AppLovin (APP) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of AppLovin shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of January 31st, traders have sold 14,100,000 shares of APP short. 7.05% of AppLovin's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on AppLovin'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. APP shares currently have a short interest ratio of 2.0. Learn More on AppLovin's short interest ratio.

As of the most recent reporting period, the following institutional investors, funds, and major shareholders have reported short positions of AppLovin: Vista Investment Management, Wolverine Trading LLC, Squarepoint Ops LLC, Nomura Holdings Inc., Millennium Management LLC, Ionic Capital Management LLC, Group One Trading LLC, D. E. Shaw & Co. Inc., Corvex Management LP, Cresset Asset Management LLC, Cubist Systematic Strategies LLC, Caption Management LLC, Capstone Investment Advisors LLC, Citadel Advisors LLC, Balyasny Asset Management L.P., Bank of America Corp DE, BNP Paribas Financial Markets, Jane Street Group LLC, Tudor Investment Corp ET AL, Parallax Volatility Advisers L.P., Two Sigma Securities LLC, RBF Capital LLC, Susquehanna International Group LLP, Concourse Financial Group Securities Inc., Marshall Wace LLP, PEAK6 LLC, Walleye Trading LLC, Walleye Capital LLC, Capital Fund Management S.A., Wellington Management Group LLP, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Simplex Trading LLC, Twin Tree Management LP, Monaco Asset Management SAM, HighTower Advisors LLC, Schwarz Dygos Wheeler Investment Advisors LLC, Genus Capital Management Inc., and JPMorgan Chase & Co.. 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. 7.05% of AppLovin's floating shares are currently sold short.

AppLovin saw a increase in short interest in January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totaling 14,100,000 shares, an increase of 12.9% from the previous total of 12,490,000 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.

AppLovin currently has issued a total of 335,590,000 shares. Some of AppLovin'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. AppLovin currently has a public float of 199,960,000 shares.

7.05% of AppLovin's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "computer software" compare to AppLovin: SAP SE (0.19%), Palantir Technologies Inc. (3.68%), Shopify Inc. (1.09%), CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. (3.81%), Infosys Limited (2.42%), Atlassian Co. (1.60%), NetEase, Inc. (0.68%), Snowflake Inc. (2.97%), Cloudflare, Inc. (2.32%), Datadog, Inc. (3.91%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: AppLovin Co. ($5.21 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.07 billion), Reddit, Inc. ($3.33 billion), The Kroger Co. ($2.67 billion), Cencora, Inc. ($2.29 billion), Hims & Hers Health, Inc. ($2.17 billion), SoFi Technologies, Inc. ($1.99 billion), Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. ($1.87 billion), Rivian Automotive, Inc. ($1.76 billion), and Moderna, Inc. ($1.60 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling APP is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from AppLovin as its price is falling. APP shares are trading down $44.16 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 AppLovin 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 APP, 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 APP, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is January, 31 2025.