Saratoga Investment (SAR) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $23.01 +0.08 (+0.35%) Closing price 04/15/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$23.04 +0.02 (+0.11%) As of 04/15/2025 07:37 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 InterestTrendsBuy This Stock Saratoga Investment Short Interest DataSaratoga Investment (SAR) has a short interest of 141,300 shares, representing 1.12% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a 34.19% increase in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 1.2, indicating that it would take 1.2 days of the average trading volume of 85,582 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest141,300 sharesPrevious Short Interest105,300 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month+34.19%Dollar Volume Sold Short$3.57 millionShort Interest Ratio1.2 Days to CoverLast Record DateMarch 31, 2025Outstanding Shares14,346,000 sharesShort Percent of Float1.12%Today's Trading Volume93,105 sharesAverage Trading Volume85,582 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average109% Short Selling Saratoga Investment? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for Saratoga Investment and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartSAR Short Interest Over TimeSAR Days to Cover Over TimeSAR Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Remove Ads Saratoga Investment Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 3/31/2025141,300 shares $3.57 million +34.2%1.1%1.2 $25.30 3/15/2025105,300 shares $2.51 million -3.9%0.8%0.9 $23.80 2/28/2025109,600 shares $2.85 million -15.0%0.9%1 $26.00 2/15/2025129,000 shares $3.27 million -14.6%1.0%1.1 $25.37 1/31/2025151,000 shares $3.77 million +17.1%N/A1.7 $24.99 1/15/2025129,000 shares $3.21 million +4.2%N/A1.5 $24.89 12/31/2024123,800 shares $2.96 million -10.9%N/A1.4 $23.92 12/15/2024138,900 shares $3.34 million -21.7%N/A1.6 $24.08 11/30/2024177,400 shares $4.56 million +16.5%N/A2 $25.69 11/15/2024152,300 shares $3.85 million +15.2%N/A2.1 $25.26 Get the Latest News and Ratings for SAR and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Saratoga Investment and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 10/31/2024132,200 shares $3.10 million -17.1%N/A2.1 $23.44 10/15/2024159,500 shares $3.85 million +4.8%N/A2.6 $24.11 9/30/2024152,200 shares $3.53 million +9.5%N/A2.4 $23.17 9/15/2024139,000 shares $3.23 million +8.7%N/A2.4 $23.23 8/31/2024127,900 shares $3.01 million +6.7%N/A2 $23.57 8/15/2024119,900 shares $2.70 million +6.9%N/A1.8 $22.56 7/31/2024112,200 shares $2.62 million +27.9%N/A1.6 $23.38 7/15/202487,700 shares $2.04 million -16.2%N/A1.2 $23.25 6/30/2024104,700 shares $2.38 million -41.1%N/A1.5 $22.70 6/15/2024177,600 shares $4.08 million +28.0%N/A2.7 $23.00 5/31/2024138,800 shares $3.30 million +44.3%N/A2 $23.74 5/15/202496,200 shares $2.26 million +7.5%N/A1.5 $23.46 4/30/202489,500 shares $2.11 million -5.8%N/A1.3 $23.60 4/15/202495,000 shares $2.16 million +6.7%N/A1.3 $22.71 3/31/202489,000 shares $2.06 million +89.4%N/A0.9 $23.20 3/15/202447,000 shares $1.07 million -53.9%N/A0.5 $22.68 2/29/2024102,000 shares $2.41 million +50.7%N/A0.8 $23.61 2/15/202467,700 shares $1.60 million -1.0%N/A0.5 $23.60 1/31/202468,400 shares $1.58 million -5.1%N/A0.5 $23.15 1/15/202472,100 shares $1.70 million +183.9%N/A0.6 $23.60 12/31/202325,400 shares $656,844.00 +7.6%0.2%0.2 $25.86 12/15/202323,600 shares $610,768.00 -71.5%0.2%0.2 $25.88 11/30/202382,900 shares $2.17 million +160.7%0.8%0.7 $26.21 11/15/202331,800 shares $815,988.00 -11.7%0.3%0.3 $25.66 10/31/202336,000 shares $845,280.00 -4.8%0.3%0.4 $23.48 10/15/202337,800 shares $900,396.00 +60.9%0.4%0.3 $23.82 9/30/202323,500 shares $603,950.00 -24.7%0.2%0.2 $25.70 9/15/202331,200 shares $801,996.00 +62.5%0.3%0.3 $25.71 8/31/202319,200 shares $494,592.00 -82.6%0.2%0.2 $25.76 8/15/2023110,600 shares $2.92 million +318.9%1.1%1.1 $26.43The Trump Dump is starting; Get out of stocks now? (Ad)The first 365 days of the Trump presidency… Will be the best time to get rich in American history.If I’m right about this (like I was before) a modest $900 investment could grow to a life-changing a 7/31/202326,400 shares $709,368.00 -59.8%0.3%0.3 $26.87 7/15/202365,700 shares $1.74 million +127.3%0.7%0.8 $26.50 6/30/202328,900 shares $778,566.00 +2.5%0.3%0.5 $26.94 6/15/202328,200 shares $762,246.00 -23.2%0.3%0.5 $27.03 5/31/202336,700 shares $1.03 million +16.5%0.4%0.6 $28.10 5/15/202331,500 shares $787,500.00 +25.5%0.3%0.6 $25.00 4/30/202325,100 shares $613,444.00 +7.7%0.3%0.5 $24.44 4/15/202323,300 shares $543,123.00 +61.8%0.3%0.5 $23.31 3/31/202314,400 shares $364,032.00 -63.9%0.2%0.3 $25.28 3/15/202339,900 shares $971,565.00 -19.9%0.5%0.8 $24.35 2/28/202349,800 shares $1.37 million +22.1%0.6%1.1 $27.55 2/15/202340,800 shares $1.11 million +43.7%0.5%1 $27.30 1/31/202328,400 shares $765,380.00 -21.3%0.3%0.7 $26.95 1/15/202336,100 shares $976,505.00 -10.6%0.4%0.9 $27.05 12/30/202240,400 shares $1.03 million -16.0%0.5%1.1 $25.49 12/15/202248,100 shares $1.24 million +18.2%0.6%1.3 $25.82 11/30/202240,700 shares $1.07 million +12.7%0.5%1.1 $26.37 11/15/202236,100 shares $872,898.00 +53.0%0.4%1 $24.18 10/31/202223,600 shares $535,720.00 -29.1%0.3%0.7 $22.70 10/15/202233,300 shares $697,968.00 +4.1%0.4%1 $20.96 9/30/202232,000 shares $664,640.00 -44.5%0.4%1 $20.77 9/15/202257,700 shares $1.47 million +37.7%0.7%1.9 $25.52 8/31/202241,900 shares $1.02 million +31.4%0.5%1.3 $24.28 8/15/202231,900 shares $783,464.00 +3.6%0.4%1.1 $24.56 7/31/202230,800 shares $725,956.00 -7.2%0.4%0.9 $23.57 7/15/202233,200 shares $772,896.00 -0.6%0.4%0.9 $23.28 6/30/202233,400 shares $800,598.00 -19.3%0.8%0.8 $23.97 6/15/202241,400 shares $1.00 million +35.7%0.9%1.1 $24.18 5/31/202230,500 shares $810,385.00 +3.4%0.3%0.9 $26.57 5/15/202229,500 shares $759,625.00 +3.5%0.3%0.8 $25.75 4/30/202228,500 shares $729,030.00 -5.0%0.3%0.9 $25.58 4/15/202230,000 shares $809,700.00 -2.0%0.3%0.8 $26.99 3/31/202230,600 shares $834,156.00 -29.0%0.3%0.7 $27.26 3/15/202243,100 shares $1.17 million +12.2%0.5%0.8 $27.17 2/28/202238,400 shares $1.05 million -8.4%0.4%0.7 $27.47 2/15/202241,900 shares $1.13 million +13.2%0.5%0.8 $27.02 1/31/202237,000 shares $1.01 million +5.1%0.4%0.7 $27.37 1/15/202235,200 shares $990,880.00 +38.0%0.4%0.6 $28.15 12/31/202125,500 shares $749,190.00 -4.9%0.3%0.5 $29.38 12/15/202126,800 shares $782,024.00 -28.5%0.3%0.6 $29.18 11/30/202137,500 shares $1.08 million -6.0%0.5%0.9 $28.90 11/15/202139,900 shares $1.14 million -30.1%0.5%0.9 $28.50 10/29/202157,100 shares $1.65 million -30.7%0.7%1.3 $28.85 10/15/202182,400 shares $2.42 million -15.4%1.0%1.9 $29.35 9/30/202197,400 shares $2.80 million +17.5%1.2%2.1 $28.74 9/15/202182,900 shares $2.33 million +5.3%1.0%1.8 $28.14 8/31/202178,700 shares $2.26 million +38.1%1.0%1.8 $28.70 8/13/202157,000 shares $1.54 million -17.0%0.7%1.4 $27.05 7/30/202168,700 shares $1.86 million -11.6%0.9%1.7 $27.06 7/15/202177,700 shares $2.13 million +25.1%1.0%1.9 $27.46The Trump Dump is starting; Get out of stocks now? (Ad)The first 365 days of the Trump presidency… Will be the best time to get rich in American history.If I’m right about this (like I was before) a modest $900 investment could grow to a life-changing a 6/30/202162,100 shares $1.67 million +37.1%0.8%1.5 $26.87 6/15/202145,300 shares $1.18 million +8.9%0.6%1 $26.09 5/28/202141,600 shares $1.06 million +14.0%0.5%0.9 $25.55 5/14/202136,500 shares $897,170.00 -7.8%0.5%0.8 $24.58 4/30/202139,600 shares $1.01 million -11.8%0.5%0.8 $25.55 4/15/202144,900 shares $1.11 million -34.4%0.6%0.7 $24.66 3/31/202168,400 shares $1.73 million +59.4%0.9%1 $25.29 3/15/202142,900 shares $1.02 million -15.9%0.5%0.7 $23.68 2/26/202151,000 shares $1.17 million +7.8%0.6%0.8 $22.85 2/12/202147,300 shares $1.14 million +49.2%0.6%0.8 $24.20 1/29/202131,700 shares $678,380.00 +13.6%0.4%0.5 $21.40 1/15/202127,900 shares $626,355.00 -5.7%0.4%0.5 $22.45 12/31/202029,600 shares $623,672.00 +10.9%0.4%0.6 $21.07 12/15/202026,700 shares $553,758.00 -30.1%0.3%0.6 $20.74 11/30/202038,200 shares $855,680.00 +3.5%0.5%0.8 $22.40 11/15/202036,900 shares $728,775.00 -13.6%0.5%0.8 $19.75 10/30/202042,700 shares $767,319.00 +26.0%0.5%0.9 $17.97 10/15/202033,900 shares $676,983.00 -31.0%0.4%0.7 $19.97 9/30/202049,100 shares $824,389.00 +36.0%0.6%0.9 $16.79 9/15/202036,100 shares $616,588.00 -25.6%0.5%0.6 $17.08 8/31/202048,500 shares $831,290.00 +12.3%0.6%0.7 $17.14 8/14/202043,200 shares $791,856.00 -13.8%0.6%0.5 $18.33 7/31/202050,100 shares $865,227.00 -39.5%0.6%0.6 $17.27 7/15/202082,800 shares $1.36 million -34.4%1.0%0.8 $16.37 6/30/2020126,200 shares $1.99 million +38.1%1.6%1.1 $15.80 6/15/202091,400 shares $1.50 million +76.1%1.1%0.7 $16.40 5/29/202051,900 shares $787,842.00 -24.0%0.6%0.3 $15.18 5/15/202068,300 shares $938,442.00 -3.8%0.8%0.4 $13.74 4/30/202071,000 shares $1.13 million -28.6%0.9%0.5 $15.92 SAR Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Saratoga Investment's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Saratoga Investment shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of March 31st, investors have sold 141,300 shares of SAR short. 1.12% of Saratoga Investment's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Saratoga Investment's current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for Saratoga Investment? 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. SAR shares currently have a short interest ratio of 1.0. Learn More on Saratoga Investment's short interest ratio. Which institutional investors are shorting Saratoga Investment? As of the most recent reporting period, the following institutional investors, funds, and major shareholders have reported short positions of Saratoga Investment: Citadel Advisors LLC, and 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 Saratoga Investment? 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. 1.12% of Saratoga Investment's floating shares are currently sold short. Is Saratoga Investment's short interest increasing or decreasing? Saratoga Investment saw a increase in short interest during the month of March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 141,300 shares, an increase of 34.2% from the previous total of 105,300 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. How does Saratoga Investment's short interest compare to its competitors? 1.12% of Saratoga Investment's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "financial services" compare to Saratoga Investment: Goldman Sachs BDC, Inc. (1.55%), BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund, Inc. (0.04%), MidCap Financial Investment Co. (0.82%), New Mountain Finance Co. (1.28%), Bain Capital Specialty Finance, Inc. (0.34%), Barings BDC, Inc. (0.65%), AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund (0.03%), Abrdn Healthcare Investors (0.09%), Carlyle Secured Lending, Inc. (0.84%), Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (0.12%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Invesco QQQ ($21.93 billion), iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF ($9.31 billion), Strategy Incorporated ($8.42 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.52 billion), Apollo Global Management, Inc. ($4.26 billion), Super Micro Computer, Inc. ($3.98 billion), Capital One Financial Co. ($3.79 billion), TC Energy Co. ($3.43 billion), AppLovin Co. ($2.91 billion), and Schlumberger Limited ($2.89 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short Saratoga Investment stock? Short selling SAR is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Saratoga Investment as its price is falling. SAR shares are trading up $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. How does a short squeeze work against Saratoga Investment? A short squeeze for Saratoga Investment 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 SAR, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Saratoga Investment'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 SAR, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is March, 31 2025. More Short Interest Resources from MarketBeat Related Companies GSBD Short Interest MUC Short Interest MFIC Short Interest NMFC Short Interest BCSF Short Interest BBDC Short Interest AWF Short Interest HQH Short Interest CGBD Short Interest NXP Short Interest Short Interest Tools Stocks to Short Largest Short Interest Positions Short Interest Increases Short Interest Decreases Short Interest Reporting Dates This page (NYSE:SAR) was last updated on 4/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersTwo Unmistakable Patterns Return…The signs suggest we're entering one of those rare periods now. That's why Central Banks are buying gold at...Golden Portfolio | SponsoredWhy Elon put $51 million into thisWhy Elon Musk Just Invested $51 Million Into Brand New “Miracle Metal” Developed by MIT ScientistsTrue Market Insiders | SponsoredCrypto’s crashing…but we’re still profitingMost traders are panicking right now. 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