Commercial National Financial (CEFC) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Commercial National Financial shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of October 15th, traders have sold 100 shares of CEFC short. Learn More on Commercial National Financial's current short interest.

Commercial National Financial saw a decline in short interest in the month of October. As of October 15th, there was short interest totaling 100 shares, a decline of 50.0% from the previous total of 200 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.

Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "banking" compare to Commercial National Financial: United Security Bancshares (0.15%), CB Financial Services, Inc. (0.17%), Franklin Financial Services Co. (0.14%), Citizens Community Bancorp, Inc. (0.40%), Hanover Bancorp, Inc. (0.19%), Richmond Mutual Bancorporation, Inc. (0.46%), Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina, Inc. (2.10%), Affinity Bancshares, Inc. (0.49%), ECB Bancorp, Inc. (0.16%), Sound Financial Bancorp, Inc. (0.07%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.14 billion), AppLovin Co. ($3.15 billion), Paychex, Inc. ($2.69 billion), Nu Holdings Ltd. ($2.48 billion), Cencora, Inc. ($2.24 billion), International Paper ($2.04 billion), Tractor Supply ($1.96 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($1.93 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($1.91 billion), and SoFi Technologies, Inc. ($1.84 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling CEFC is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Commercial National Financial as its price is falling. CEFC shares are trading up $0.01 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.

A short squeeze for Commercial National Financial 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 CEFC, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further.

Short interest is typically published by a stock exchange once per month. However, NASDAQ publishes a report for U.S. stocks, including CEFC, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is October, 15 2024.