MB Financial Inc (MBFI)

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The most recent short interest data has been released for the 03/31/2017 settlement date, which shows a 356,223 share decrease in total short interest for MB Financial Inc , to 2,395,772, a decrease of 12.94% since 03/15/2017. 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.

Investors in MB Financial Inc saw new options become available this week, for the November 17th expiration. One of the key data points that goes into the price an option buyer is willing to pay, is the time value, so with 240 days until expiration the newly available contracts represent a potential opportunity for sellers of puts or calls to achieve a higher premium than would be available for the contracts with a closer expiration.

The most recent short interest data has been released for the 01/13/2017 settlement date, which shows a 331,245 share increase in total short interest for MB Financial Inc , to 3,271,485, an increase of 11.27% since 12/30/2016. 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.

The most recent short interest data has been released for the 12/30/2016 settlement date, which shows a 371,321 share increase in total short interest for MB Financial Inc , to 2,940,240, an increase of 14.45% since 12/15/2016. 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.

Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, on 12/13/16, MB Financial Inc , Retail Opportunity Investments Corp , and Enterprise Financial Services Corp will all trade ex-dividend for their respective upcoming dividends. MB Financial Inc will pay its quarterly dividend of $0.19 on 12/30/16, Retail Opportunity Investments Corp will pay its quarterly dividend of $0.18 on 12/29/16, and Enterprise Financial Services Corp will pay its quarterly dividend of $0.11 on 12/30/16.

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The most recent short interest data has been released for the 08/15/2016 settlement date, which shows a 592,712 share increase in total short interest for MB Financial Inc , to 4,148,229, an increase of 16.67% since 07/29/2016. 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.

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