Lyft (LYFT) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $16.77 +0.20 (+1.21%) (As of 11/20/2024 ET) Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrends Lyft Short Interest DataLyft (LYFT) has a short interest of 46.14 million shares. This marks a -2.74% decrease in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 3.4, indicating that it would take 3.4 days of the average trading volume of 18.53 million shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest46,140,000 sharesPrevious Short Interest47,440,000 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month-2.74%Dollar Volume Sold Short$598.44 millionShort Interest Ratio3.4 Days to CoverLast Record DateOctober 31, 2024Outstanding Shares414,820,000 sharesPercentage of Shares Shorted11.12%Today's Trading Volume11,276,757 sharesAverage Trading Volume18,529,164 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average61% Short Selling Lyft? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for Lyft and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartLYFT Short Interest Over TimeLYFT Days to Cover Over TimeLYFT Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Ad Darwin2025 AI Stock Picks: 2 Hidden Gems Under $10/ShareThe AI sector continues to make waves as we move into 2025, and now is a prime opportunity to get involved—without stretching your budget! We’ve just uncovered 2 promising AI stocks trading for under $10/share, and they’re positioned for impressive growth in the coming months.👉[Click here to get your FREE report delivered instantly!] Lyft Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 10/31/202446,140,000 shares $598.44 million -2.7%N/A3.4 $12.97 10/15/202447,440,000 shares $630.95 million -5.8%N/A3.5 $13.30 9/30/202450,370,000 shares $642.22 million +4.2%N/A3.6 $12.75 9/15/202448,350,000 shares $548.77 million +3.4%N/A3.4 $11.35 8/31/202446,750,000 shares $545.57 million -8.4%N/A3.2 $11.67 8/15/202451,050,000 shares $551.85 million +7.2%N/A3.3 $10.81 Get the Latest News and Ratings for LYFT and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Lyft and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 7/31/202447,610,000 shares $573.70 million +0.9%N/A3.1 $12.05 7/15/202447,180,000 shares $617.11 million -2.3%N/A3.4 $13.08 6/30/202448,300,000 shares $681.03 million -1.2%N/A3.6 $14.10 6/15/202448,890,000 shares $692.77 million +5.1%N/A3.7 $14.17 5/31/202446,530,000 shares $726.33 million +7.4%N/A3.4 $15.61 5/15/202443,310,000 shares $739.73 million -16.4%N/A3.1 $17.08 4/30/202451,810,000 shares $810.31 million -4.3%N/A2.7 $15.64 4/15/202454,120,000 shares $973.08 million +10.6%N/A3.1 $17.98 3/31/202448,940,000 shares $946.99 million -7.2%N/A2.8 $19.35 3/15/202452,740,000 shares $908.71 million -2.5%N/A3 $17.23 2/29/202454,070,000 shares $858.63 million +17.1%N/A2.9 $15.88 2/15/202446,160,000 shares $878.42 million +1.0%N/A2.5 $19.03 1/31/202445,710,000 shares $570.92 million -6.5%N/A3.1 $12.49 1/15/202448,900,000 shares $629.83 million -6.0%N/A3.2 $12.88 12/31/202352,000,000 shares $779.48 million +12.1%N/A3.4 $14.99 12/15/202346,400,000 shares $721.52 million -7.1%N/A3.1 $15.55 11/30/202349,970,000 shares $586.15 million -9.4%N/A3.7 $11.73 11/15/202355,170,000 shares $599.15 million -4.2%N/A4.3 $10.86 10/31/202357,580,000 shares $528.01 million +6.1%N/A4.4 $9.17 10/15/202354,270,000 shares $546.50 million -8.8%N/A4 $10.07 9/30/202359,490,000 shares $627.02 million +10.0%N/A4.3 $10.54 9/15/202354,060,000 shares $609.80 million +3.6%N/A3.7 $11.28 8/31/202352,170,000 shares $614.56 million -1.9%N/A3.4 $11.78 8/15/202353,160,000 shares $642.17 million +7.3%N/A3.3 $12.08 7/31/202349,560,000 shares $629.91 million +12.4%15.8%3.1 $12.71 7/15/202344,110,000 shares $498.44 million -2.0%14.0%2.5 $11.30 6/30/202345,020,000 shares $431.74 million +5.5%14.3%2.5 $9.59 6/15/202342,660,000 shares $450.06 million -3.3%13.5%2.3 $10.55 5/31/202344,110,000 shares $397.87 million -6.8%14.0%2.2 $9.02 5/15/202347,340,000 shares $404.28 million -3.0%15.0%2.4 $8.54 4/30/202348,800,000 shares $500.20 million -10.1%15.5%2.1 $10.25 4/15/202354,250,000 shares $551.72 million +2.0%17.2%2.5 $10.17 3/31/202353,210,000 shares $493.26 million +2.0%17.0%2.5 $9.27 3/15/202352,170,000 shares $469.01 million +2.8%N/A2.7 $8.99JD Vance Predicts: Wall Street vs. Trump & Your Money (Ad)Trump's back in the White House, but Wall Street is pissed. Here's the deal: Wall Street's about to purposely crash the bond market to sabotage Trump's comeback.Get your free guide NOW before it's too late. 2/28/202350,750,000 shares $507.50 million +1.5%16.4%2.8 $10.00 2/15/202350,000,000 shares $575 million +17.5%16.1%2.8 $11.50 1/31/202342,560,000 shares $691.60 million -8.1%13.8%2.7 $16.25 1/15/202346,290,000 shares $670.74 million +2.1%15.0%3 $14.49 12/30/202245,340,000 shares $499.65 million -2.0%14.7%2.9 $11.02 12/15/202246,260,000 shares $525.05 million -1.5%15.0%2.9 $11.35 11/30/202246,950,000 shares $526.78 million -5.0%15.2%2.9 $11.22 11/15/202249,430,000 shares $646.05 million -7.4%16.4%3.1 $13.07 10/31/202253,370,000 shares $781.34 million +37.3%17.7%3.6 $14.64 10/15/202238,870,000 shares $457.50 million +3.1%12.9%2.6 $11.77 9/30/202237,700,000 shares $496.51 million +12.9%12.5%2.6 $13.17 9/15/202233,390,000 shares $567.30 million -10.2%11.1%2.3 $16.99 8/31/202237,190,000 shares $547.81 million +6.6%12.4%2.7 $14.73 8/15/202234,900,000 shares $673.22 million -18.1%11.6%2.6 $19.29 7/31/202242,620,000 shares $590.71 million +1.6%14.4%3 $13.86 7/15/202241,940,000 shares $542.70 million +26.2%14.3%2.9 $12.94 6/30/202233,230,000 shares $441.29 million +11.6%11.3%2.5 $13.28 6/15/202229,790,000 shares $451.62 million -0.4%10.1%2.5 $15.16 5/31/202229,900,000 shares $528.63 million +11.3%10.2%2.8 $17.68 5/15/202226,860,000 shares $537.20 million +1.6%9.1%2.7 $20.00 4/30/202226,440,000 shares $861.94 million +7.9%9.0%2.8 $32.60 4/15/202224,510,000 shares $871.09 million -1.4%8.3%3.8 $35.54 3/31/202224,860,000 shares $954.62 million +5.3%8.4%3.7 $38.40 3/15/202223,600,000 shares $843.46 million -1.3%8.0%3.5 $35.74 2/28/202223,900,000 shares $930.67 million +1.8%8.1%3.4 $38.94 2/15/202223,470,000 shares $1.02 billion -2.1%8.1%3.3 $43.50 1/31/202223,980,000 shares $923.71 million +6.0%8.3%3.6 $38.52 1/15/202222,620,000 shares $933.30 million +1.7%7.8%3.6 $41.26 12/31/202122,250,000 shares $950.74 million -3.1%7.7%3.7 $42.73 12/15/202122,950,000 shares $881.74 million -6.5%8.0%3.9 $38.42 11/30/202124,550,000 shares $996.98 million -10.4%8.5%4.5 $40.61 11/15/202127,400,000 shares $1.42 billion -1.2%9.5%5.5 $51.66 10/29/202127,720,000 shares $1.27 billion +2.0%9.7%5.5 $45.87 10/15/202127,170,000 shares $1.40 billion -0.2%9.6%5.6 $51.58 9/30/202127,230,000 shares $1.46 billion +0.2%9.7%5.6 $53.59 9/15/202127,190,000 shares $1.39 billion +0.5%9.6%5.4 $51.01 8/31/202127,060,000 shares $1.29 billion +3.1%9.6%5.3 $47.61 8/13/202126,250,000 shares $1.40 billion -4.1%9.3%4.8 $53.39 7/30/202127,380,000 shares $1.51 billion -6.9%9.9%4.7 $55.32 7/15/202129,400,000 shares $1.61 billion -2.1%10.9%4.4 $54.73 6/30/202130,030,000 shares $1.82 billion +2.6%11.1%4.4 $60.48 6/15/202129,260,000 shares $1.69 billion +5.9%10.8%4.3 $57.82 5/28/202127,640,000 shares $1.58 billion +5.4%10.2%4 $57.09 5/14/202126,230,000 shares $1.21 billion -1.7%9.7%3.5 $46.02 4/30/202126,690,000 shares $1.52 billion +5.2%10.1%3.4 $57.10 4/15/202125,380,000 shares $1.59 billion +1.4%9.6%3.8 $62.80 3/31/202125,040,000 shares $1.58 billion -1.0%9.5%3.6 $63.05 3/15/202125,300,000 shares $1.68 billion +8.4%9.7%3.6 $66.37 2/26/202123,340,000 shares $1.30 billion -6.0%9.1%3.2 $55.91 2/12/202124,840,000 shares $1.42 billion +10.4%9.9%3.5 $57.07JD Vance Predicts: Wall Street vs. Trump & Your Money (Ad)Trump's back in the White House, but Wall Street is pissed. Here's the deal: Wall Street's about to purposely crash the bond market to sabotage Trump's comeback.Get your free guide NOW before it's too late. 1/29/202122,500,000 shares $1.04 billion -11.8%9.2%2.7 $46.22 1/15/202125,510,000 shares $1.24 billion +4.0%10.4%2.6 $48.75 12/31/202024,520,000 shares $1.23 billion -7.8%10.0%2.4 $50.34 12/15/202026,590,000 shares $1.24 billion +0.4%10.9%2.5 $46.77 11/30/202026,480,000 shares $1.03 billion -19.6%10.9%2.4 $39.04 11/15/202032,920,000 shares $1.24 billion +30.1%13.6%3 $37.54 10/30/202025,310,000 shares $580.36 million +5.4%10.7%2.2 $22.93 10/15/202024,020,000 shares $642.54 million -0.6%11.1%2.6 $26.75 9/30/202024,160,000 shares $665.61 million +4.6%11.1%2.7 $27.55 9/15/202023,100,000 shares $698.31 million +1.2%10.6%2.6 $30.23 8/31/202022,820,000 shares $677.07 million -4.2%10.5%2.5 $29.67 8/14/202023,820,000 shares $679.11 million -10.7%11.1%2.5 $28.51 7/31/202026,670,000 shares $779.56 million +12.0%12.6%3.1 $29.23 7/15/202023,820,000 shares $665.05 million +7.7%11.2%2.5 $27.92 6/30/202022,120,000 shares $731.29 million +25.1%10.5%2.4 $33.06 6/15/202017,680,000 shares $640.19 million -4.0%8.4%1.8 $36.21 5/29/202018,410,000 shares $575.50 million -7.2%8.7%1.7 $31.26 5/15/202019,830,000 shares $558.21 million +17.8%9.4%1.8 $28.15 4/30/202016,830,000 shares $553.20 million -8.7%8.0%1.4 $32.87 4/15/202018,440,000 shares $523.51 million -11.1%8.8%1.8 $28.39 3/31/202020,730,000 shares $662.53 million +21.9%9.8%2 $31.96 3/13/202017,005,700 shares $515.78 million -5.4%N/A1.6 $30.33 2/28/202017,970,000 shares $406.30 million -15.1%N/A2.3 $22.61 2/14/202021,160,000 shares $695.95 million +15.3%10.4%3 $32.89 1/31/202018,360,000 shares $731.83 million -10.5%9.2%3.1 $39.86 1/15/202020,510,000 shares $1.11 billion +5.1%10.3%3.6 $53.94 12/31/201919,510,000 shares $944.87 million +11.9%9.8%3.3 $48.43 LYFT Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Lyft's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Lyft shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of October 31st, investors have sold 46,140,000 shares of LYFT short. Learn More on Lyft's current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for Lyft? 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. LYFT shares currently have a short interest ratio of 3.0. Learn More on Lyft's short interest ratio. Which institutional investors are shorting Lyft? As of the most recent reporting period, the following institutional investors, funds, and major shareholders have reported short positions of Lyft: Jane Street Group LLC, Wolverine Trading LLC, Parallax Volatility Advisers L.P., Verition Fund Management LLC, Walleye Trading LLC, Walleye Capital LLC, Crawford Fund Management LLC, PEAK6 Investments LLC, Marathon Trading Investment Management LLC, Wolverine Asset Management LLC, and SG Americas Securities LLC. These positions are disclosed in Form 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Is Lyft's short interest increasing or decreasing? Lyft saw a drop in short interest in the month of October. As of October 31st, there was short interest totaling 46,140,000 shares, a drop of 2.7% from the previous total of 47,440,000 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. How does Lyft's short interest compare to its competitors? Here is how the short interest of companies compare to Lyft: WEX Inc. (2.19%), The Western Union Company (6.12%), Fiverr International Ltd. (21.75%), Akamai Technologies, Inc. (6.13%), Corpay, Inc. (2.32%), CGI Inc. (0.57%), Reddit, Inc. (10.43%), Grab Holdings Limited (2.52%), Joint Stock Company Kaspi.kz (0.42%), Toast, Inc. (8.02%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.08 billion), AppLovin Co. ($3.18 billion), Paychex, Inc. ($2.64 billion), Nu Holdings Ltd. ($2.54 billion), International Paper ($2.46 billion), Cencora, Inc. ($2.27 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($1.87 billion), SoFi Technologies, Inc. ($1.81 billion), Lululemon Athletica Inc. ($1.75 billion), and Onsemi ($1.71 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short Lyft stock? Short selling LYFT is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Lyft as its price is falling. LYFT shares are trading up $0.20 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 Lyft? A short squeeze for Lyft 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 LYFT, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Lyft'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 LYFT, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is October, 31 2024. 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