iQIYI (IQ) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $2.32 +0.16 (+7.41%) Closing price 01/30/2025 04:00 PM EasternExtended Trading$2.34 +0.02 (+0.69%) As of 04:44 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 ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrends iQIYI Short Interest DataiQIYI (IQ) has a short interest of 41.06 million shares, representing 7.83% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a -4.69% decrease in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 2.2, indicating that it would take 2.2 days of the average trading volume of 21.52 million shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest41,060,000 sharesPrevious Short Interest43,080,000 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month-4.69%Dollar Volume Sold Short$76.37 millionShort Interest Ratio2.2 Days to CoverLast Record DateJanuary 15, 2025Outstanding Shares959,450,000 sharesFloat Size524,210,000 sharesShort Percent of Float7.83%Today's Trading Volume26,656,284 sharesAverage Trading Volume21,517,908 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average124% Short Selling iQIYI? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for iQIYI and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartIQ Short Interest Over TimeIQ Days to Cover Over TimeIQ Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time iQIYI Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 1/15/202541,060,000 shares $76.37 million -4.7%7.8%2.2 $1.86 12/31/202443,080,000 shares $86.59 million +4.9%8.2%2.4 $2.01 12/15/202441,080,000 shares $93.25 million -4.6%7.8%1.8 $2.27 11/30/202443,060,000 shares $93.01 million -17.8%8.2%2 $2.16 11/15/202452,410,000 shares $112.16 million -6.0%10.0%2.7 $2.14 10/31/202455,770,000 shares $145.56 million -2.0%10.6%3.1 $2.61 10/15/202456,890,000 shares $135.97 million -5.1%10.8%3.4 $2.39 9/30/202459,930,000 shares $171.40 million +6.7%11.4%3.9 $2.86 9/15/202456,150,000 shares $110.62 million +0.8%10.7%5.8 $1.97 8/31/202455,730,000 shares $119.82 million +1.4%10.6%5.9 $2.15 Get the Latest News and Ratings for IQ and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for iQIYI and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 8/15/202454,970,000 shares $168.21 million -7.0%10.5%6 $3.06 7/31/202459,080,000 shares $196.74 million -2.4%11.3%6.2 $3.33 7/15/202460,500,000 shares $229.30 million +2.6%11.5%6.1 $3.79 6/30/202458,970,000 shares $216.42 million +3.1%11.2%6.3 $3.67 6/15/202457,180,000 shares $236.15 million -9.0%10.9%6.3 $4.13 5/31/202462,860,000 shares $291.04 million +18.1%12.0%7.2 $4.63 5/15/202453,210,000 shares $274.56 million +7.3%10.1%5.8 $5.16 4/30/202449,580,000 shares $240.46 million -4.3%9.5%6.3 $4.85 4/15/202451,820,000 shares $211.94 million -0.2%9.9%6.5 $4.09 3/31/202451,940,000 shares $219.71 million +3.8%9.9%5.9 $4.23 3/15/202450,030,000 shares $200.12 million +7.7%9.5%5.8 $4.00 2/29/202446,470,000 shares $171.47 million +9.2%8.9%5.2 $3.69 2/15/202442,560,000 shares $152.79 million +0.3%8.2%5.1 $3.59 1/31/202442,430,000 shares $142.14 million +11.8%8.1%4.8 $3.35 1/15/202437,950,000 shares $169.26 million -8.9%7.3%4.4 $4.46 12/31/202341,650,000 shares $203.25 million -10.6%8.0%5.3 $4.88 12/15/202346,590,000 shares $218.04 million -6.4%8.9%6 $4.68 11/30/202349,760,000 shares $223.42 million +1.6%9.5%6.5 $4.49 11/15/202349,000,000 shares $257.25 million -3.5%9.4%6.5 $5.25 10/31/202350,770,000 shares $236.59 million +0.3%9.7%6.6 $4.66 10/15/202350,620,000 shares $242.98 million -5.5%9.7%6.2 $4.80 9/30/202353,560,000 shares $253.87 million +0.8%10.3%6 $4.74 9/15/202353,120,000 shares $252.32 million -0.7%10.2%5.7 $4.75 8/31/202353,470,000 shares $269.49 million +7.7%10.3%5 $5.04 8/15/202349,660,000 shares $279.59 million -3.4%9.5%4.3 $5.63 7/31/202351,400,000 shares $325.88 million +0.1%10.1%4.3 $6.34 7/15/202351,350,000 shares $276.78 million +6.2%10.0%4.5 $5.39 6/30/202348,360,000 shares $258.24 million +12.6%9.5%4.3 $5.34 6/15/202342,940,000 shares $236.17 million +2.8%8.4%3.8 $5.50 5/31/202341,760,000 shares $169.55 million +25.0%8.2%3.8 $4.06I was wrong. 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Here’s the full story for you. 5/15/202333,400,000 shares $199.40 million No Change6.5%2.7 $5.97 10/31/202254,450,000 shares $109.99 million -0.4%N/A5.4 $2.02 10/15/202254,670,000 shares $120.82 million -1.3%N/A5.6 $2.21 9/30/202255,390,000 shares $150.11 million -0.5%N/A5.8 $2.71 9/15/202255,660,000 shares $185.90 million -0.1%N/A6.1 $3.34 8/31/202255,690,000 shares $203.83 million +5.5%N/A5.5 $3.66 8/15/202252,780,000 shares $213.23 million -8.9%N/A4.5 $4.04 7/31/202257,910,000 shares $221.22 million -2.2%N/A4 $3.82 7/15/202259,180,000 shares $216.60 million -0.1%N/A3.8 $3.66 6/30/202259,260,000 shares $248.89 million -2.9%N/A3.2 $4.20 6/15/202261,030,000 shares $278.30 million -0.2%N/A2.7 $4.56 5/31/202261,150,000 shares $250.72 million +5.7%N/A2.3 $4.10 5/15/202257,830,000 shares $171.76 million -6.6%N/A2.2 $2.97 4/30/202261,940,000 shares $220.51 million -3.1%N/A2.5 $3.56 4/15/202263,910,000 shares $263.31 million +4.5%N/A2.7 $4.12 3/31/202261,160,000 shares $277.67 million +14.2%N/A2.9 $4.54 3/15/202253,560,000 shares $113.01 million -11.7%14.2%3.2 $2.11 2/28/202260,680,000 shares $251.22 million +3.6%16.1%5.2 $4.14 2/15/202258,550,000 shares $263.48 million -3.9%15.5%5.7 $4.50 1/31/202260,920,000 shares $248.55 million -2.2%16.1%5.8 $4.08 1/15/202262,300,000 shares $303.40 million -5.2%N/A6.4 $4.87 12/31/202165,690,000 shares $299.55 million +5.1%17.4%6.8 $4.56 12/15/202162,510,000 shares $282.55 million +7.7%16.5%6.9 $4.52 11/30/202158,070,000 shares $362.36 million +5.3%15.4%7.1 $6.24 11/15/202155,130,000 shares $478.53 million -4.7%14.6%6.9 $8.68 10/29/202157,840,000 shares $478.92 million -3.0%15.3%6.9 $8.28 10/15/202159,640,000 shares $514.10 million +4.1%15.8%6.9 $8.62 9/30/202157,290,000 shares $460.04 million +3.7%15.2%6.6 $8.03 9/15/202155,260,000 shares $487.95 million +0.2%14.6%6.5 $8.83 8/31/202155,140,000 shares $499.57 million +13.3%14.6%6.2 $9.06 8/13/202148,660,000 shares $460.81 million +2.8%12.9%5.4 $9.47 7/30/202147,350,000 shares $528.43 million +12.4%12.5%4.9 $11.16 7/15/202142,120,000 shares $536.19 million -6.3%11.1%4.1 $12.73 6/30/202144,950,000 shares $700.32 million -3.5%11.9%3.5 $15.58 6/15/202146,560,000 shares $690.95 million +11.6%12.3%2.3 $14.84 5/28/202141,710,000 shares $594.78 million +10.0%11.0%2 $14.26 5/14/202137,930,000 shares $467.30 million +6.0%N/A1.8 $12.32 4/30/202135,790,000 shares $539.71 million -12.5%N/A1.7 $15.08 4/15/202140,900,000 shares $627.82 million -6.9%N/A0 $15.35 3/31/202143,940,000 shares $756.21 million -29.7%N/A2.5 $17.21 3/15/202162,500,000 shares $1.65 billion +7.0%N/A5.4 $26.44 2/26/202158,420,000 shares $1.48 billion +7.6%N/A4.8 $25.26 2/12/202154,290,000 shares $1.43 billion -3.6%N/A4.6 $26.32 1/29/202156,330,000 shares $1.24 billion +34.2%N/A5.1 $21.93 1/15/202141,970,000 shares $833.10 million -5.4%N/A3.8 $19.85 12/31/202044,370,000 shares $778.25 million +2.5%N/A4.5 $17.54 12/15/202043,280,000 shares $978.13 million +2.0%N/A5 $22.60 11/30/202042,430,000 shares $933.88 million +5.6%N/A6.9 $22.01 11/15/202040,190,000 shares $1.07 billion +1.8%N/A6.5 $26.70 10/30/202039,500,000 shares $989.08 million +1.9%N/A6.6 $25.04I was wrong. 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Here’s the full story for you. 10/15/202038,750,000 shares $891.25 million -3.8%N/A7.2 $23.00 9/30/202040,260,000 shares $909.07 million -0.7%N/A7.1 $22.58 9/15/202040,550,000 shares $902.64 million +17.8%N/A6.3 $22.26 8/31/202034,410,000 shares $744.98 million +12.1%N/A4.1 $21.65 8/14/202030,690,000 shares $591.09 million -0.9%N/A3.5 $19.26 7/31/202030,960,000 shares $653.26 million +3.8%N/A3.5 $21.10 7/15/202029,830,000 shares $629.41 million -11.0%N/A3.3 $21.10 6/30/202033,510,000 shares $779.44 million -8.7%N/A3.4 $23.26 6/15/202036,690,000 shares $702.61 million +2.3%N/A3.4 $19.15 5/29/202035,860,000 shares $594.92 million +13.6%N/A4 $16.59 5/15/202031,560,000 shares $566.50 million +2.7%N/A3.5 $17.95 4/30/202030,730,000 shares $521.49 million -13.8%N/A3.5 $16.97 4/15/202035,640,000 shares $657.56 million +20.5%N/A3.9 $18.45 3/31/202029,570,000 shares $525.16 million -10.2%N/A3.2 $17.76 3/13/202032,937,200 shares $572.12 million -12.7%10.5%5.2 $17.37 2/28/202037,710,000 shares $658.79 million +7.7%12.1%4.9 $17.47 2/14/202035,010,000 shares $729.96 million +3.2%11.2%4.8 $20.85 1/31/202033,910,000 shares $822.66 million -10.5%N/A4.7 $24.26 IQ Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is iQIYI's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of iQIYI shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of January 15th, investors have sold 41,060,000 shares of IQ short. 7.83% of iQIYI's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on iQIYI's current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for iQIYI? 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. IQ shares currently have a short interest ratio of 2.0. Learn More on iQIYI's short interest ratio. Which institutional investors are shorting iQIYI? As of the most recent reporting period, the following institutional investors, funds, and major shareholders have reported short positions of iQIYI: IMC Chicago LLC, Barclays PLC, Jane Street Group LLC, Wolverine Trading LLC, Weiss Asset Management LP, Parallax Volatility Advisers L.P., Verition Fund Management LLC, Walleye Trading LLC, and Walleye Capital LLC. These positions are disclosed in Form 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. What is a good short interest percentage for iQIYI? 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. 7.83% of iQIYI's floating shares are currently sold short. Is iQIYI's short interest increasing or decreasing? iQIYI saw a decline in short interest in the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totaling 41,060,000 shares, a decline of 4.7% from the previous total of 43,080,000 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 iQIYI's float size? iQIYI currently has issued a total of 959,450,000 shares. Some of iQIYI'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. iQIYI currently has a public float of 524,210,000 shares. How does iQIYI's short interest compare to its competitors? 7.83% of iQIYI's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "entertainment" compare to iQIYI: Life Time Group Holdings, Inc. (6.41%), Madison Square Garden Sports Corp. (2.16%), Cedar Fair, L.P. (6.84%), Super Group Limited (1.33%), Rush Street Interactive, Inc. (3.07%), United Parks & Resorts Inc. (11.47%), Manchester United plc (6.32%), Atlanta Braves Holdings, Inc. (2.73%), OneSpaWorld Holdings Limited (1.49%), Genius Sports Limited (16.57%), 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. ($4.18 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.91 billion), Reddit, Inc. ($3.16 billion), The Kroger Co. ($2.75 billion), International Paper ($2.57 billion), Cencora, Inc. ($2.06 billion), SoFi Technologies, Inc. ($2.06 billion), Rivian Automotive, Inc. ($2.00 billion), Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. ($1.63 billion), and Hims & Hers Health, Inc. ($1.57 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short iQIYI stock? Short selling IQ is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from iQIYI as its price is falling. IQ shares are trading up $0.16 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. How does a short squeeze work against iQIYI? A short squeeze for iQIYI 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 IQ, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is iQIYI'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 IQ, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is January, 15 2025. 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