Healthcare Services Group (HCSG) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $10.56 -0.22 (-2.01%) Closing price 02/21/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$10.55 -0.01 (-0.12%) As of 02/21/2025 04:05 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 ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrends Healthcare Services Group Short Interest DataHealthcare Services Group (HCSG) has a short interest of 2.80 million shares, representing 3.89% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a -5.72% decrease in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 6.9, indicating that it would take 6.9 days of the average trading volume of 493,400 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest2,800,000 sharesPrevious Short Interest2,970,000 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month-5.72%Dollar Volume Sold Short$31.05 millionShort Interest Ratio6.9 Days to CoverLast Record DateJanuary 31, 2025Outstanding Shares73,490,000 sharesFloat Size72,020,000 sharesShort Percent of Float3.89%Today's Trading Volume584,544 sharesAverage Trading Volume493,400 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average118% Short Selling Healthcare Services Group? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for Healthcare Services Group and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartHCSG Short Interest Over TimeHCSG Days to Cover Over TimeHCSG Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Healthcare Services Group Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 1/31/20252,800,000 shares $31.05 million -5.7%3.9%6.9 $11.09 1/15/20252,970,000 shares $34.87 million -2.0%4.1%7.3 $11.74 12/31/20243,030,000 shares $35.18 million +9.8%4.2%7.6 $11.61 12/15/20242,760,000 shares $34.61 million +14.5%3.8%6.8 $12.54 11/30/20242,410,000 shares $29.74 million +5.7%3.3%6 $12.34 11/15/20242,280,000 shares $26.31 million -11.6%3.1%6 $11.54 10/31/20242,580,000 shares $28.30 million -3.0%3.6%7.1 $10.97 10/15/20242,660,000 shares $28.57 million +0.8%3.7%7 $10.74 9/30/20242,640,000 shares $29.49 million +9.5%3.6%6.3 $11.17 9/15/20242,410,000 shares $26.85 million +3.0%3.3%4.9 $11.14 Get the Latest News and Ratings for HCSG and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Healthcare Services Group and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 8/31/20242,340,000 shares $25.48 million +0.4%3.2%4.9 $10.89 8/15/20242,330,000 shares $24.74 million +5.0%3.2%4.3 $10.62 7/31/20242,220,000 shares $25.37 million +3.7%3.1%3.8 $11.43 7/15/20242,140,000 shares $24.14 million +6.5%2.9%3.6 $11.28 6/30/20242,010,000 shares $21.27 million -2.0%2.8%3.6 $10.58 6/15/20242,050,000 shares $20.97 million -3.3%2.8%4.3 $10.23 5/31/20242,120,000 shares $22.85 million -28.1%2.9%4.4 $10.78 5/15/20242,950,000 shares $34.04 million +1.7%4.0%6.2 $11.54 4/30/20242,900,000 shares $30.80 million -0.3%4.0%5.5 $10.62 4/15/20242,910,000 shares $33.58 million -1.4%4.0%5.6 $11.54 3/31/20242,950,000 shares $36.82 million -8.1%4.0%5.6 $12.48 3/15/20243,210,000 shares $38.84 million +7.7%4.4%5.7 $12.10 2/29/20242,980,000 shares $38.02 million +4.2%4.1%4.8 $12.76 2/15/20242,860,000 shares $35.52 million +11.3%3.9%4.5 $12.42 1/31/20242,570,000 shares $24.26 million +3.2%3.5%4.3 $9.44 1/15/20242,490,000 shares $24.68 million -9.1%3.4%3.5 $9.91 12/31/20232,740,000 shares $28.41 million -11.0%3.7%3.6 $10.37 12/15/20233,080,000 shares $30.86 million +5.1%4.2%4 $10.02 11/30/20232,930,000 shares $28.45 million +2.5%4.0%3.5 $9.71 11/15/20232,860,000 shares $29.14 million +16.3%3.9%3.6 $10.19 10/31/20232,460,000 shares $23.37 million -10.2%3.4%3.1 $9.50 10/15/20232,740,000 shares $27.54 million +10.5%3.7%3.6 $10.05 9/30/20232,480,000 shares $25.87 million +6.0%3.4%3.1 $10.43 9/15/20232,340,000 shares $24.80 million +5.9%3.2%3.1 $10.60 8/31/20232,210,000 shares $25.53 million +3.8%3.0%3.1 $11.55 8/15/20232,130,000 shares $26.92 million -12.4%2.9%2.8 $12.64 7/31/20232,430,000 shares $30.64 million -39.1%3.3%3.1 $12.61 7/15/20233,990,000 shares $59.05 million -4.6%5.4%5.1 $14.80 6/30/20234,180,000 shares $62.41 million -11.4%5.7%5.8 $14.93 6/15/20234,720,000 shares $68.11 million +4.4%6.4%6 $14.43Watch This Robotics Demo Before March 17th (Ad)Jeff Brown, the tech legend who picked shares of Nvidia in 2016 before they jumped by more than 22,000%... 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Click here to watch the demo… 5/31/20234,520,000 shares $61.07 million +1.4%6.1%4.8 $13.51 5/15/20234,460,000 shares $66.28 million -9.4%6.1%4.5 $14.86 4/30/20234,920,000 shares $76.80 million -3.9%6.7%4.6 $15.61 4/15/20235,120,000 shares $75.67 million -2.1%6.9%4.9 $14.78 3/31/20235,230,000 shares $72.54 million -2.6%7.1%5.2 $13.87 3/15/20235,370,000 shares $70.72 million +5.1%7.3%5.9 $13.17 2/28/20235,110,000 shares $67.81 million +22.5%6.9%7.4 $13.27 2/15/20234,170,000 shares $56.46 million +6.9%5.7%6.7 $13.54 1/31/20233,900,000 shares $52.53 million +4.6%5.3%7.9 $13.47 1/15/20233,730,000 shares $51.36 million -7.2%5.1%8 $13.77 12/30/20224,020,000 shares $48.24 million -6.5%5.5%8.2 $12.00 12/15/20224,300,000 shares $54.31 million -4.9%5.9%7.7 $12.63 11/30/20224,520,000 shares $63.05 million +3.4%6.1%8.1 $13.95 11/15/20224,370,000 shares $62.84 million -14.7%5.9%7.8 $14.38 10/31/20225,120,000 shares $71.48 million -6.4%7.0%8.9 $13.96 10/15/20225,470,000 shares $69.09 million No Change7.4%8.9 $12.63 9/30/20225,470,000 shares $66.13 million -8.4%7.4%8.1 $12.09 9/15/20225,970,000 shares $82.86 million -1.2%8.1%9.6 $13.88 8/31/20226,040,000 shares $84.98 million -15.5%8.2%9.6 $14.07 8/15/20227,150,000 shares $106.82 million -10.2%9.7%10.9 $14.94 7/31/20227,960,000 shares $114.15 million -9.6%10.8%11.5 $14.34 7/15/20228,800,000 shares $163.33 million -1.7%12.0%12.3 $18.56 6/30/20228,950,000 shares $155.82 million +1.8%12.2%10.9 $17.41 6/15/20228,790,000 shares $143.63 million +4.5%12.0%10.1 $16.34 5/31/20228,410,000 shares $144.40 million -1.2%11.5%8.6 $17.17 5/15/20228,510,000 shares $144.24 million +3.8%11.6%7.8 $16.95 4/30/20228,200,000 shares $140.14 million +11.0%11.2%6.7 $17.09 4/15/20227,390,000 shares $126.44 million -2.3%10.1%5.9 $17.11 3/31/20227,560,000 shares $140.39 million -2.2%10.3%6.7 $18.57 3/15/20227,730,000 shares $138.60 million -8.0%10.5%6.9 $17.93 2/28/20228,400,000 shares $132.89 million -6.6%11.4%7.9 $15.82 2/15/20228,990,000 shares $146.09 million +19.7%12.2%8.6 $16.25 1/31/20227,510,000 shares $136.61 million +13.8%10.2%8 $18.19 1/15/20226,600,000 shares $123.55 million +12.4%8.9%7 $18.72 12/31/20215,870,000 shares $104.43 million -5.3%7.9%5.8 $17.79 12/15/20216,200,000 shares $106.70 million -8.2%8.4%6.3 $17.21 11/30/20216,750,000 shares $118.13 million +2.7%9.1%5.6 $17.50 11/15/20216,570,000 shares $127.26 million -8.2%8.9%5.6 $19.37 10/29/20217,160,000 shares $137.40 million -10.3%9.7%6.3 $19.19 10/15/20217,980,000 shares $181.31 million +4.6%10.8%8.1 $22.72 9/30/20217,630,000 shares $190.67 million -0.9%10.3%8.6 $24.99 9/15/20217,700,000 shares $202.36 million +2.4%10.4%8.9 $26.28 8/31/20217,520,000 shares $196.72 million -9.0%10.1%13.4 $26.16 8/13/20218,260,000 shares $223.85 million +1.0%11.1%15.8 $27.10 7/30/20218,180,000 shares $213.50 million -8.1%11.0%16.1 $26.10 7/15/20218,900,000 shares $275.54 million -17.4%12.0%17.8 $30.96 6/30/202110,780,000 shares $340.32 million -5.1%14.5%23.5 $31.57 6/15/202111,360,000 shares $360.11 million -4.1%15.3%28.3 $31.70 5/28/202111,850,000 shares $355.38 million +0.2%16.0%27.9 $29.99 5/14/202111,830,000 shares $362.71 million +0.3%N/A25.9 $30.66Watch This Robotics Demo Before March 17th (Ad)Jeff Brown, the tech legend who picked shares of Nvidia in 2016 before they jumped by more than 22,000%... 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Click here to watch the demo… 4/30/202111,790,000 shares $352.87 million -1.3%N/A23.2 $29.93 4/15/202111,950,000 shares $344.28 million +0.8%16.1%20.2 $28.81 3/31/202111,850,000 shares $335.59 million +2.9%16.0%19.6 $28.32 3/15/202111,520,000 shares $339.84 million +7.9%15.6%17.7 $29.50 2/26/202110,680,000 shares $305.23 million +3.6%14.4%15.6 $28.58 2/12/202110,310,000 shares $322.19 million -0.7%14.0%15.4 $31.25 1/29/202110,380,000 shares $345.34 million -13.7%14.1%15.8 $33.27 1/15/202112,030,000 shares $390.01 million +1.5%16.3%19.2 $32.42 12/31/202011,850,000 shares $329.07 million -1.1%16.1%20.5 $27.77 12/15/202011,980,000 shares $300.58 million -2.1%16.2%22 $25.09 11/30/202012,240,000 shares $294.98 million +1.8%16.6%22.7 $24.10 11/15/202012,030,000 shares $276.45 million +2.0%16.3%22.4 $22.98 10/30/202011,800,000 shares $263.85 million +6.0%16.0%22.1 $22.36 10/15/202011,130,000 shares $262.33 million -1.9%15.1%19.3 $23.57 9/30/202011,350,000 shares $244.37 million -4.6%15.4%18.4 $21.53 9/15/202011,900,000 shares $247.76 million +0.3%16.1%17.8 $20.82 8/31/202011,860,000 shares $246.69 million +5.5%16.1%17.9 $20.80 8/14/202011,240,000 shares $254.70 million -2.9%15.2%15.9 $22.66 7/31/202011,570,000 shares $303.02 million +5.1%15.7%15.4 $26.19 7/15/202011,010,000 shares $277.45 million -5.4%14.9%14.2 $25.20 6/30/202011,640,000 shares $285.30 million +2.3%15.8%15.1 $24.51 6/15/202011,380,000 shares $275.74 million -2.4%15.4%14.6 $24.23 5/29/202011,660,000 shares $278.91 million -5.1%15.8%12 $23.92 5/15/202012,290,000 shares $275.17 million -5.8%16.7%12.3 $22.39 4/30/202013,040,000 shares $332.39 million -2.2%17.7%13.6 $25.49 4/15/202013,330,000 shares $292.59 million -4.6%18.0%14.5 $21.95 3/31/202013,970,000 shares $331.09 million -17.7%18.9%16.2 $23.70 3/13/202016,983,000 shares $393.16 million -0.8%23.0%18.4 $23.15 2/28/202017,120,000 shares $346.17 million -4.6%23.1%26.9 $20.22 HCSG Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Healthcare Services Group's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Healthcare Services Group shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of January 31st, traders have sold 2,800,000 shares of HCSG short. 3.89% of Healthcare Services Group's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Healthcare Services Group's current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for Healthcare Services Group? 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. HCSG shares currently have a short interest ratio of 7.0. Learn More on Healthcare Services Group's short interest ratio. Which institutional investors are shorting Healthcare Services Group? As of the most recent reporting period, the following institutional investors, funds, and major shareholders have reported short positions of Healthcare Services Group: 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 Healthcare Services Group? 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. 3.89% of Healthcare Services Group's floating shares are currently sold short. Is Healthcare Services Group's short interest increasing or decreasing? Healthcare Services Group saw a decline in short interest in January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totaling 2,800,000 shares, a decline of 5.7% from the previous total of 2,970,000 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 Healthcare Services Group's float size? Healthcare Services Group currently has issued a total of 73,490,000 shares. Some of Healthcare Services Group'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. Healthcare Services Group currently has a public float of 72,020,000 shares. How does Healthcare Services Group's short interest compare to its competitors? 3.89% of Healthcare Services Group's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies compare to Healthcare Services Group: McGrath RentCorp (2.20%), OPENLANE, Inc. (4.32%), Viad Corp (0.84%), Cintas Co. (1.05%), Copart, Inc. (1.10%), Iron Mountain Incorporated (2.74%), UniFirst Co. (1.13%), Brookdale Senior Living Inc. (4.69%), ATI Physical Therapy, Inc. (5.31%), Concentrix Co. (17.35%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? 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. What does it mean to sell short Healthcare Services Group stock? Short selling HCSG is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Healthcare Services Group as its price is falling. HCSG shares are trading down $0.22 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 Healthcare Services Group? A short squeeze for Healthcare Services Group 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 HCSG, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Healthcare Services Group's 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 HCSG, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is January, 31 2025. 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