Citizens Financial Group (CFG) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $36.22 -5.45 (-13.07%) Closing price 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$36.17 -0.05 (-0.12%) As of 07:58 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 ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock Citizens Financial Group Short Interest DataCitizens Financial Group (CFG) has a short interest of 12.16 million shares, representing 2.80% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a 22.83% increase in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 2.8, indicating that it would take 2.8 days of the average trading volume of 4.71 million shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest12,160,000 sharesPrevious Short Interest9,900,000 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month+22.83%Dollar Volume Sold Short$495.09 millionShort Interest Ratio2.8 Days to CoverLast Record DateMarch 15, 2025Outstanding Shares437,134,000 sharesShort Percent of Float2.80%Today's Trading Volume6,960,866 sharesAverage Trading Volume4,708,019 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average148% Short Selling Citizens Financial Group? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for Citizens Financial Group and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartCFG Short Interest Over TimeCFG Days to Cover Over TimeCFG Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Remove Ads Citizens Financial Group Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 3/15/202512,160,000 shares $495.09 million +22.8%2.8%2.8 $40.72 2/28/20259,900,000 shares $452.93 million +7.6%2.3%2.5 $45.75 2/15/20259,200,000 shares $427.11 million -5.4%2.1%2.5 $46.43 1/31/20259,720,000 shares $460.69 million +15.0%N/A2.5 $47.40 1/15/20258,450,000 shares $397.66 million -6.3%N/A2.1 $47.06 12/31/20249,020,000 shares $394.72 million -14.7%N/A2.1 $43.76 12/15/202410,570,000 shares $483.05 million +0.1%N/A2.4 $45.70 11/30/202410,560,000 shares $508.36 million -13.8%N/A2.3 $48.14 11/15/202412,250,000 shares $572.93 million -15.0%N/A2.6 $46.77 10/31/202414,410,000 shares $606.95 million -21.8%N/A2.9 $42.12 Get the Latest News and Ratings for CFG and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Citizens Financial Group and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 10/15/202418,430,000 shares $801.43 million +29.2%N/A3.5 $43.49 9/30/202414,270,000 shares $586.07 million +12.8%N/A2.6 $41.07 9/15/202412,650,000 shares $507.14 million +9.7%N/A2.3 $40.09 8/31/202411,530,000 shares $496.37 million -7.4%N/A2 $43.05 8/15/202412,450,000 shares $505.35 million +6.1%N/A2.3 $40.59 7/31/202411,730,000 shares $500.52 million -2.3%N/A2.2 $42.67 7/15/202412,010,000 shares $464.31 million +29.0%N/A2.4 $38.66 6/30/20249,310,000 shares $335.44 million +17.9%N/A2 $36.03 6/15/20247,900,000 shares $269.15 million -11.3%N/A1.7 $34.07 5/31/20248,910,000 shares $314.43 million -35.7%N/A1.8 $35.29 5/15/202413,860,000 shares $510.60 million +0.4%N/A2.7 $36.84 4/30/202413,810,000 shares $471.06 million -8.5%N/A2.5 $34.11 4/15/202415,090,000 shares $497.82 million -16.5%N/A2.5 $32.99 3/31/202418,070,000 shares $655.76 million -9.7%N/A3 $36.29 3/15/202420,000,000 shares $670 million -5.8%N/A3.5 $33.50 2/29/202421,230,000 shares $666.41 million -8.7%N/A3.6 $31.39 2/15/202423,250,000 shares $738.19 million +15.3%N/A4.1 $31.75 1/31/202420,160,000 shares $659.23 million +7.8%N/A3.6 $32.70 1/15/202418,700,000 shares $591.67 million +0.5%N/A3.4 $31.64 12/31/202318,600,000 shares $616.40 million -4.7%N/A3.4 $33.14 12/15/202319,520,000 shares $655.09 million -13.0%N/A3.5 $33.56 11/30/202322,440,000 shares $611.49 million -7.7%N/A4.1 $27.25 11/15/202324,320,000 shares $664.42 million +9.7%N/A4.5 $27.32 10/31/202322,170,000 shares $519.22 million -13.7%N/A4.1 $23.42 10/15/202325,680,000 shares $660.23 million -11.8%N/A4.7 $25.71 9/30/202329,110,000 shares $780.15 million +1.3%N/A5.2 $26.80 9/15/202328,750,000 shares $803.85 million -0.1%N/A5 $27.96 8/31/202328,770,000 shares $809.30 million -3.1%N/A4.7 $28.13 8/15/202329,680,000 shares $839.65 million +13.5%N/A4.6 $28.29 7/31/202326,150,000 shares $843.60 million -7.2%N/A3.8 $32.26Your Retirement Is Caught in the Crossfire (Ad)When Trump took office in 2017, gold was just $1,100 an ounce. 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You've hopefully already seen this in action… but gold is surpassing $3,000 per ounce for the first time EVER.Go Here to Learn What's Happening and How to Prepare >> 6/15/20216,020,000 shares $287.27 million -3.5%1.4%1.4 $47.72 5/28/20216,240,000 shares $311.38 million -9.3%1.5%1.3 $49.90 5/14/20216,880,000 shares $340.42 million +2.8%1.6%1.3 $49.48 4/30/20216,690,000 shares $314.63 million -20.5%1.6%1.2 $47.03 4/15/20218,410,000 shares $382.82 million +1.0%2.0%1.5 $45.52 3/31/20218,330,000 shares $373.02 million +14.6%2.0%1.5 $44.78 3/15/20217,270,000 shares $330.64 million -10.1%1.7%1.4 $45.48 2/26/20218,090,000 shares $357.58 million +16.1%1.9%1.9 $44.20 2/12/20216,970,000 shares $278.59 million +2.1%1.6%1.9 $39.97 1/29/20216,830,000 shares $254.14 million +23.7%1.6%1.8 $37.21 1/15/20215,520,000 shares $228.80 million -15.2%1.3%1.4 $41.45 12/31/20206,510,000 shares $230.45 million -20.2%1.5%1.6 $35.40 12/15/20208,160,000 shares $282.50 million -3.8%1.9%2 $34.62 11/30/20208,480,000 shares $289.51 million -6.2%2.0%1.7 $34.14 11/15/20209,040,000 shares $287.02 million +36.1%2.1%1.7 $31.75 10/30/20206,640,000 shares $177.35 million -21.3%1.6%1.2 $26.71 10/15/20208,440,000 shares $232.78 million -6.4%2.0%1.6 $27.58 9/30/20209,020,000 shares $228.03 million -27.3%2.1%1.7 $25.28 9/15/202012,400,000 shares $330.96 million +68.9%2.9%2.2 $26.69 8/31/20207,340,000 shares $189.89 million +12.6%1.7%1.3 $25.87 8/14/20206,520,000 shares $168.87 million +13.0%1.5%1.2 $25.90 7/31/20205,770,000 shares $143.15 million -14.4%1.4%1 $24.81 7/15/20206,740,000 shares $161.02 million -17.3%1.6%1.1 $23.89 6/30/20208,150,000 shares $191.77 million No Change1.9%1.3 $23.53 6/15/20208,150,000 shares $217.20 million -13.9%1.9%1.2 $26.65 5/29/20209,460,000 shares $227.99 million +2.3%2.2%1.3 $24.10 5/15/20209,250,000 shares $184.26 million +15.1%2.2%1.2 $19.92 4/30/20208,040,000 shares $180.02 million -4.6%1.9%1.2 $22.39 4/15/20208,430,000 shares $156.63 million +8.6%2.0%1.2 $18.58 CFG Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Citizens Financial Group's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Citizens Financial Group shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of March 15th, investors have sold 12,160,000 shares of CFG short. 2.80% of Citizens Financial Group's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Citizens Financial Group's current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for Citizens Financial Group? 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. CFG shares currently have a short interest ratio of 3.0. Learn More on Citizens Financial Group's short interest ratio. Which institutional investors are shorting Citizens Financial Group? As of the most recent reporting period, the following institutional investors, funds, and major shareholders have reported short positions of Citizens Financial Group: Wolverine Trading LLC, Squarepoint Ops LLC, Maven Securities LTD, Millennium Management LLC, Interval Partners LP, Invenomic Capital Management LP, Group One Trading LLC, D. E. Shaw & Co. Inc., Capstone Investment Advisors LLC, Citadel Advisors LLC, Jane Street Group LLC, Tudor Investment Corp ET AL, Parallax Volatility Advisers L.P., Susquehanna International Group LLP, Concourse Financial Group Securities Inc., PEAK6 LLC, Walleye Trading LLC, Walleye Capital LLC, Capital Fund Management S.A., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Simplex Trading LLC, IMC Chicago LLC, CenterStar Asset Management LLC, and Caas Capital Management LP. These positions are disclosed in Form 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. What is a good short interest percentage for Citizens Financial Group? 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. 2.80% of Citizens Financial Group's floating shares are currently sold short. Is Citizens Financial Group's short interest increasing or decreasing? Citizens Financial Group saw a increase in short interest in the month of March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totaling 12,160,000 shares, an increase of 22.8% from the previous total of 9,900,000 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 Citizens Financial Group's short interest compare to its competitors? 2.80% of Citizens Financial Group's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "banking" compare to Citizens Financial Group: Bank of Montreal (1.03%), ING Groep (0.18%), Itaú Unibanco Holding S.A. (1.12%), The Bank of Nova Scotia (2.86%), Lloyds Banking Group plc (0.14%), Barclays PLC (0.68%), Nu Holdings Ltd. (5.37%), Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (3.97%), Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft (0.47%), NatWest Group plc (0.10%), 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 ($26.28 billion), iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF ($9.53 billion), MicroStrategy Incorporated ($8.50 billion), Apollo Global Management, Inc. ($4.86 billion), Super Micro Computer, Inc. ($4.85 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.28 billion), Capital One Financial Co. ($4.08 billion), AppLovin Co. ($3.82 billion), Canadian Natural Resources Limited ($3.78 billion), and Schlumberger Limited ($2.87 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short Citizens Financial Group stock? Short selling CFG is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Citizens Financial Group as its price is falling. CFG shares are trading down $5.45 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 Citizens Financial Group? A short squeeze for Citizens Financial Group 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 CFG, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Citizens Financial Group'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 CFG, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is March, 15 2025. 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