Short interest in Western Asset Mortgage Defined Opportunity Fund Inc (NYSE:DMO) increased during the last reporting period, rising from 126.48K to 129.74K. This put -% of the company's publicly available shares short.

Short interest in Western Asset Mortgage Corp (XNYS:DMO) decreased during the last reporting period, falling from 280.30M to 275.20M. This put 1.17% of the company's publicly available shares short.

Based on the recent average volume of 60.74K shares traded per day, it would take 2.14 day(s) for holders of this short interest to close out their positions without sending the stock sharply higher.