0%7.4 $51.11 8/14/20201,200,000 shares $64.20 million -13.7%4.0%7.4 $53.50 7/31/20201,390,000 shares $74.35 million +8.6%4.6%7.9 $53.49 7/15/20201,280,000 shares $66.97 million +0.8%4.3%6.8 $52.32 6/30/20201,270,000 shares $69.85 million +4.1%4.2%6.7 $55.00 6/15/20201,220,000 shares $69.70 million -1.6%4.1%6.1 $57.13 5/29/20201,240,000 shares $79.55 million -13.3%4.1%5.4 $64.15 5/15/20201,430,000 shares $84.70 million -2.7%4.8%5.6 $59.23 4/30/20201,470,000 shares $97.52 million +6.5%4.9%5.9 $66.34 4/15/20201,380,000 shares $85.33 million +0.7%4.6%4.9 $61.83 3/31/20201,370,000 shares $87.17 million -3.7%4.6%4.6 $63.63 3/13/20201,422,000 shares $93.11 million +0.9%4.7%5.4 $65.48 2/28/20201,410,000 shares $72.78 million -5.4%4.7%5.3 $51.62 2/14/20201,490,000 shares $100.29 million -28.4%5.0%6.3 $67.31 1/31/20202,080,000 shares $152.80 million +29.2%6.9%9.2 $73.46 NWN Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Northwest Natural's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Northwest Natural shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of December 31st, traders have sold 749,300 shares of NWN short. Learn More on Northwest Natural's current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for Northwest Natural? 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. NWN shares currently have a short interest ratio of 4.0. Learn More on Northwest Natural's short interest ratio. Is Northwest Natural's short interest increasing or decreasing? Northwest Natural saw a decrease in short interest in December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totaling 749,300 shares, a decrease of 1.3% from the previous total of 758,800 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 Northwest Natural's short interest compare to its competitors? Here is how the short interest of companies compare to Northwest Natural: UGI Co. (4.38%), National Fuel Gas (3.25%), Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc. (2.24%), New Jersey Resources Co. (2.56%), Chesapeake Utilities Co. (1.69%), ONEOK, Inc. (2.66%), Atmos Energy Co. (2.85%), ONE Gas, Inc. (4.55%), Spire Inc. (2.68%), New Fortress Energy Inc. (22.49%), 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. ($5.83 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.77 billion), Reddit, Inc. ($2.98 billion), The Kroger Co. ($2.97 billion), International Paper ($2.64 billion), SoFi Technologies, Inc. ($1.99 billion), Rivian Automotive, Inc. ($1.93 billion), Onsemi ($1.81 billion), SoundHound AI, Inc. ($1.59 billion), and Moderna, Inc. ($1.57 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short Northwest Natural stock? Short selling NWN is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Northwest Natural as its price is falling. NWN shares are trading up $0.22 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 Northwest Natural? A short squeeze for Northwest Natural 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 NWN, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Northwest Natural'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 NWN, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is December, 31 2024. 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