United Airlines (UAL) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $105.84 -3.56 (-3.25%) Closing price 01/31/2025 04:00 PM EasternExtended Trading$105.55 -0.29 (-0.27%) As of 01/31/2025 07:57 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 AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrends United Airlines Short Interest DataUnited Airlines (UAL) has a short interest of 18.14 million shares. This marks a -6.64% decrease in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 3.0, indicating that it would take 3.0 days of the average trading volume of 6.40 million shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest18,140,000 sharesPrevious Short Interest19,430,000 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month-6.64%Dollar Volume Sold Short$1.90 billionShort Interest Ratio3.0 Days to CoverLast Record DateJanuary 15, 2025Outstanding Shares328,880,000 sharesPercentage of Shares Shorted5.52%Today's Trading Volume6,131,711 sharesAverage Trading Volume6,395,575 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average96% Short Selling United Airlines? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for United Airlines and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartUAL Short Interest Over TimeUAL Days to Cover Over TimeUAL Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time United Airlines Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 1/15/202518,140,000 shares $1.90 billion -6.6%N/A3 $104.99 12/31/202419,430,000 shares $1.89 billion -2.7%N/A3 $97.10 12/15/202419,960,000 shares $1.90 billion +5.8%N/A2.8 $95.11 11/30/202418,860,000 shares $1.83 billion +4.7%N/A2.6 $96.83 11/15/202418,010,000 shares $1.64 billion +17.0%N/A2.3 $91.17 10/31/202415,400,000 shares $1.21 billion -7.2%N/A2 $78.26 10/15/202416,600,000 shares $1.06 billion +1.0%N/A2.1 $64.05 9/30/202416,430,000 shares $937.50 million +8.5%N/A2.1 $57.06 9/15/202415,140,000 shares $760.33 million -1.4%N/A2.1 $50.22 8/31/202415,350,000 shares $676.01 million -5.9%N/A2.2 $44.04 Get the Latest News and Ratings for UAL and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for United Airlines and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 8/15/202416,310,000 shares $695.78 million +14.9%N/A2.3 $42.66 7/31/202414,190,000 shares $644.51 million +12.4%N/A2 $45.42 7/15/202412,620,000 shares $559.32 million -19.0%N/A1.7 $44.32 6/30/202415,580,000 shares $758.12 million -11.4%N/A1.8 $48.66 6/15/202417,587,800 shares $873.94 million -0.2%N/A1.9 $49.69 5/31/202417,620,000 shares $933.68 million -2.1%N/A1.9 $52.99 5/15/202417,990,000 shares $988.73 million +8.1%N/A1.9 $54.96 4/30/202416,650,000 shares $856.81 million -24.1%N/A1.7 $51.46 4/15/202421,940,000 shares $900.42 million +30.7%N/A2.1 $41.04 3/31/202416,790,000 shares $803.91 million -5.9%N/A1.9 $47.88 3/15/202417,840,000 shares $778.18 million -1.8%N/A2.1 $43.62 2/29/202418,170,000 shares $826.55 million +14.8%N/A2.1 $45.49 2/15/202415,830,000 shares $678.00 million -6.8%N/A1.8 $42.83 1/31/202416,980,000 shares $702.63 million -4.0%N/A2 $41.38 1/15/202417,680,000 shares $703.31 million +1.2%N/A2 $39.78 12/31/202317,470,000 shares $720.81 million -5.0%N/A2.1 $41.26 12/15/202318,380,000 shares $801.00 million -5.0%N/A2.3 $43.58 11/30/202319,340,000 shares $762.00 million -0.4%N/A2.5 $39.40 11/15/202319,420,000 shares $775.63 million +0.2%N/A2.7 $39.94 10/31/202319,380,000 shares $678.49 million +28.9%N/A2.8 $35.01 10/15/202315,030,000 shares $581.96 million -4.9%N/A2.3 $38.72 9/30/202315,810,000 shares $668.76 million -6.6%N/A2.6 $42.30 9/15/202316,930,000 shares $773.70 million -1.1%N/A2.8 $45.70 8/31/202317,120,000 shares $852.75 million +0.2%N/A2.8 $49.81 8/15/202317,090,000 shares $877.40 million -2.8%N/A2.8 $51.34 7/31/202317,590,000 shares $955.31 million -6.4%N/A2.7 $54.31 7/15/202318,800,000 shares $1.00 billion +3.5%N/A2.8 $53.34 6/30/202318,160,000 shares $996.44 million +3.3%N/A2.7 $54.87 6/15/202317,580,000 shares $941.94 million -17.2%N/A2.6 $53.58 5/31/202321,240,000 shares $1.01 billion +12.1%N/A2.8 $47.47Is this Elon’s true agenda? 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And with every investor in America wondering what Elon is going to do now that he's in Washington, this is what we tell themClick here for my report 5/15/202318,940,000 shares $856.09 million +11.2%N/A2.5 $45.20 4/30/202317,030,000 shares $745.91 million +3.8%N/A2.3 $43.80 4/15/202316,410,000 shares $683.80 million +6.6%N/A2.2 $41.67 3/31/202315,400,000 shares $681.45 million -2.8%N/A1.8 $44.25 3/15/202315,850,000 shares $683.77 million +11.0%N/A1.9 $43.14 2/28/202314,280,000 shares $741.99 million -9.0%N/A1.7 $51.96 2/15/202315,690,000 shares $783.09 million -16.3%N/A1.9 $49.91 1/31/202318,750,000 shares $918 million -0.3%N/A2.3 $48.96 1/15/202318,800,000 shares $971.02 million +5.2%N/A2.2 $51.65 12/30/202217,880,000 shares $674.08 million +17.1%N/A2.1 $37.70 12/15/202215,270,000 shares $588.66 million +0.3%N/A1.8 $38.55 11/30/202215,220,000 shares $672.27 million -17.0%N/A1.7 $44.17 11/15/202218,330,000 shares $807.25 million +2.8%N/A2 $44.04 10/31/202217,840,000 shares $768.55 million +15.5%N/A1.9 $43.08 10/15/202215,450,000 shares $548.01 million +10.7%N/A1.6 $35.47 9/30/202213,960,000 shares $454.12 million -8.2%N/A1.4 $32.53 9/15/202215,200,000 shares $591.28 million -5.9%N/A1.5 $38.90 8/31/202216,160,000 shares $565.76 million +3.5%N/A1.6 $35.01 8/15/202215,610,000 shares $622.21 million -8.5%N/A1.4 $39.86 7/31/202217,060,000 shares $626.96 million -9.4%N/A1.4 $36.75 7/15/202218,820,000 shares $729.84 million -2.7%N/A1.5 $38.78 6/30/202219,350,000 shares $685.38 million -15.5%7.3%1.4 $35.42 6/15/202222,900,000 shares $867.68 million -0.6%8.6%1.7 $37.89 5/31/202223,040,000 shares $1.10 billion +6.4%N/A1.6 $47.63 5/15/202221,660,000 shares $937.23 million +8.4%N/A1.4 $43.27 4/30/202219,990,000 shares $1.01 billion +5.8%N/A1.3 $50.50 4/15/202218,900,000 shares $852.96 million +8.7%N/A1.2 $45.13 3/31/202217,390,000 shares $806.20 million -14.0%5.4%1.2 $46.36 3/15/202220,210,000 shares $772.83 million +48.5%6.3%1.4 $38.24 2/28/202213,610,000 shares $604.28 million -6.7%4.2%0.9 $44.40 2/15/202214,590,000 shares $736.50 million -12.1%4.5%1.1 $50.48 1/31/202216,600,000 shares $711.81 million +28.2%5.1%1.3 $42.88 1/15/202212,950,000 shares $605.28 million -25.3%4.0%1 $46.74 12/31/202117,340,000 shares $759.15 million -1.4%5.4%1.4 $43.78 12/15/202117,590,000 shares $729.99 million -0.7%5.5%1.4 $41.50 11/30/202117,720,000 shares $748.85 million +35.7%5.5%1.4 $42.26 11/15/202113,060,000 shares $659.27 million -13.0%4.0%1.2 $50.48 10/29/202115,010,000 shares $692.56 million -1.3%4.7%1.4 $46.14 10/15/202115,210,000 shares $730.08 million -2.4%4.7%1.4 $48.00 9/30/202115,580,000 shares $741.14 million -1.5%4.8%1.3 $47.57 9/15/202115,820,000 shares $693.87 million +9.3%4.9%1.3 $43.86 8/31/202114,470,000 shares $673.00 million -5.9%4.5%1.3 $46.51 8/13/202115,380,000 shares $715.02 million +2.5%4.8%1.3 $46.49 7/30/202115,000,000 shares $700.80 million +3.8%4.7%1.2 $46.72 7/15/202114,450,000 shares $689.41 million -20.0%4.5%1.1 $47.71 6/30/202118,070,000 shares $944.88 million +51.6%5.6%1.4 $52.29 6/15/202111,920,000 shares $659.06 million +8.0%3.7%0.9 $55.29 5/28/202111,040,000 shares $644.18 million -5.7%3.4%0.8 $58.35 5/14/202111,710,000 shares $613.96 million -11.0%N/A0.7 $52.43 4/30/202113,160,000 shares $706.56 million +11.1%N/A0.8 $53.69Is this Elon’s true agenda? 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And with every investor in America wondering what Elon is going to do now that he's in Washington, this is what we tell themClick here for my report 4/15/202111,850,000 shares $674.50 million -3.3%N/A0.7 $56.92 3/31/202112,250,000 shares $713.07 million -13.6%N/A0.8 $58.21 3/15/202114,180,000 shares $798.19 million -0.5%N/A0.9 $56.29 2/26/202114,250,000 shares $737.87 million +3.2%N/A0.9 $51.78 2/12/202113,810,000 shares $599.91 million -15.6%N/A0.8 $43.44 1/29/202116,370,000 shares $696.54 million +21.2%N/A0.9 $42.55 1/15/202113,510,000 shares $625.38 million -1.8%N/A0.7 $46.29 12/31/202013,750,000 shares $613.94 million -3.1%N/A0.7 $44.65 12/15/202014,190,000 shares $662.96 million -9.0%N/A0.7 $46.72 11/30/202015,600,000 shares $706.68 million +1.8%N/A0.7 $45.30 10/30/202017,050,000 shares $572.37 million -12.3%N/A0.7 $33.57 10/15/202019,430,000 shares $691.90 million +0.1%N/A0.7 $35.61 9/30/202019,410,000 shares $674.50 million -4.0%N/A0.5 $34.75 9/15/202020,220,000 shares $744.10 million -12.5%N/A0.5 $36.80 8/31/202023,120,000 shares $832.32 million -7.9%N/A0.5 $36.00 8/14/202025,100,000 shares $908.12 million -5.2%N/A0.4 $36.18 7/31/202026,470,000 shares $830.63 million -15.1%N/A0.4 $31.38 7/15/202031,190,000 shares $1.13 billion +21.3%N/A0.5 $36.37 6/30/202025,710,000 shares $889.82 million -3.2%N/A0.4 $34.61 6/15/202026,560,000 shares $1.04 billion -1.4%N/A0.5 $39.00 5/29/202026,940,000 shares $755.40 million -24.7%N/A0.6 $28.04 5/15/202035,760,000 shares $712.34 million +53.2%N/A1 $19.92 4/30/202023,340,000 shares $691.56 million +4.1%N/A0.9 $29.63 4/15/202022,430,000 shares $714.62 million +12.6%9.1%1.1 $31.86 3/31/202019,920,000 shares $628.48 million +6.3%8.1%1.4 $31.55 3/13/202018,731,600 shares $590.05 million +40.0%7.6%1.5 $31.50 2/28/202013,380,000 shares $351.23 million +12.6%5.4%2.7 $26.25 2/14/202011,880,000 shares $624.41 million -5.7%4.7%3.4 $52.56 UAL Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is United Airlines' current short interest? Short interest is the volume of United Airlines shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of January 15th, traders have sold 18,140,000 shares of UAL short. Learn More on United Airlines' current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for United Airlines? 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. UAL shares currently have a short interest ratio of 3.0. Learn More on United Airlines's short interest ratio. Which institutional investors are shorting United Airlines? As of the most recent reporting period, the following institutional investors, funds, and major shareholders have reported short positions of United Airlines: Valeo Financial Advisors LLC, Caas Capital Management LP, JPMorgan Chase & Co., CTC LLC, Barclays PLC, Jane Street Group LLC, Whitebox Advisors LLC, Wolverine Trading LLC, Point72 Asset Management L.P., Parallax Volatility Advisers L.P., Maven Securities LTD, Verition Fund Management LLC, Capstone Investment Advisors LLC, HBK Investments L P, Walleye Trading LLC, Walleye Capital LLC, PEAK6 Investments LLC, BNP Paribas Financial Markets, Bank of Montreal Can, Muzinich & Co. Inc., Mirae Asset Securities USA Inc., and Wolverine Asset Management LLC. These positions are disclosed in Form 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Is United Airlines' short interest increasing or decreasing? United Airlines saw a decrease in short interest during the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totaling 18,140,000 shares, a decrease of 6.6% from the previous total of 19,430,000 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 United Airlines' short interest compare to its competitors? Here is how the short interest of companies in the sector of "transportation" compare to United Airlines: Delta Air Lines, Inc. (4.72%), Southwest Airlines Co. (5.33%), Alaska Air Group, Inc. (5.10%), SkyWest, Inc. (3.89%), Copa Holdings, S.A. (5.17%), JetBlue Airways Co. (20.55%), Allegiant Travel (6.56%), Ryanair Holdings plc (1.23%), American Airlines Group Inc. (7.77%), Frontier Group Holdings, Inc. (18.64%), 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 United Airlines stock? Short selling UAL is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from United Airlines as its price is falling. UAL shares are trading down $3.56 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 United Airlines? A short squeeze for United Airlines 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 UAL, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is United Airlines' 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 UAL, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is January, 15 2025. 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