Unitil (UTL) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $56.22 -0.48 (-0.84%) Closing price 02/21/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$56.22 0.00 (0.00%) As of 02/21/2025 04:20 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 ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrends Unitil Short Interest DataUnitil (UTL) has a short interest of 221,900 shares. This marks a -0.72% 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 57,189 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest221,900 sharesPrevious Short Interest223,500 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month-0.72%Dollar Volume Sold Short$11.84 millionShort Interest Ratio3.5 Days to CoverLast Record DateJanuary 31, 2025Outstanding Shares16,250,000 sharesPercentage of Shares Shorted1.37%Today's Trading Volume78,521 sharesAverage Trading Volume57,189 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average137% Short Selling Unitil? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for Unitil and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartUTL Short Interest Over TimeUTL Days to Cover Over TimeUTL Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Unitil Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 1/31/2025221,900 shares $11.84 million -0.7%N/A3.5 $53.37 1/15/2025223,500 shares $12.02 million +7.3%N/A3.5 $53.77 12/31/2024208,400 shares $11.29 million -7.2%N/A3.5 $54.19 12/15/2024224,500 shares $12.76 million +9.1%N/A3.7 $56.83 11/30/2024205,800 shares $12.35 million -0.2%N/A3.4 $60.02 11/15/2024206,200 shares $12.20 million +9.0%N/A3.4 $59.15 10/31/2024189,100 shares $10.95 million -3.3%N/A3.1 $57.89 10/15/2024195,600 shares $11.58 million +29.2%N/A3.3 $59.22 9/30/2024151,400 shares $9.17 million -14.5%N/A2.4 $60.58 9/15/2024177,000 shares $10.84 million -10.8%N/A2.5 $61.22 Get the Latest News and Ratings for UTL and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Unitil and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 8/31/2024198,400 shares $11.96 million +4.8%N/A3 $60.30 8/15/2024189,400 shares $11.06 million -8.5%N/A2.9 $58.37 7/31/2024207,000 shares $12.68 million +32.4%N/A3.3 $61.28 7/15/2024156,300 shares $8.56 million +24.1%N/A2.6 $54.79 6/30/2024126,000 shares $6.53 million +1.3%N/A2.2 $51.79 6/15/2024124,400 shares $6.15 million +39.9%N/A2.5 $49.40 5/31/202488,900 shares $4.76 million -3.6%N/A1.8 $53.49 5/15/202492,200 shares $5.01 million -3.4%N/A1.8 $54.38 4/30/202495,400 shares $4.86 million -3.7%N/A1.8 $50.94 4/15/202499,100 shares $4.85 million -16.9%N/A1.9 $48.93 3/31/2024119,300 shares $6.25 million -32.9%N/A2.3 $52.35 3/15/2024177,800 shares $9.07 million +22.4%N/A3.5 $50.99 2/29/2024145,300 shares $7.40 million +14.9%N/A2.5 $50.92 2/15/2024126,500 shares $6.43 million +27.7%N/A2.2 $50.86 1/31/202499,100 shares $4.71 million -29.9%N/A1.8 $47.52 1/15/2024141,400 shares $7.02 million -4.9%1.1%2.6 $49.65 12/31/2023148,600 shares $7.81 million -21.4%N/A2.6 $52.57 12/15/2023189,000 shares $9.56 million +2.8%N/A3.2 $50.59 11/30/2023183,800 shares $8.89 million +61.7%N/A3.2 $48.35 11/15/2023113,700 shares $5.59 million +50.8%N/A1.9 $49.20 10/31/202375,400 shares $3.44 million -29.3%N/A1.3 $45.67 10/15/2023106,600 shares $4.84 million -15.5%N/A1.8 $45.44 9/30/2023126,200 shares $5.39 million +4.6%N/A2.2 $42.71 9/15/2023120,600 shares $5.66 million -38.3%N/A2.2 $46.93 8/31/2023195,500 shares $9.54 million +4.1%N/A3.4 $48.82 8/15/2023187,800 shares $9.11 million -6.8%N/A3.3 $48.51 7/31/2023201,500 shares $10.46 million -13.7%N/A3.3 $51.90 7/15/2023233,500 shares $12.08 million +3.5%N/A3.4 $51.75 6/30/2023225,600 shares $11.43 million -10.4%N/A3.1 $50.65 6/15/2023251,800 shares $13.37 million +2.4%N/A3.2 $53.11Ex-CIA Advisor: Trump 2.0 Could “Send Gold to $10,000” (Ad)Experts forecast gold's price racing to $4,000… and an ex-CIA advisor predicts we'll see gold hit $10,000. Should you sit on the sideline while this is happening?That's why we put together a 100% FREE 2025 Gold Guide to show you exactly how to protect and grow y 5/31/2023246,000 shares $12.96 million -3.6%N/A2.9 $52.69 5/15/2023255,200 shares $14.47 million +25.7%N/A2.8 $56.71 4/30/2023203,100 shares $11.29 million -21.1%N/A2.2 $55.59 4/15/2023257,300 shares $14.90 million +80.6%N/A2.9 $57.91 3/31/2023142,500 shares $8.13 million -21.1%N/A1.7 $57.04 3/15/2023180,600 shares $9.86 million -18.3%N/A2.4 $54.61 2/28/2023221,000 shares $12.00 million +20.6%N/A2.9 $54.32 2/15/2023183,200 shares $9.91 million +6.0%N/A2.5 $54.11 1/31/2023172,800 shares $9.01 million +10.8%N/A2.6 $52.17 1/15/2023156,000 shares $8.31 million -4.5%N/A2.4 $53.24 12/30/2022163,400 shares $8.39 million +2.8%N/A2.4 $51.36 12/15/2022159,000 shares $8.05 million -9.9%N/A2.2 $50.64 11/30/2022176,400 shares $9.67 million -7.8%N/A2.8 $54.82 11/15/2022191,400 shares $9.97 million -9.9%N/A3.1 $52.11 10/31/2022212,400 shares $11.20 million -18.9%N/A3.2 $52.71 10/15/2022262,000 shares $12.36 million +2.8%N/A3.8 $47.18 9/30/2022255,000 shares $11.84 million +9.5%N/A3.8 $46.45 9/15/2022232,900 shares $11.50 million -7.9%N/A3.4 $49.39 8/31/2022252,900 shares $13.17 million -5.8%N/A3.8 $52.09 8/15/2022268,500 shares $15.24 million +2.5%N/A3.7 $56.75 7/31/2022262,000 shares $14.35 million -3.0%1.8%3.6 $54.77 7/15/2022270,000 shares $16.16 million +0.5%1.9%3.7 $59.85 6/30/2022268,800 shares $15.78 million +5.9%1.9%3.6 $58.72 6/15/2022253,900 shares $13.11 million +6.6%1.8%3.3 $51.65 5/31/2022238,100 shares $13.76 million +14.6%N/A3.2 $57.81 5/15/2022207,700 shares $11.12 million +0.9%N/A2.8 $53.52 4/30/2022205,800 shares $10.50 million -3.5%N/A2.9 $51.00 4/15/2022213,200 shares $10.89 million +2.1%N/A3.1 $51.09 3/31/2022208,900 shares $10.42 million -17.2%N/A3.2 $49.88 3/15/2022252,300 shares $12.61 million +21.5%N/A4.3 $49.97 2/28/2022207,700 shares $10.49 million +3.3%N/A3.5 $50.49 2/15/2022201,100 shares $9.57 million +26.4%N/A3.4 $47.61 1/31/2022159,100 shares $7.47 million +17.9%N/A2.7 $46.94 1/15/2022135,000 shares $6.29 million -24.0%N/A2.5 $46.56 12/31/2021177,700 shares $8.17 million +3.1%N/A3.1 $45.99 12/15/2021172,400 shares $7.85 million -1.8%N/A2.8 $45.52 11/30/2021175,500 shares $7.27 million +6.4%N/A2.8 $41.44 11/15/2021164,900 shares $6.98 million -15.7%N/A2.7 $42.35 10/29/2021195,500 shares $8.16 million +7.2%N/A3.1 $41.75 10/15/2021182,400 shares $8.01 million -22.6%N/A2.5 $43.92 9/30/2021235,500 shares $10.07 million +4.3%N/A3.4 $42.78 9/15/2021225,800 shares $10.79 million +2.7%N/A3.2 $47.77 8/31/2021219,900 shares $10.91 million +16.1%N/A3 $49.60 8/13/2021189,400 shares $9.37 million -46.5%N/A2.3 $49.49 7/30/2021353,800 shares $18.72 million +5.1%N/A4 $52.92 7/15/2021336,800 shares $17.94 million -2.9%2.3%2.1 $53.27 6/30/2021346,900 shares $18.38 million -14.4%2.4%2.2 $52.97 6/15/2021405,100 shares $23.20 million -29.1%2.8%2.6 $57.26 5/28/2021571,000 shares $31.32 million -11.8%3.9%3.7 $54.85 5/14/2021647,700 shares $35.86 million +134.9%4.4%4.4 $55.36Ex-CIA Advisor: Trump 2.0 Could “Send Gold to $10,000” (Ad)Experts forecast gold's price racing to $4,000… and an ex-CIA advisor predicts we'll see gold hit $10,000. Should you sit on the sideline while this is happening?That's why we put together a 100% FREE 2025 Gold Guide to show you exactly how to protect and grow y 4/30/2021275,700 shares $15.95 million +30.2%1.9%2 $57.86 4/15/2021211,700 shares $10.46 million -8.0%1.4%3.7 $49.39 3/31/2021230,000 shares $10.47 million -12.1%1.6%3.8 $45.53 3/15/2021261,600 shares $12.86 million -7.5%1.8%3.9 $49.16 2/26/2021282,900 shares $12.07 million +10.1%1.9%4 $42.66 2/12/2021257,000 shares $10.92 million +0.4%1.7%3.2 $42.48 1/29/2021256,000 shares $10.45 million +7.3%1.7%2.7 $40.81 1/15/2021238,500 shares $10.39 million -2.9%1.6%2.4 $43.55 12/31/2020245,700 shares $10.66 million +52.7%1.7%2.5 $43.37 12/15/2020160,900 shares $6.85 million -4.8%1.1%1.7 $42.56 11/30/2020169,000 shares $6.87 million +56.3%1.2%1.8 $40.66 10/30/2020125,000 shares $4.48 million -20.7%0.9%1.7 $35.84 10/15/2020157,700 shares $6.35 million -22.9%1.1%2.5 $40.28 9/30/2020204,600 shares $7.91 million +20.5%1.4%3.4 $38.64 9/15/2020169,800 shares $6.56 million +17.9%1.2%2.6 $38.66 8/31/2020144,000 shares $6.08 million -8.5%1.0%2.1 $42.20 8/14/2020157,300 shares $6.37 million +4.2%1.1%2.5 $40.48 7/31/2020151,000 shares $6.52 million +4.1%1.0%2.3 $43.15 7/15/2020145,000 shares $6.60 million -19.4%1.0%2.1 $45.54 6/30/2020179,900 shares $8.06 million +37.4%1.2%2.6 $44.83 6/15/2020130,900 shares $6.30 million +3.5%0.9%1.9 $48.16 5/29/2020126,500 shares $6.15 million -10.4%0.9%1.7 $48.60 5/15/2020141,100 shares $6.33 million -26.2%1.0%1.8 $44.87 4/30/2020191,200 shares $10.51 million +10.9%1.3%2.5 $54.99 4/15/2020172,400 shares $9.44 million +2.9%1.2%2.4 $54.75 3/31/2020167,600 shares $8.77 million -16.9%1.1%2.3 $52.32 3/13/2020201,600 shares $11.64 million +35.9%1.4%3.2 $57.72 2/28/2020148,300 shares $6.18 million +29.6%1.0%2.3 $41.68 UTL Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Unitil's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Unitil shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of January 31st, investors have sold 221,900 shares of UTL short. Learn More on Unitil's current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for Unitil? 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. UTL shares currently have a short interest ratio of 4.0. Learn More on Unitil's short interest ratio. Which institutional investors are shorting Unitil? As of the most recent reporting period, the following institutional investors, funds, and major shareholders have reported short positions of Unitil: Citadel Advisors LLC, and Concourse Financial Group Securities Inc.. These positions are disclosed in Form 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Is Unitil's short interest increasing or decreasing? Unitil saw a decrease in short interest in January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totaling 221,900 shares, a decrease of 0.7% from the previous total of 223,500 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 Unitil's short interest compare to its competitors? Here is how the short interest of companies compare to Unitil: Otter Tail Co. (11.80%), MGE Energy, Inc. (2.75%), Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. (6.80%), Array Technologies, Inc. (14.76%), NextEra Energy, Inc. (1.68%), The Southern Company (1.63%), Duke Energy Co. (1.13%), Entergy Corporation (1.76%), PPL Co. (2.49%), FirstEnergy Corp. (1.96%), 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 Unitil stock? Short selling UTL is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Unitil as its price is falling. UTL shares are trading down $0.48 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 Unitil? A short squeeze for Unitil 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 UTL, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Unitil'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 UTL, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is January, 31 2025. More Short Interest Resources from MarketBeat Related Companies OTTR Short Interest Data MGEE Short Interest Data HE Short Interest Data ARRY Short Interest Data NEE Short Interest Data SO Short Interest Data DUK Short Interest Data ETR Short Interest Data PPL Short Interest Data FE Short Interest Data Short Interest Tools Stocks to Short Largest Short Interest Positions Short Interest Increases Short Interest Decreases Short Interest Reporting Dates This page (NYSE:UTL) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersSecret financial plot unfolding in Washington DC… [DEVELOPING]What stocks are next up to soar in 2025? I believe I’ve found the answer - and it might surprise you. Yo...Timothy Sykes | Sponsored[RFK Jr CONFIRMED] Here’s why Dems are TERRIFIEDRobert F. 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