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 December 31st, traders have sold 100 shares of CEFC short. Learn More on Commercial National Financial's current short interest.

Commercial National Financial saw a drop in short interest during the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totaling 100 shares, a drop of 80.0% from the previous total of 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.

Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "banking" compare to Commercial National Financial: Meridian Co. (0.08%), Hanover Bancorp, Inc. (1.32%), Citizens Community Bancorp, Inc. (0.34%), First Northern Community Bancorp (0.00%), Lyons Bancorp Inc. (0.00%), CB Financial Services, Inc. (0.58%), Sound Financial Bancorp, Inc. (0.22%), Richmond Mutual Bancorporation, Inc. (0.33%), The9 Limited (1.54%), Oportun Financial Co. (0.48%),

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.

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 down $0.10 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 increases 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 December, 31 2024.