BEST (BEST) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $2.80 +0.01 (+0.18%) Closing price 03/7/2025Extended Trading$2.80 0.00 (0.00%) As of 03/7/2025 07:56 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 AnalysisChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock BEST Short Interest DataBEST (BEST) has a short interest of 27,400 shares, representing 0.24% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a 214.94% increase in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 1.0, indicating that it would take 1.0 days of the average trading volume of 25,228 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest27,400 sharesPrevious Short Interest8,700 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month+214.94%Dollar Volume Sold Short$76,281.60Short Interest Ratio1.0 Days to CoverLast Record DateFebruary 15, 2025Outstanding Shares20,095,000 sharesFloat Size11,510,000 sharesShort Percent of Float0.24%Today's Trading Volume61,416 sharesAverage Trading Volume25,228 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average243% Short Selling BEST? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for BEST and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartBEST Short Interest Over TimeBEST Days to Cover Over TimeBEST Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Remove Ads BEST Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 2/15/202527,400 shares $76,281.60 +214.9%0.2%1 $2.78 1/31/20258,700 shares $23,620.50 -66.4%0.1%0.5 $2.72 1/15/202525,900 shares $69,671.00 -1.5%0.2%1.5 $2.69 12/31/202426,300 shares $69,695.00 -1.5%0.2%1.7 $2.65 12/15/202426,700 shares $71,022.00 -14.2%0.2%1.6 $2.66 11/30/202431,100 shares $82,415.00 -31.5%0.3%2 $2.65 11/15/202445,400 shares $121,672.00 -0.7%0.4%2.9 $2.68 10/31/202445,700 shares $123,847.00 +17.8%0.4%2.3 $2.71 10/15/202438,800 shares $105,730.00 -14.9%0.3%1.8 $2.73 9/30/202445,600 shares $125,172.00 +53.0%0.4%1.8 $2.75 Get the Latest News and Ratings for BEST and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for BEST and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 9/15/202429,800 shares $82,099.00 -1.3%0.3%1 $2.76 8/31/202430,200 shares $82,748.00 -7.4%0.3%0.8 $2.74 8/15/202432,600 shares $88,509.00 -2.1%0.3%0.8 $2.72 7/31/202433,300 shares $91,408.50 -21.3%0.3%0.9 $2.75 7/15/202442,300 shares $115,902.00 -53.9%0.4%1.3 $2.74 6/30/202491,700 shares $252,175.00 +60.3%0.8%3 $2.75 6/15/202457,200 shares $132,704.00 +3.6%0.5%2 $2.32 5/31/202455,200 shares $110,400.00 +12.7%0.4%4.1 $2.00 5/15/202449,000 shares $95,060.00 -2.4%0.4%4 $1.94 4/30/202450,200 shares $105,420.00 +45.1%0.4%4.9 $2.10 4/15/202434,600 shares $71,968.00 -4.7%0.3%3 $2.08 3/31/202436,300 shares $79,860.00 -25.9%0.3%2.7 $2.20 3/15/202449,000 shares $102,900.00 +7.2%0.4%3.1 $2.10 2/29/202445,700 shares $96,427.00 +0.7%0.4%2.6 $2.11 2/15/202445,400 shares $99,653.00 +79.5%0.4%2.2 $2.20 1/31/202425,300 shares $58,949.00 -19.9%0.2%0.8 $2.33 1/15/202431,600 shares $79,948.00 +0.6%0.3%1.1 $2.53 12/31/202331,400 shares $80,117.10 +1.0%0.3%1.1 $2.55 12/15/202331,100 shares $76,817.00 +64.6%0.3%1.2 $2.47 11/30/202318,900 shares $44,982.00 -55.4%0.2%0.8 $2.38 11/15/202342,400 shares $110,240.00 +1.7%0.3%1.8 $2.60 10/31/202341,700 shares $94,450.50 +32.8%0.3%1.9 $2.27 10/15/202331,400 shares $69,708.00 +4.7%0.3%1.6 $2.22 9/30/202330,000 shares $66,600.00 -23.5%0.2%1.2 $2.22 9/15/202339,200 shares $94,080.00 +11.1%0.3%1.1 $2.40 8/31/202335,300 shares $100,605.00 -2.2%0.3%0.9 $2.85 8/15/202336,100 shares $92,416.00 -20.5%0.3%0.9 $2.56 7/31/202345,400 shares $104,874.00 -5.8%0.4%1.1 $2.31 7/15/202348,200 shares $111,342.00 +37.3%0.4%1.3 $2.31 6/30/202335,100 shares $74,763.00 -48.8%0.3%1 $2.13A brutally honest economic warning for 2025 (see proof) (Ad)New York Times best-selling financial author and world-renowned economist Addison Wiggin (a man who’s worked side-by-side with figures like Warren Buffett, Alan Greenspan, Ron Paul, Jim Rickards, and Steve Forbes, to name but a few) says....Full details here. 6/15/202368,500 shares $145,220.00 +12.7%0.6%2 $2.12 5/31/202360,800 shares $170,240.00 +2.4%0.5%1.8 $2.80 5/15/202359,400 shares $165,132.00 -1.2%0.5%1.5 $2.78 4/30/202360,100 shares $179,098.00 +18.8%0.5%1.4 $2.98 4/15/202350,600 shares $134,596.00 -14.8%0.4%1.1 $2.66 3/31/202359,400 shares $187,704.00 -81.3%0.5%1.2 $3.16 3/15/2023316,800 shares $238,296.96 +34.2%0.7%1.6 $0.75 2/28/2023236,000 shares $146,320.00 -0.3%0.5%1.1 $0.62 2/15/2023236,700 shares $171,607.50 -38.0%0.5%1.1 $0.73 1/31/2023382,000 shares $301,780.00 -25.6%0.8%1.7 $0.79 1/15/2023513,600 shares $421,152.00 -6.6%1.1%2.5 $0.82 12/30/2022549,600 shares $302,280.00 -46.6%1.1%2.8 $0.55 12/15/20221,030,000 shares $710,185.00 -2.8%2.1%5.5 $0.69 11/30/20221,060,000 shares $593,706.00 +3.9%2.2%6.5 $0.56 11/15/20221,020,000 shares $714,000.00 -1.0%2.2%7.3 $0.70 10/31/20221,030,000 shares $605,949.00 -3.7%2.1%7.9 $0.59 10/15/20221,070,000 shares $749,000.00 -13.7%2.2%7.7 $0.70 9/30/20221,240,000 shares $855,600.00 +21.6%2.6%8.2 $0.69 9/15/20221,020,000 shares $1.08 million -14.3%2.1%5.9 $1.06 8/31/20221,190,000 shares $1.42 million -18.5%2.5%5.7 $1.19 8/15/20221,460,000 shares $2.18 million -2.7%3.1%3.9 $1.49 7/31/20221,500,000 shares $1.94 million -4.5%3.2%3.8 $1.29 7/15/20221,570,000 shares $2.04 million -22.3%3.3%3.7 $1.30 6/30/20222,020,000 shares $2.38 million +1.5%4.3%4.7 $1.18 6/15/20221,990,000 shares $2.25 million -13.5%4.2%4.4 $1.13 5/31/20222,300,000 shares $2.81 million +78.3%4.9%4.4 $1.22 5/15/20221,290,000 shares $2.23 million -86.4%N/A2.7 $1.73 4/30/20229,500,000 shares $3.92 million +13.6%4.2%5.2 $0.41 4/15/20228,360,000 shares $4.42 million -4.7%3.7%4.4 $0.53 3/31/20228,770,000 shares $5.66 million -17.4%3.8%4.6 $0.65 3/15/202210,620,000 shares $5.42 million +10.3%4.5%5.7 $0.51 2/28/20229,630,000 shares $6.74 million +15.2%4.2%5.8 $0.70 2/15/20228,360,000 shares $9.36 million +4.5%3.6%5 $1.12 1/31/20228,000,000 shares $6.85 million -28.2%3.5%4.1 $0.86 1/15/202211,140,000 shares $10.05 million -4.5%4.8%3 $0.90 12/31/202111,670,000 shares $9.94 million -5.5%5.0%2.8 $0.85 12/15/202112,350,000 shares $11.32 million +22.3%5.3%2.7 $0.92 11/30/202110,100,000 shares $10.50 million -25.7%4.4%1.7 $1.04 11/15/202113,600,000 shares $17.14 million -2.2%5.9%2.2 $1.26 10/29/202113,900,000 shares $22.38 million +2.9%6.0%2.2 $1.61 10/15/202113,510,000 shares $26.34 million -12.2%5.8%2.7 $1.95 9/30/202115,380,000 shares $25.68 million -4.7%6.6%3 $1.67 9/15/202116,140,000 shares $20.66 million -7.4%7.0%2.7 $1.28 8/31/202117,430,000 shares $22.66 million -13.2%7.5%2.8 $1.30 8/13/202120,070,000 shares $21.27 million +19.7%8.7%3.4 $1.06 7/30/202116,770,000 shares $16.94 million -6.1%7.2%2.8 $1.01 7/15/202117,850,000 shares $24.45 million +15.9%7.7%3.3 $1.37 6/30/202115,400,000 shares $27.41 million +12.7%6.7%2.7 $1.78 6/15/202113,670,000 shares $17.22 million +1.7%5.9%3.2 $1.26 5/28/202113,440,000 shares $19.08 million +6.5%5.8%4.6 $1.42A brutally honest economic warning for 2025 (see proof) (Ad)New York Times best-selling financial author and world-renowned economist Addison Wiggin (a man who’s worked side-by-side with figures like Warren Buffett, Alan Greenspan, Ron Paul, Jim Rickards, and Steve Forbes, to name but a few) says....Full details here. 5/14/202112,620,000 shares $14.39 million -3.8%5.4%4.4 $1.14 4/30/202113,120,000 shares $17.58 million +1.8%5.7%4.1 $1.34 4/15/202112,890,000 shares $18.82 million -3.1%5.5%3.8 $1.46 3/31/202113,300,000 shares $24.61 million -7.5%5.6%3.5 $1.85 3/15/202114,380,000 shares $34.37 million +21.0%6.0%3.3 $2.39 2/26/202111,880,000 shares $27.32 million -2.6%5.0%2.6 $2.30 2/12/202112,200,000 shares $33.31 million +2.7%5.1%2.3 $2.73 1/29/202111,880,000 shares $26.61 million +1.7%4.9%2.1 $2.24 1/15/202111,680,000 shares $24.41 million -1.9%4.8%2.1 $2.09 12/31/202011,910,000 shares $25.73 million +10.9%4.9%2.4 $2.16 12/15/202010,740,000 shares $25.35 million -19.1%4.4%2.5 $2.36 11/30/202013,280,000 shares $39.31 million +10.0%5.4%3.7 $2.96 11/15/202012,070,000 shares $38.99 million -7.5%4.9%4.4 $3.23 10/30/202013,050,000 shares $37.19 million -2.5%5.4%6.4 $2.85 10/15/202013,390,000 shares $36.15 million +15.6%5.5%7.6 $2.70 9/30/202011,580,000 shares $34.74 million +10.2%4.7%7.5 $3.00 9/15/202010,510,000 shares $36.89 million -3.0%4.3%7.1 $3.51 8/31/202010,830,000 shares $43.32 million -4.6%4.4%8.2 $4.00 8/14/202011,350,000 shares $49.03 million -5.0%4.7%8.5 $4.32 7/31/202011,950,000 shares $50.31 million +3.9%4.9%10.2 $4.21 7/15/202011,500,000 shares $52.56 million -4.6%4.7%10.4 $4.57 6/30/202012,050,000 shares $51.57 million +18.3%4.9%11 $4.28 6/15/202010,190,000 shares $50.75 million -1.3%4.2%9.1 $4.98 5/29/202010,320,000 shares $50.26 million +3.4%4.2%8.4 $4.87 5/15/20209,980,000 shares $52.40 million -0.7%4.1%7.9 $5.25 4/30/202010,050,000 shares $53.47 million -0.3%4.1%7.7 $5.32 4/15/202010,080,000 shares $53.52 million -3.5%4.1%7.1 $5.31 3/31/202010,450,000 shares $57.48 million -17.4%4.3%6.7 $5.50 BEST Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is BEST's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of BEST shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of February 15th, traders have sold 27,400 shares of BEST short. 0.24% of BEST's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on BEST's current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for BEST? 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. BEST shares currently have a short interest ratio of 1.0. Learn More on BEST's short interest ratio. What is a good short interest percentage for BEST? 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. 0.24% of BEST's floating shares are currently sold short. Is BEST's short interest increasing or decreasing? BEST saw a increase in short interest in February. As of February 15th, there was short interest totaling 27,400 shares, an increase of 214.9% from the previous total of 8,700 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 BEST's float size? BEST currently has issued a total of 20,095,000 shares. Some of BEST'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. BEST currently has a public float of 11,510,000 shares. How does BEST's short interest compare to its competitors? 0.24% of BEST's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "transportation" compare to BEST: Euroseas Ltd. (0.93%), Diana Shipping Inc. (1.49%), KNOT Offshore Partners LP (0.83%), StealthGas Inc. (0.27%), SEACOR Marine Holdings Inc. (5.07%), Dynagas LNG Partners LP (0.29%), Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp. (3.48%), Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. (35.24%), Tuniu Co. (0.13%), Freightos Limited (1.30%), 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 ($25.81 billion), iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF ($10.38 billion), MicroStrategy Incorporated ($7.74 billion), AppLovin Co. ($6.32 billion), Apollo Global Management, Inc. ($5.97 billion), Super Micro Computer, Inc. ($4.89 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.52 billion), Capital One Financial Co. ($3.94 billion), Schlumberger Limited ($3.19 billion), and Reddit, Inc. ($3.01 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short BEST stock? Short selling BEST is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from BEST as its price is falling. BEST shares are trading up $0.01 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 BEST? A short squeeze for BEST 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 BEST, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is BEST'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 BEST, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is February, 15 2025. 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