Southwest Airlines (LUV) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $32.24 +0.18 (+0.55%) As of 03:17 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 InterestSustainabilityTrendsBuy This Stock Southwest Airlines Short Interest DataSouthwest Airlines (LUV) has a short interest of 36.32 million shares, representing 6.99% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a 0.17% 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 11.42 million shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest36,320,000 sharesPrevious Short Interest36,260,000 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month+0.17%Dollar Volume Sold Short$1.14 billionShort Interest Ratio3.3 Days to CoverLast Record DateAugust 15, 2025Outstanding Shares525,190,000 sharesFloat Size519,350,000 sharesShort Percent of Float6.99%Today's Trading Volume2,433,840 sharesAverage Trading Volume11,423,518 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average21% Short Selling Southwest Airlines? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for Southwest Airlines and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Get Report View SMS TermsBy entering your phone number and clicking the sign-up button, you agree to receive periodic text messages from MarketBeat at the phone number you submitted, including texts that may be sent using an automatic telephone dialing system. Message and data rates may apply. Message frequency will vary. Messages will consist of stock alerts, news stories, and partner advertisements/offers. Consent is not a condition of the purchase of any goods or services. 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Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartLUV Short Interest Over TimeLUV Days to Cover Over TimeLUV Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Southwest Airlines Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 8/15/202536,320,000 shares $1.14 billion +0.2%7.0%3.3 $31.50 7/31/202536,260,000 shares $1.12 billion +2.3%7.0%3.1 $30.91 7/15/202535,450,000 shares $1.32 billion -12.8%6.3%2.9 $37.16 6/30/202540,630,000 shares $1.32 billion -14.5%7.2%3.3 $32.44 6/15/202547,500,000 shares $1.50 billion -6.6%8.4%3.7 $31.65 5/31/202550,850,000 shares $1.70 billion -8.5%9.0%3.7 $33.34 5/15/202555,550,000 shares $1.77 billion -8.6%9.9%4 $31.83 4/30/202560,790,000 shares $1.70 billion +83.7%10.8%4.6 $28.02 4/15/202533,100,000 shares $855.50 million -0.1%5.8%2.6 $25.85 3/31/202533,120,000 shares $1.11 billion -6.1%5.8%2.8 $33.63 Get the Latest News and Ratings for LUV and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Southwest Airlines and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 3/15/202535,280,000 shares $1.12 billion -15.3%6.0%3.5 $31.74 2/28/202541,650,000 shares $1.29 billion +29.2%7.1%4.7 $31.07 2/15/202532,250,000 shares $974.14 million -7.0%5.5%4.2 $30.21 1/31/202534,680,000 shares $1.06 billion +8.5%5.9%4.8 $30.68 1/15/202531,950,000 shares $1.05 billion -9.6%N/A4.5 $32.83 12/31/202435,360,000 shares $1.19 billion +4.3%N/A5.2 $33.62 12/15/202433,890,000 shares $1.12 billion -3.4%N/A4.4 $33.02 11/30/202435,070,000 shares $1.13 billion +1.6%N/A4.5 $32.36 11/15/202434,510,000 shares $1.13 billion -13.3%N/A4.4 $32.61 10/31/202439,780,000 shares $1.22 billion -6.8%N/A4.6 $30.57 10/15/202442,660,000 shares $1.30 billion -7.1%N/A4.4 $30.50 9/30/202445,940,000 shares $1.36 billion +6.2%N/A4.5 $29.64 9/15/202443,280,000 shares $1.24 billion -17.2%N/A4.3 $28.68 8/31/202452,240,000 shares $1.51 billion +8.3%N/A4.9 $28.92 8/15/202448,260,000 shares $1.28 billion +9.8%N/A4.4 $26.54 7/31/202443,940,000 shares $1.18 billion -4.1%N/A4.3 $26.92 7/15/202445,800,000 shares $1.27 billion +29.6%N/A4.5 $27.71 6/30/202435,330,000 shares $1.01 billion +12.7%N/A3.5 $28.61 6/15/202431,350,000 shares $889.71 million -6.2%N/A3.2 $28.38 5/31/202433,410,000 shares $897.06 million +34.0%N/A3.2 $26.85 5/15/202424,930,000 shares $692.06 million +11.5%N/A2.7 $27.76 4/30/202422,350,000 shares $579.76 million +15.1%N/A2.4 $25.94 4/15/202419,420,000 shares $540.65 million +20.6%N/A2.3 $27.84 3/31/202416,100,000 shares $469.96 million -9.0%N/A1.9 $29.19 3/15/202417,690,000 shares $500.98 million +0.7%N/A2.2 $28.32 2/29/202417,560,000 shares $601.08 million -8.9%N/A2.2 $34.23 2/15/202419,270,000 shares $659.23 million -6.7%N/A2.3 $34.21 1/31/202420,660,000 shares $617.53 million +0.2%N/A2.5 $29.89 1/15/202420,610,000 shares $588.83 million -12.2%N/A2.4 $28.57 12/31/202323,470,000 shares $677.81 million -17.6%N/A2.8 $28.88Forget Tesla — This Tiny AI Stock Is Musk’s Real Play (Ad)While Wall Street focused on Tesla’s earnings, Elon Musk was quietly building a supercomputer so powerful it could transform warfare, robotics, and the global economy. 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Hedge funds are already loading up, but most investors haven’t noticed yet.See the full details on this “backdoor” Musk bet here 12/15/202328,480,000 shares $826.20 million +26.8%N/A3.4 $29.01 11/30/202322,460,000 shares $574.30 million -7.0%N/A2.9 $25.57 11/15/202324,140,000 shares $602.05 million -2.9%N/A3.4 $24.94 10/31/202324,850,000 shares $552.42 million +6.8%N/A3.5 $22.23 10/15/202323,270,000 shares $590.36 million -4.7%N/A3.1 $25.37 9/30/202324,410,000 shares $660.78 million +2.1%N/A3.3 $27.07 9/15/202323,910,000 shares $709.89 million +14.2%N/A3.2 $29.69 8/31/202320,930,000 shares $661.39 million -9.6%N/A2.7 $31.60 8/15/202323,150,000 shares $766.73 million -11.1%N/A3 $33.12 7/31/202326,040,000 shares $889.53 million +35.4%N/A3.3 $34.16 7/15/202319,230,000 shares $699.20 million -4.0%N/A2.6 $36.36 6/30/202320,020,000 shares $724.72 million +13.0%N/A2.8 $36.20 6/15/202317,720,000 shares $601.95 million +3.1%N/A2.6 $33.97 5/31/202317,180,000 shares $513.17 million -0.7%N/A2.4 $29.87 5/15/202317,300,000 shares $502.57 million +9.2%N/A2.5 $29.05 4/30/202315,850,000 shares $480.10 million +17.2%N/A2.3 $30.29 4/15/202313,520,000 shares $428.18 million +6.2%N/A2 $31.67 3/31/202312,730,000 shares $414.23 million +8.7%N/A1.9 $32.54 3/15/202311,710,000 shares $348.14 million +16.1%N/A1.6 $29.73 2/28/202310,090,000 shares $338.82 million +5.7%1.7%1.5 $33.58 2/15/20239,550,000 shares $341.13 million -6.7%1.6%1.5 $35.72 1/31/202310,230,000 shares $365.93 million +17.6%1.7%1.6 $35.77 1/15/20238,700,000 shares $321.81 million -4.5%1.5%1.4 $36.99 12/30/20229,110,000 shares $306.73 million +5.4%1.5%1.4 $33.67 12/15/20228,640,000 shares $322.19 million -8.4%1.5%1.5 $37.29 11/30/20229,430,000 shares $376.35 million +3.5%1.6%1.6 $39.91 11/15/20229,110,000 shares $352.01 million -9.8%1.5%1.6 $38.64 10/31/202210,100,000 shares $367.14 million +1.3%1.7%1.8 $36.35 10/15/20229,970,000 shares $326.62 million -14.8%1.7%1.8 $32.76 9/30/202211,700,000 shares $360.83 million +9.7%2.0%2 $30.84 9/15/202210,670,000 shares $393.72 million +16.9%1.8%1.9 $36.90 8/31/20229,130,000 shares $335.07 million +5.9%1.6%1.6 $36.70 8/15/20228,620,000 shares $341.70 million -10.9%1.5%1.5 $39.64 7/31/20229,670,000 shares $368.62 million -5.3%1.6%1.7 $38.12 7/15/202210,210,000 shares $404.11 million -15.3%1.7%1.8 $39.58 6/30/202212,050,000 shares $435.25 million -5.2%2.2%2 $36.12 6/15/202212,710,000 shares $473.19 million -10.2%2.3%2.2 $37.23 5/31/202214,150,000 shares $648.92 million -6.5%2.4%2.3 $45.86 5/15/202215,140,000 shares $650.87 million -0.7%2.6%2.1 $42.99 4/30/202215,240,000 shares $712.01 million +1.7%2.6%2 $46.72 4/15/202214,980,000 shares $700.46 million +1.4%2.5%1.9 $46.76 3/31/202214,770,000 shares $676.47 million -19.6%2.5%1.9 $45.80 3/15/202218,380,000 shares $773.06 million -2.1%3.1%2.2 $42.06 2/28/202218,770,000 shares $822.13 million +3.9%3.2%2 $43.80 2/15/202218,060,000 shares $854.24 million +0.6%3.1%2 $47.30 1/31/202217,960,000 shares $803.89 million +5.6%3.1%2 $44.76 1/15/202217,010,000 shares $779.40 million -15.8%2.9%1.9 $45.82 12/31/202120,190,000 shares $864.94 million +1.9%3.4%2.3 $42.84 12/15/202119,810,000 shares $794.58 million +14.8%3.4%2.2 $40.11 11/30/202117,260,000 shares $766.34 million +5.7%2.9%2.1 $44.40Forget Tesla — This Tiny AI Stock Is Musk’s Real Play (Ad)While Wall Street focused on Tesla’s earnings, Elon Musk was quietly building a supercomputer so powerful it could transform warfare, robotics, and the global economy. 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Hedge funds are already loading up, but most investors haven’t noticed yet.See the full details on this “backdoor” Musk bet here 11/15/202116,330,000 shares $802.29 million -1.6%2.8%2.3 $49.13 10/29/202116,600,000 shares $784.85 million +7.7%2.8%2.3 $47.28 10/15/202115,410,000 shares $776.05 million -7.6%2.6%2.2 $50.36 9/30/202116,680,000 shares $857.85 million +4.0%2.8%2.3 $51.43 9/15/202116,040,000 shares $777.30 million +3.6%2.7%2.2 $48.46 8/31/202115,490,000 shares $771.09 million +4.0%2.6%2.2 $49.78 8/13/202114,890,000 shares $750.60 million -8.5%2.5%2.1 $50.41 7/30/202116,270,000 shares $821.96 million -1.3%2.8%2.3 $50.52 7/15/202116,480,000 shares $853.33 million -2.4%2.8%2.5 $51.78 6/30/202116,880,000 shares $896.16 million -1.1%2.9%2.8 $53.09 6/15/202117,060,000 shares $974.47 million +5.8%2.9%2.9 $57.12 5/28/202116,120,000 shares $990.74 million +0.9%2.7%2.7 $61.46 5/14/202115,970,000 shares $957.08 million +5.4%N/A2.2 $59.93 4/30/202115,150,000 shares $943.39 million -4.7%N/A2.1 $62.27 4/15/202115,890,000 shares $1.00 billion -0.8%N/A2 $63.03 3/31/202116,020,000 shares $991.80 million -6.1%N/A2 $61.91 3/15/202117,060,000 shares $1.04 billion +1.6%N/A2.1 $61.03 2/26/202116,800,000 shares $979.61 million +8.6%N/A2.1 $58.31 2/12/202115,470,000 shares $795.47 million -7.4%N/A2 $51.42 1/29/202116,700,000 shares $744.82 million +5.3%N/A2 $44.60 1/15/202115,860,000 shares $774.29 million -8.8%N/A1.9 $48.82 12/31/202017,390,000 shares $807.07 million +4.9%N/A2 $46.41 12/15/202016,580,000 shares $750.41 million +11.6%N/A1.8 $45.26 11/30/202014,860,000 shares $709.27 million +9.0%N/A1.5 $47.73 11/15/202013,630,000 shares $598.08 million -6.4%N/A1.3 $43.88 10/30/202014,560,000 shares $576.14 million -13.4%N/A1.3 $39.57 10/15/202016,820,000 shares $660.19 million -12.5%N/A1.5 $39.25 9/30/202019,230,000 shares $721.13 million +16.2%N/A1.6 $37.50 9/15/202016,550,000 shares $672.10 million +8.2%N/A1.2 $40.61 LUV Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Southwest Airlines' current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Southwest Airlines shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of August 15th, traders have sold 36,320,000 shares of LUV short. 6.99% of Southwest Airlines' shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Southwest Airlines' current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for Southwest Airlines? 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. LUV shares currently have a short interest ratio of 3.0. Learn More on Southwest Airlines's short interest ratio. Which institutional investors are shorting Southwest Airlines? As of the most recent reporting period, the following institutional investors, funds, and major shareholders have reported short positions of Southwest Airlines: Squarepoint Ops LLC, Nomura Holdings Inc., Group One Trading LLC, Bank of America Corp DE, Jane Street Group LLC, Squarepoint Ops LLC, Qube Research & Technologies Ltd, Maven Securities LTD, Walleye Capital LLC, Walleye Trading LLC, HBK Investments L P, Capital Fund Management S.A., Eisler Capital Management Ltd., JPMorgan Chase & Co., and Twin Tree Management LP. These positions are disclosed in Form 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. What is a good short interest percentage for Southwest Airlines? 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. 6.99% of Southwest Airlines' floating shares are currently sold short. Is Southwest Airlines' short interest increasing or decreasing? Southwest Airlines saw a increase in short interest in August. As of August 15th, there was short interest totaling 36,320,000 shares, an increase of 0.2% from the previous total of 36,260,000 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 Southwest Airlines' float size? Southwest Airlines currently has issued a total of 525,190,000 shares. Some of Southwest Airlines' 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. Southwest Airlines currently has a public float of 519,350,000 shares. How does Southwest Airlines' short interest compare to its competitors? 6.99% of Southwest Airlines' shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the sector of "transportation" compare to Southwest Airlines: American Airlines Group Inc. (9.86%), Allegiant Travel Company (12.29%), C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. (5.76%), JetBlue Airways Corporation (18.77%), Landstar System, Inc. (4.81%), SkyWest, Inc. (2.63%), United Airlines Holdings Inc (4.26%), Alaska Air Group, Inc. (4.18%), Copa Holdings, S.A. (5.73%), Delta Air Lines, Inc. (3.03%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Lucid Group, Inc. ($8.00 billion), Spotify Technology ($5.48 billion), AppLovin Corporation ($5.11 billion), Reddit Inc. ($5.02 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($3.99 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.89 billion), Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. ($3.18 billion), Seagate Technology Holdings PLC ($2.59 billion), ResMed Inc. ($2.55 billion), and Rocket Lab Corporation ($2.52 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short Southwest Airlines stock? Short selling LUV is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Southwest Airlines as its price is falling. LUV shares are trading up $0.19 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 Southwest Airlines? A short squeeze for Southwest Airlines 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 LUV, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Southwest Airlines' 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 LUV, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is August, 15 2025. 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