Amerant Bancorp Inc. ( NASDAQ:AMTB – Get Rating ) was the target of a significant growth in short interest in May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totalling 524,000 shares, a growth of 13.6% from the April 30th total of 461,100 shares. Currently, 2.1% of the shares of the stock are short sold. Based on an average daily volume of 83,500 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 6.3 days. Insider Transactions at Amerant Bancorp In related news, CEO Gerald P. Plush acquired 2,500 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, April 25th.

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