Saratoga Investment (SAR) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $24.88 -0.02 (-0.07%) 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 Saratoga Investment Short Interest DataSaratoga Investment (SAR) has a short interest of 123,800 shares. This marks a -10.87% decrease in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 1.4, indicating that it would take 1.4 days of the average trading volume of 66,429 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest123,800 sharesPrevious Short Interest138,900 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month-10.87%Dollar Volume Sold Short$2.96 millionShort Interest Ratio1.4 Days to CoverLast Record DateDecember 31, 2024Outstanding Shares14,350,000 sharesPercentage of Shares Shorted0.86%Today's Trading Volume88,514 sharesAverage Trading Volume66,429 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average133% 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 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 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 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 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. 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 $26.43 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 $27.46 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 4/15/202099,500 shares $1.38 million -32.1%1.2%0.7 $13.87 3/31/2020146,600 shares $2.00 million +13.6%1.8%1 $13.65 3/13/2020129,100 shares $1.80 million +32.0%1.6%1.3 $13.91 2/28/202097,800 shares $902,694.00 -12.3%1.2%1 $9.23 2/14/2020111,500 shares $2.51 million -2.5%1.4%1.3 $22.54 1/31/2020114,300 shares $2.99 million +362.8%1.5%1.3 $26.15 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 December 31st, traders have sold 123,800 shares of SAR 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. Is Saratoga Investment's short interest increasing or decreasing? Saratoga Investment saw a drop in short interest during the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totaling 123,800 shares, a drop of 10.9% from the previous total of 138,900 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? Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "financial services" compare to Saratoga Investment: Goldman Sachs BDC, Inc. (1.05%), MidCap Financial Investment Co. (0.42%), New Mountain Finance Co. (1.91%), Bain Capital Specialty Finance, Inc. (0.73%), BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund, Inc. (0.00%), Barings BDC, Inc. (0.54%), AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund (0.09%), Carlyle Secured Lending, Inc. (2.04%), Abrdn Healthcare Investors (0.05%), PIMCO High Income Fund (0.04%), 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 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 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 Saratoga Investment? A short squeeze for Saratoga Investment 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 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 December, 31 2024. 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