Scholastic (SCHL) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $16.41 +0.11 (+0.67%) Closing price 04/21/2025 04:00 PM EasternExtended Trading$22.00 +5.59 (+34.06%) As of 04:12 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 AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrendsBuy This Stock Scholastic Short Interest DataScholastic (SCHL) has a short interest of 1.65 million shares, representing 7.58% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a -4.62% decrease in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 4.0, indicating that it would take 4.0 days of the average trading volume of 265,280 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest1,650,000 sharesPrevious Short Interest1,730,000 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month-4.62%Dollar Volume Sold Short$31.15 millionShort Interest Ratio4.0 Days to CoverLast Record DateMarch 31, 2025Outstanding Shares28,101,000 sharesFloat Size21,760,000 sharesShort Percent of Float7.58%Today's Trading Volume508,376 sharesAverage Trading Volume265,280 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average192% Short Selling Scholastic? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for Scholastic and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartSCHL Short Interest Over TimeSCHL Days to Cover Over TimeSCHL Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Scholastic Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 3/31/20251,650,000 shares $31.15 million -4.6%7.6%4 $18.88 3/15/20251,730,000 shares $33.60 million -7.0%7.5%4.1 $19.42 2/28/20251,860,000 shares $40.72 million +17.0%8.1%5.2 $21.89 2/15/20251,590,000 shares $33.44 million +15.2%7.0%4.9 $21.03 1/31/20251,380,000 shares $26.79 million +43.9%6.1%4.6 $19.41 1/15/2025958,900 shares $19.87 million +6.0%4.3%3.4 $20.72 12/31/2024904,500 shares $19.29 million +31.7%4.0%3.4 $21.33 12/15/2024687,000 shares $17.57 million -4.8%3.1%2.6 $25.58 11/30/2024721,900 shares $19.04 million -4.7%3.2%3.2 $26.38 11/15/2024757,300 shares $18.68 million +3.2%3.4%3.5 $24.67 Get the Latest News and Ratings for SCHL and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Scholastic and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 10/31/2024733,500 shares $18.21 million +22.4%3.3%3.8 $24.83 10/15/2024599,200 shares $16.03 million +2.2%2.7%3.2 $26.76 9/30/2024586,100 shares $18.76 million -16.0%2.6%2.8 $32.01 9/15/2024697,800 shares $21.97 million -3.7%3.1%3.9 $31.49 8/31/2024724,500 shares $23.10 million +9.8%3.2%3.9 $31.88 8/15/2024659,900 shares $20.69 million +43.2%2.9%3.6 $31.36 7/31/2024460,700 shares $14.43 million -17.4%2.0%2.5 $31.33 7/15/2024557,800 shares $20.96 million -7.0%2.4%3.2 $37.57 6/30/2024600,000 shares $21.28 million -10.4%2.5%4.1 $35.47 6/15/2024669,800 shares $22.94 million +37.2%2.8%4.5 $34.25 5/31/2024488,300 shares $17.72 million -9.3%2.1%2.3 $36.28 5/15/2024538,600 shares $19.28 million -20.4%2.3%2.4 $35.80 4/30/2024676,800 shares $24.11 million -2.4%2.8%2.8 $35.62 4/15/2024693,600 shares $24.44 million +4.1%2.9%2.7 $35.23 3/31/2024666,300 shares $25.13 million +14.9%2.8%2.5 $37.71 3/15/2024580,000 shares $21.42 million +4.6%2.4%2.1 $36.93 2/29/2024554,600 shares $21.87 million +15.6%2.3%2.3 $39.44 2/15/2024479,600 shares $19.04 million -0.6%2.0%2.1 $39.71 1/31/2024482,700 shares $18.55 million -17.4%2.0%2.2 $38.44 1/15/2024584,200 shares $22.04 million +16.3%2.5%2.7 $37.73 12/31/2023502,500 shares $18.94 million -30.0%2.1%2.3 $37.70 12/15/2023718,300 shares $26.33 million +17.6%2.9%3.3 $36.66 11/30/2023610,800 shares $23.20 million +6.5%2.4%2.6 $37.99 11/15/2023573,600 shares $22.85 million -16.0%2.3%2.4 $39.83 10/31/2023683,100 shares $25.21 million +26.0%2.7%2.8 $36.90 10/15/2023542,300 shares $20.14 million -9.7%2.1%2.2 $37.13 9/30/2023600,500 shares $22.90 million -10.2%2.3%2.4 $38.14 9/15/2023668,900 shares $26.56 million -30.7%2.6%2.9 $39.70 8/31/2023964,700 shares $41.92 million +58.9%3.7%5.1 $43.45 8/15/2023607,300 shares $27.19 million +17.8%2.3%3.2 $44.78Fmr. 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Presidential Advisor’s Urgent Warning: “Exit Tech Now!” (Ad)A former U.S. Presidential Advisor has come forward with a stern warning to investors: “Get out of tech, now!” Jim Rickards is one of the most connected men in Washington.We’ve posted the full recording online, where you can view it free of charge, here. 6/30/2021408,000 shares $15.46 million -34.4%1.6%2.6 $37.89 6/15/2021622,300 shares $24.12 million +6.3%2.4%3.5 $38.76 5/28/2021585,500 shares $19.72 million -8.0%2.3%3 $33.68 5/14/2021636,400 shares $20.54 million -21.8%2.5%3.4 $32.27 4/30/2021814,000 shares $24.77 million +46.9%3.2%4.4 $30.43 4/15/2021554,100 shares $17.75 million +6.0%2.2%3 $32.03 3/31/2021522,600 shares $15.73 million -1.5%2.0%2.9 $30.09 3/15/2021530,300 shares $16.60 million -0.1%2.1%2.6 $31.30 2/26/2021530,600 shares $15.55 million -10.2%2.1%2.9 $29.30 2/12/2021591,000 shares $16.67 million -11.8%2.3%3.3 $28.21 1/29/2021669,900 shares $17.20 million -1.8%2.6%3.7 $25.68 1/15/2021682,200 shares $18.03 million -11.8%2.7%3.5 $26.43 12/31/2020773,600 shares $18.78 million +69.4%3.0%4 $24.27 12/15/2020456,600 shares $12.00 million +6.8%1.8%2 $26.28 11/30/2020427,400 shares $10.37 million +8.6%1.7%1.9 $24.27 11/15/2020393,600 shares $8.93 million +23.0%1.5%1.7 $22.68 10/30/2020320,100 shares $6.42 million -17.4%1.3%1.4 $20.07 10/15/2020387,700 shares $8.35 million -3.6%1.5%1.7 $21.55 9/30/2020402,200 shares $8.44 million -25.3%1.6%1.8 $20.99 9/15/2020538,500 shares $11.59 million -24.6%2.1%2.7 $21.52 8/31/2020714,500 shares $16.08 million +24.5%2.8%4.3 $22.50 8/14/2020574,000 shares $14.49 million +28.8%2.0%3.6 $25.25 7/31/2020445,700 shares $10.67 million -7.9%1.5%2.7 $23.93 7/15/2020484,000 shares $14.14 million +8.1%1.7%3.2 $29.21 6/30/2020447,600 shares $13.43 million -17.7%1.6%3 $30.01 6/15/2020544,100 shares $15.97 million +20.1%1.9%3.3 $29.36 5/29/2020453,000 shares $13.32 million -15.5%1.6%2.3 $29.40 5/15/2020536,200 shares $14.27 million -28.2%1.9%2.6 $26.62 4/30/2020746,400 shares $21.70 million +51.9%2.6%3.5 $29.07 SCHL Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Scholastic's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Scholastic shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of March 31st, traders have sold 1,650,000 shares of SCHL short. 7.58% of Scholastic's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Scholastic's current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for Scholastic? 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. SCHL shares currently have a short interest ratio of 4.0. Learn More on Scholastic's short interest ratio. Which institutional investors are shorting Scholastic? As of the most recent reporting period, the following institutional investors, funds, and major shareholders have reported short positions of Scholastic: Citadel Advisors LLC, Concourse Financial Group Securities Inc., and PEAK6 LLC. These positions are disclosed in Form 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. What is a good short interest percentage for Scholastic? 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. 7.58% of Scholastic's floating shares are currently sold short. Is Scholastic's short interest increasing or decreasing? Scholastic saw a decrease in short interest in March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 1,650,000 shares, a decrease of 4.6% from the previous total of 1,730,000 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 Scholastic's float size? Scholastic currently has issued a total of 28,101,000 shares. Some of Scholastic'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. Scholastic currently has a public float of 21,760,000 shares. How does Scholastic's short interest compare to its competitors? 7.58% of Scholastic's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies compare to Scholastic: Shutterstock, Inc. (10.19%), Daily Journal Co. (7.81%), Value Line, Inc. (1.93%), MarketWise, Inc. (8.72%), Thomson Reuters Co. (0.98%), Morningstar, Inc. (0.98%), The New York Times Company (4.46%), Pearson plc (0.13%), John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (4.42%), John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (0.04%), 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 ($21.93 billion), iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF ($9.31 billion), Strategy Incorporated ($8.42 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.52 billion), Apollo Global Management, Inc. ($4.26 billion), Super Micro Computer, Inc. ($3.98 billion), Capital One Financial Co. ($3.79 billion), TC Energy Co. ($3.43 billion), AppLovin Co. ($2.91 billion), and Schlumberger Limited ($2.89 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short Scholastic stock? Short selling SCHL is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Scholastic as its price is falling. SCHL shares are trading up $0.11 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 Scholastic? A short squeeze for Scholastic 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 SCHL, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Scholastic'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 SCHL, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is March, 31 2025. 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