HMN Short Volume
Horace Mann Educators Corporation (HMN) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Insurance - Property & Casualty industry, with a market capitalization near $1.78B, listed on NYSE, employing roughly 1,750 people, carrying a beta of 0.13 to the broader market. Horace Mann Educators Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an insurance holding company in the United States. Led by Marita Zuraitis, public since 1991-11-15.
Short volume measures the number of shares sold short on a given day as reported by FINRA. Tracking short volume relative to total volume helps identify unusual bearish sentiment or short-squeeze potential.
- Latest Date
- 2026-05-15
- Short Volume
- 37.7K
- Total Volume
- 57.2K
- Short %
- 65.94%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 64.69%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for Horace Mann Educators Corporation.
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Frequently asked HMN short volume questions
- What is the daily HMN short volume?
- As of May 15, 2026, Horace Mann Educators Corporation (HMN) short volume is 37.7K shares against 57.2K total reported volume, or 65.94% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is HMN short volume reported?
- FINRA publishes the Daily Short Sale Volume File for trades reported to FINRA TRFs and the FINRA/Nasdaq ADF on a T+1 basis. The headline figure is the count of shares that printed at the short-sale or short-exempt tick across all reporting venues for the symbol; each exchange separately publishes its own daily short-sale data file.
- What does HMN short volume tell options traders?
- Daily short-sale flow is one input that helps disambiguate dealer-hedging activity from directional bear flow when the chain shows fresh customer call inventory. It is not a clean MM-only proxy: the headline number mixes directional shorting, options-MM delta-hedging, ETF-creation arbitrage, and convertible-arb hedging. Cross-check against gamma-exposure and OI changes for a cleaner read.