Notice: This company has been marked as potentially delisted and may not be actively trading. Nicholas Financial (NICK) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisEarningsHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipShort InterestTrends Nicholas Financial Short Interest DataNicholas Financial (NICK) has a short interest of 270,300 shares, representing 4.11% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a -0.15% decrease in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 27.0, indicating that it would take 27.0 days of the average trading volume of 6,938 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest270,300 sharesPrevious Short Interest270,700 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month-0.15%Dollar Volume Sold Short$1.66 millionShort Interest Ratio27.0 Days to CoverLast Record DateSeptember 15, 2024Outstanding Shares12,700,000 sharesFloat Size6,570,000 sharesShort Percent of Float4.11%Today's Trading Volume4,500 sharesAverage Trading Volume6,938 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average65% Short Selling Nicholas Financial? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for Nicholas Financial and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartNICK Short Interest Over TimeNICK Days to Cover Over TimeNICK Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Ad Behind the Markets⭕ [URGENT] Buy Alert just triggeredMy absolute favorite stock just hit a critical "buy now" trigger price.Click here for the ticker >>> Nicholas Financial Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 9/15/2024270,300 shares $1.66 million -0.2%4.1%27 $6.13 8/31/2024270,700 shares $1.56 million +0.6%4.1%30.8 $5.76 8/15/2024269,000 shares $1.68 million +4.2%4.1%31.3 $6.26 7/31/2024258,200 shares $1.63 million -0.7%3.9%32.7 $6.32 7/15/2024260,100 shares $1.63 million -4.0%4.0%40.6 $6.26 6/30/2024271,000 shares $1.78 million -1.4%4.1%53.1 $6.57 Get the Latest News and Ratings for NICK and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Nicholas Financial and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 6/15/2024274,900 shares $1.75 million +6.3%4.2%68.7 $6.36 5/31/2024258,600 shares $1.70 million -0.7%4.0%73.9 $6.57 5/15/2024260,400 shares $1.77 million +0.8%4.0%68.5 $6.79 4/30/2024258,300 shares $1.66 million -0.7%4.0%52.7 $6.44 4/15/2024260,200 shares $1.81 million 0.0%4.0%54.2 $6.94 3/31/2024260,300 shares $1.76 million -0.5%4.0%47.3 $6.76 3/15/2024261,600 shares $1.82 million +1.1%4.0%39.6 $6.94 2/29/2024258,700 shares $1.79 million -1.5%4.0%32.7 $6.91 2/15/2024262,500 shares $1.82 million +0.8%4.0%32 $6.93 1/31/2024260,400 shares $1.84 million +0.2%3.9%27.4 $7.06 1/15/2024260,000 shares $1.82 million -1.7%3.9%27.4 $7.00 12/31/2023264,400 shares $1.82 million -1.1%4.0%27.7 $6.90 12/15/2023267,200 shares $1.79 million -1.2%4.0%31.1 $6.69 11/30/2023270,500 shares $1.93 million +4.2%4.1%35.1 $7.14 11/15/2023259,600 shares $1.74 million -0.1%3.9%33.3 $6.69 10/31/2023259,800 shares $1.22 million +1.5%3.9%41.2 $4.70 10/15/2023255,900 shares $1.20 million +0.3%3.9%40 $4.69 9/30/2023255,100 shares $1.22 million +5.1%3.8%30.4 $4.78 9/15/2023242,800 shares $1.18 million +4.7%3.7%24.8 $4.84 8/31/2023231,900 shares $1.17 million +33.4%3.5%24.1 $5.03 8/15/2023173,900 shares $799,940.00 +4.0%2.6%20 $4.60 7/31/2023167,300 shares $819,770.00 +1.5%2.7%22.3 $4.90 7/15/2023164,900 shares $824,500.00 +2.9%2.5%21.1 $5.00 6/30/2023160,300 shares $801,500.00 +0.6%2.4%23.9 $5.00 6/15/2023159,300 shares $844,290.00 +2.3%2.4%25.7 $5.30 5/31/2023155,800 shares $721,354.00 -0.2%2.4%23.6 $4.63 5/15/2023156,100 shares $720,401.50 +19.0%2.4%20.8 $4.62 4/30/2023131,200 shares $666,496.00 +39.7%2.0%14.6 $5.08 4/15/202393,900 shares $469,500.00 +12.3%1.4%11.3 $5.00 3/31/202383,600 shares $513,897.56 +30.8%1.3%11.1 $6.15 3/15/202363,900 shares $372,537.00 +16.2%1.0%9.8 $5.83 2/28/202355,000 shares $348,150.00 +16.5%0.8%10.4 $6.33 2/15/202347,200 shares $344,088.00 -1.7%0.7%10.5 $7.29 1/31/202348,000 shares $312,000.00 +3.9%0.7%9.6 $6.50⭕ [URGENT] Buy Alert just triggered (Ad)My absolute favorite stock just hit a critical "buy now" trigger price.Click here for the ticker >>> 1/15/202346,200 shares $292,446.00 -0.7%0.7%9.2 $6.33 12/30/202246,500 shares $292,950.00 +0.2%0.7%8.2 $6.30 12/15/202246,400 shares $303,456.00 -1.3%0.7%6.4 $6.54 11/30/202247,000 shares $322,147.40 -0.2%0.7%5.4 $6.85 11/15/202247,100 shares $315,334.50 +1.3%0.7%5.2 $6.70 10/31/202246,500 shares $328,290.00 +44.0%0.7%6.2 $7.06 10/15/202232,300 shares $177,973.00 +91.1%0.5%5 $5.51 9/30/202216,900 shares $96,161.00 +113.9%0.3%2.8 $5.69 9/15/20227,900 shares $57,591.00 +315.8%0.1%1.8 $7.29 8/31/20221,900 shares $17,024.00 -9.5%0.0%0.3 $8.96 8/15/20222,100 shares $19,551.00 No Change0.0%0.3 $9.31 7/31/20222,100 shares $19,761.00 -22.2%0.0%0.3 $9.41 7/15/20222,700 shares $25,717.50 -20.6%0.0%0.3 $9.53 6/30/20223,400 shares $31,688.00 -38.2%0.1%0.4 $9.32 6/15/20225,500 shares $54,285.00 +120.0%0.1%0.7 $9.87 5/31/20222,500 shares $23,225.00 -3.9%0.0%0.5 $9.29 5/15/20222,600 shares $22,776.00 +18.2%0.0%0.5 $8.76 4/30/20222,200 shares $22,286.00 No Change0.0%0.4 $10.13 4/15/20222,200 shares $22,638.00 -18.5%0.0%0.4 $10.29 3/31/20222,700 shares $27,675.00 -44.9%0.0%0.4 $10.25 3/15/20224,900 shares $55,860.00 -35.5%0.1%0.7 $11.40 2/28/20227,600 shares $84,816.00 -30.9%0.1%1.5 $11.16 2/15/202211,000 shares $128,370.00 +29.4%0.2%2.2 $11.67 1/31/20228,500 shares $91,375.00 -22.0%0.1%1.5 $10.75 1/15/202210,900 shares $127,739.28 +49.3%0.2%2.2 $11.72 12/31/20217,300 shares $86,067.00 -12.1%0.1%1.7 $11.79 12/15/20218,300 shares $92,711.00 -6.7%0.1%1.9 $11.17 11/30/20218,900 shares $105,732.00 -28.2%0.1%1.6 $11.88 11/15/202112,400 shares $148,924.00 -9.5%0.2%2.2 $12.01 10/29/202113,700 shares $163,030.00 -6.8%0.2%1.3 $11.90 10/15/202114,700 shares $177,135.00 -23.8%0.2%1.1 $12.05 9/30/202119,300 shares $237,197.00 -16.1%0.3%1.4 $12.29 9/15/202123,000 shares $265,190.00 +27.1%0.3%1.6 $11.53 8/31/202118,100 shares $209,598.00 +74.0%0.3%1.2 $11.58 8/13/202110,400 shares $116,272.00 +188.9%0.2%0.5 $11.18 7/30/20213,600 shares $39,240.00 -12.2%0.1%0.2 $10.90 7/15/20214,100 shares $46,207.00 -10.9%0.1%0.4 $11.27 6/30/20214,600 shares $51,520.00 -80.4%0.1%0.4 $11.20 6/15/202123,500 shares $266,725.00 -9.3%0.3%2.2 $11.35 5/28/202125,900 shares $271,950.00 +3.2%0.4%2.7 $10.50 5/14/202125,100 shares $257,526.00 -3.8%0.4%6.1 $10.26 4/30/202126,100 shares $270,135.00 +1.2%0.4%4.4 $10.35 4/15/202125,800 shares $272,190.00 -9.5%0.4%3.7 $10.55 3/31/202128,500 shares $297,825.00 +9.6%0.4%3.7 $10.45 3/15/202126,000 shares $279,500.00 -14.2%0.4%2.9 $10.75 2/26/202130,300 shares $313,302.00 -17.0%0.4%3.2 $10.34 2/12/202136,500 shares $390,185.00 -16.7%0.5%3.5 $10.69 1/29/202143,800 shares $398,142.00 +13.5%0.6%3.8 $9.09 1/15/202138,600 shares $318,480.88 -1.5%0.5%4 $8.25 12/31/202039,200 shares $326,144.00 -3.9%0.6%4.6 $8.32⭕ [URGENT] Buy Alert just triggered (Ad)My absolute favorite stock just hit a critical "buy now" trigger price.Click here for the ticker >>> 12/15/202040,800 shares $345,168.00 -10.5%0.6%5 $8.46 11/30/202045,600 shares $358,872.00 +2.0%0.6%7 $7.87 11/15/202044,700 shares $369,222.00 -18.0%0.6%8.3 $8.26 10/30/202054,500 shares $422,375.00 -4.2%0.8%14.3 $7.75 10/15/202056,900 shares $421,060.00 -1.0%0.8%13.2 $7.40 9/30/202057,500 shares $418,025.00 -2.5%0.8%7.9 $7.27 9/15/202059,000 shares $423,030.00 +15.0%0.8%7.5 $7.17 8/31/202051,300 shares $412,965.00 -15.9%0.7%6.9 $8.05 8/14/202061,000 shares $512,400.00 +1.0%0.9%7.4 $8.40 7/31/202060,400 shares $492,864.00 +3.4%0.8%8.2 $8.16 7/15/202058,400 shares $484,720.00 +77.5%0.8%8.7 $8.30 6/30/202032,900 shares $263,200.00 -3.0%0.5%8 $8.00 6/15/202033,900 shares $247,809.00 +0.3%0.5%8.7 $7.31 5/29/202033,800 shares $184,210.00 -0.9%0.5%6.9 $5.45 5/15/202034,100 shares $188,914.00 -1.7%0.5%5.6 $5.54 4/30/202034,700 shares $190,850.00 -3.3%0.5%5.2 $5.50 4/15/202035,900 shares $198,886.00 -6.0%0.5%3.8 $5.54 3/31/202038,200 shares $197,112.00 -31.8%0.5%3.7 $5.16 3/13/202056,000 shares $351,120.00 +11.1%0.8%4.1 $6.27 2/28/202050,400 shares $276,696.00 -5.6%0.7%5.2 $5.49 2/14/202053,400 shares $427,200.00 -1.8%0.7%7 $8.00 1/31/202054,400 shares $429,760.00 -5.7%0.8%6.8 $7.90 1/15/202057,700 shares $476,602.00 -1.7%0.8%11.3 $8.26 12/31/201958,700 shares $514,212.00 +4.1%0.8%10.3 $8.76 NICK Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Nicholas Financial's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Nicholas Financial shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of September 15th, investors have sold 270,300 shares of NICK short. 4.11% of Nicholas Financial's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Nicholas Financial's current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for Nicholas Financial? 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. NICK shares currently have a short interest ratio of 27.0. Learn More on Nicholas Financial's short interest ratio. What is a good short interest percentage for Nicholas Financial? 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. 4.11% of Nicholas Financial's floating shares are currently sold short. Is Nicholas Financial's short interest increasing or decreasing? Nicholas Financial saw a drop in short interest in September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 270,300 shares, a drop of 0.1% from the previous total of 270,700 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. What is Nicholas Financial's float size? Nicholas Financial currently has issued a total of 12,700,000 shares. Some of Nicholas Financial'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. Nicholas Financial currently has a public float of 6,570,000 shares. How does Nicholas Financial's short interest compare to its competitors? 4.11% of Nicholas Financial's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies compare to Nicholas Financial: American Express (1.23%), Capital One Financial Co. (4.32%), Discover Financial Services (1.12%), Credit Acceptance Co. (7.38%), SLM Co. (3.85%), Nelnet, Inc. (1.31%), Encore Capital Group, Inc. (6.35%), PRA Group, Inc. (1.12%), World Acceptance Co. (9.45%), EZCORP, Inc. (14.94%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Canadian Natural Resources Limited ($6.15 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.04 billion), Paychex, Inc. ($2.77 billion), Nu Holdings Ltd. ($2.71 billion), Cencora, Inc. ($2.34 billion), Aptiv PLC ($2.18 billion), Tractor Supply ($2.07 billion), International Paper ($2.01 billion), AppLovin Co. ($1.95 billion), and Moderna, Inc. ($1.89 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short Nicholas Financial stock? Short selling NICK is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Nicholas Financial as its price is falling. 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 Nicholas Financial? A short squeeze for Nicholas Financial 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 NICK, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Nicholas Financial'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 NICK, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is September, 15 2024. 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