Community Bancorp (CMTV) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Community Bancorp shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of October 15th, traders have sold 300 shares of CMTV short. Learn More on Community Bancorp's current short interest.

Community Bancorp saw a increase in short interest in the month of October. As of October 15th, there was short interest totaling 300 shares, an increase of 200.0% from the previous total of 100 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 Community Bancorp: Farmers & Merchants Bancorp, Inc. (1.39%), First Business Financial Services, Inc. (0.31%), Red River Bancshares, Inc. (0.36%), Source Capital, Inc. (0.01%), Community West Bancshares (1.29%), FS Bancorp, Inc. (0.53%), ACNB Co. (2.55%), Jiayin Group Inc. (0.08%), Capital Bancorp, Inc. (0.28%), NewtekOne, Inc. (4.66%),

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 CMTV is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Community Bancorp as its price is falling. CMTV shares are trading down $0.24 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 Community Bancorp 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 CMTV, 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 CMTV, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is October, 15 2024.