Cornerstone Total Return Fund (CRF) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $8.79 +0.10 (+1.15%) As of 04:10 PM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisChartDividendFinancialsHeadlinesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort Interest Cornerstone Total Return Fund Short Interest DataCornerstone Total Return Fund (CRF) has a short interest of 7.39 million shares. This marks a -6.81% decrease in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 7.7, indicating that it would take 7.7 days of the average trading volume of 873,728 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest7,390,000 sharesPrevious Short Interest7,930,000 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month-6.81%Dollar Volume Sold Short$64.22 millionShort Interest Ratio7.7 Days to CoverLast Record DateDecember 31, 2024Outstanding Shares102,930,000 sharesPercentage of Shares Shorted7.18%Today's Trading Volume2,076,742 sharesAverage Trading Volume873,728 sharesToday's Volume Vs. 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Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartCRF Short Interest Over TimeCRF Days to Cover Over TimeCRF Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Cornerstone Total Return Fund Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 12/31/20247,390,000 shares $64.22 million -6.8%N/A7.7 $8.69 12/15/20247,930,000 shares $0.00 +3.1%N/A8.3 $0.00 11/30/20247,690,000 shares $0.00 -15.4%N/A8.3 $0.00 11/15/20249,090,000 shares $0.00 +29.3%N/A11.7 $0.00 10/31/20247,030,000 shares $59.19 million -12.6%N/A9.8 $8.42 10/15/20248,040,000 shares $0.00 +22.0%N/A11.2 $0.00 Get the Latest News and Ratings for CRF and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Cornerstone Total Return Fund and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 9/30/20246,590,000 shares $53.31 million -0.8%N/A9.4 $8.09 9/15/20246,640,000 shares $0.00 +6.2%N/A9.4 $0.00 8/31/20246,250,000 shares $0.00 -11.7%N/A9.2 $0.00 8/15/20247,080,000 shares $54.23 million +17.2%N/A10.4 $7.66 7/31/20246,040,000 shares $47.41 million -13.3%N/A8.7 $7.85 7/15/20246,970,000 shares $0.00 +13.7%N/A10.9 $0.00 6/30/20246,130,000 shares $0.00 -6.7%N/A8.7 $0.00 6/15/20246,570,000 shares $0.00 +5.0%N/A9.3 $0.00 5/31/20246,260,000 shares $47.89 million -11.5%N/A8.9 $7.65 5/15/20247,070,000 shares $52.95 million +11.5%N/A10.4 $7.49 4/30/20246,340,000 shares $47.61 million -11.6%N/A9.2 $7.51 4/15/20247,170,000 shares $0.00 +18.7%N/A10.6 $0.00 3/31/20246,040,000 shares $0.00 -1.5%N/A9.7 $0.00 3/15/20246,130,000 shares $0.00 +1.3%N/A9.9 $0.00 2/29/20246,050,000 shares $43.92 million -13.5%N/A9.2 $7.26 2/15/20246,990,000 shares $0.00 +14.4%N/A10.8 $0.00 1/31/20246,110,000 shares $43.56 million -0.3%N/A9.2 $7.13 1/15/20246,130,000 shares $0.00 -2.9%N/A8 $0.00 12/31/20236,310,000 shares $0.00 -8.8%N/A6.9 $0.00 12/15/20236,920,000 shares $49.62 million +8.5%N/A7.5 $7.17 11/30/20236,380,000 shares $45.94 million -7.5%N/A7 $7.20 11/15/20236,900,000 shares $48.78 million +14.6%N/A7.5 $7.07 10/31/20236,020,000 shares $39.49 million -1.5%N/A6 $6.56 10/15/20236,110,000 shares $0.00 -1.3%N/A6.3 $0.00 9/30/20236,190,000 shares $0.00 -6.9%N/A7.5 $0.00 9/15/20236,650,000 shares $53.20 million +7.8%N/A7.9 $8.00 8/31/20236,170,000 shares $50.59 million -12.2%N/A7.4 $8.20 8/15/20237,030,000 shares $0.00 +14.3%N/A8.5 $0.00 7/31/20236,150,000 shares $52.21 million -12.0%N/A8.4 $8.49 7/15/20236,990,000 shares $0.00 +15.9%N/A10.1 $0.00 6/30/20236,030,000 shares $48.24 million -12.2%N/A8.6 $8.00 6/15/20236,870,000 shares $0.00 +14.9%N/A10.8 $0.00 5/31/20235,980,000 shares $0.00 -9.8%N/A8.9 $0.00 5/15/20236,630,000 shares $0.00 +10.7%N/A9.8 $0.00 4/30/20235,990,000 shares $0.00 -8.0%N/A8.5 $0.00 4/15/20236,510,000 shares $0.00 +8.7%N/A9 $0.00 3/31/20235,990,000 shares $44.27 million -11.1%N/A7.8 $7.39 3/15/20236,740,000 shares $0.00 +10.9%N/A8.4 $0.00 2/28/20236,080,000 shares $46.45 million -8.4%N/A7.7 $7.64 2/15/20236,640,000 shares $0.00 +10.1%N/A8.7 $0.00 1/31/20236,030,000 shares $47.21 million -8.1%N/A7.8 $7.83 1/15/20236,560,000 shares $0.00 +7.0%N/A8.6 $0.00 12/30/20226,130,000 shares $43.52 million -13.1%N/A7.6 $7.10 12/15/20227,050,000 shares $54.57 million +4.8%N/A8.5 $7.74 11/30/20226,730,000 shares $55.19 million -5.3%N/A7.8 $8.20 11/15/20227,110,000 shares $0.00 +8.1%N/A7.7 $0.00 10/31/20226,580,000 shares $0.00 -7.5%N/A6.7 $0.00 10/15/20227,110,000 shares $0.00 No ChangeN/A7 $0.00 9/30/20225,600,000 shares $45.47 million -8.7%N/A5.7 $8.12 9/15/20226,130,000 shares $0.00 +16.5%N/A5.7 $0.00 8/31/20225,260,000 shares $50.71 million -10.9%N/A4.8 $9.64 8/15/20225,900,000 shares $0.00 +15.2%N/A5.4 $0.00 7/31/20225,120,000 shares $0.00 +14.3%N/A4.6 $0.00 7/15/20224,480,000 shares $0.00 +33.7%N/A3.9 $0.00 6/30/20223,350,000 shares $27.91 million -64.1%N/A2.3 $8.33 6/15/20229,320,000 shares $0.00 +15.6%N/A7 $0.00 5/31/20228,060,000 shares $0.00 -11.4%N/A7.2 $0.00 5/15/20229,100,000 shares $0.00 +9.8%N/A8 $0.00 4/30/20228,290,000 shares $0.00 +59.7%N/A8.3 $0.00 4/15/20225,190,000 shares $0.00 +573.2%N/A5.3 $0.00 3/31/2022771,000 shares $0.00 -0.5%N/A1 $0.00 3/15/2022774,600 shares $0.00 +6.0%N/A1.1 $0.00 2/28/2022731,100 shares $0.00 -6.6%N/A1 $0.00 2/15/2022782,900 shares $0.00 -13.6%N/A1 $0.00 1/31/2022906,400 shares $12.55 million +6.9%N/A1.1 $13.85 1/15/2022847,700 shares $0.00 +81.8%N/A1.1 $0.00 12/31/2021466,400 shares $0.00 -3.5%N/A0.7 $0.00 12/15/2021483,200 shares $0.00 +87.6%N/A0.7 $0.00 11/30/2021257,600 shares $0.00 -17.2%N/A0.4 $0.00 11/15/2021311,000 shares $0.00 +19.1%N/A0.5 $0.00 10/29/2021261,200 shares $3.46 million +10.4%N/A0.5 $13.26 10/15/2021236,600 shares $0.00 +281.0%N/A0.5 $0.00 9/30/202162,100 shares $0.00 -25.6%N/A0.1 $0.00 9/15/202183,500 shares $0.00 +4.9%N/A0.2 $0.00 8/31/202179,600 shares $0.00 +105.7%N/A0.2 $0.00 8/13/202138,700 shares $0.00 -46.8%N/A0.1 $0.00 7/30/202172,800 shares $0.00 +153.7%N/A0.1 $0.00 7/15/202128,700 shares $0.00 -52.5%N/A0 $0.00 6/30/202160,400 shares $0.00 -17.4%N/A0.1 $0.00 6/15/202173,100 shares $0.00 -51.9%N/A0.1 $0.00 5/28/2021152,100 shares $0.00 -94.2%N/A0.2 $0.00 5/14/20212,640,000 shares $0.00 +13.8%N/A3.7 $0.00 4/30/20212,320,000 shares $0.00 -11.8%N/A3.7 $0.00 4/15/20212,630,000 shares $30.01 million +54.7%N/A3.9 $11.41 3/31/20211,700,000 shares $19.60 million +44.1%N/A3.1 $11.53 3/15/20211,180,000 shares $15.98 million +88.1%N/A2.3 $13.54 2/26/2021627,500 shares $8.30 million +45.5%N/A1.3 $13.22 2/12/2021431,200 shares $5.66 million -39.5%N/A0.9 $13.12 1/29/2021713,100 shares $8.96 million +8.0%N/A1.5 $12.56 1/15/2021660,400 shares $8.47 million +58.9%N/A1.6 $12.83 12/31/2020415,500 shares $4.72 million -54.6%N/A1.1 $11.37 12/15/2020915,000 shares $10.30 million +0.2%N/A2.5 $11.26 11/30/2020912,800 shares $10.04 million -16.3%N/A2.4 $11.00 11/15/20201,090,000 shares $12.00 million -11.4%N/A2.7 $11.01 10/30/20201,230,000 shares $13.21 million +18.3%N/A3.1 $10.74 10/15/20201,040,000 shares $11.39 million +3.0%N/A0 $10.95 9/30/20201,010,000 shares $11.11 million +1,154.7%N/A2.8 $11.00 9/15/2020580,200 shares $6.13 million +620.8%N/A1.6 $10.57 8/31/202080,500 shares $895,965.00 -42.0%N/A0.2 $11.13 8/14/2020138,700 shares $1.55 million +43.3%N/A0.4 $11.19 7/31/202096,800 shares $1.04 million -9.6%N/A0.3 $10.76 7/15/2020107,100 shares $1.12 million -48.4%N/A0.3 $10.42 6/30/2020207,700 shares $2.14 million -26.4%N/A0.6 $10.30 6/15/2020282,200 shares $2.87 million +165.5%N/A0.7 $10.18 5/29/2020106,300 shares $1.05 million -37.4%N/A0.2 $9.87 5/15/2020169,700 shares $1.68 million +154.0%N/A0.3 $9.89 4/30/202066,800 shares $645,956.00 -12.6%N/A0.1 $9.67 4/15/202076,400 shares $729,620.00 +29.3%N/A0.1 $9.55 3/31/202059,100 shares $512,397.00 -59.7%N/A0.1 $8.67 3/13/2020146,500 shares $1.31 million +28.1%0.4%0.3 $8.94 2/28/2020114,400 shares $701,272.00 +2.4%N/A0.2 $6.13 2/14/2020111,700 shares $1.04 million +5.0%N/A0.3 $9.30 1/31/2020106,400 shares $1.11 million -0.5%N/A0.3 $10.44 1/15/2020106,900 shares $1.22 million +23.4%N/A0.4 $11.45 CRF Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Cornerstone Total Return Fund's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Cornerstone Total Return Fund shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of December 31st, investors have sold 7,390,000 shares of CRF short. Learn More on Cornerstone Total Return Fund's current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for Cornerstone Total Return Fund? 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. CRF shares currently have a short interest ratio of 8.0. Learn More on Cornerstone Total Return Fund's short interest ratio. Is Cornerstone Total Return Fund's short interest increasing or decreasing? Cornerstone Total Return Fund saw a drop in short interest in December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totaling 7,390,000 shares, a drop of 6.8% from the previous total of 7,930,000 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 Cornerstone Total Return Fund's short interest compare to its competitors? Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "financial services" compare to Cornerstone Total Return Fund: Abrdn Asia-Pacific Income Fund Inc (0.01%), Adams Diversified Equity Fund, Inc. (0.51%), PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund (0.19%), Cornerstone Strategic Value Fund, Inc. (5.56%), Royce Value Trust Inc. (0.23%), Oxford Lane Capital Corp. (0.81%), BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust (0.04%), SRH Total Return Fund, Inc. (0.03%), MidCap Financial Investment Co. (0.42%), New Mountain Finance Co. (1.91%), 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 Cornerstone Total Return Fund stock? Short selling CRF is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Cornerstone Total Return Fund as its price is falling. CRF shares are trading up $0.03 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 Cornerstone Total Return Fund? A short squeeze for Cornerstone Total Return Fund 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 CRF, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Cornerstone Total Return Fund'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 CRF, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is December, 31 2024. 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