e.l.f. Beauty (ELF) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $54.88 -13.01 (-19.17%) Closing price 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$55.05 +0.17 (+0.32%) As of 06:35 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 ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrendsBuy This Stock e.l.f. Beauty Short Interest Datae.l.f. Beauty (ELF) has a short interest of 7.23 million shares, representing 13.28% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a -5.12% decrease in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 2.7, indicating that it would take 2.7 days of the average trading volume of 2.29 million shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest7,230,000 sharesPrevious Short Interest7,620,000 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month-5.12%Dollar Volume Sold Short$494.74 millionShort Interest Ratio2.7 Days to CoverLast Record DateMarch 15, 2025Outstanding Shares56,399,000 sharesShort Percent of Float13.28%Today's Trading Volume6,354,678 sharesAverage Trading Volume2,285,546 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average278% Short Selling e.l.f. Beauty? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for e.l.f. Beauty and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartELF Short Interest Over TimeELF Days to Cover Over TimeELF Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Remove Ads e.l.f. Beauty Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 3/15/20257,230,000 shares $494.74 million -5.1%13.3%2.7 $68.43 2/28/20257,620,000 shares $535.46 million +2.0%14.0%2.9 $70.27 2/15/20257,470,000 shares $545.12 million +29.5%13.7%2.8 $72.97 1/31/20255,770,000 shares $577.38 million -12.8%N/A2 $100.07 1/15/20256,620,000 shares $853.38 million +10.5%N/A3 $128.91 12/31/20245,990,000 shares $752.04 million +2.6%N/A2.7 $125.55 12/15/20245,840,000 shares $821.28 million -8.2%N/A2.4 $140.63 11/30/20246,360,000 shares $823.75 million +14.8%N/A2.4 $129.52 11/15/20245,540,000 shares $671.84 million +12.6%N/A2 $121.27 10/31/20244,920,000 shares $518.08 million +9.8%N/A1.9 $105.30 Get the Latest News and Ratings for ELF and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for e.l.f. Beauty and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 10/15/20244,480,000 shares $492.53 million -3.5%N/A1.9 $109.94 9/30/20244,640,000 shares $505.53 million -0.2%N/A2.1 $108.95 9/15/20244,650,000 shares $542.33 million +19.5%N/A2.2 $116.63 8/31/20243,890,000 shares $582.68 million +9.3%N/A2 $149.79 8/15/20243,560,000 shares $554.01 million +50.9%N/A1.9 $155.62 7/31/20242,360,000 shares $407.55 million +5.4%N/A1.5 $172.69 7/15/20242,240,000 shares $434.67 million -28.4%N/A1.4 $194.05 6/30/20243,130,000 shares $659.55 million -9.3%N/A2 $210.72 6/15/20243,450,000 shares $664.57 million -8.0%N/A2.2 $192.63 5/31/20243,750,000 shares $700.65 million -13.6%N/A2.4 $186.84 5/15/20244,340,000 shares $730.94 million +11.9%N/A2.7 $168.42 4/30/20243,880,000 shares $630.77 million +15.1%N/A2.5 $162.57 4/15/20243,370,000 shares $550.66 million +22.6%N/A2.3 $163.40 3/31/20242,750,000 shares $539.08 million +2.2%N/A1.8 $196.03 3/15/20242,690,000 shares $536.12 million -10.0%N/A1.9 $199.30 2/29/20242,990,000 shares $623.15 million +4.6%N/A2.1 $208.41 2/15/20242,860,000 shares $501.27 million -3.7%N/A2 $175.27 1/31/20242,970,000 shares $473.92 million -8.3%N/A2 $159.57 1/15/20243,240,000 shares $510.66 million No ChangeN/A2 $157.61 12/31/20233,240,000 shares $467.66 million -16.1%N/A2.3 $144.34 12/15/20233,860,000 shares $557.23 million +12.9%N/A2.6 $144.36 11/30/20233,420,000 shares $403.88 million -11.4%N/A2.2 $118.10 11/15/20233,860,000 shares $436.95 million +55.7%N/A2.6 $113.20 10/31/20232,480,000 shares $229.80 million +17.0%N/A1.7 $92.66 10/15/20232,120,000 shares $214.95 million -16.2%N/A1.6 $101.39 9/30/20232,530,000 shares $277.87 million +10.0%N/A2 $109.83 9/15/20232,300,000 shares $289.27 million +1.8%N/A1.9 $125.77 8/31/20232,260,000 shares $313.48 million +12.4%N/A2.1 $138.71 8/15/20232,010,000 shares $266.10 million +14.2%3.9%1.7 $132.39 7/31/20231,760,000 shares $205.55 million +2.9%3.4%1.6 $116.79Trump to unlock 15-figure fortune for America (May 3rd) ? 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And those who know what to expect could make 7/15/20231,710,000 shares $197.68 million +3.0%3.3%1.7 $115.60 6/30/20231,660,000 shares $189.62 million +5.7%3.3%1.6 $114.23 6/15/20231,570,000 shares $164.99 million +6.1%3.1%1.6 $105.09 5/31/20231,480,000 shares $153.95 million -14.0%2.9%1.5 $104.02 5/15/20231,720,000 shares $157.48 million -13.6%3.4%1.9 $91.56 4/30/20231,990,000 shares $184.59 million +15.0%4.0%2.2 $92.76 4/15/20231,730,000 shares $155.94 million +2.4%3.4%1.9 $90.14 3/31/20231,690,000 shares $139.17 million -11.5%3.4%1.8 $82.35 3/15/20231,910,000 shares $140.06 million +13.7%3.8%2.1 $73.33 2/28/20231,680,000 shares $125.58 million +15.9%3.4%2 $74.75 2/15/20231,450,000 shares $108.21 million +13.3%2.9%1.9 $74.63 1/31/20231,280,000 shares $73.66 million -6.6%2.6%1.6 $57.55 1/15/20231,370,000 shares $72.27 million -13.8%2.8%1.8 $52.75 12/30/20221,590,000 shares $87.93 million +3.9%3.2%2.2 $55.30 12/15/20221,530,000 shares $84.92 million -9.5%3.1%2.3 $55.50 11/30/20221,690,000 shares $92.88 million -22.1%3.4%2.5 $54.96 11/15/20222,170,000 shares $112.30 million No Change4.4%3.2 $51.75 10/31/20222,170,000 shares $93.87 million -7.7%4.4%3.2 $43.26 10/15/20222,350,000 shares $92.54 million -4.1%4.8%3.6 $39.38 9/30/20222,450,000 shares $92.17 million +6.5%5.0%4 $37.62 9/15/20222,300,000 shares $92.92 million +22.3%4.7%3.5 $40.40 8/31/20221,880,000 shares $71.68 million -21.0%3.8%2.9 $38.13 8/15/20222,380,000 shares $90.27 million -5.6%4.8%3.6 $37.93 7/31/20222,520,000 shares $84.50 million -2.0%5.1%3.9 $33.53 7/15/20222,570,000 shares $81.73 million +18.4%5.2%4.4 $31.80 6/30/20222,170,000 shares $66.58 million -5.2%4.4%3.9 $30.68 6/15/20222,290,000 shares $60.30 million +16.8%4.7%4.6 $26.33 5/31/20221,960,000 shares $52.18 million +28.1%4.0%4.1 $26.62 5/15/20221,530,000 shares $36.29 million -0.7%3.1%3.6 $23.72 4/30/20221,540,000 shares $37.47 million -3.1%3.2%3.7 $24.33 4/15/20221,590,000 shares $40.70 million -1.2%3.3%3.4 $25.60 3/31/20221,610,000 shares $41.59 million -4.2%3.3%3.4 $25.83 3/15/20221,680,000 shares $40.20 million +1.8%3.5%3.6 $23.93 2/28/20221,650,000 shares $43.61 million +0.6%3.4%3.4 $26.43 2/15/20221,640,000 shares $44.82 million -4.7%3.4%3.5 $27.33 1/31/20221,720,000 shares $50.84 million +15.4%3.6%3.8 $29.56 1/15/20221,490,000 shares $44.25 million -18.1%3.1%3.3 $29.70 12/31/20211,820,000 shares $60.44 million -5.2%3.8%4.3 $33.21 12/15/20211,920,000 shares $59.98 million -1.5%4.0%4.4 $31.24 11/30/20211,950,000 shares $58.73 million -9.7%4.0%4.2 $30.12 11/15/20212,160,000 shares $68.32 million -23.7%4.5%4.7 $31.63 10/29/20212,830,000 shares $91.44 million -9.3%5.9%6 $32.31 10/15/20213,120,000 shares $90.85 million +2.0%6.5%7 $29.12 9/30/20213,060,000 shares $88.89 million +30.2%6.4%6.7 $29.05 9/15/20212,350,000 shares $71.13 million +4.0%4.9%5 $30.27 8/31/20212,260,000 shares $69.95 million -7.0%4.7%5.4 $30.95 8/13/20212,430,000 shares $72.71 million +0.8%5.1%5.4 $29.92 7/30/20212,410,000 shares $66.54 million -0.4%5.0%5.2 $27.61 7/15/20212,420,000 shares $62.70 million +4.3%5.0%5.2 $25.91 6/30/20212,320,000 shares $62.96 million -5.3%4.9%4.8 $27.14Trump to unlock 15-figure fortune for America (May 3rd) ? 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And those who know what to expect could make 6/15/20212,450,000 shares $70.07 million +8.9%5.2%5.1 $28.60 5/28/20212,250,000 shares $63 million -7.4%4.8%4.2 $28.00 5/14/20212,430,000 shares $67.72 million -12.0%5.2%4.2 $27.87 4/30/20212,760,000 shares $83.60 million +7.8%5.9%4.6 $30.29 4/15/20212,560,000 shares $74.42 million +0.8%5.5%3.7 $29.07 3/31/20212,540,000 shares $68.68 million -14.8%5.4%3.3 $27.04 3/15/20212,980,000 shares $85.26 million -6.0%6.4%3 $28.61 2/26/20213,170,000 shares $79.95 million -3.1%6.8%3.3 $25.22 2/12/20213,270,000 shares $76.13 million -3.5%7.1%3.7 $23.28 1/29/20213,390,000 shares $74.61 million -14.6%7.4%3.6 $22.01 1/15/20213,970,000 shares $94.25 million +24.8%8.7%4.4 $23.74 12/31/20203,180,000 shares $74.57 million +29.8%6.9%3.7 $23.45 12/15/20202,450,000 shares $51.87 million +2.5%5.4%3.7 $21.17 11/30/20202,390,000 shares $51.67 million -10.5%5.3%3.2 $21.62 11/15/20202,670,000 shares $57.00 million +44.3%5.9%3.5 $21.35 10/30/20201,850,000 shares $37.63 million -5.1%4.3%2.5 $20.34 10/15/20201,950,000 shares $41.67 million -40.2%4.6%2.7 $21.37 9/30/20203,260,000 shares $59.89 million +22.6%7.6%4.5 $18.37 9/15/20202,660,000 shares $47.24 million -1.5%6.2%3.3 $17.76 8/31/20202,700,000 shares $52.73 million -11.5%6.3%3.6 $19.53 8/14/20203,050,000 shares $61.55 million -6.7%7.1%3.7 $20.18 7/31/20203,270,000 shares $58.40 million +6.2%8.0%3.7 $17.86 7/15/20203,080,000 shares $59.07 million +11.6%7.6%3.5 $19.18 6/30/20202,760,000 shares $51.72 million +9.1%7.5%3 $18.74 6/15/20202,530,000 shares $42.76 million -11.9%6.9%2.9 $16.90 5/29/20202,870,000 shares $47.56 million +10.4%7.8%2.9 $16.57 5/15/20202,600,000 shares $33.88 million +1.6%7.0%2.5 $13.03 4/30/20202,560,000 shares $33.72 million -2.3%6.9%2.5 $13.17 4/15/20202,620,000 shares $27.82 million +9.2%7.1%2.5 $10.62 ELF Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is e.l.f. Beauty's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of e.l.f. Beauty shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of March 15th, investors have sold 7,230,000 shares of ELF short. 13.28% of e.l.f. Beauty's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on e.l.f. Beauty's current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for e.l.f. Beauty? 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. ELF shares currently have a short interest ratio of 3.0. Learn More on e.l.f. Beauty's short interest ratio. Which institutional investors are shorting e.l.f. Beauty? As of the most recent reporting period, the following institutional investors, funds, and major shareholders have reported short positions of e.l.f. Beauty: Wolverine Trading LLC, Squarepoint Ops LLC, Tidal Investments LLC, Millennium Management LLC, Group One Trading LLC, D. E. Shaw & Co. Inc., Cubist Systematic Strategies LLC, Citadel Advisors LLC, Balyasny Asset Management L.P., Jane Street Group LLC, Tudor Investment Corp ET AL, Parallax Volatility Advisers L.P., Arvin Capital Management LP, Susquehanna International Group LLP, Concourse Financial Group Securities Inc., PEAK6 LLC, Walleye Trading LLC, Walleye Capital LLC, Barclays PLC, Capital Fund Management S.A., National Bank of Canada FI, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Twin Tree Management LP, HighTower Advisors LLC, IMC Chicago 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 e.l.f. Beauty? 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. 13.28% of e.l.f. Beauty's floating shares are currently sold short. Is e.l.f. Beauty's short interest increasing or decreasing? e.l.f. Beauty saw a decline in short interest in March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totaling 7,230,000 shares, a decline of 5.1% from the previous total of 7,620,000 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 e.l.f. Beauty's short interest compare to its competitors? 13.28% of e.l.f. Beauty's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies compare to e.l.f. Beauty: SharkNinja, Inc. (4.35%), Coty Inc. (4.56%), Oddity Tech Ltd. (8.85%), MasterBrand, Inc. (3.34%), Compass Diversified (0.69%), IMAX Co. (10.93%), Fox Factory Holding Corp. (4.95%), Olaplex Holdings, Inc. (10.72%), Ethan Allen Interiors Inc. (12.84%), Eastman Kodak (10.81%), 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 e.l.f. Beauty stock? Short selling ELF is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from e.l.f. Beauty as its price is falling. ELF shares are trading down $13.01 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 e.l.f. Beauty? A short squeeze for e.l.f. Beauty 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 ELF, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is e.l.f. Beauty'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 ELF, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is March, 15 2025. 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