Short Interest Jumps 26.4% For CMP

The most recent short interest data has been released for the 07/29/2016 settlement date, which shows a 1,156,639 share increase in total short interest for Compass Minerals International Inc (CMP), to 5,537,209, an increase of 26.40% since 07/15/2016. Total short interest is just one way to look at short data; another metric that we here at Dividend Channel find particularly useful is the "days to cover" metric because it considers both the total shares short and the average daily volume of shares traded..