Design Therapeutics (DSGN) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $3.40 -0.12 (-3.41%) Closing price 04/4/2025 04:00 PM EasternExtended Trading$3.39 -0.01 (-0.29%) As of 04/4/2025 04:02 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 InterestTrendsBuy This Stock Design Therapeutics Short Interest DataDesign Therapeutics (DSGN) has a short interest of 3.27 million shares, representing 10.59% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a 1.55% increase in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 18.9, indicating that it would take 18.9 days of the average trading volume of 210,631 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest3,270,000 sharesPrevious Short Interest3,220,000 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month+1.55%Dollar Volume Sold Short$15.37 millionShort Interest Ratio18.9 Days to CoverLast Record DateMarch 15, 2025Outstanding Shares56,763,000 sharesFloat Size30,870,000 sharesShort Percent of Float10.59%Today's Trading Volume114,421 sharesAverage Trading Volume210,631 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average54% Short Selling Design Therapeutics? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for Design 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 ChartDSGN Short Interest Over TimeDSGN Days to Cover Over TimeDSGN Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Remove Ads Design 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 3/15/20253,270,000 shares $15.37 million +1.6%10.6%18.9 $4.70 2/28/20253,220,000 shares $15.65 million +2.6%10.5%16.8 $4.86 2/15/20253,140,000 shares $12.81 million -0.6%10.2%18.2 $4.08 1/31/20253,160,000 shares $15.33 million +1.9%10.1%17.5 $4.85 1/15/20253,100,000 shares $13.52 million +6.2%9.9%17.8 $4.36 12/31/20242,920,000 shares $18.02 million +8.2%9.3%17.2 $6.17 12/15/20242,700,000 shares $15.12 million -0.4%8.6%15.7 $5.60 11/30/20242,710,000 shares $16.26 million +0.7%8.6%11.2 $6.00 11/15/20242,690,000 shares $15.60 million +3.9%8.6%11.4 $5.80 10/31/20242,590,000 shares $13.57 million -1.2%8.1%10.9 $5.24 Get the Latest News and Ratings for DSGN and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Design Therapeutics and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 10/15/20242,620,000 shares $14.12 million +1.6%8.2%9.7 $5.39 9/30/20242,580,000 shares $13.88 million -0.4%8.0%9.7 $5.38 9/15/20242,590,000 shares $14.35 million +18.3%8.1%9.7 $5.54 8/31/20242,190,000 shares $10.40 million -25.5%6.8%8.7 $4.75 8/15/20242,940,000 shares $12.61 million -17.4%9.2%15.7 $4.29 7/31/20243,560,000 shares $18.16 million +16.7%10.7%17.3 $5.10 7/15/20243,050,000 shares $13.66 million +3.4%9.2%14.5 $4.48 6/30/20242,950,000 shares $9.88 million +2.8%8.9%12.4 $3.35 6/15/20242,870,000 shares $10.65 million +2.5%8.7%10.8 $3.71 5/31/20242,800,000 shares $11.34 million -1.8%8.4%9.6 $4.05 5/15/20242,850,000 shares $12.85 million -4.7%8.6%9.6 $4.51 4/30/20242,990,000 shares $10.52 million +25.1%9.1%9.8 $3.52 4/15/20242,390,000 shares $9.06 million +7.2%7.2%9.3 $3.79 3/31/20242,230,000 shares $8.99 million +4.2%6.8%9 $4.03 3/15/20242,140,000 shares $5.52 million -24.9%6.5%8.2 $2.58 2/29/20242,850,000 shares $7.92 million +1.1%8.8%11.3 $2.78 2/15/20242,820,000 shares $7.16 million +16.1%8.7%9 $2.54 1/31/20242,430,000 shares $5.76 million -3.2%7.5%6.2 $2.37 1/15/20242,510,000 shares $6.12 million -11.0%7.7%5.8 $2.44 12/31/20232,820,000 shares $7.47 million +9.7%8.7%6.6 $2.65 12/15/20232,570,000 shares $6.58 million -19.2%7.9%6.1 $2.56 11/30/20233,180,000 shares $7.63 million +1.6%9.8%7.4 $2.40 11/15/20233,130,000 shares $7.26 million +0.3%9.6%5.2 $2.32 10/31/20233,120,000 shares $6.36 million +6.1%9.6%3.3 $2.04 10/15/20232,940,000 shares $6.29 million +0.7%9.0%3.2 $2.14 9/30/20232,920,000 shares $6.89 million +2.1%9.0%3.2 $2.36 9/15/20232,860,000 shares $7.35 million +24.4%8.8%3.2 $2.57 8/31/20232,300,000 shares $5.70 million -42.2%7.1%2.6 $2.48 8/15/20233,980,000 shares $8.62 million -41.0%12.2%6.2 $2.17 7/31/20236,750,000 shares $54.95 million -2.3%20.8%30.3 $8.14NEW OVERNIGHT STRATEGY: Try this 4x a week for 2 minutes (Ad)With a treasure trove of backtested data that's been hiding in plain sight since the '90s... 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Go to this page immediately for a zero-fluff breakdown of these overnight opportunities 7/15/20236,910,000 shares $47.96 million -0.4%21.3%26.7 $6.94 6/30/20236,940,000 shares $43.72 million -7.2%21.3%26.4 $6.30 6/15/20237,480,000 shares $40.99 million +5.2%23.0%27.1 $5.48 5/31/20237,110,000 shares $40.03 million -5.0%21.9%19.9 $5.63 5/15/20237,480,000 shares $50.94 million +35.5%23.0%19.1 $6.81 4/30/20235,520,000 shares $35.60 million +2.6%17.0%13.1 $6.45 4/15/20235,380,000 shares $27.92 million -3.2%16.5%12 $5.19 3/31/20235,560,000 shares $32.08 million -23.9%17.1%12.4 $5.77 3/15/20237,310,000 shares $51.24 million -3.1%22.5%15.4 $7.01 2/28/20237,540,000 shares $53.31 million +5.2%23.2%13.1 $7.07 2/15/20237,170,000 shares $49.26 million -1.2%22.1%12.7 $6.87 1/31/20237,260,000 shares $56.99 million +8.2%25.1%13.2 $7.85 1/15/20236,710,000 shares $60.39 million +3.1%20.7%12.6 $9.00 12/30/20226,510,000 shares $66.79 million +28.9%21.2%12.9 $10.26 12/15/20225,050,000 shares $40.96 million +11.5%20.2%9.8 $8.11 11/30/20224,530,000 shares $63.42 million -10.7%14.3%11.2 $14.00 11/15/20225,070,000 shares $72.30 million -1.7%16.0%14.5 $14.26 10/31/20225,160,000 shares $80.60 million +7.3%16.6%15.6 $15.62 10/15/20224,810,000 shares $75.90 million -11.4%15.5%16.1 $15.78 9/30/20225,430,000 shares $90.79 million +23.7%17.5%19.6 $16.72 9/15/20224,390,000 shares $99.78 million +10.6%14.1%16.6 $22.73 8/31/20223,970,000 shares $80.43 million -14.4%12.8%19.8 $20.26 8/15/20224,640,000 shares $118.64 million +14.6%14.9%24.6 $25.57 7/31/20224,050,000 shares $79.46 million -4.0%13.0%22.4 $19.62 7/15/20224,220,000 shares $77.82 million -1.4%13.6%20.7 $18.44 6/30/20224,280,000 shares $59.92 million +2.9%13.8%21.3 $14.00 6/15/20224,160,000 shares $56.95 million -7.6%13.4%21.5 $13.69 5/31/20224,500,000 shares $56.16 million +10.0%14.5%27.8 $12.48 5/15/20224,090,000 shares $44.70 million +0.7%13.2%25.5 $10.93 4/30/20224,060,000 shares $48.48 million +37.2%13.1%26.2 $11.94 4/15/20222,960,000 shares $45.11 million +2.4%9.6%18.6 $15.24 3/31/20222,890,000 shares $46.67 million -3.0%9.4%19 $16.15 3/15/20222,980,000 shares $51.91 million +20.7%10.5%19.2 $17.42 2/28/20222,470,000 shares $33.52 million +14.4%8.7%12.4 $13.57 2/15/20222,160,000 shares $31.92 million -4.9%9.5%11 $14.78 1/31/20222,270,000 shares $28.69 million +4.1%8.0%11.5 $12.64 1/15/20222,180,000 shares $34.55 million No ChangeN/A0 $15.85 12/31/20212,180,000 shares $46.67 million -19.3%7.7%12.4 $21.41 12/15/20212,700,000 shares $54.97 million +11.6%9.6%15.4 $20.36 11/30/20212,420,000 shares $40.51 million +25.4%8.6%21.2 $16.74 11/15/20211,930,000 shares $38.41 million +38.9%6.8%18.8 $19.90 10/29/20211,390,000 shares $21.80 million +0.7%4.9%15.7 $15.68 10/15/20211,380,000 shares $19.67 million -14.3%4.9%16.4 $14.25 9/30/20211,610,000 shares $23.65 million -3.6%5.7%20.3 $14.69 9/15/20211,670,000 shares $26.12 million +9.9%5.9%15.3 $15.64 8/31/20211,520,000 shares $23.89 million -26.6%5.4%11 $15.72 8/13/20212,070,000 shares $34.18 million No Change7.3%14.7 $16.51 DSGN Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Design Therapeutics' current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Design Therapeutics shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of March 15th, investors have sold 3,270,000 shares of DSGN short. 10.59% of Design Therapeutics' shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Design Therapeutics' current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for Design 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. DSGN shares currently have a short interest ratio of 19.0. Learn More on Design Therapeutics's short interest ratio. Which institutional investors are shorting Design Therapeutics? As of the most recent reporting period, the following institutional investors, funds, and major shareholders have reported short positions of Design Therapeutics: 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 Design 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. 10.59% of Design Therapeutics' floating shares are currently sold short. Is Design Therapeutics' short interest increasing or decreasing? Design Therapeutics saw a increase in short interest in the month of March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totaling 3,270,000 shares, an increase of 1.6% from the previous total of 3,220,000 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 Design Therapeutics' float size? Design Therapeutics currently has issued a total of 56,763,000 shares. Some of Design 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. Design Therapeutics currently has a public float of 30,870,000 shares. How does Design Therapeutics' short interest compare to its competitors? 10.59% of Design Therapeutics' shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "pharmaceutical products" compare to Design Therapeutics: Phibro Animal Health Co. (3.60%), Xeris Biopharma Holdings, Inc. (7.88%), Oculis Holding AG (0.11%), Arcus Biosciences, Inc. (11.43%), Pharvaris (3.35%), Day One Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (22.91%), Avid Bioservices, Inc. (18.17%), Chimerix, Inc. (4.30%), Evolus, Inc. (11.86%), Praxis Precision Medicines, Inc. (10.99%), 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 ($26.28 billion), iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF ($9.53 billion), MicroStrategy Incorporated ($8.50 billion), Apollo Global Management, Inc. ($4.86 billion), Super Micro Computer, Inc. ($4.85 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.28 billion), Capital One Financial Co. ($4.08 billion), AppLovin Co. ($3.82 billion), Canadian Natural Resources Limited ($3.78 billion), and Schlumberger Limited ($2.87 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short Design Therapeutics stock? Short selling DSGN is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Design Therapeutics as its price is falling. DSGN shares are trading down $0.12 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 Design Therapeutics? A short squeeze for Design 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 DSGN, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Design 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 DSGN, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is March, 15 2025. 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