Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund (NCA) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of April 30th, traders have sold 12,600 shares of NCA short. Learn More on Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund's current short interest.

Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund saw a decrease in short interest in April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 12,600 shares, a decrease of 61.3% from the previous total of 32,600 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 "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" compare to Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund: WhiteHorse Finance, Inc. (1.91%), MFS Intermediate Income Trust (0.03%), Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund, Inc. (0.13%), Liberty All-Star Growth Fund, Inc. (0.10%), Putnam Managed Municipal Income Trust (0.11%), Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust (0.02%), BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund, Inc. (0.05%), MFS Multimarket Income Trust (0.12%), PIMCO Strategic Income Fund, Inc. (0.18%), BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund, Inc. (0.04%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: T-Mobile US, Inc. ($3.98 billion), Occidental Petroleum Co. ($3.35 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.06 billion), General Motors ($2.88 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($2.32 billion), Tractor Supply ($2.27 billion), Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. ($2.22 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($2.18 billion), Williams-Sonoma, Inc. ($1.95 billion), and Chesapeake Energy Co. ($1.52 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling NCA is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund as its price is falling. NCA shares are trading up $0.06 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 Nuveen California Municipal Value 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 NCA, 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 NCA, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is April, 30 2024.