Stock Short Interest & Report History · MarketBeat

Search by company name for MarketBeat stock short interest reports. See shares sold short but not bought back, their share of stock available for public trading, and estimated days to cover, using the report dates provided.

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Use the “Stock Short Interest & Report History · MarketBeat” lookup for the company the user names. If several stocks could match, ask the user to choose first. Explain that short interest means shares sold but not yet bought back, and that the buy-back time is only an estimate based on average daily trading, not a deadline or a price prediction. Keep report dates and units beside the figures, distinguish trading volume from shares still short, leave unavailable values blank, and do not describe the figures as live. Before a paid lookup, check that its displayed cost is within the user’s approved limit.

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Find MarketBeat's report for [company name]. If several stocks match, ask me to choose. Explain shares sold but not yet bought back, their share of stock available to trade, and estimated time to buy them back. Keep report dates and separate total shares traded. Leave blanks empty.

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Stock Short Interest & Report History · MarketBeat

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Look up one company by name and read its MarketBeat short-interest summary and available report history. Understand reported shares sold short but not bought back, their share of stock available for public trading, and the estimated time to buy them back.

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Find MarketBeat's report for [company name]. If several stocks match, ask me to choose. Explain shares sold but not yet bought back, their share of stock available to trade, and estimated time to buy them back. Keep report dates and separate total shares traded. Leave blanks empty.

What to know

Reported positions are observations rather than live holdings or a squeeze forecast. The return does not establish a publication timestamp, borrow fee, common volume window or executable quote. Summary and history labels can use different dates and precision.

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Input schema

Input schema
Field / Path	Type	Requirement	Meaning
queryParams`queryParams`	`object`	Required	Required fields `ticker`
Stock ticker`queryParams.ticker`	`string`	Required	Required stock ticker, such as AAPL, selecting one stock’s source short-interest summary and history.
Stock exchange`queryParams.exchange`	`string`	Optional	Optional exchange string, such as NASDAQ or NYSE. No default or complete allowed-value enumeration is declared.

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{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "queryParams"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "queryParams": {
      "type": "object",
      "required": [
        "ticker"
      ],
      "properties": {
        "ticker": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Stock ticker symbol (e.g. 'AAPL')."
        },
        "exchange": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Stock exchange (e.g. 'NYSE', 'NASDAQ')."
        }
      },
      "additionalProperties": false
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

Result schema

No fixed output contract is available. Field types reflect saved result evidence; individual responses can differ.

Result schema
Field / Path	Type	Meaning
Short-interest summary`result.data.summary`	`object`	Source summary object combining reported positions and separately labelled trading activity. Its captions do not establish one common as-of time.
Last record date`result.data.summary.Last Record Date`	`string`	Source date label for the reported position snapshot, not a separate publication or execution timestamp. Preserve the supplied date text.
Outstanding shares`result.data.summary.Outstanding Shares`	`string`	Reported issued shares held by shareholders, distinct from freely tradable public float. Share-class details and provider basis are not supplied; this count is not an established float denominator.
Short-interest ratio`result.data.summary.Short Interest Ratio`	`string`	Estimated days to cover reported short positions using average daily trading volume. Preserve the days label and precision; the average window is not supplied.
Average trading volume`result.data.summary.Average Trading Volume`	`string`	Source average share-trading activity. It is not open short shares; its averaging window and historical applicability are not specified.
Reported current short shares`result.data.summary.Current Short Interest`	`string`	Reported shares sold short and not yet covered under the source Current caption. Current does not establish live holdings at execution time.
Short percentage of public float`result.data.summary.Short Percent of Float`	`string`	Source percentage of publicly available shares sold short. Preserve percentage text; the actual float count and its reference date are not supplied.
Source-labelled today volume`result.data.summary.Today's Trading Volume`	`string`	Trading activity under the source Today label. This is not short interest or a separate native trading-day timestamp.
Reported previous short shares`result.data.summary.Previous Short Interest`	`string`	Source prior-reference short-position count. Its own reference date is not supplied in this summary field; inspect actual history dates where available.
Monetary short-position value`result.data.summary.Dollar Volume Sold Short`	`string`	Source monetary value associated with reported short positions, not daily transaction turnover or borrow cost. Preserve currency/magnitude text; valuation basis is not separately supplied.
Source-labelled prior-period change`result.data.summary.Change Vs. Previous Month`	`string`	Source percentage change in reported short-share count against its preceding reference, under Previous Month. The calendar interval is unestablished; it is not percentage-point movement in float.
Volume versus source average`result.data.summary.Today's Volume Vs. Average`	`string`	Source percentage comparison of labelled today trading volume and average volume. It is not short float; the trading date and average window are not returned separately.
Reported short-interest history`result.data.history`	`array`	Entries can carry report-date and financial fields or incomplete source text. No fixed size, date coverage or reporting cadence is guaranteed.
Report date label`result.data.history[].Report Date`	`string`	Source history date label, not a native publication timestamp. Some incomplete entries may contain non-date text; keep them for inspection rather than inventing a date.
Historical days to cover`result.data.history[].Days to Cover`	`string`	Source estimate based on reported position size and average trading activity. Keep its numeric string and precision; the historical average-volume denominator is not returned.
Price labelled for report date`result.data.history[].Price on Report Date`	`string`	Source price associated with the report date. Preserve monetary text; it is not an executable quote and its exact price/time basis is not separately supplied.
Reported short shares`result.data.history[].Total Shares Sold Short`	`string`	Source shares sold short and still uncovered at the reported observation. Preserve the share-unit string; this is not trading volume over the period.
Reported monetary position value`result.data.history[].Dollar Volume Sold Short`	`string`	Source monetary value associated with reported short shares. Retain currency and magnitude text; it does not supply a currency code, borrow fee or traded cash flow.
Change from previous report`result.data.history[].Change from Previous Report`	`string`	Source percentage change in reported short-share count against the preceding report reference. Preserve signed text; it is not percentage-point movement in float or an interpolated interval.
Historical short-float percentage`result.data.history[].Percentage of Float Shorted`	`string`	Source percentage of public float sold short. Preserve percentage or N/A exactly; unavailable float data does not mean zero and lacks a returned float denominator.

Additional notes

MarketBeat attributes the linked AAPL short-interest data to FINRA. It describes uncovered short shares, their share of public float and an estimated days-to-cover measure based on average daily trading volume. Reporting observations and publication dates are separate; this Tool does not return a distinct publication timestamp.

The summary combines a record-date snapshot with source-labelled current/prior positions and trading-volume context. The history carries report dates with share, percentage, price and monetary position values. Today and Previous Month are source captions, not proof that every measure covers the same time or a whole calendar month.

Preserve the original summary and history precision rather than recalculating one from the other. A source average-volume field does not establish the historical denominator. N/A float values do not mean zero; a report-date-only entry with non-date text is not a confirmed financial observation and should remain available for inspection in Raw JSON.

MarketBeat short-interest reports and source definitions

FINRA: short-sale volume versus reported short interest

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No. Trading volume describes activity; short interest records reported shares sold short and still uncovered. Today and average volume cannot replace the reported short-share count or establish short-selling flow.

Stock Short Interest & Report History · MarketBeat

Stock Short Interest & Report History · MarketBeat

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Start with your task

What to know

Inputs & outputs

Input schema

Result schema

Start with the company name

Understand the report

Compare reports by date

Questions about this tool.

You receive

Start with your task

What to know

Inputs & outputs

Input schema

Result schema

Start with the company name

Understand the report

Compare reports by date

Questions about this tool.

Does trading volume measure open short positions?

Does days to cover predict a deadline or squeeze?

Can outstanding shares substitute for float?

Does Previous Month mean a full calendar-month change?

Are report, publication and today labels the same time?

How should I handle differing display precision, N/A or incomplete records?