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How shorted was Contango Oil & Gas Co.? MCF

Contango Oil & Gas Co. left the US market in 2021. This page is a frozen archive of its reported short interest, ending 30 Nov 2021. The ticker MCF no longer refers to this company and may since have been reassigned.
6.58%
of shares outstanding reported short · settlement date 30 Nov 2021
vs previous report
+0.28
5 reports (~10 weeks)
−0.66
days to cover
10.53
Aggregate net short position time series for Contango Oil & Gas Co.

Markers along the chart's base: ▲ results announced (an 8-K reporting results was filed) ▲ quarterly or annual report filed. Dates are SEC filing dates; hover a point to see events since the previous settlement.

Days to cover

FINRA's own figure: reported shares short divided by the stock's average daily trading volume, published alongside each settlement. It expresses the short position in days of typical trading rather than as a percentage of the company; the two can move differently.

Aggregate net short position time series for Contango Oil & Gas Co. days to cover

Short interest around results

For each results announcement (an 8-K reporting results, by its SEC filing date), the FINRA settlement before it and the first one after. Settlements fall twice a month, so the two figures can sit up to a month apart and much else changes in between: this shows what was reported, not why.

Reported short interest before and after each results announcement
Results filedSettlement beforeSettlement afterChange
15 Nov 20216.15% 29 Oct 20216.58% 30 Nov 2021+0.43
11 Aug 20217.04% 30 Jul 20216.73% 13 Aug 2021−0.31
13 May 20212.79% 30 Apr 20213.13% 14 May 2021+0.34
10 Mar 20213.35% 26 Feb 20212.76% 15 Mar 2021−0.59
16 Nov 20205.40% 13 Nov 20205.08% 30 Nov 2020−0.32
26 Oct 20206.40% 15 Oct 20206.49% 30 Oct 2020+0.09
19 Aug 20206.13% 14 Aug 20206.48% 31 Aug 2020+0.35
22 Jun 20203.36% 15 Jun 20206.30% 30 Jun 2020+2.94
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Sector: Energy

History

Full reported short interest history
Settlement dateShort %Change
30 Nov 20216.58%+0.28
15 Nov 20216.30%+0.15
29 Oct 20216.15%−0.06
15 Oct 20216.21%−0.32
30 Sep 20216.53%−0.71
15 Sep 20217.24%+0.06
31 Aug 20217.18%+0.45
13 Aug 20216.73%−0.31
30 Jul 20217.04%+0.53
15 Jul 20216.51%+0.40
30 Jun 20216.11%+0.95
15 Jun 20215.16%+2.02
28 May 20213.14%+0.01
14 May 20213.13%+0.34
30 Apr 20212.79%+0.06
15 Apr 20212.73%+0.07
31 Mar 20212.66%−0.10
15 Mar 20212.76%−0.59
26 Feb 20213.35%−0.20
12 Feb 20213.55%−0.11
29 Jan 20213.66%−0.37
15 Jan 20214.03%−0.06
31 Dec 20204.09%−0.17
15 Dec 20204.26%−0.82
30 Nov 20205.08%−0.32
13 Nov 20205.40%−1.09
30 Oct 20206.49%+0.09
15 Oct 20206.40%+0.11
30 Sep 20206.29%−0.07
15 Sep 20206.36%−0.12
31 Aug 20206.48%+0.35
14 Aug 20206.13%−0.45
31 Jul 20206.58%+0.08
15 Jul 20206.50%+0.20
30 Jun 20206.30%+2.94
15 Jun 20203.36%−0.04
29 May 20203.40%+0.36
15 May 20203.04%+0.20
30 Apr 20202.84%−0.01
15 Apr 20202.85%−0.16
31 Mar 20203.01%−1.79
13 Mar 20204.80%+0.15
28 Feb 20204.65%−0.16
14 Feb 20204.81%−0.56
31 Jan 20205.37%+0.56
15 Jan 20204.81%+0.80
31 Dec 20194.01%+0.35
13 Dec 20193.66%−0.12
29 Nov 20193.78%−0.35
15 Nov 20194.13%−6.34
31 Oct 201910.47%+1.02
15 Oct 20199.45%+3.48
30 Sep 20195.97%+1.36
13 Sep 20194.61%−0.54
30 Aug 20195.15%+0.13
15 Aug 20195.02%−0.36
31 Jul 20195.38%−0.16
15 Jul 20195.54%+0.29
28 Jun 20195.25%+0.47
14 Jun 20194.78%+0.19
31 May 20194.59%+0.12
15 May 20194.47%−0.04
30 Apr 20194.51%−0.08
15 Apr 20194.59%+0.08
29 Mar 20194.51%−0.22
15 Mar 20194.73%−1.86
28 Feb 20196.59%+0.13
15 Feb 20196.46%+0.14
31 Jan 20196.32%+0.16
15 Jan 20196.16%+0.34
31 Dec 20185.82%+1.01
14 Dec 20184.81%+0.87
30 Nov 20183.94%+0.72
15 Nov 20183.22%+0.31
31 Oct 20182.91%+0.56
15 Oct 20182.35%−0.82
28 Sep 20183.17%−0.66
14 Sep 20183.83%−0.06
31 Aug 20183.89%+0.20
15 Aug 20183.69%+0.35
31 Jul 20183.34%0.00
13 Jul 20183.34%−0.79
29 Jun 20184.13%−1.66
15 Jun 20185.79%−0.92
31 May 20186.71%+0.61
15 May 20186.10%+0.25
30 Apr 20185.85%+0.33
13 Apr 20185.52%+0.76
29 Mar 20184.76%+1.46
15 Mar 20183.30%+0.94
28 Feb 20182.36%+0.23
15 Feb 20182.13%+0.39
31 Jan 20181.74%−1.11
12 Jan 20182.85%+0.61
29 Dec 20172.24%–

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Frequently asked questions

How shorted was Contango Oil & Gas Co.?
Contango Oil & Gas Co. left the US market in 2021. Its final reported figure was 6.58% of shares outstanding for settlement date 30 Nov 2021, per FINRA's consolidated short interest report; this page preserves its full history.
What does this number include?
FINRA member firms must report their short positions in all US equities twice a month; FINRA consolidates them per security. We divide that official share count by the company's shares outstanding from its SEC filings. This is the regulatory figure, not a daily estimate.
Why does it only update twice a month?
US short interest is reported for settlement on the 15th and the last business day of each month, and FINRA publishes the consolidated figures about nine business days later. That cadence is set by regulation; no daily official figure exists.
Is this MCF's short float?
No. This is short interest as a percentage of shares outstanding, the count in the company's SEC filings. "Short float" divides the same FINRA short count by the public float, which excludes closely held shares, so it comes out higher for the same company. We publish no float estimates: the float is not a regulatory figure.
What is MCF's days to cover?
10.53 days for settlement date 30 Nov 2021: FINRA's own short interest ratio, the reported shares short divided by average daily trading volume. It is published in the same FINRA file and shown verbatim; we hold no volume data ourselves.
Which funds are short?
US public short interest is aggregate-only: individual short sellers are not named. Only some EU markets publish named positions.