Amphastar Pharmaceuticals (AMPH) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $23.50 -0.92 (-3.77%) Closing price 04:00 PM EasternExtended Trading$25.55 +2.05 (+8.72%) As of 06:18 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrendsBuy This Stock Amphastar Pharmaceuticals Short Interest DataAmphastar Pharmaceuticals (AMPH) has a short interest of 3.42 million shares, representing 9.72% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a -11.17% decrease in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 5.5, indicating that it would take 5.5 days of the average trading volume of 458,899 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest3,420,000 sharesPrevious Short Interest3,850,000 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month-11.17%Dollar Volume Sold Short$99.15 millionShort Interest Ratio5.5 Days to CoverLast Record DateMarch 31, 2025Outstanding Shares47,650,000 sharesFloat Size35,190,000 sharesShort Percent of Float9.72%Today's Trading Volume779,923 sharesAverage Trading Volume458,899 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average170% Short Selling Amphastar Pharmaceuticals? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for Amphastar Pharmaceuticals and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartAMPH Short Interest Over TimeAMPH Days to Cover Over TimeAMPH Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Remove Ads Amphastar Pharmaceuticals Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 3/31/20253,420,000 shares $99.15 million -11.2%9.7%5.5 $28.99 3/15/20253,850,000 shares $102.64 million -6.8%10.9%6.2 $26.66 2/28/20254,130,000 shares $117.42 million +1.5%11.6%6.9 $28.43 2/15/20254,070,000 shares $126.25 million -1.2%11.3%7.4 $31.02 1/31/20254,120,000 shares $143.66 million -10.4%11.5%7.5 $34.87 1/15/20254,600,000 shares $166.70 million -4.6%12.9%8.8 $36.24 12/31/20244,820,000 shares $178.97 million +10.3%13.5%10.1 $37.13 12/15/20244,370,000 shares $184.59 million +6.1%12.2%10.3 $42.24 11/30/20244,120,000 shares $186.18 million -2.8%11.5%11 $45.19 11/15/20244,240,000 shares $189.15 million -2.3%11.8%12 $44.61 Get the Latest News and Ratings for AMPH and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Amphastar Pharmaceuticals and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 10/31/20244,340,000 shares $219.30 million +2.6%12.2%12.6 $50.53 10/15/20244,230,000 shares $208.58 million -2.8%11.7%12 $49.31 9/30/20244,350,000 shares $211.11 million +5.3%12.0%11.9 $48.53 9/15/20244,130,000 shares $198.61 million -1.9%11.4%10.4 $48.09 8/31/20244,210,000 shares $205.20 million No Change12.0%11.2 $48.74 8/15/20244,210,000 shares $190.80 million -7.5%12.0%10.9 $45.32 7/31/20244,550,000 shares $198.02 million +7.6%12.9%11.6 $43.52 7/15/20244,230,000 shares $163.95 million +1.4%12.0%11.7 $38.76 6/30/20244,170,000 shares $166.80 million +0.5%11.9%11.5 $40.00 6/15/20244,150,000 shares $168.03 million +10.4%11.8%12.1 $40.49 5/31/20243,760,000 shares $159.16 million -0.3%10.3%10.3 $42.33 5/15/20243,770,000 shares $160.00 million -5.5%10.7%9.2 $42.44 4/30/20243,990,000 shares $164.59 million +3.1%11.4%9.7 $41.25 4/15/20243,870,000 shares $157.82 million +5.5%11.0%9 $40.78 3/31/20243,670,000 shares $161.15 million +1.9%10.6%7.8 $43.91 3/15/20243,600,000 shares $154.98 million -3.2%10.4%7.5 $43.05 2/29/20243,720,000 shares $173.24 million +3.6%10.3%7.5 $46.57 2/15/20243,590,000 shares $199.28 million +12.5%10.0%7.9 $55.51 1/31/20243,190,000 shares $170.22 million +8.5%8.9%6.6 $53.36 1/15/20242,940,000 shares $159.38 million +5.8%8.2%6.5 $54.21 12/31/20232,780,000 shares $171.94 million -1.8%7.8%6.5 $61.85 12/15/20232,830,000 shares $160.18 million -0.7%8.0%6.9 $56.60 11/30/20232,850,000 shares $160.51 million -1.4%8.0%6 $56.32 11/15/20232,890,000 shares $166.23 million +15.6%8.1%6.4 $57.52 10/31/20232,500,000 shares $113.18 million -6.0%6.9%5.7 $45.27 10/15/20232,660,000 shares $121.72 million +1.5%7.3%6.2 $45.76 9/30/20232,620,000 shares $120.49 million -2.6%7.2%5.8 $45.99 9/15/20232,690,000 shares $123.12 million +106.9%7.4%5.9 $45.77 8/31/20231,300,000 shares $69.30 million -12.8%3.6%3 $53.31 8/15/20231,490,000 shares $85.30 million +4.2%4.1%3.4 $57.25Trump’s betrayal exposed (Ad)Trump’s Final Reset Inside the shocking plot to re-engineer America’s financial system…and why you need to move your money now.Millions of Americans are about to be wiped out, while others could make a fortune… click here to ma 7/31/20231,430,000 shares $86.79 million -30.9%4.0%3.2 $60.69 7/15/20232,070,000 shares $115.65 million +3.0%5.8%4.5 $55.87 6/30/20232,010,000 shares $115.51 million -3.4%5.6%4.5 $57.47 6/15/20232,080,000 shares $108.64 million +10.6%5.8%4.7 $52.23 5/31/20231,880,000 shares $83.42 million -1.1%5.3%4.7 $44.37 5/15/20231,900,000 shares $79.34 million +2.2%5.3%4.8 $41.76 4/30/20231,860,000 shares $66.53 million +29.2%5.3%5.3 $35.77 4/15/20231,440,000 shares $60.70 million +9.9%4.1%4.5 $42.15 3/31/20231,310,000 shares $49.13 million -10.3%3.7%4.6 $37.50 3/15/20231,460,000 shares $53.79 million -16.6%4.1%5.7 $36.84 2/28/20231,750,000 shares $55.76 million +1.2%4.7%7.4 $31.86 2/15/20231,730,000 shares $56.33 million +0.6%4.6%8.3 $32.56 1/31/20231,720,000 shares $52.05 million +1.2%4.6%8.1 $30.26 1/15/20231,700,000 shares $49.23 million -1.2%4.6%7.9 $28.96 12/30/20221,720,000 shares $48.19 million -2.3%4.6%7.9 $28.02 12/15/20221,760,000 shares $50.65 million -0.6%4.8%7.9 $28.78 11/30/20221,770,000 shares $52.20 million -3.8%4.8%7.7 $29.49 11/15/20221,840,000 shares $52.20 million -5.2%5.0%7.5 $28.37 10/31/20221,940,000 shares $59.95 million +1.6%5.2%6.9 $30.90 10/15/20221,910,000 shares $54.49 million +1.1%5.1%6.6 $28.53 9/30/20221,890,000 shares $53.11 million -9.1%5.0%6.2 $28.10 9/15/20222,080,000 shares $61.01 million -5.0%5.6%6 $29.33 8/31/20222,190,000 shares $64.82 million +1.4%5.9%5.1 $29.60 8/15/20222,160,000 shares $70.26 million -5.7%5.8%4.2 $32.53 7/31/20222,290,000 shares $85.62 million -3.0%6.1%4.1 $37.39 7/15/20222,360,000 shares $87.41 million +2.6%6.3%4.2 $37.04 6/30/20222,300,000 shares $80.02 million -11.5%6.2%3.8 $34.79 6/15/20222,600,000 shares $81.43 million +11.1%7.0%4.3 $31.32 5/31/20222,340,000 shares $86.91 million -6.8%6.3%4.3 $37.14 5/15/20222,510,000 shares $88.70 million +6.8%6.8%5.1 $35.34 4/30/20222,350,000 shares $83.35 million +15.2%6.4%5 $35.47 4/15/20222,040,000 shares $84.74 million +4.6%5.5%4.4 $41.54 3/31/20221,950,000 shares $70.01 million -3.5%5.4%4.7 $35.90 3/15/20222,020,000 shares $70.17 million +1.5%5.5%5.5 $34.74 2/28/20221,990,000 shares $55.14 million -2.9%5.5%6.3 $27.71 2/15/20222,050,000 shares $54.12 million +5.7%5.6%7.2 $26.40 1/31/20221,940,000 shares $44.79 million -1.5%5.6%7.1 $23.09 1/15/20221,970,000 shares $49.98 million -2.0%5.7%9.2 $25.37 12/31/20212,010,000 shares $46.81 million -2.9%5.8%10 $23.29 12/15/20212,070,000 shares $46.26 million -2.4%6.0%11.3 $22.35 11/30/20212,120,000 shares $41.47 million +7.1%6.1%12.5 $19.56 11/15/20211,980,000 shares $41.88 million -14.3%5.7%11.9 $21.15 10/29/20212,310,000 shares $43.15 million +1.3%6.6%16.3 $18.68 10/15/20212,280,000 shares $43.57 million No Change6.5%15.2 $19.11 9/30/20212,280,000 shares $43.34 million -5.8%6.5%14.1 $19.01 9/15/20212,420,000 shares $43.27 million +0.8%6.9%12.5 $17.88 8/31/20212,400,000 shares $47.09 million +3.0%6.9%11 $19.62 8/13/20212,330,000 shares $45.67 million -2.5%6.7%10.5 $19.60 7/30/20212,390,000 shares $50.07 million -1.2%6.9%10.2 $20.95 7/15/20212,420,000 shares $48.45 million -0.8%7.0%11 $20.02Crypto’s crashing…but we’re still profiting (Ad)Most traders are panicking right now. 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Short interest is the volume of Amphastar Pharmaceuticals shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of March 31st, investors have sold 3,420,000 shares of AMPH short. 9.72% of Amphastar Pharmaceuticals' shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Amphastar Pharmaceuticals' current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for Amphastar Pharmaceuticals? 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. AMPH shares currently have a short interest ratio of 6.0. Learn More on Amphastar Pharmaceuticals's short interest ratio. Which institutional investors are shorting Amphastar Pharmaceuticals? As of the most recent reporting period, the following institutional investors, funds, and major shareholders have reported short positions of Amphastar Pharmaceuticals: Citadel Advisors LLC, and Concourse Financial Group Securities Inc.. These positions are disclosed in Form 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. What is a good short interest percentage for Amphastar Pharmaceuticals? 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. 9.72% of Amphastar Pharmaceuticals' floating shares are currently sold short. Is Amphastar Pharmaceuticals' short interest increasing or decreasing? Amphastar Pharmaceuticals saw a drop in short interest during the month of March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 3,420,000 shares, a drop of 11.2% from the previous total of 3,850,000 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. What is Amphastar Pharmaceuticals' float size? Amphastar Pharmaceuticals currently has issued a total of 47,650,000 shares. Some of Amphastar Pharmaceuticals' 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. Amphastar Pharmaceuticals currently has a public float of 35,190,000 shares. How does Amphastar Pharmaceuticals' short interest compare to its competitors? 9.72% of Amphastar Pharmaceuticals' shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "pharmaceutical products" compare to Amphastar Pharmaceuticals: Elanco Animal Health Incorporated (3.32%), Vaxcyte, Inc. (9.98%), Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (8.03%), PTC Therapeutics, Inc. (7.44%), Zai Lab Limited (7.77%), Arcellx, Inc. (17.25%), Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. (5.21%), Avidity Biosciences, Inc. (15.29%), Akero Therapeutics, Inc. (8.54%), Merus (11.36%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Invesco QQQ ($21.93 billion), iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF ($9.31 billion), Strategy Incorporated ($8.42 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.52 billion), Apollo Global Management, Inc. ($4.26 billion), Super Micro Computer, Inc. ($3.98 billion), Capital One Financial Co. ($3.79 billion), TC Energy Co. ($3.43 billion), AppLovin Co. ($2.91 billion), and Schlumberger Limited ($2.89 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short Amphastar Pharmaceuticals stock? Short selling AMPH is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Amphastar Pharmaceuticals as its price is falling. AMPH shares are trading down $0.92 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. How does a short squeeze work against Amphastar Pharmaceuticals? A short squeeze for Amphastar Pharmaceuticals occurs when it has a large amount of short interest and its stock increases in price. This forces short sellers to cover their short interest positions by buying actual shares of AMPH, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Amphastar Pharmaceuticals' short interest reported? Short interest is typically published by a stock exchange once per month. However, NASDAQ publishes a report for U.S. stocks, including AMPH, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is March, 31 2025. 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