Ingles Markets (IMKTA) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $62.46 -3.18 (-4.85%) Closing price 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$62.50 +0.05 (+0.08%) As of 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 AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrendsBuy This Stock Ingles Markets Short Interest DataIngles Markets (IMKTA) has a short interest of 756,300 shares, representing 5.16% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a 5.53% increase in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 6.1, indicating that it would take 6.1 days of the average trading volume of 113,083 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest756,300 sharesPrevious Short Interest716,700 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month+5.53%Dollar Volume Sold Short$46.58 millionShort Interest Ratio6.1 Days to CoverLast Record DateMarch 15, 2025Outstanding Shares18,994,000 sharesShort Percent of Float5.16%Today's Trading Volume180,130 sharesAverage Trading Volume113,083 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average159% Short Selling Ingles Markets? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for Ingles Markets and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartIMKTA Short Interest Over TimeIMKTA Days to Cover Over TimeIMKTA Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Remove Ads Ingles Markets Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 3/15/2025756,300 shares $46.58 million +5.5%5.2%6.1 $61.59 2/28/2025716,700 shares $44.03 million +0.6%4.9%5.8 $61.44 2/15/2025712,500 shares $46.71 million -7.2%4.9%5.9 $65.56 1/31/2025768,000 shares $50.86 million +0.2%N/A6.3 $66.22 1/15/2025766,300 shares $48.87 million +5.4%N/A6 $63.78 12/31/2024727,200 shares $46.86 million +7.6%N/A5.2 $64.44 12/15/2024675,600 shares $46.75 million -5.3%N/A4.3 $69.20 11/30/2024713,000 shares $52.69 million +0.5%N/A4.7 $73.90 11/15/2024709,200 shares $49.68 million +20.5%N/A4.8 $70.05 10/31/2024588,400 shares $37.58 million -8.0%N/A4.2 $63.86 Get the Latest News and Ratings for IMKTA and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Ingles Markets and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 10/15/2024639,300 shares $40.19 million +57.2%N/A5 $62.87 9/30/2024406,700 shares $30.34 million -7.0%N/A3.6 $74.60 9/15/2024437,300 shares $32.11 million +1.3%N/A4.9 $73.43 8/31/2024431,700 shares $31.95 million -6.0%N/A4.9 $74.00 8/15/2024459,000 shares $33.16 million +2.3%N/A5.2 $72.25 7/31/2024448,500 shares $36.35 million +7.9%N/A4.9 $81.05 7/15/2024415,600 shares $30.09 million +2.6%N/A4.7 $72.39 6/30/2024405,200 shares $27.80 million +19.7%N/A4.6 $68.61 6/15/2024338,500 shares $23.13 million +2.1%N/A4 $68.32 5/31/2024331,400 shares $24.24 million -6.1%N/A4 $73.14 5/15/2024352,900 shares $26.20 million +12.0%N/A4.3 $74.24 4/30/2024315,000 shares $22.60 million +6.9%N/A3.8 $71.75 4/15/2024294,700 shares $21.61 million -3.1%N/A3.5 $73.34 3/31/2024304,000 shares $23.31 million +5.6%N/A3.7 $76.68 3/15/2024288,000 shares $21.51 million -1.7%N/A3.6 $74.70 2/29/2024293,000 shares $22.56 million -3.5%N/A3.8 $77.01 2/15/2024303,700 shares $23.38 million -6.7%N/A4 $76.98 1/31/2024325,500 shares $27.42 million +9.9%N/A4.5 $84.25 1/15/2024296,200 shares $25.27 million +1.5%N/A4.3 $85.33 12/31/2023291,700 shares $25.19 million -19.0%N/A4.3 $86.37 12/15/2023360,100 shares $30.14 million +1.1%N/A5 $83.69 11/30/2023356,300 shares $29.08 million -6.0%N/A5 $81.62 11/15/2023378,900 shares $30.98 million +6.2%N/A5.1 $81.76 10/31/2023356,800 shares $28.62 million -2.2%N/A4.7 $80.22 10/15/2023364,700 shares $28.10 million +5.0%N/A4.6 $77.05 9/30/2023347,500 shares $26.18 million -0.8%N/A4.4 $75.33 9/15/2023350,200 shares $26.58 million +25.4%N/A4.5 $75.90 8/31/2023279,200 shares $21.81 million +4.4%N/A3.6 $78.13 8/15/2023267,500 shares $22.04 million +2.6%N/A3.3 $82.41 7/31/2023260,700 shares $22.11 million -5.2%N/A3.2 $84.80Trump 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$29.94 million -13.6%N/A4.1 $96.46 12/15/2022359,300 shares $33.88 million -5.8%N/A4.6 $94.30 11/30/2022381,300 shares $38.55 million -0.7%N/A4.8 $101.10 11/15/2022384,000 shares $37.11 million -7.5%N/A4.3 $96.64 10/31/2022415,100 shares $39.17 million -10.3%N/A4.3 $94.37 10/15/2022462,700 shares $39.45 million +10.7%N/A4.4 $85.27 9/30/2022418,100 shares $33.12 million -13.7%N/A4 $79.21 9/15/2022484,700 shares $40.59 million -3.6%N/A4.6 $83.75 8/31/2022502,800 shares $44.01 million -4.5%N/A4.7 $87.53 8/15/2022526,700 shares $50.51 million +3.5%N/A5 $95.90 7/31/2022508,700 shares $48.56 million -12.1%N/A4.9 $95.46 7/15/2022578,800 shares $52.38 million -3.6%N/A5.4 $90.50 6/30/2022600,500 shares $52.09 million -1.0%N/A5.3 $86.75 6/15/2022606,700 shares $53.97 million -1.5%N/A5.1 $88.95 5/31/2022616,000 shares $54.86 million -7.9%N/A5.3 $89.06 5/15/2022668,500 shares $62.31 million 0.0%N/A5.7 $93.21 4/30/2022668,800 shares $62.28 million -16.7%N/A5.8 $93.12 4/15/2022802,500 shares $76.32 million -9.1%N/A7 $95.10 3/31/2022882,800 shares $78.61 million +3.5%N/A7.9 $89.05 3/15/2022852,800 shares $77.35 million -2.0%N/A7.9 $90.70 2/28/2022870,600 shares $71.58 million +4.3%N/A7.6 $82.22 2/15/2022834,500 shares $71.42 million +2.4%N/A7.2 $85.59 1/31/2022814,900 shares $62.69 million -1.2%N/A7.3 $76.93 1/15/2022824,600 shares $66.43 million +4.8%N/A0 $80.56 12/31/2021787,000 shares $67.95 million -15.7%N/A7.8 $86.34 12/15/2021933,100 shares $85.15 million -4.4%N/A9.8 $91.25 11/30/2021976,400 shares $74.97 million -7.9%N/A11.6 $76.78 11/15/20211,060,000 shares $83.71 million -12.4%7.4%13.4 $78.97 10/29/20211,210,000 shares $83.72 million -0.8%8.5%15.2 $69.19 10/15/20211,220,000 shares $81.80 million No Change8.6%14.9 $67.05 9/30/20211,220,000 shares $80.56 million -6.9%8.6%14.9 $66.03 9/15/20211,310,000 shares $85.73 million +1.6%9.2%15 $65.44 8/31/20211,290,000 shares $87.58 million -1.5%9.1%14.4 $67.89 8/13/20211,310,000 shares $85.16 million +4.0%9.2%14.8 $65.01 7/30/20211,260,000 shares $75.30 million -3.1%8.9%13.1 $59.76 7/15/20211,300,000 shares $77.22 million -0.8%9.1%13.9 $59.40 6/30/20211,310,000 shares $76.33 million -0.8%9.2%13.5 $58.27Trump Treasure April 19 (Ad)Thanks to President Trump… A $900 investment across5 specific cryptos… Could gain 12,000% so quickly that, just 12 months later…If I’m right about this (like I was before) a modest $900 investment… 6/15/20211,320,000 shares $81.10 million -2.2%9.3%13.6 $61.44 5/28/20211,350,000 shares $83.62 million +3.9%9.5%13.3 $61.94 5/14/20211,300,000 shares $81.25 million -1.5%N/A10.7 $62.50 4/30/20211,320,000 shares $80.88 million +3.1%N/A11 $61.27 4/15/20211,280,000 shares $79.91 million +0.8%9.0%10.3 $62.43 3/31/20211,270,000 shares $81.19 million -2.3%9.0%10.3 $63.93 3/15/20211,300,000 shares $81.72 million -1.5%9.2%10.4 $62.86 2/26/20211,320,000 shares $68.79 million -1.5%9.4%10.5 $52.11 2/12/20211,340,000 shares $68.72 million -10.1%9.5%11.6 $51.28 1/29/20211,490,000 shares $68.76 million +0.7%10.6%12.9 $46.15 1/15/20211,480,000 shares $62.83 million No Change10.5%13.7 $42.45 12/31/20201,480,000 shares $62.54 million +5.7%10.5%13.8 $42.26 12/15/20201,400,000 shares $58.10 million -4.1%10.0%13.1 $41.50 11/30/20201,460,000 shares $55.00 million No Change10.4%13.8 $37.67 11/15/20201,460,000 shares $55.07 million No Change10.4%15.2 $37.72 10/30/20201,460,000 shares $52.15 million -2.7%10.4%14.9 $35.72 10/15/20201,500,000 shares $57.15 million -1.3%10.7%14.3 $38.10 9/30/20201,520,000 shares $57.82 million +2.7%10.8%14.3 $38.04 9/15/20201,480,000 shares $55.53 million +2.1%10.5%13.1 $37.52 8/31/20201,450,000 shares $58.58 million -2.7%10.3%12.8 $40.40 8/14/20201,490,000 shares $63.95 million +2.1%10.6%13.1 $42.92 7/31/20201,460,000 shares $58.77 million +0.7%10.4%13 $40.25 7/15/20201,450,000 shares $58.04 million No Change10.3%13 $40.03 6/30/20201,450,000 shares $61.45 million +6.6%10.3%12.6 $42.38 6/15/20201,360,000 shares $55.37 million +1.5%9.7%11.8 $40.71 5/29/20201,340,000 shares $56.59 million -1.5%9.5%10.6 $42.23 5/15/20201,360,000 shares $58.98 million -1.5%9.7%10.2 $43.37 4/30/20201,380,000 shares $56.35 million +3.0%9.8%10.7 $40.83 4/15/20201,340,000 shares $47.88 million -1.5%9.5%11.1 $35.73 IMKTA Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Ingles Markets' current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Ingles Markets shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of March 15th, investors have sold 756,300 shares of IMKTA short. 5.16% of Ingles Markets' shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Ingles Markets' current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for Ingles Markets? 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. IMKTA shares currently have a short interest ratio of 6.0. Learn More on Ingles Markets's short interest ratio. Which institutional investors are shorting Ingles Markets? As of the most recent reporting period, the following institutional investors, funds, and major shareholders have reported short positions of Ingles Markets: Group One Trading LLC, Citadel Advisors LLC, Susquehanna International Group LLP, 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 Ingles Markets? 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. 5.16% of Ingles Markets' floating shares are currently sold short. Is Ingles Markets' short interest increasing or decreasing? Ingles Markets saw a increase in short interest in March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totaling 756,300 shares, an increase of 5.5% from the previous total of 716,700 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. How does Ingles Markets' short interest compare to its competitors? 5.16% of Ingles Markets' shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies compare to Ingles Markets: Weis Markets, Inc. (8.83%), Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc. (4.08%), Village Super Market, Inc. (0.69%), The Kroger Co. (5.29%), Casey's General Stores, Inc. (3.36%), BBB Foods Inc. (3.87%), Grocery Outlet Holding Corp. (14.71%), Arko Corp. (4.14%), Maison Solutions Inc. (2.35%), Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. (6.36%), 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 ($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 Ingles Markets stock? Short selling IMKTA is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Ingles Markets as its price is falling. IMKTA shares are trading down $3.18 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 Ingles Markets? A short squeeze for Ingles Markets 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 IMKTA, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Ingles Markets' 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 IMKTA, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is March, 15 2025. 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