Virtus Global Dividend & Income Fund (ZTR) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Virtus Global Dividend & Income Fund shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of April 15th, traders have sold 103,900 shares of ZTR short. Learn More on Virtus Global Dividend & Income Fund's current short interest.

Virtus Global Dividend & Income Fund saw a increase in short interest during the month of April. As of April 15th, there was short interest totaling 103,900 shares, an increase of 20.0% from the previous total of 86,600 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 Virtus Global Dividend & Income Fund: MFS Multimarket Income Trust (0.06%), PIMCO Strategic Income Fund, Inc. (0.49%), Putnam Managed Municipal Income Trust (0.16%), BlackRock Income Trust, Inc. (0.15%), Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund (0.10%), Sprott Focus Trust, Inc. (0.02%), Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund, Inc. (0.12%), Liberty All-Star Growth Fund, Inc. (0.13%), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II, Inc. (0.02%), MFS Intermediate Income Trust (0.08%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: T-Mobile US, Inc. ($3.70 billion), Occidental Petroleum Co. ($3.52 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.14 billion), General Motors ($2.68 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($2.57 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($2.18 billion), Tractor Supply ($2.10 billion), Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. ($1.91 billion), TC Energy Co. ($1.90 billion), and Williams-Sonoma, Inc. ($1.78 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling ZTR is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Virtus Global Dividend & Income Fund as its price is falling. ZTR shares are trading down $0.03 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 Virtus Global Dividend & Income 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 ZTR, 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 ZTR, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is April, 15 2024.