Fresenius Medical Care (FMS) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $24.54 +0.23 (+0.95%) As of 12:12 PM Eastern This is a fair market value price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock Fresenius Medical Care Short Interest DataFresenius Medical Care (FMS) has a short interest of 678,400 shares, representing 0.12% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a 11.63% increase in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 2.5, indicating that it would take 2.5 days of the average trading volume of 310,228 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest678,400 sharesPrevious Short Interest607,700 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month+11.63%Dollar Volume Sold Short$16.42 millionShort Interest Ratio2.5 Days to CoverLast Record DateFebruary 28, 2025Outstanding Shares586,827,000 sharesShort Percent of Float0.12%Today's Trading Volume46,507 sharesAverage Trading Volume310,228 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average15% Short Selling Fresenius Medical Care? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for Fresenius Medical Care and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartFMS Short Interest Over TimeFMS Days to Cover Over TimeFMS Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Remove Ads Fresenius Medical Care Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 2/28/2025678,400 shares $16.42 million +11.6%0.1%2.5 $24.21 2/15/2025607,700 shares $14.25 million -24.5%0.1%2.4 $23.46 1/31/2025804,400 shares $20.02 million -0.1%N/A3.3 $24.89 1/15/2025805,400 shares $18.36 million 0.0%N/A3 $22.80 12/31/2024805,700 shares $18.24 million -0.4%N/A3.1 $22.64 12/15/2024808,800 shares $19.13 million -5.1%N/A3 $23.65 11/30/2024852,500 shares $18.77 million -6.4%N/A3.1 $22.02 11/15/2024910,900 shares $20.20 million -10.7%N/A3.2 $22.18 10/31/20241,020,000 shares $19.93 million +39.7%N/A3.6 $19.54 10/15/2024730,200 shares $14.60 million +6.9%N/A2.5 $20.00 Get the Latest News and Ratings for FMS and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Fresenius Medical Care and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 9/30/2024683,300 shares $14.54 million -8.6%N/A2.2 $21.29 9/15/2024747,500 shares $15.76 million +1.5%N/A2.4 $21.09 8/31/2024736,200 shares $14.27 million +16.3%N/A2.3 $19.39 8/15/2024632,800 shares $11.82 million -26.0%N/A1.9 $18.68 7/31/2024855,500 shares $16.50 million -31.6%N/A2.3 $19.29 7/15/20241,250,000 shares $24.31 million +16.8%N/A3.4 $19.45 6/30/20241,070,000 shares $20.43 million -13.0%N/A2.8 $19.09 6/15/20241,230,000 shares $25.36 million -29.3%N/A3.1 $20.62 5/31/20241,740,000 shares $37.02 million +76.3%N/A4.3 $21.28 5/15/2024986,900 shares $22.12 million -29.5%N/A2.2 $22.41 4/30/20241,400,000 shares $29.46 million +28.4%N/A3 $21.04 4/15/20241,090,000 shares $20.43 million -0.9%N/A2.4 $18.75 3/31/20241,100,000 shares $21.21 million -17.3%N/A2.5 $19.28 3/15/20241,330,000 shares $25.28 million +63.6%N/A3 $19.01 2/29/2024813,000 shares $15.61 million -23.3%N/A1.9 $19.21 2/15/20241,060,000 shares $22.32 million -39.1%N/A2.7 $21.06 1/31/20241,740,000 shares $33.56 million +104.3%N/A4.1 $19.29 1/15/2024851,900 shares $17.11 million -49.6%N/A1.8 $20.09 12/31/20231,690,000 shares $35.20 million +262.8%N/A3 $20.83 12/15/2023465,800 shares $9.60 million -37.0%N/A0.8 $20.61 11/30/2023739,600 shares $15.17 million -40.8%N/A1.3 $20.51 11/15/20231,250,000 shares $24.11 million -41.6%N/A2.2 $19.29 10/31/20232,140,000 shares $35.60 million +19.6%N/A4 $16.64 10/15/20231,790,000 shares $30.66 million +6.6%N/A3.6 $17.13 9/30/20231,680,000 shares $36.19 million +55.6%N/A4.1 $21.54 9/15/20231,080,000 shares $24.21 million +24.6%N/A2.6 $22.42 8/31/2023867,000 shares $20.77 million -8.8%N/A1.9 $23.96 8/15/2023951,000 shares $23.56 million -9.4%N/A2 $24.78 7/31/20231,050,000 shares $27.42 million -62.5%N/A2.1 $26.11 7/15/20232,800,000 shares $73.39 million +104.4%N/A5.2 $26.21Why Elon put $51 million into this (Ad)Why Elon Musk Just Invested $51 Million Into Brand New “Miracle Metal” Developed by MIT Scientists[See The Details Here] 6/30/20231,370,000 shares $32.77 million -49.6%N/A2.3 $23.92 6/15/20232,720,000 shares $64.15 million +5.8%N/A4.4 $23.59 5/31/20232,570,000 shares $55.05 million +70.2%N/A3.5 $21.42 5/15/20231,510,000 shares $35.98 million -7.9%N/A1.7 $23.83 4/30/20231,640,000 shares $39.72 million -24.1%N/A1.7 $24.22 4/15/20232,160,000 shares $50.24 million -28.5%N/A2.2 $23.26 3/31/20233,020,000 shares $64.21 million -10.4%N/A3.2 $21.26 3/15/20233,370,000 shares $65.98 million +74.6%N/A3.6 $19.58 2/28/20231,930,000 shares $37.94 million -1.5%N/A2.3 $19.66 2/15/20231,960,000 shares $38.89 million +83.2%N/A2.3 $19.84 1/31/20231,070,000 shares $20.04 million -27.7%N/A1.4 $18.73 1/15/20231,480,000 shares $26.39 million +15.6%N/A1.4 $17.83 12/30/20221,280,000 shares $20.92 million +14.3%N/A1.1 $16.34 12/15/20221,120,000 shares $17.70 million +5.7%N/A0.9 $15.80 11/30/20221,060,000 shares $16.56 million -23.7%N/A0.8 $15.62 11/15/20221,390,000 shares $21.46 million +103.9%N/A1.1 $15.44 10/31/2022681,600 shares $9.45 million +38.0%N/A0.5 $13.87 10/15/2022493,800 shares $6.58 million -49.8%N/A0.5 $13.33 9/30/2022983,300 shares $13.81 million +146.8%N/A1 $14.04 9/15/2022398,400 shares $6.69 million +52.1%N/A0.4 $16.79 8/31/2022262,000 shares $4.48 million -44.3%N/A0.3 $17.10 8/15/2022470,600 shares $8.78 million -53.4%N/A0.5 $18.65 7/31/20221,010,000 shares $18.71 million -9.0%N/A1.3 $18.52 7/15/20221,110,000 shares $26.04 million -21.3%N/A1.6 $23.46 6/30/20221,410,000 shares $35.17 million +56.3%N/A2.5 $24.94 6/15/2022902,000 shares $23.78 million -9.1%N/A1.5 $26.36 5/31/2022991,900 shares $30.26 million -9.0%N/A2 $30.51 5/15/20221,090,000 shares $31.84 million +50.6%N/A2 $29.21 4/30/2022723,800 shares $22.39 million -31.1%N/A1.4 $30.93 4/15/20221,050,000 shares $35.32 million -26.1%N/A2 $33.64 3/31/20221,420,000 shares $47.83 million +306.2%N/A2.6 $33.68 3/15/2022349,600 shares $11.31 million -49.0%N/A0.7 $32.35 2/28/2022685,800 shares $22.16 million +5.2%N/A1.5 $32.31 2/15/2022652,100 shares $21.56 million -8.1%N/A1.5 $33.07 1/31/2022709,300 shares $24.00 million -0.6%N/A1.8 $33.83 1/15/2022713,300 shares $24.11 million +30.0%N/A1.8 $33.80 12/31/2021548,900 shares $17.82 million -36.3%N/A1.4 $32.46 12/15/2021861,300 shares $25.89 million -38.9%N/A2.3 $30.06 11/30/20211,410,000 shares $42.05 million +42.7%N/A4 $29.82 11/15/2021988,200 shares $32.57 million -26.8%N/A2.8 $32.96 10/29/20211,350,000 shares $44.86 million +59.8%N/A3.5 $33.23 10/15/2021844,600 shares $29.95 million +5.8%N/A2.3 $35.46 9/30/2021798,700 shares $27.93 million -10.3%N/A2.2 $34.97 9/15/2021890,700 shares $31.79 million -39.0%N/A2.8 $35.69 8/31/20211,460,000 shares $56.33 million +83.9%N/A4.4 $38.58 8/13/2021794,000 shares $32.24 million +61.7%N/A2.6 $40.60 7/30/2021491,000 shares $19.31 million -0.9%N/A1.8 $39.32 7/15/2021495,500 shares $20.32 million +5.9%N/A2.1 $41.01 6/30/2021468,100 shares $19.46 million -10.1%N/A2.1 $41.57 6/15/2021520,400 shares $21.92 million +17.6%N/A2 $42.13Why Elon put $51 million into this (Ad)Why Elon Musk Just Invested $51 Million Into Brand New “Miracle Metal” Developed by MIT Scientists[See The Details Here] 5/28/2021442,600 shares $17.74 million +27.7%N/A1.8 $40.08 5/14/2021346,700 shares $13.99 million +26.3%N/A1.2 $40.36 4/30/2021274,500 shares $10.88 million -71.3%N/A0.7 $39.65 4/15/2021957,700 shares $36.09 million -1.1%N/A2.2 $37.68 3/31/2021968,000 shares $35.75 million +12.7%N/A2 $36.93 3/15/2021859,300 shares $31.38 million -13.7%N/A1.9 $36.52 2/26/2021995,900 shares $34.89 million +72.0%0.3%2.4 $35.03 2/12/2021579,100 shares $21.26 million +60.5%0.1%1.5 $36.72 1/29/2021360,800 shares $15.02 million -37.8%0.1%1.2 $41.64 1/15/2021579,700 shares $24.20 million +62.4%N/A2.3 $41.75 12/31/2020356,900 shares $14.82 million -6.1%N/A1.6 $41.52 12/15/2020379,900 shares $15.53 million -20.3%N/A2 $40.89 11/30/2020476,600 shares $20.25 million -22.0%N/A2.6 $42.48 11/15/2020611,200 shares $26.22 million -25.6%N/A3.3 $42.90 10/30/2020821,200 shares $32.08 million +106.6%N/A4.4 $39.06 10/15/2020397,500 shares $17.01 million -15.0%N/A2.7 $42.79 9/30/2020467,800 shares $19.87 million +28.8%N/A3.3 $42.48 9/15/2020363,200 shares $15.59 million +13.9%N/A2.5 $42.92 8/31/2020319,000 shares $13.52 million +3.9%N/A2.1 $42.38 8/14/2020306,900 shares $13.17 million -4.2%N/A1.9 $42.92 7/31/2020320,200 shares $14.04 million +5.6%N/A1.8 $43.85 7/15/2020303,200 shares $12.91 million -31.2%N/A1.6 $42.59 6/30/2020440,500 shares $19.06 million +3.3%N/A2.1 $43.28 6/15/2020426,500 shares $17.89 million +24.9%N/A1.4 $41.94 5/29/2020341,500 shares $14.41 million +24.9%N/A1 $42.20 5/15/2020273,500 shares $10.82 million -38.6%N/A0.6 $39.55 4/30/2020445,300 shares $17.39 million +10.4%N/A1 $39.06 4/15/2020403,500 shares $14.25 million -16.7%N/A0.8 $35.32 3/31/2020484,300 shares $18.35 million -30.2%N/A0.9 $37.88 FMS Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Fresenius Medical Care's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Fresenius Medical Care shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of February 28th, traders have sold 678,400 shares of FMS short. 0.12% of Fresenius Medical Care's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Fresenius Medical Care's current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for Fresenius Medical Care? 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. FMS shares currently have a short interest ratio of 2.0. Learn More on Fresenius Medical Care's short interest ratio. Which institutional investors are shorting Fresenius Medical Care? As of the most recent reporting period, the following institutional investors, funds, and major shareholders have reported short positions of Fresenius Medical Care: Citadel Advisors LLC, Optiver Holding B.V., 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 Fresenius Medical Care? 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. 0.12% of Fresenius Medical Care's floating shares are currently sold short. Is Fresenius Medical Care's short interest increasing or decreasing? Fresenius Medical Care saw a increase in short interest in the month of February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totaling 678,400 shares, an increase of 11.6% from the previous total of 607,700 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. How does Fresenius Medical Care's short interest compare to its competitors? 0.12% of Fresenius Medical Care's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "healthcare" compare to Fresenius Medical Care: Natera, Inc. (2.36%), Hims & Hers Health, Inc. (28.57%), Option Care Health, Inc. (2.26%), Guardant Health, Inc. (6.77%), RadNet, Inc. (8.07%), Sotera Health (5.67%), Surgery Partners, Inc. (13.21%), BrightSpring Health Services, Inc. (14.01%), Privia Health Group, Inc. (3.88%), GeneDx Holdings Corp. (10.31%), 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 ($23.74 billion), iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF ($10.75 billion), MicroStrategy Incorporated ($6.56 billion), Apollo Global Management, Inc. ($5.40 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.57 billion), AppLovin Co. ($4.45 billion), Capital One Financial Co. ($4.33 billion), Super Micro Computer, Inc. ($4.23 billion), Schlumberger Limited ($3.22 billion), and Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. ($3.06 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short Fresenius Medical Care stock? Short selling FMS is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Fresenius Medical Care as its price is falling. FMS shares are trading up $0.23 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 Fresenius Medical Care? A short squeeze for Fresenius Medical Care 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 FMS, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Fresenius Medical Care'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 FMS, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is February, 28 2025. 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