Exicure (XCUR) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $7.40 -0.20 (-2.63%) Closing price 08/5/2025 04:00 PM EasternExtended Trading$8.23 +0.83 (+11.22%) As of 04:01 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 AnalysisChartCompetitorsEarningsFDA EventsHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrendsBuy This Stock Exicure Short Interest DataExicure (XCUR) has a short interest of 113,300 shares, representing 6.16% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a 417.35% increase in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 1.2, indicating that it would take 1.2 days of the average trading volume of 88,227 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest113,300 sharesPrevious Short Interest21,900 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month+417.35%Dollar Volume Sold Short$776.11 thousandShort Interest Ratio1.2 Days to CoverLast Record DateJuly 15, 2025Outstanding Shares6,320,000 sharesFloat Size1,840,000 sharesShort Percent of Float6.16%Today's Trading Volume40,456 sharesAverage Trading Volume88,227 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average46% Short Selling Exicure? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for Exicure and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartXCUR Short Interest Over TimeXCUR Days to Cover Over TimeXCUR Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Exicure Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 7/15/2025113,300 shares $776.11 thousand +417.4%6.2%1.2 $6.85 6/30/202521,900 shares $154.18 thousand +62.2%0.4%0.1 $7.04 6/15/202513,500 shares $118.26 thousand -40.8%0.7%0.9 $8.76 5/31/202522,800 shares $222.76 thousand -4.6%1.2%1.2 $9.77 5/15/202523,900 shares $246.17 thousand +13.3%1.3%0.8 $10.30 4/30/202521,100 shares $220.50 thousand -23.3%1.2%0.7 $10.45 4/15/202527,500 shares $321.75 thousand -19.8%3.3%0.7 $11.70 3/31/202534,300 shares $457.56 thousand -23.3%1.4%0.6 $13.34 3/15/202544,700 shares $573.50 thousand +58.5%1.8%0.6 $12.83 2/28/202528,200 shares $266.49 thousand +24.2%7.4%0.3 $9.45 Get the Latest News and Ratings for XCUR and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Exicure and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 2/15/202522,700 shares $227.68 thousand -16.2%6.0%0 $10.03 1/31/202527,100 shares $304.33 thousand -0.4%4.7%0 $11.23 1/15/202527,200 shares $248.61 thousand -46.3%11.5%0 $9.14 12/31/202450,600 shares $691.70 thousand -17.3%21.5%0.1 $13.67 12/15/202461,200 shares $1.06 million -34.8%5.6%0.1 $17.31 11/30/202493,900 shares $2.77 million +479.6%8.5%0.1 $29.49 11/15/202416,200 shares $46.98 thousand -47.9%2.0%0 $2.90 10/31/202431,100 shares $94.23 thousand +72.8%4.7%0 $3.03 10/15/202418,000 shares $40.50 thousand -67.8%2.7%0 $2.25 9/30/202455,900 shares $193.97 thousand +71.5%8.5%0 $3.47 9/15/202432,600 shares $52.16 thousand -74.8%4.9%0 $1.60 8/31/2024129,500 shares $255.12 thousand -31.1%14.4%0.2 $1.97 8/15/2024187,900 shares $340.19 thousand -0.6%4.2%0.1 $1.81 7/31/2024189,000 shares $82.80 thousand +50.7%4.2%0.1 $0.44 7/15/2024125,400 shares $40.92 thousand -22.5%2.8%0.2 $0.33 6/30/2024161,800 shares $51.78 thousand -1.9%3.6%0.5 $0.32 6/15/2024164,900 shares $54.45 thousand -39.9%3.7%0.6 $0.33 5/31/2024274,300 shares $121.84 thousand +116.8%3.6%0.9 $0.44 5/15/2024126,500 shares $64.89 thousand -4.0%1.7%3.5 $0.51 4/30/2024131,700 shares $67.96 thousand -13.2%1.8%0.9 $0.52 4/15/2024151,700 shares $92.28 thousand -16.0%2.0%0.7 $0.61 3/31/2024180,600 shares $108.63 thousand -1.5%2.4%0.4 $0.60 3/15/2024183,400 shares $120.49 thousand -8.7%2.4%0.4 $0.66 2/29/2024200,900 shares $142.66 thousand -8.3%2.7%0.2 $0.71 2/15/2024219,100 shares $133.65 thousand +3.8%5.3%0.2 $0.61 1/31/2024211,000 shares $114.03 thousand -74.3%5.1%0.2 $0.54 1/15/2024821,100 shares $685.62 thousand +495.9%19.9%1 $0.84 12/31/2023137,800 shares $79.97 thousand -59.6%3.3%0.2 $0.58 12/15/2023340,700 shares $198.19 thousand +179.0%8.3%0.6 $0.58 11/30/2023122,100 shares $56.29 thousand -1.5%3.0%0.3 $0.46If you saw this, you'd be scared too (Ad)Markets may look strong—but one veteran analyst warns we’re nearing a financial breaking point. After 40+ years of navigating crashes and crises, he says traditional strategies could soon become wealth destroyers. A time-sensitive briefing reveals what to do now.Watch his urgent warning before this “dark day” hits 11/15/2023123,900 shares $70.62 thousand -2.4%3.0%9 $0.57 10/31/2023127,000 shares $80.01 thousand +0.4%3.1%9.2 $0.63 10/15/2023126,500 shares $94.24 thousand -2.8%3.1%7.7 $0.75 9/30/2023130,200 shares $93.74 thousand +4.2%3.2%4.7 $0.72 9/15/2023124,900 shares $116.16 thousand -2.4%3.0%3.7 $0.93 8/31/2023127,900 shares $116.39 thousand +7.1%3.1%3.3 $0.91 8/15/2023119,400 shares $102.19 thousand -6.2%2.9%3.2 $0.86 7/31/2023127,300 shares $131.12 thousand -0.1%3.1%3.3 $1.03 7/15/2023127,400 shares $173.26 thousand -0.1%3.2%3.5 $1.36 6/30/2023127,500 shares $167.03 thousand +1.8%3.5%5 $1.31 6/15/2023125,200 shares $146.48 thousand -1.5%3.4%5.1 $1.17 5/31/2023127,100 shares $111.98 thousand +5.6%3.5%6 $0.88 5/15/2023120,400 shares $133.56 thousand -0.8%3.3%5.8 $1.11 4/30/2023121,400 shares $118.85 thousand -1.4%3.6%6.2 $0.98 4/15/2023123,100 shares $125.56 thousand +371.7%3.3%5.9 $1.02 3/31/202326,100 shares $22.73 thousand -9.1%0.7%1.1 $0.87 3/15/202328,700 shares $29.85 thousand -15.3%1.3%0.1 $1.04 2/28/202333,900 shares $39.32 thousand +14.9%11.7%0.1 $1.16 2/15/202329,500 shares $38.35 thousand -51.2%0.8%0.1 $1.30 1/31/202360,400 shares $85.16 thousand -55.2%1.6%0.3 $1.41 1/15/2023134,900 shares $176.72 thousand -37.6%3.7%0.6 $1.31 12/30/2022216,200 shares $248.63 thousand +171.6%5.9%0.9 $1.15 12/15/202279,600 shares $62.09 thousand -10.2%2.2%0.4 $0.78 11/30/202288,600 shares $88.60 thousand +0.1%2.4%2.1 $1.00 11/15/202288,500 shares $101.78 thousand -4.7%2.4%1.9 $1.15 10/31/202292,900 shares $132.85 thousand -12.5%2.5%1.1 $1.43 10/15/2022106,200 shares $164.61 thousand -2.8%3.3%0.3 $1.55 9/30/2022109,300 shares $171.60 thousand -23.1%3.4%0.3 $1.57 9/15/2022142,100 shares $294.15 thousand +47.1%4.4%0.3 $2.07 8/31/202296,600 shares $176.78 thousand -63.6%3.0%0.2 $1.83 8/15/2022265,300 shares $615.50 thousand +87.5%8.2%0.5 $2.32 7/31/2022141,500 shares $229.23 thousand +20.3%N/A0.2 $1.62 7/15/2022117,600 shares $197.57 thousand -51.5%N/A0.3 $1.68 6/30/2022242,300 shares $15.70 million -94.3%10.7%0.6 $64.80 6/15/20224,220,000 shares $506.40 thousand -27.5%6.2%0.3 $0.12 5/31/20225,820,000 shares $779.88 thousand -25.6%8.6%0.5 $0.13 5/15/20227,820,000 shares $961.86 thousand +235.6%N/A0.6 $0.12 4/30/20222,330,000 shares $326.20 thousand -29.2%N/A0.2 $0.14 4/15/20223,290,000 shares $575.75 thousand +12.7%N/A0.2 $0.18 3/31/20222,920,000 shares $582.54 thousand -2.3%N/A0.2 $0.20 3/15/20222,990,000 shares $648.83 thousand +71.8%3.8%0.3 $0.22 2/28/20221,740,000 shares $348.52 thousand +211.9%2.2%0.2 $0.20 2/15/2022557,900 shares $99.53 thousand -84.9%0.7%0.1 $0.18 1/31/20223,700,000 shares $736.30 thousand +328.3%4.8%0.4 $0.20 1/15/2022863,800 shares $152.89 thousand +142.7%1.1%0.2 $0.18 12/31/2021355,900 shares $71.93 thousand -67.4%0.5%0.1 $0.20 12/15/20211,090,000 shares $277.95 thousand -19.3%1.9%0.6 $0.26 11/30/20211,350,000 shares $633.02 thousand -22.4%2.4%3.1 $0.47 11/15/20211,740,000 shares $1.86 million -3.9%3.0%4.1 $1.07 10/29/20211,810,000 shares $2.05 million -5.7%3.2%4.7 $1.13If you saw this, you'd be scared too (Ad)Markets may look strong—but one veteran analyst warns we’re nearing a financial breaking point. After 40+ years of navigating crashes and crises, he says traditional strategies could soon become wealth destroyers. A time-sensitive briefing reveals what to do now.Watch his urgent warning before this “dark day” hits 10/15/20211,920,000 shares $2.27 million -9.4%3.4%0.8 $1.18 9/30/20212,120,000 shares $2.54 million -16.5%3.7%0.9 $1.20 9/15/20212,540,000 shares $3.43 million -13.9%4.4%1 $1.35 8/31/20212,950,000 shares $4.13 million -9.2%5.2%1.2 $1.40 8/13/20213,250,000 shares $3.87 million +175.4%5.7%1.3 $1.19 7/30/20211,180,000 shares $1.59 million -4.1%2.0%0.5 $1.35 7/15/20211,230,000 shares $1.75 million +15.0%2.1%2.8 $1.42 6/30/20211,070,000 shares $1.61 million -58.4%1.9%2.3 $1.50 6/15/20212,570,000 shares $4.29 million -1.5%4.5%7 $1.67 5/28/20212,610,000 shares $4.36 million +2.8%4.5%5.9 $1.67 5/14/20212,540,000 shares $3.91 million +6.3%N/A5 $1.54 4/30/20212,390,000 shares $4.71 million +14.4%N/A4.3 $1.97 4/15/20212,090,000 shares $3.97 million +13.6%N/A3.6 $1.90 3/31/20211,840,000 shares $3.94 million +19.5%N/A2.9 $2.14 3/15/20211,540,000 shares $3.77 million +13.2%N/A2.2 $2.45 2/26/20211,360,000 shares $3.06 million +1.5%N/A2.2 $2.25 2/12/20211,340,000 shares $3.51 million +12.6%N/A2.4 $2.62 1/29/20211,190,000 shares $2.56 million +4.4%N/A2.3 $2.15 1/15/20211,140,000 shares $2.85 million +5.6%N/A2.4 $2.50 12/31/20201,080,000 shares $1.97 million +14.2%N/A2.7 $1.82 12/15/2020945,500 shares $1.41 million +0.4%N/A2.8 $1.49 11/30/2020941,500 shares $1.51 million +2.5%N/A3.6 $1.60 10/30/2020962,400 shares $1.44 million -3.3%N/A5.6 $1.50 10/15/2020995,400 shares $1.84 million +0.9%N/A5.6 $1.85 XCUR Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Exicure's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Exicure shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of July 15th, investors have sold 113,300 shares of XCUR short. 6.16% of Exicure's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Exicure's current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for Exicure? 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. XCUR shares currently have a short interest ratio of 1.0. Learn More on Exicure's short interest ratio. What is a good short interest percentage for Exicure? 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. 6.16% of Exicure's floating shares are currently sold short. Is Exicure's short interest increasing or decreasing? Exicure saw a increase in short interest during the month of July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totaling 113,300 shares, an increase of 417.4% from the previous total of 21,900 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 Exicure's float size? Exicure currently has issued a total of 6,320,000 shares. Some of Exicure'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. Exicure currently has a public float of 1,840,000 shares. How does Exicure's short interest compare to its competitors? 6.16% of Exicure's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "pharmaceutical products" compare to Exicure: Alector, Inc. (7.81%), Lifevantage Corporation (22.21%), Puma Biotechnology, Inc. (6.99%), Black Diamond Therapeutics, Inc. (10.66%), Molecular Partners AG Sponsored ADR (0.09%), Nuvectis Pharma, Inc. (23.24%), C4 Therapeutics, Inc. (5.73%), Greenwich LifeSciences, Inc. (16.69%), IO Biotech, Inc. (0.79%), Nkarta, Inc. (10.71%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Coinbase Global, Inc. ($5.11 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.76 billion), Reddit Inc. ($2.84 billion), SoFi Technologies, Inc. ($2.79 billion), Seagate Technology Holdings PLC ($2.79 billion), Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. ($2.67 billion), Rocket Lab Corporation ($2.49 billion), AST SpaceMobile, Inc. ($2.12 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($2.09 billion), and Omnicom Group Inc. ($2.04 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short Exicure stock? Short selling XCUR is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Exicure as its price is falling. XCUR shares are trading down $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 Exicure? A short squeeze for Exicure 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 XCUR, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Exicure'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 XCUR, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is July, 15 2025. 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