Capital One Financial (COF) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Capital One Financial shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of April 15th, traders have sold 12,720,000 shares of COF short. 3.38% of Capital One Financial's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Capital One Financial's current short interest.

The short interest ratio, also known as the "days to cover ratio", is calculated by dividing the number of shares of a stock sold short divided by its average trading volume. A short interest ratio ranging between 1 and 4 generally indicates strong positive sentiment about a stock and a lack of short sellers. A short interest ratio of 10 or greater indicates strong pessimism about a stock. COF shares currently have a short interest ratio of 5.0. Learn More on Capital One Financial's short interest ratio.

As of the most recent reporting period, the following institutional investors, funds, and major shareholders have reported short positions of Capital One Financial: Caas Capital Management LP, Nomura Holdings Inc., Readystate Asset Management LP, Caas Capital Management LP, Apollo Management Holdings L.P., Capital Fund Management S.A., Muzinich & Co. Inc., Eisler Capital US LLC, Eisler Capital UK Ltd., Capstone Investment Advisors LLC, Allianz Asset Management GmbH, IMC Chicago LLC, D.A. Davidson & CO., One River Asset Management LLC, UBS Group AG, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, BNP Paribas Financial Markets, Concourse Financial Group Securities Inc., and XR Securities LLC. These positions are disclosed in Form 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Companies that have a short interest as a percentage of float below 10% indicates positive investor sentiment and few short sellers. Stocks with a short interest percentage above 10% is considered high, suggesting some investors are pessimistic about the stock. Companies with a short interest percentage of 20% or more indicates widespread negative sentiment. 3.38% of Capital One Financial's floating shares are currently sold short.

Capital One Financial saw a increase in short interest in April. As of April 15th, there was short interest totaling 12,720,000 shares, an increase of 12.6% from the previous total of 11,300,000 shares. Changes in short volume can be used to identify positive and negative investor sentiment. Investors that short sell a stock are betting that its price will decline in the future. An increase in short sale volume suggests bearish (negative) sentiment among investors. A decrease on short sale volume suggests bullish (positive) sentiment.

Capital One Financial currently has issued a total of 380,390,000 shares. Some of Capital One Financial's outstanding shares are available for trading, while others are subject to various restrictions. The public float, also referred to as floating shares or "the float", are shares that publicly owned, unrestricted and available to trade on the open market. Capital One Financial currently has a public float of 376,790,000 shares.

3.38% of Capital One Financial's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the sector of "finance" compare to Capital One Financial: Truist Financial Co. (1.05%), Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. (0.01%), The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (1.34%), U.S. Bancorp (1.21%), Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (1.74%), Regions Financial Co. (3.31%), Shinhan Financial Group Co., Ltd. (0.14%), Citigroup Inc. (1.36%), Wells Fargo & Company (0.92%), Coinbase Global, Inc. (6.82%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: T-Mobile US, Inc. ($3.70 billion), Occidental Petroleum Co. ($3.52 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.14 billion), General Motors ($2.68 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($2.57 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($2.18 billion), Tractor Supply ($2.10 billion), Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. ($1.91 billion), TC Energy Co. ($1.90 billion), and Williams-Sonoma, Inc. ($1.78 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling COF is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Capital One Financial as its price is falling. COF shares are trading up $0.24 today. To short a stock, an investor borrows shares, sells them and buys the shares back on the public market later to return it to the lender. Short sellers are betting that a stock will decline in price. If the stock does drop after selling, the short seller buys it back at a lower price and returns it to the lender. The difference between the sell price and the buy price is the trader's profit.

A short squeeze for Capital One Financial occurs when it has a large amount of short interest and its stock appreciates in price. This forces short sellers to cover their short interest positions by buying actual shares of COF, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further.

Short interest is typically published by a stock exchange once per month. However, NASDAQ publishes a report for U.S. stocks, including COF, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is April, 15 2024.