Empiric Student Property (EPCFF) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Empiric Student Property shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of August 15th, traders have sold 13,500 shares of EPCFF short. Learn More on Empiric Student Property's current short interest.

Empiric Student Property saw a increase in short interest in the month of August. As of August 15th, there was short interest totaling 13,500 shares, an increase of 159.6% from the previous total of 5,200 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 compare to Empiric Student Property: CareTrust REIT, Inc. (2.23%), Franklin Street Properties Corp. (1.11%), Equity Commonwealth (0.86%), InnSuites Hospitality Trust (0.09%), and Power REIT (0.22%).

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Lucid Group, Inc. ($8.00 billion), Spotify Technology ($5.48 billion), AppLovin Corporation ($5.11 billion), Reddit Inc. ($5.02 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($3.99 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.89 billion), Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. ($3.18 billion), Seagate Technology Holdings PLC ($2.59 billion), ResMed Inc. ($2.55 billion), and Rocket Lab Corporation ($2.52 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling EPCFF is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Empiric Student Property as its price is falling. 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 Empiric Student Property 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 EPCFF, 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 EPCFF, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is August, 15 2025.