Corcept Therapeutics (CORT) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $58.32 -1.15 (-1.93%) Closing price 03/25/2025 04:00 PM EasternExtended Trading$58.16 -0.16 (-0.27%) As of 08:00 AM 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 Corcept Therapeutics Short Interest DataCorcept Therapeutics (CORT) has a short interest of 16.04 million shares, representing 17.23% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a 4.22% increase in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 16.2, indicating that it would take 16.2 days of the average trading volume of 970,494 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest16,040,000 sharesPrevious Short Interest15,390,000 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month+4.22%Dollar Volume Sold Short$971.70 millionShort Interest Ratio16.2 Days to CoverLast Record DateFebruary 28, 2025Outstanding Shares105,503,000 sharesFloat Size93,100,000 sharesShort Percent of Float17.23%Today's Trading Volume663,487 sharesAverage Trading Volume970,494 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average68% Short Selling Corcept Therapeutics? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for Corcept Therapeutics and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartCORT Short Interest Over TimeCORT Days to Cover Over TimeCORT Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Remove Ads Corcept Therapeutics Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 2/28/202516,040,000 shares $971.70 million +4.2%17.2%16.2 $60.58 2/15/202515,390,000 shares $1.12 billion -2.7%16.7%17.5 $72.72 1/31/202515,810,000 shares $1.06 billion -2.8%17.6%18.2 $66.92 1/15/202516,260,000 shares $874.46 million +1.9%18.0%17.6 $53.78 12/31/202415,960,000 shares $804.22 million +1.5%17.7%16.7 $50.39 12/15/202415,720,000 shares $870.89 million -7.8%17.4%15.9 $55.40 11/30/202417,050,000 shares $983.44 million -7.0%18.9%17.1 $57.68 11/15/202418,340,000 shares $950.56 million -2.5%20.3%18.8 $51.83 10/31/202418,800,000 shares $920.64 million -9.1%20.8%20.7 $48.97 10/15/202420,680,000 shares $968.65 million -3.9%23.0%22.8 $46.84 Get the Latest News and Ratings for CORT and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Corcept Therapeutics and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 9/30/202421,510,000 shares $995.48 million -0.9%23.9%25.4 $46.28 9/15/202421,710,000 shares $827.37 million -1.7%24.1%25.4 $38.11 8/31/202422,090,000 shares $779.78 million +2.3%24.6%24.5 $35.30 8/15/202421,590,000 shares $754.35 million -3.0%24.0%21.2 $34.94 7/31/202422,260,000 shares $860.79 million -2.2%24.8%20.2 $38.67 7/15/202422,750,000 shares $735.96 million +4.0%25.3%19.6 $32.35 6/30/202421,880,000 shares $710.88 million +3.0%24.4%19 $32.49 6/15/202421,250,000 shares $615.61 million +10.2%23.7%18.6 $28.97 5/31/202419,290,000 shares $581.98 million -2.6%21.5%17.9 $30.17 5/15/202419,800,000 shares $551.03 million No Change22.1%19.4 $27.83 4/30/202419,800,000 shares $461.74 million -6.3%22.1%18 $23.32 4/15/202421,120,000 shares $488.93 million -1.0%23.7%17.5 $23.15 3/31/202421,330,000 shares $537.30 million +5.5%23.9%15 $25.19 3/15/202420,220,000 shares $469.71 million +1.8%22.7%13 $23.23 2/29/202419,860,000 shares $466.71 million +1.1%22.3%13.1 $23.50 2/15/202419,640,000 shares $480.39 million +1.7%22.0%13.4 $24.46 1/31/202419,320,000 shares $407.65 million +23.3%22.0%14.4 $21.10 1/15/202415,670,000 shares $363.54 million +1.8%17.8%13.2 $23.20 12/31/202315,390,000 shares $499.87 million +0.9%17.5%17 $32.48 12/15/202315,260,000 shares $453.99 million -0.8%17.4%19.6 $29.75 11/30/202315,380,000 shares $391.73 million +0.7%17.5%21.2 $25.47 11/15/202315,270,000 shares $387.55 million +8.1%17.4%20.6 $25.38 10/31/202314,120,000 shares $396.49 million -5.6%16.1%19.4 $28.08 10/15/202314,960,000 shares $412.30 million -0.1%17.1%20 $27.56 9/30/202314,970,000 shares $407.86 million +3.4%17.1%20.8 $27.25 9/15/202314,480,000 shares $484.65 million -2.2%16.6%24.1 $33.47 8/31/202314,800,000 shares $484.40 million -0.5%17.0%23.7 $32.73 8/15/202314,870,000 shares $460.38 million -1.3%17.1%23.9 $30.96 7/31/202315,070,000 shares $383.98 million -4.2%17.3%23.9 $25.48 7/15/202315,730,000 shares $358.96 million -1.1%18.2%27.3 $22.82Trump’s Final Plan (Ad)Presidential insider exposes shocking plot to reshape U.S. economy: The 2025 Trump Reset -- Inside Trump’s secret plan to trigger the greatest transfer of wealth since FDR and LBJ – trillions of dollars could be redistributed.Click here for the full story. 6/30/202315,910,000 shares $354.00 million -5.1%18.4%25.2 $22.25 6/15/202316,770,000 shares $388.90 million +0.2%19.2%21.6 $23.19 5/31/202316,730,000 shares $392.99 million -2.3%19.2%20.9 $23.49 5/15/202317,130,000 shares $412.15 million No Change19.6%19.2 $24.06 10/31/202217,050,000 shares $487.63 million -0.8%18.3%30.1 $28.60 10/15/202217,190,000 shares $467.91 million -0.8%18.6%30.8 $27.22 9/30/202217,330,000 shares $444.34 million +1.5%18.7%29.7 $25.64 9/15/202217,070,000 shares $431.87 million -1.6%18.5%26.7 $25.30 8/31/202217,350,000 shares $447.98 million -1.0%18.8%27 $25.82 8/15/202217,530,000 shares $492.07 million -2.2%19.0%25.6 $28.07 7/31/202217,930,000 shares $513.87 million +1.1%19.0%22.4 $28.66 7/15/202217,730,000 shares $482.97 million -1.8%18.8%21.5 $27.24 6/30/202218,060,000 shares $429.47 million -0.6%17.5%20.5 $23.78 6/15/202218,170,000 shares $383.39 million -5.6%17.6%19.8 $21.10 5/31/202219,240,000 shares $400.96 million -5.2%20.4%20.1 $20.84 5/15/202220,300,000 shares $384.48 million +12.0%21.5%20.6 $18.94 4/30/202218,130,000 shares $389.98 million +9.5%19.2%18.7 $21.51 4/15/202216,560,000 shares $405.55 million +2.8%17.6%17.5 $24.49 3/31/202216,110,000 shares $362.80 million -2.8%N/A18 $22.52 3/15/202216,570,000 shares $397.68 million +2.3%17.6%16.7 $24.00 2/28/202216,200,000 shares $361.10 million -0.9%17.1%9.6 $22.29 2/15/202216,340,000 shares $331.87 million -10.2%17.2%9.5 $20.31 1/31/202218,190,000 shares $341.43 million -5.2%17.6%10.5 $18.77 1/15/202219,180,000 shares $353.87 million +13.3%18.5%11.3 $18.45 12/31/202116,930,000 shares $335.21 million -12.9%16.3%10.2 $19.80 12/15/202119,440,000 shares $375.19 million +116.0%18.8%12.5 $19.30 11/30/20219,000,000 shares $189 million +0.5%8.7%9.8 $21.00 11/15/20218,960,000 shares $205.09 million -2.9%8.7%14.8 $22.89 10/29/20219,230,000 shares $166.14 million +9.9%8.9%17.9 $18.00 10/15/20218,400,000 shares $168.34 million -0.7%8.1%17.2 $20.04 9/30/20218,460,000 shares $166.49 million +0.8%8.1%17.5 $19.68 9/15/20218,390,000 shares $171.41 million +1.0%8.1%17 $20.43 8/31/20218,310,000 shares $176.84 million +3.1%8.0%15.8 $21.28 8/13/20218,060,000 shares $166.68 million +2.3%7.7%15.2 $20.68 7/30/20217,880,000 shares $163.67 million +3.1%7.6%13.3 $20.77 7/15/20217,640,000 shares $155.55 million -5.2%7.3%13.6 $20.36 6/30/20218,060,000 shares $177.32 million -18.5%7.7%14.4 $22.00 6/15/20219,890,000 shares $216.89 million -2.9%9.4%17.8 $21.93 5/28/202110,180,000 shares $219.89 million +3.0%9.7%19.9 $21.60 5/14/20219,880,000 shares $206.69 million -1.7%9.4%17.7 $20.92 4/30/202110,050,000 shares $235.77 million -5.4%9.6%17.5 $23.46 4/15/202110,620,000 shares $243.73 million +1.4%N/A0 $22.95 3/31/202110,470,000 shares $245.94 million -2.9%9.9%18 $23.49 3/15/202110,780,000 shares $276.94 million -0.2%10.2%17.6 $25.69 2/26/202110,800,000 shares $276.05 million No Change10.2%16.5 $25.56 2/12/202110,800,000 shares $309.64 million -4.7%10.3%13.6 $28.67 1/29/202111,330,000 shares $325.28 million -4.1%10.9%12.9 $28.71 1/15/202111,810,000 shares $326.19 million -0.7%11.3%12.9 $27.62 12/31/202011,890,000 shares $311.16 million -7.7%11.4%12.9 $26.17 12/15/202012,880,000 shares $330.37 million -6.1%12.3%13.5 $25.65Trump’s Final Plan (Ad)Presidential insider exposes shocking plot to reshape U.S. economy: The 2025 Trump Reset -- Inside Trump’s secret plan to trigger the greatest transfer of wealth since FDR and LBJ – trillions of dollars could be redistributed.Click here for the full story. 11/30/202013,720,000 shares $315.42 million -17.1%13.1%11.2 $22.99 11/15/202016,540,000 shares $299.21 million -5.7%15.8%5.7 $18.09 10/30/202017,530,000 shares $300.81 million -6.7%16.7%6.4 $17.16 10/15/202018,780,000 shares $345.18 million -1.4%18.0%6.6 $18.38 9/30/202019,040,000 shares $331.39 million +1.0%18.3%6.7 $17.41 9/15/202018,860,000 shares $334.20 million -18.6%18.1%6.5 $17.72 8/31/202023,160,000 shares $294.13 million +2.8%22.2%8.3 $12.70 8/14/202022,520,000 shares $310.10 million +1.9%21.6%21.2 $13.77 7/31/202022,100,000 shares $330.40 million -1.3%21.2%20.7 $14.95 7/15/202022,380,000 shares $365.02 million -1.2%21.7%22.8 $16.31 6/30/202022,650,000 shares $380.97 million +1.9%21.9%23.2 $16.82 6/15/202022,230,000 shares $338.56 million +1.0%21.5%22 $15.23 5/29/202022,020,000 shares $333.38 million -0.4%21.3%20.4 $15.14 5/15/202022,100,000 shares $310.73 million +0.9%21.4%19.2 $14.06 4/30/202021,910,000 shares $277.38 million -0.3%21.2%19.1 $12.66 4/15/202021,980,000 shares $262.44 million +5.5%21.3%19.6 $11.94 3/31/202020,830,000 shares $273.71 million -5.7%20.2%18.8 $13.14 CORT Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Corcept Therapeutics' current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Corcept Therapeutics shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of February 28th, traders have sold 16,040,000 shares of CORT short. 17.23% of Corcept Therapeutics' shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Corcept Therapeutics' current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for Corcept Therapeutics? 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. CORT shares currently have a short interest ratio of 16.0. Learn More on Corcept Therapeutics's short interest ratio. Which institutional investors are shorting Corcept Therapeutics? As of the most recent reporting period, the following institutional investors, funds, and major shareholders have reported short positions of Corcept Therapeutics: Wolverine Trading LLC, Squarepoint Ops LLC, Point72 Asset Management L.P., Millennium Management LLC, J. Goldman & Co LP, Group One Trading LLC, Caption Management LLC, Citadel Advisors LLC, Jane Street Group LLC, Boothbay Fund Management LLC, Susquehanna International Group LLP, Concourse Financial Group Securities Inc., Walleye Trading LLC, Walleye Capital LLC, and Barclays PLC. These positions are disclosed in Form 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. What is a good short interest percentage for Corcept Therapeutics? 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. 17.23% of Corcept Therapeutics' floating shares are currently sold short. Is Corcept Therapeutics' short interest increasing or decreasing? Corcept Therapeutics saw a increase in short interest in February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totaling 16,040,000 shares, an increase of 4.2% from the previous total of 15,390,000 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 Corcept Therapeutics' float size? Corcept Therapeutics currently has issued a total of 105,503,000 shares. Some of Corcept Therapeutics' 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. Corcept Therapeutics currently has a public float of 93,100,000 shares. How does Corcept Therapeutics' short interest compare to its competitors? 17.23% of Corcept Therapeutics' shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "pharmaceutical preparations" compare to Corcept Therapeutics: Royalty Pharma plc (4.08%), Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc (7.53%), Perrigo Company plc (3.37%), Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (12.10%), Pacira BioSciences, Inc. (13.56%), Omeros Co. (16.67%), Nektar Therapeutics (3.72%), Cumberland Pharmaceuticals Inc. (4.02%), Assembly Biosciences, Inc. (0.61%), Eli Lilly and Company (0.85%), 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 ($23.74 billion), iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF ($10.75 billion), MicroStrategy Incorporated ($6.56 billion), Apollo Global Management, Inc. ($5.40 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.57 billion), AppLovin Co. ($4.45 billion), Capital One Financial Co. ($4.33 billion), Super Micro Computer, Inc. ($4.23 billion), Schlumberger Limited ($3.22 billion), and Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. ($3.06 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short Corcept Therapeutics stock? Short selling CORT is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Corcept Therapeutics as its price is falling. CORT shares are trading down $1.15 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 Corcept Therapeutics? A short squeeze for Corcept Therapeutics 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 CORT, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Corcept Therapeutics' 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 CORT, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is February, 28 2025. 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