Notice: This company has been marked as potentially delisted and may not be actively trading. Aaron's (AAN) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsDividendEarningsHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipShort InterestTrends Aaron's Short Interest DataAaron's (AAN) has a short interest of 3.97 million shares, representing 13.12% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a 13.43% increase in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 4.7, indicating that it would take 4.7 days of the average trading volume of 616,941 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest3,970,000 sharesPrevious Short Interest3,500,000 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month+13.43%Dollar Volume Sold Short$39.86 millionShort Interest Ratio4.7 Days to CoverLast Record DateSeptember 15, 2024Outstanding Shares31,522,000 sharesFloat Size30,270,000 sharesShort Percent of Float13.12%Today's Trading Volume2,775,856 sharesAverage Trading Volume616,941 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average450% Short Selling Aaron's? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for Aaron's and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartAAN Short Interest Over TimeAAN Days to Cover Over TimeAAN Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Aaron's Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 9/15/20243,970,000 shares $39.86 million +13.4%13.1%4.7 $10.04 8/31/20243,500,000 shares $35.32 million +68.3%11.6%3.6 $10.09 8/15/20242,080,000 shares $20.97 million +50.7%6.9%2.5 $10.08 7/31/20241,380,000 shares $13.80 million +1.5%4.7%1.9 $10.00 7/15/20241,360,000 shares $13.56 million +40.6%4.5%2.1 $9.97 6/30/2024967,000 shares $9.65 million +28.7%3.2%1.7 $9.98 6/15/2024751,100 shares $5.66 million +22.6%2.5%1.5 $7.54 5/31/2024612,600 shares $5.19 million +14.5%2.1%2.6 $8.48 5/15/2024535,000 shares $3.96 million +9.3%1.8%2 $7.40 4/30/2024489,700 shares $3.38 million +12.0%1.7%1.8 $6.91 Get the Latest News and Ratings for AAN and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Aaron's and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 4/15/2024437,200 shares $3.10 million +0.8%1.5%1.6 $7.10 3/31/2024433,900 shares $3.25 million -18.6%1.4%1.6 $7.50 3/15/2024533,000 shares $3.70 million -22.7%1.8%1.9 $6.95 2/29/2024689,100 shares $5.34 million -0.3%2.4%2.2 $7.75 2/15/2024691,100 shares $7.49 million -0.6%2.4%2.1 $10.84 1/31/2024694,900 shares $7.14 million -1.2%2.4%1.9 $10.28 1/15/2024703,100 shares $7.35 million -0.5%2.4%1.7 $10.46 12/31/2023706,300 shares $7.68 million -3.4%2.4%1.6 $10.88 12/15/2023731,000 shares $8.10 million +1.9%2.5%1.7 $11.08 11/30/2023717,300 shares $6.32 million +4.0%2.5%1.2 $8.81 11/15/2023689,800 shares $6.07 million -23.1%2.4%1.1 $8.80 10/31/2023896,900 shares $6.65 million +9.7%3.1%1.6 $7.41 10/15/2023817,700 shares $7.66 million -4.2%2.8%1.5 $9.37 9/30/2023853,400 shares $8.94 million -42.3%3.3%1.7 $10.47 9/15/20231,480,000 shares $14.43 million +13.9%5.0%2.9 $9.75 8/31/20231,300,000 shares $15.69 million +10.2%4.4%3.8 $12.07 8/15/20231,180,000 shares $14.88 million +13.5%4.0%4.2 $12.61 7/31/20231,040,000 shares $16.45 million +4.2%3.5%3.7 $15.82 7/15/2023998,000 shares $14.76 million -7.6%3.3%3.2 $14.79 6/30/20231,080,000 shares $15.28 million +5.9%3.6%3.2 $14.15 6/15/20231,020,000 shares $13.89 million -8.9%3.4%3 $13.62 5/31/20231,120,000 shares $13.73 million -13.2%3.8%3.3 $12.26 5/15/20231,290,000 shares $16.28 million -19.4%4.3%3.4 $12.62 4/30/20231,600,000 shares $21.36 million -9.1%5.4%4.3 $13.35 4/15/20231,760,000 shares $18.64 million -2.8%6.0%5.4 $10.59 3/31/20231,810,000 shares $17.48 million -1.6%6.1%5.6 $9.66 3/15/20231,840,000 shares $18.77 million -7.1%6.2%6.4 $10.20 2/28/20231,980,000 shares $28.41 million +2.6%6.7%6.9 $14.35 2/15/20231,930,000 shares $29.09 million +22.2%6.5%6.9 $15.07 1/31/20231,580,000 shares $23.15 million -19.4%5.3%5.2 $14.65Elon Takes Aim at Social Security (Ad)Elon Musk just dropped another bombshell... He revealed his DOGE organization has been taking aim at Social Security, finding what he says is widespread fraud across the agency.>>Here are the NINE stocks everyone will wish they own once Elon moves.<< 1/15/20231,960,000 shares $28.13 million No Change6.6%4.7 $14.35 12/30/20221,960,000 shares $23.42 million +1.6%6.6%4.4 $11.95 12/15/20221,930,000 shares $23.39 million +10.9%6.5%4.1 $12.12 11/30/20221,740,000 shares $21.21 million +0.6%5.8%3.7 $12.19 11/15/20221,730,000 shares $18.61 million +4.2%5.8%3.7 $10.76 10/31/20221,660,000 shares $17.30 million +25.8%5.6%3.8 $10.42 10/15/20221,320,000 shares $11.70 million +20.0%4.4%3.1 $8.86 9/30/20221,100,000 shares $10.69 million -29.5%3.7%2.8 $9.72 9/15/20221,560,000 shares $19.00 million -15.7%5.2%4.2 $12.18 8/31/20221,850,000 shares $22.02 million -14.8%6.2%5.2 $11.90 8/15/20222,170,000 shares $31.47 million -2.3%7.3%6 $14.50 7/31/20222,220,000 shares $28.90 million -5.5%7.5%6.1 $13.02 7/15/20222,350,000 shares $34.47 million +18.7%7.9%7.6 $14.67 6/30/20221,980,000 shares $28.81 million +7.6%6.7%7.1 $14.55 6/15/20221,840,000 shares $30.34 million +2.8%6.2%6.5 $16.49 5/31/20221,790,000 shares $35.01 million -4.8%6.0%6.4 $19.56 5/15/20221,880,000 shares $37.58 million -3.1%6.3%6.6 $19.99 4/30/20221,940,000 shares $39.83 million +10.2%6.5%6.9 $20.53 4/15/20221,760,000 shares $37.63 million +8.6%5.9%6 $21.38 3/31/20221,620,000 shares $32.53 million +5.2%5.4%5.5 $20.08 3/15/20221,540,000 shares $33.88 million -11.0%5.1%5.8 $22.00 2/28/20221,730,000 shares $36.31 million +26.3%5.8%6.8 $20.99 2/15/20221,370,000 shares $29.62 million +52.9%4.4%5.3 $21.62 1/31/2022896,200 shares $18.97 million +32.4%2.9%3.7 $21.17 1/15/2022676,900 shares $15.54 million -4.7%2.2%2.7 $22.96 12/31/2021710,500 shares $17.51 million -5.4%2.3%3 $24.65 12/15/2021751,300 shares $17.82 million +10.0%2.4%3.1 $23.72 11/30/2021683,300 shares $15.17 million -3.6%2.2%2.9 $22.20 11/15/2021708,700 shares $18.25 million +7.4%2.3%3.1 $25.75 10/29/2021659,800 shares $15.43 million +12.4%2.1%2.6 $23.39 10/15/2021587,100 shares $16.13 million -9.1%1.8%2.3 $27.48 9/30/2021646,100 shares $17.79 million -9.1%2.0%2.5 $27.54 9/15/2021711,000 shares $18.60 million +18.9%2.2%2.3 $26.16 8/31/2021598,000 shares $15.86 million -16.9%1.9%1.9 $26.52 8/13/2021719,600 shares $21.04 million -7.9%2.2%2.3 $29.24 7/30/2021781,100 shares $22.55 million +6.3%2.4%2.4 $28.87 7/15/2021734,700 shares $20.56 million +31.9%2.2%2.2 $27.98 6/30/2021556,900 shares $17.82 million -24.0%1.7%1.7 $31.99 6/15/2021732,500 shares $26.47 million -18.0%2.2%2.6 $36.13 5/28/2021893,300 shares $32.13 million +14.3%2.7%2.9 $35.97 5/14/2021781,700 shares $24.44 million -7.8%2.3%2.4 $31.27 4/30/2021847,700 shares $26.55 million -2.1%2.5%2.5 $31.32 4/15/2021865,400 shares $21.51 million +9.0%2.6%2.7 $24.86 3/31/2021794,200 shares $20.00 million +21.2%2.4%2.1 $25.18 3/15/2021655,100 shares $16.63 million +4.6%2.0%1.4 $25.39 2/26/2021626,200 shares $13.88 million +13.4%1.9%1 $22.17 2/12/2021552,200 shares $11.01 million -0.7%1.7%0.7 $19.94 1/29/2021556,100 shares $9.71 million +5.7%1.7%0.6 $17.46 1/15/2021525,900 shares $11.82 million -27.3%1.6%0.5 $22.48 12/31/2020723,800 shares $13.12 million -17.7%2.2%0.6 $18.12Elon Takes Aim at Social Security (Ad)Elon Musk just dropped another bombshell... He revealed his DOGE organization has been taking aim at Social Security, finding what he says is widespread fraud across the agency.>>Here are the NINE stocks everyone will wish they own once Elon moves.<< 12/15/2020879,100 shares $15.81 million -47.7%2.7%0.6 $17.98 11/30/20201,680,000 shares $108.65 million -2.9%N/A0.8 $64.67 11/15/20201,730,000 shares $103.89 million -5.0%2.6%3.1 $60.05 10/30/20201,820,000 shares $99.66 million -6.2%2.7%3.2 $54.76 10/15/20201,940,000 shares $112.52 million -8.1%2.9%2.8 $58.00 9/30/20202,110,000 shares $119.53 million -0.9%3.2%3 $56.65 9/15/20202,130,000 shares $124.33 million +2.9%3.2%2.9 $58.37 8/31/20202,070,000 shares $115.69 million -11.2%3.1%2.7 $55.89 8/14/20202,330,000 shares $136.21 million -2.1%3.5%2.8 $58.46 7/31/20202,380,000 shares $124.19 million -9.9%3.6%2.7 $52.18 7/15/20202,640,000 shares $118.54 million -4.4%4.0%3.2 $44.90 6/30/20202,760,000 shares $128.34 million -0.4%4.1%3.1 $46.50 6/15/20202,770,000 shares $121.71 million -31.6%4.2%2.7 $43.94 5/29/20204,050,000 shares $146.77 million -8.0%6.1%3.4 $36.24 5/15/20204,400,000 shares $141.15 million +2.1%6.6%3.6 $32.08 4/30/20204,310,000 shares $139.34 million +8.3%6.5%3.3 $32.33 4/15/20203,980,000 shares $92.54 million -11.2%6.0%3.1 $23.25 3/31/20204,480,000 shares $115.14 million +11.3%6.8%3.7 $25.70 3/13/20204,024,700 shares $101.58 million +1.6%6.1%4.5 $25.24 2/28/20203,960,000 shares $62.25 million +16.5%6.0%4.5 $15.72 AAN Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Aaron's' current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Aaron's shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of September 15th, traders have sold 3,970,000 shares of AAN short. 13.12% of Aaron's' shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Aaron's' current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for Aaron's? 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. AAN shares currently have a short interest ratio of 5.0. Learn More on Aaron's's short interest ratio. Which institutional investors are shorting Aaron's? As of the most recent reporting period, the following institutional investors, funds, and major shareholders have reported short positions of Aaron's: CSS LLC IL, Group One Trading LLC, Citadel Advisors LLC, and Concourse Financial Group Securities Inc.. These positions are disclosed in Form 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. What is a good short interest percentage for Aaron's? 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. 13.12% of Aaron's' floating shares are currently sold short. Is Aaron's' short interest increasing or decreasing? Aaron's saw a increase in short interest in September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 3,970,000 shares, an increase of 13.4% from the previous total of 3,500,000 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 Aaron's' float size? Aaron's currently has issued a total of 31,522,000 shares. Some of Aaron'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. Aaron's currently has a public float of 30,270,000 shares. How does Aaron's' short interest compare to its competitors? 13.12% of Aaron's' shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies compare to Aaron's: Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc. (9.43%), Kirkland's, Inc. (9.65%), Williams-Sonoma, Inc. (6.65%), RH (11.88%), Custom Truck One Source, Inc. (6.27%), Katapult Holdings, Inc. (5.08%), FlexShopper, Inc. (1.16%), United Rentals, Inc. (2.56%), AerCap Holdings (1.31%), Air Lease Co. (2.58%), 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 Aaron's stock? Short selling AAN is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Aaron's 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 Aaron's? A short squeeze for Aaron's 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 AAN, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Aaron'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 AAN, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is September, 15 2024. More Short Interest Resources from MarketBeat Related Companies HVT Short Squeeze KIRK Short Squeeze WSM Short Squeeze RH Short Squeeze CTOS Short Squeeze KPLT Short Squeeze FPAY Short Squeeze URI Short Squeeze AER Short Squeeze AL Short Squeeze Short Interest Tools Stocks to Short Largest Short Interest Positions Short Interest Increases Short Interest Decreases Short Interest Reporting Dates This page (NYSE:AAN) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersElon’s “New Gold”MIT scientists just developed a brand-new metal… A metal that’s shaping up to be, not only the biggest brea...True Market Insiders | SponsoredCollect $7k per month from Tesla’s SECRET dividendTesla doesn't pay a traditional dividend.... 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