Accel Entertainment (ACEL) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $11.03 +0.07 (+0.64%) As of 03:59 PM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrendsBuy This Stock Accel Entertainment Short Interest DataAccel Entertainment (ACEL) has a short interest of 1.22 million shares, representing 2.39% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a 18.45% increase in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 3.3, indicating that it would take 3.3 days of the average trading volume of 280,896 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest1,220,000 sharesPrevious Short Interest1,030,000 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month+18.45%Dollar Volume Sold Short$12.12 millionShort Interest Ratio3.3 Days to CoverLast Record DateMarch 31, 2025Outstanding Shares85,561,000 sharesFloat Size50,990,000 sharesShort Percent of Float2.39%Today's Trading Volume574,587 sharesAverage Trading Volume280,896 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average205% Short Selling Accel Entertainment? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for Accel Entertainment and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartACEL Short Interest Over TimeACEL Days to Cover Over TimeACEL Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Remove Ads Accel Entertainment Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 3/31/20251,220,000 shares $12.12 million +18.5%2.4%3.3 $9.94 3/15/20251,030,000 shares $10.11 million +28.9%2.0%3.3 $9.82 2/28/2025799,400 shares $8.63 million -13.4%1.6%2.6 $10.80 2/15/2025922,900 shares $11.28 million +14.5%1.9%3.2 $12.23 1/31/2025806,100 shares $9.08 million -10.8%1.6%3 $11.26 1/15/2025903,600 shares $9.63 million +0.4%1.8%3.7 $10.66 12/31/2024900,000 shares $9.61 million -0.9%1.8%4 $10.68 12/15/2024907,900 shares $10.69 million +9.8%1.9%4.2 $11.77 11/30/2024827,100 shares $9.56 million -7.4%1.7%4 $11.56 11/15/2024893,600 shares $10.32 million -8.9%1.8%4.5 $11.55 Get the Latest News and Ratings for ACEL and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Accel Entertainment and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 10/31/2024980,900 shares $10.83 million -11.6%2.0%5.2 $11.04 10/15/20241,110,000 shares $12.86 million -5.9%2.3%5.6 $11.59 9/30/20241,180,000 shares $13.71 million -8.5%2.4%5.6 $11.62 9/15/20241,290,000 shares $15.03 million +12.2%2.6%5.9 $11.65 8/31/20241,150,000 shares $13.41 million -3.4%2.3%5.1 $11.66 8/15/20241,190,000 shares $13.11 million -7.0%2.4%5.4 $11.02 7/31/20241,280,000 shares $15.62 million -4.5%2.6%4.5 $12.20 7/15/20241,340,000 shares $14.03 million +6.4%2.7%4.8 $10.47 6/30/20241,260,000 shares $12.93 million -3.1%2.5%4.5 $10.26 6/15/20241,300,000 shares $12.92 million +12.1%2.6%4.5 $9.94 5/31/20241,160,000 shares $11.50 million -11.5%2.3%3.9 $9.91 5/15/20241,310,000 shares $12.89 million -5.1%2.6%4.2 $9.84 4/30/20241,380,000 shares $14.83 million -9.2%2.5%5.3 $10.75 4/15/20241,520,000 shares $16.60 million -3.8%2.7%6.1 $10.92 3/31/20241,580,000 shares $18.63 million -23.7%2.8%6.1 $11.79 3/15/20242,070,000 shares $23.47 million -9.2%3.7%8 $11.34 2/29/20242,280,000 shares $25.83 million No Change4.1%8.7 $11.33 2/15/20242,280,000 shares $23.86 million -2.6%4.0%8.2 $10.47 1/31/20242,340,000 shares $24.03 million +55.0%4.1%7.8 $10.27 1/15/20241,510,000 shares $14.95 million -2.6%2.7%5 $9.90 12/31/20231,550,000 shares $15.92 million +42.2%2.8%5.1 $10.27 12/15/20231,090,000 shares $10.85 million +6.9%1.9%3.5 $9.96 11/30/20231,020,000 shares $10.34 million -14.3%1.8%3.2 $10.14 11/15/20231,190,000 shares $12.90 million +10.2%2.1%3.7 $10.84 10/31/20231,080,000 shares $10.64 million +22.0%1.9%3.6 $9.86 10/15/2023885,600 shares $9.05 million -5.0%1.6%2.9 $10.22 9/30/2023932,500 shares $10.21 million -2.4%1.7%3 $10.95 9/15/2023955,300 shares $10.28 million -18.4%1.7%3.1 $10.76 8/31/20231,170,000 shares $13.90 million +40.5%2.1%3.7 $11.88 8/15/2023832,500 shares $9.18 million +4.4%1.5%2.8 $11.03Trump’s treachery (Ad)Trump’s Final Reset Inside the shocking plot to re-engineer America’s financial system…and why you need to move your money now.Millions of Americans are about to be wiped out, while others could make a fortune… click here to ma 7/31/2023797,100 shares $9.09 million -1.8%1.4%2.7 $11.41 7/15/2023811,800 shares $8.81 million -47.6%1.4%2.8 $10.85 6/30/20231,550,000 shares $16.35 million +73.5%2.8%5.6 $10.55 6/15/2023893,400 shares $8.76 million -6.5%1.5%3.3 $9.81 5/31/2023955,400 shares $8.92 million -0.9%1.6%3.8 $9.34 5/15/2023964,100 shares $9.09 million +4.2%1.7%4.4 $9.43 4/30/2023925,500 shares $8.19 million +0.1%1.6%4.3 $8.85 4/15/2023924,400 shares $8.34 million -8.5%1.6%4.6 $9.02 3/31/20231,010,000 shares $9.20 million -19.2%1.8%5.2 $9.11 3/15/20231,250,000 shares $11.09 million -17.2%2.2%6.7 $8.87 2/28/20231,510,000 shares $13.82 million -2.6%2.6%8.1 $9.15 2/15/20231,550,000 shares $14.90 million -8.8%2.7%7.4 $9.61 1/31/20231,700,000 shares $15.67 million -1.7%2.9%7.8 $9.22 1/15/20231,730,000 shares $15.35 million -2.8%3.0%7.7 $8.87 12/30/20221,780,000 shares $13.71 million -2.2%3.1%7.6 $7.70 12/15/20221,820,000 shares $14.20 million -8.1%3.1%6.8 $7.80 11/30/20221,980,000 shares $16.93 million -4.4%3.4%7.3 $8.55 11/15/20222,070,000 shares $18.71 million -5.1%3.5%7.9 $9.04 10/31/20222,180,000 shares $21.41 million -6.4%3.6%7.9 $9.82 10/15/20222,330,000 shares $19.57 million +2.2%3.8%8.5 $8.40 9/30/20222,280,000 shares $17.81 million -0.4%3.8%8.5 $7.81 9/15/20222,290,000 shares $21.00 million +8.5%3.8%9.1 $9.17 8/31/20222,110,000 shares $19.86 million -2.8%3.4%9 $9.41 8/15/20222,170,000 shares $23.02 million +7.4%3.5%9.9 $10.61 7/31/20222,020,000 shares $24.36 million -1.0%3.2%9.3 $12.06 7/15/20222,040,000 shares $22.89 million +1.0%3.3%9.2 $11.22 6/30/20222,020,000 shares $21.45 million -3.8%3.2%9.3 $10.62 6/15/20222,100,000 shares $21.86 million +2.4%3.4%9.9 $10.41 5/31/20222,050,000 shares $22.20 million +1.0%3.3%9.3 $10.83 5/15/20222,030,000 shares $22.23 million +20.1%3.2%9.3 $10.95 4/30/20221,690,000 shares $19.99 million +3.1%2.7%7.8 $11.83 4/15/20221,640,000 shares $20.58 million -4.7%2.6%7.6 $12.55 3/31/20221,720,000 shares $20.95 million -3.9%2.6%7.4 $12.18 3/15/20221,790,000 shares $23.34 million +14.0%2.8%7.3 $13.04 2/28/20221,570,000 shares $20.55 million -1.9%2.4%6.3 $13.09 2/15/20221,600,000 shares $21.26 million No Change2.4%6.3 $13.29 1/31/20221,600,000 shares $20.18 million +6.0%2.4%6.3 $12.61 1/15/20221,510,000 shares $18.50 million -1.3%2.3%5.6 $12.25 12/31/20211,530,000 shares $19.92 million -3.8%2.3%6.2 $13.02 12/15/20211,590,000 shares $20.40 million No Change2.4%7 $12.83 11/30/20211,590,000 shares $20.24 million -2.5%2.4%7.5 $12.73 11/15/20211,630,000 shares $20.93 million -13.8%2.5%8.5 $12.84 10/29/20211,890,000 shares $23.02 million -2.6%2.9%10.2 $12.18 10/15/20211,940,000 shares $23.57 million +3.2%3.0%13 $12.15 9/30/20211,880,000 shares $22.82 million -7.4%2.9%11.7 $12.14 9/15/20212,030,000 shares $23.20 million +9.7%3.2%11.8 $11.43 8/31/20211,850,000 shares $21.31 million -1.6%2.9%9.6 $11.52 8/13/20211,880,000 shares $20.85 million +0.5%3.0%9.4 $11.09 7/30/20211,870,000 shares $20.68 million -2.6%2.9%8.5 $11.06 7/15/20211,920,000 shares $21.87 million -1.0%3.0%8.1 $11.39Trump’s treachery (Ad)Trump’s Final Reset Inside the shocking plot to re-engineer America’s financial system…and why you need to move your money now.Millions of Americans are about to be wiped out, while others could make a fortune… click here to ma 6/30/20211,940,000 shares $23.03 million -11.0%3.1%8.1 $11.87 6/15/20212,180,000 shares $26.49 million -13.8%3.4%9.3 $12.15 5/28/20212,530,000 shares $33.19 million -7.3%4.0%10.6 $13.12 5/14/20212,730,000 shares $34.02 million -4.6%4.3%10.8 $12.46 4/30/20212,860,000 shares $37.38 million -6.2%4.5%11.8 $13.07 4/15/20213,050,000 shares $35.04 million +0.7%4.8%13.2 $11.49 3/31/20213,030,000 shares $32.48 million +8.6%4.8%13 $10.72 3/15/20212,790,000 shares $34.07 million No Change4.8%9.4 $12.21 2/26/20212,790,000 shares $29.74 million +0.4%4.8%8.9 $10.66 2/12/20212,780,000 shares $30.02 million -1.8%4.8%8.1 $10.80 1/29/20212,830,000 shares $28.38 million -4.4%5.3%7.7 $10.03 1/15/20212,960,000 shares $32.00 million +0.3%5.6%7.9 $10.81 12/31/20202,950,000 shares $30.06 million +20.9%5.5%7.9 $10.19 12/15/20202,440,000 shares $23.38 million +4.7%4.6%5.8 $9.58 11/30/20202,330,000 shares $25.44 million +1.8%4.4%5.9 $10.92 11/15/20202,290,000 shares $25.05 million +12.8%4.4%6 $10.94 10/30/20202,030,000 shares $19.79 million +1.0%3.7%4.9 $9.75 10/15/20202,010,000 shares $21.63 million -2.4%3.7%4.7 $10.76 9/30/20202,060,000 shares $22.06 million -15.9%4.1%4.4 $10.71 9/15/20202,450,000 shares $35.65 million -3.5%5.3%4.5 $14.55 ACEL Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Accel Entertainment's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Accel Entertainment shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of March 31st, traders have sold 1,220,000 shares of ACEL short. 2.39% of Accel Entertainment's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Accel Entertainment's current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for Accel Entertainment? 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. ACEL shares currently have a short interest ratio of 3.0. Learn More on Accel Entertainment's short interest ratio. Which institutional investors are shorting Accel Entertainment? As of the most recent reporting period, the following institutional investors, funds, and major shareholders have reported short positions of Accel Entertainment: 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 Accel Entertainment? 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. 2.39% of Accel Entertainment's floating shares are currently sold short. Is Accel Entertainment's short interest increasing or decreasing? Accel Entertainment saw a increase in short interest during the month of March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 1,220,000 shares, an increase of 18.4% from the previous total of 1,030,000 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 Accel Entertainment's float size? Accel Entertainment currently has issued a total of 85,561,000 shares. Some of Accel Entertainment'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. Accel Entertainment currently has a public float of 50,990,000 shares. How does Accel Entertainment's short interest compare to its competitors? 2.39% of Accel Entertainment's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "entertainment" compare to Accel Entertainment: Super Group Limited (1.60%), Cedar Fair, L.P. (9.28%), Atlanta Braves Holdings, Inc. (4.30%), Rush Street Interactive, Inc. (8.48%), United Parks & Resorts Inc. (10.35%), Manchester United plc (5.93%), Genius Sports Limited (13.81%), Atlanta Braves Holdings, Inc. (3.96%), iQIYI, Inc. (11.30%), OneSpaWorld Holdings Limited (3.77%), 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 Accel Entertainment stock? Short selling ACEL is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Accel Entertainment as its price is falling. ACEL shares are trading up $0.07 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 Accel Entertainment? A short squeeze for Accel Entertainment 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 ACEL, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Accel Entertainment'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 ACEL, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is March, 31 2025. 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