Short Interest in Federal Home Loan Mortgage Co. (OTCMKTS:FMCC) Drops By 37.3%

Posted by Carolyn Dwyer on Mar 30th, 2025

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Co. (OTCMKTS:FMCC – Get Free Report) was the target of a significant drop in short interest during the month of March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totalling 7,895,900 shares, a drop of 37.3% from the February 28th total of 12,584,900 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 8,634,700 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.9 days. Approximately 1.2% of the shares of the stock are sold short.

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Stock Performance

OTCMKTS FMCC traded down $0.30 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $5.73. 1,916,198 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 6,346,338. The business’s 50 day moving average is $5.61 and its 200-day moving average is $3.51. Federal Home Loan Mortgage has a 12-month low of $0.94 and a 12-month high of $7.15. The firm has a market capitalization of $3.72 billion, a P/E ratio of -95.48 and a beta of 2.05.

Federal Home Loan Mortgage (OTCMKTS:FMCC – Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 13th. The company reported $0.01 earnings per share for the quarter. Federal Home Loan Mortgage had a net margin of 9.74% and a negative return on equity of 33.18%. The business had revenue of $6.33 billion for the quarter.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Separately, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods downgraded shares of Federal Home Loan Mortgage from a “market perform” rating to an “underperform” rating and upped their price objective for the company from $4.00 to $4.50 in a research note on Monday, January 27th.

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About Federal Home Loan Mortgage

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Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation operates in the secondary mortgage market in the United States. It operates through two segments, Single-Family and Multifamily. The Single-Family segment purchases, securitizes, and guarantees single-family loans; and manages single-family mortgage credit and market risk, as well as manages mortgage-related investments portfolio, single-family securitization activities, and treasury functions.