Qurate Retail (QRTEA) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $0.36 0.00 (-0.33%) Closing price 02/21/2025 04:00 PM EasternExtended Trading$0.35 -0.01 (-2.73%) As of 02/21/2025 07:43 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 AnalysisChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrends Qurate Retail Short Interest DataQurate Retail (QRTEA) has a short interest of 3.85 million shares, representing 1.08% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a -5.64% decrease in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 1.6, indicating that it would take 1.6 days of the average trading volume of 1.23 million shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest3,850,000 sharesPrevious Short Interest4,080,000 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month-5.64%Dollar Volume Sold Short$1.36 millionShort Interest Ratio1.6 Days to CoverLast Record DateJanuary 31, 2025Outstanding Shares396,950,000 sharesFloat Size354,920,000 sharesShort Percent of Float1.08%Today's Trading Volume1,644,843 sharesAverage Trading Volume1,226,221 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average134% Short Selling Qurate Retail? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for Qurate Retail and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartQRTEA Short Interest Over TimeQRTEA Days to Cover Over TimeQRTEA Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Qurate Retail Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 1/31/20253,850,000 shares $1.36 million -5.6%1.1%1.6 $0.35 1/15/20254,080,000 shares $1.36 million -16.2%1.2%1.7 $0.33 12/31/20244,870,000 shares $1.61 million -3.6%1.4%1.9 $0.33 12/15/20245,050,000 shares $1.85 million +29.5%1.4%1.9 $0.37 11/30/20243,900,000 shares $1.83 million -8.2%1.1%1.4 $0.47 11/15/20244,250,000 shares $1.82 million +13.0%1.2%1.5 $0.43 10/31/20243,760,000 shares $2.01 million +16.1%1.1%1.4 $0.53 10/15/20243,240,000 shares $1.95 million -29.7%0.9%1.3 $0.60 9/30/20244,610,000 shares $2.81 million -12.7%1.3%1.8 $0.61 9/15/20245,280,000 shares $2.76 million +11.9%1.5%1.8 $0.52 Get the Latest News and Ratings for QRTEA and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Qurate Retail and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 8/31/20244,720,000 shares $2.83 million -4.7%1.3%1.5 $0.60 8/15/20244,950,000 shares $2.91 million -16.0%1.4%1.3 $0.59 7/31/20245,890,000 shares $4.22 million +8.7%1.7%1.2 $0.72 7/15/20245,420,000 shares $4.18 million -17.4%1.5%0.9 $0.77 6/30/20246,560,000 shares $4.13 million -34.9%1.9%1.1 $0.63 6/15/202410,080,000 shares $6.69 million +3.5%2.8%1.8 $0.66 5/31/20249,740,000 shares $6.93 million +18.6%2.8%1.9 $0.71 5/15/20248,210,000 shares $6.15 million +2.0%2.3%1.6 $0.75 4/30/20248,050,000 shares $6.61 million +3.3%2.3%2 $0.82 4/15/20247,790,000 shares $7.95 million +3.9%2.2%2.6 $1.02 3/31/20247,500,000 shares $9.23 million +33.7%2.1%2.6 $1.23 3/15/20245,610,000 shares $6.62 million -9.4%1.6%2 $1.18 2/29/20246,190,000 shares $8.73 million -0.3%1.8%2 $1.41 2/15/20246,210,000 shares $6.40 million -5.8%1.8%1.7 $1.03 1/31/20246,590,000 shares $5.34 million -12.1%1.9%1.7 $0.81 1/15/20247,500,000 shares $6.39 million +2.9%2.2%1.7 $0.85 12/31/20237,290,000 shares $6.38 million +12.5%2.1%1.6 $0.88 12/15/20236,480,000 shares $6.17 million -21.8%1.9%1.2 $0.95 11/30/20238,290,000 shares $6.40 million -7.6%2.4%1.3 $0.77 11/15/20238,970,000 shares $5.81 million -21.3%2.6%1.4 $0.65 10/31/202311,400,000 shares $5.02 million -15.7%3.3%1.6 $0.44 10/15/202313,520,000 shares $6.64 million -0.9%3.9%1.9 $0.49 9/30/202313,640,000 shares $8.27 million +7.1%3.9%1.8 $0.61 9/15/202312,740,000 shares $7.93 million +12.1%3.7%1.5 $0.62 8/31/202311,370,000 shares $8.81 million +0.1%3.3%1.2 $0.78 8/15/202311,360,000 shares $10.99 million +1.4%3.3%1.2 $0.97 7/31/202311,200,000 shares $11.42 million +0.9%3.2%1.2 $1.02 7/15/202311,100,000 shares $11.88 million -15.7%3.2%1.2 $1.07 6/30/202313,170,000 shares $13.04 million -67.6%3.8%1.4 $0.99 6/15/202340,610,000 shares $37.22 million +19.2%11.7%4.6 $0.92Watch 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… 5/31/202334,060,000 shares $28.27 million +2.0%9.8%4.3 $0.83 5/15/202333,390,000 shares $34.06 million -1.9%9.6%4.2 $1.02 4/30/202334,040,000 shares $27.12 million +11.6%9.8%4.2 $0.80 4/15/202330,500,000 shares $24.42 million +6.5%9.0%3.3 $0.80 3/31/202328,640,000 shares $28.29 million +37.2%8.4%3.1 $0.99 3/15/202320,870,000 shares $22.54 million -3.4%6.1%2.3 $1.08 2/28/202321,610,000 shares $45.60 million +19.3%6.4%2.5 $2.11 2/15/202318,110,000 shares $43.46 million -15.5%5.3%2.2 $2.40 1/31/202321,430,000 shares $55.29 million -1.4%6.8%2.3 $2.58 1/15/202321,740,000 shares $42.18 million -7.9%6.4%2.7 $1.94 12/30/202223,600,000 shares $38.47 million +51.7%6.9%3.2 $1.63 12/15/202215,560,000 shares $29.88 million -12.4%4.6%2.1 $1.92 11/30/202217,760,000 shares $41.74 million +15.3%5.2%2.7 $2.35 11/15/202215,410,000 shares $36.37 million -7.7%4.5%2.4 $2.36 10/31/202216,700,000 shares $39.08 million -19.6%4.9%3.3 $2.34 10/15/202220,780,000 shares $43.85 million +7.9%6.1%4.2 $2.11 9/30/202219,260,000 shares $38.71 million +18.2%5.7%3.8 $2.01 9/15/202216,290,000 shares $43.66 million -3.8%4.8%2.6 $2.68 8/31/202216,930,000 shares $52.48 million -8.4%5.0%2.6 $3.10 8/15/202218,490,000 shares $70.82 million -6.9%5.4%2.7 $3.83 7/31/202219,860,000 shares $54.22 million -14.4%N/A2.6 $2.73 7/15/202223,200,000 shares $51.74 million +5.1%N/A3 $2.23 6/30/202222,080,000 shares $63.37 million +20.1%N/A2.9 $2.87 6/15/202218,380,000 shares $63.96 million +15.3%N/A2.6 $3.48 5/31/202215,940,000 shares $57.54 million -25.6%4.7%2.6 $3.61 5/15/202221,430,000 shares $82.29 million -17.8%6.3%3.4 $3.84 4/30/202226,080,000 shares $109.80 million -7.2%7.7%4.7 $4.21 4/15/202228,090,000 shares $124.44 million +10.4%8.3%5.3 $4.43 3/31/202225,450,000 shares $121.14 million +3.3%7.5%5.1 $4.76 3/15/202224,630,000 shares $122.16 million -4.4%7.3%5.2 $4.96 2/28/202225,750,000 shares $141.88 million +17.1%7.6%5.6 $5.51 2/15/202222,000,000 shares $156.86 million +7.9%6.2%5 $7.13 1/31/202220,390,000 shares $143.34 million +7.7%5.7%4.2 $7.03 1/15/202218,930,000 shares $150.68 million -1.1%5.3%3.4 $7.96 12/31/202119,140,000 shares $145.46 million -9.2%5.4%3.6 $7.60 12/15/202121,080,000 shares $162.11 million +6.8%5.9%4 $7.69 11/30/202119,740,000 shares $157.92 million +6.6%5.5%4 $8.00 11/15/202118,520,000 shares $164.27 million -14.3%5.2%4 $8.87 10/29/202121,620,000 shares $225.71 million -1.8%5.9%5.1 $10.44 10/15/202122,020,000 shares $220.86 million +13.9%6.0%7.1 $10.03 9/30/202119,330,000 shares $196.97 million -4.0%5.3%6.3 $10.19 9/15/202120,140,000 shares $211.47 million -8.0%5.5%6.6 $10.50 8/31/202121,890,000 shares $241.45 million -4.9%6.0%7.1 $11.03 8/13/202123,010,000 shares $253.57 million -0.5%6.3%7.4 $11.02 7/30/202123,130,000 shares $274.32 million +6.4%6.7%7.4 $11.86 7/15/202121,730,000 shares $262.93 million +0.8%6.3%6.9 $12.10 6/30/202121,550,000 shares $282.09 million -0.9%6.2%6.9 $13.09 6/15/202121,750,000 shares $298.63 million -6.1%6.3%6.6 $13.73 5/28/202123,170,000 shares $315.81 million +2.1%6.7%7 $13.63 5/14/202122,700,000 shares $296.92 million +2.3%6.1%6.4 $13.08Watch 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… 4/30/202122,190,000 shares $273.16 million +5.0%6.0%6.1 $12.31 4/15/202121,140,000 shares $260.87 million +6.5%5.7%5.5 $12.34 3/31/202119,850,000 shares $239.19 million +10.6%5.3%5.1 $12.05 3/15/202117,950,000 shares $233.89 million +36.9%4.8%4.5 $13.03 2/26/202113,110,000 shares $158.63 million +3.2%3.5%3.3 $12.10 2/12/202112,710,000 shares $164.98 million -21.0%3.4%3 $12.98 1/29/202116,090,000 shares $205.15 million -39.4%4.3%3.5 $12.75 1/15/202126,530,000 shares $328.44 million +2.6%7.0%5.8 $12.38 12/31/202025,870,000 shares $286.64 million +10.2%6.8%5.9 $11.08 12/15/202023,470,000 shares $245.50 million +5.9%6.2%5.3 $10.46 11/30/202022,160,000 shares $244.42 million -11.9%5.9%4 $11.03 11/15/202025,140,000 shares $226.64 million +20.8%6.6%4.6 $9.02 10/30/202020,820,000 shares $140.33 million +1.1%5.5%3.9 $6.74 10/15/202020,590,000 shares $157.10 million +9.2%5.4%4 $7.63 9/30/202018,860,000 shares $135.41 million +27.2%5.0%3.7 $7.18 9/15/202014,830,000 shares $91.35 million +2.4%3.9%3.1 $6.16 8/31/202014,480,000 shares $160.00 million +14.7%3.8%3.9 $11.05 8/14/202012,630,000 shares $132.74 million -16.9%3.3%3.7 $10.51 7/31/202015,200,000 shares $165.83 million -3.6%4.0%5.1 $10.91 7/15/202015,770,000 shares $148.71 million -2.8%4.2%5.7 $9.43 6/30/202016,230,000 shares $150.45 million -2.7%4.3%5.5 $9.27 6/15/202016,680,000 shares $147.12 million -4.9%4.4%4.7 $8.82 5/29/202017,540,000 shares $146.81 million -4.0%4.6%4.2 $8.37 5/15/202018,270,000 shares $135.56 million -1.1%4.8%4.1 $7.42 4/30/202018,470,000 shares $148.78 million -7.0%4.9%3.8 $8.06 4/15/202019,850,000 shares $142.72 million -21.6%5.3%4 $7.19 3/31/202025,330,000 shares $188.20 million -22.8%6.7%4.8 $7.43 3/13/202032,816,700 shares $248.09 million -1.9%8.7%7.1 $7.56 2/28/202033,460,000 shares $146.89 million +0.9%8.9%6.7 $4.39 QRTEA Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Qurate Retail's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Qurate Retail shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of January 31st, investors have sold 3,850,000 shares of QRTEA short. 1.08% of Qurate Retail's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Qurate Retail's current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for Qurate Retail? 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. QRTEA shares currently have a short interest ratio of 2.0. Learn More on Qurate Retail's short interest ratio. Which institutional investors are shorting Qurate Retail? As of the most recent reporting period, the following institutional investors, funds, and major shareholders have reported short positions of Qurate Retail: Group One Trading LLC, and Citadel Advisors LLC. These positions are disclosed in Form 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. What is a good short interest percentage for Qurate Retail? 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. 1.08% of Qurate Retail's floating shares are currently sold short. Is Qurate Retail's short interest increasing or decreasing? Qurate Retail saw a decline in short interest in January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totaling 3,850,000 shares, a decline of 5.6% from the previous total of 4,080,000 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 Qurate Retail's float size? Qurate Retail currently has issued a total of 396,950,000 shares. Some of Qurate Retail'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. Qurate Retail currently has a public float of 354,920,000 shares. How does Qurate Retail's short interest compare to its competitors? 1.08% of Qurate Retail's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies compare to Qurate Retail: Jumia Technologies AG (6.85%), Baozun Inc. (1.85%), a.k.a. Brands Holding Corp. (0.42%), LightInTheBox Holding Co., Ltd. (0.37%), Coupang, Inc. (1.24%), Chewy, Inc. (3.02%), Insight Enterprises, Inc. (7.56%), Revolve Group, Inc. (8.93%), PC Connection, Inc. (1.96%), MYT Netherlands Parent B.V. (0.12%), 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 Qurate Retail stock? Short selling QRTEA is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Qurate Retail as its price is falling. QRTEA shares are trading down $0.00 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 Qurate Retail? A short squeeze for Qurate Retail 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 QRTEA, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Qurate Retail'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 QRTEA, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is January, 31 2025. More Short Interest Resources from MarketBeat Related Companies JMIA Short Squeeze BZUN Short Squeeze AKA Short Squeeze LITB Short Squeeze CPNG Short Squeeze CHWY Short Squeeze NSIT Short Squeeze RVLV Short Squeeze CNXN Short Squeeze MYTE Short Squeeze Short Interest Tools Stocks to Short Largest Short Interest Positions Short Interest Increases Short Interest Decreases Short Interest Reporting Dates This page (NASDAQ:QRTEA) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersBuy NVDA Now? 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