MTH Short Volume
Meritage Homes Corporation (MTH) operates in the Consumer Cyclical sector, specifically the Residential Construction industry, with a market capitalization near $4.11B, listed on NYSE, employing roughly 1,898 people, carrying a beta of 1.43 to the broader market. Meritage Homes Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, designs and builds single-family homes in the United States. Led by Phillippe Lord, public since 1988-07-26.
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
- 77.8K
- Total Volume
- 256.7K
- Short %
- 30.29%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 43.56%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for Meritage Homes Corporation.
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Frequently asked MTH short volume questions
- What is the daily MTH short volume?
- As of May 15, 2026, Meritage Homes Corporation (MTH) short volume is 77.8K shares against 256.7K total reported volume, or 30.29% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is MTH 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 MTH 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.