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Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage (NGVC) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

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$42.74 -4.69 (-9.88%)
Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern
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$40.91 -1.84 (-4.29%)
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Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage Short Interest Data

Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage (NGVC) has a short interest of 182,100 shares, representing 2.49% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a 24.05% increase in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 1.4, indicating that it would take 1.4 days of the average trading volume of 144,793 shares to cover all short positions.

Current Short Interest
182,100 shares
Previous Short Interest
146,800 shares
Change Vs. Previous Month
+24.05%
Dollar Volume Sold Short
$7.94 million
Short Interest Ratio
1.4 Days to Cover
Last Record Date
January 31, 2025
Outstanding Shares
22,930,000 shares
Float Size
7,320,000 shares
Short Percent of Float
2.49%
Today's Trading Volume
214,059 shares
Average Trading Volume
144,793 shares
Today's Volume Vs. Average
148%
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Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage Short Interest History

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Report DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date
1/31/2025182,100 shares $7.94 million +24.1%2.5%1.4 $43.61
1/15/2025146,800 shares $5.93 million -4.7%2.0%1.4 $40.38
12/31/2024154,000 shares $6.12 million +16.0%2.1%1.5 $39.72
12/15/2024132,800 shares $5.58 million -25.0%1.8%1.2 $42.00
11/30/2024177,100 shares $8.33 million +22.4%2.5%1.7 $47.05
11/15/2024144,700 shares $4.76 million +0.4%2.0%1.5 $32.90
10/31/2024144,200 shares $3.95 million -8.9%2.0%1.7 $27.38
10/15/2024158,300 shares $4.25 million +24.5%2.2%1.8 $26.83
9/30/2024127,200 shares $3.78 million -31.8%1.8%1.4 $29.69
9/15/2024186,600 shares $5.34 million +8.9%2.6%2.1 $28.63
8/31/2024171,300 shares $4.56 million -1.6%2.4%2.2 $26.62
8/15/2024174,000 shares $4.18 million +8.1%2.4%2.3 $24.03
7/31/2024160,900 shares $4.38 million +10.1%2.2%2 $27.25
7/15/2024146,100 shares $3.42 million +6.9%2.0%2.1 $23.42
6/30/2024136,700 shares $2.90 million +23.6%1.9%2.2 $21.20
6/15/2024110,600 shares $2.27 million -35.4%1.5%1.8 $20.51
5/31/2024171,300 shares $3.70 million +47.0%2.4%2.7 $21.62
5/15/2024116,500 shares $2.42 million +14.8%1.6%1.8 $20.81
4/30/2024101,500 shares $1.66 million -10.5%1.4%1.6 $16.36
4/15/2024113,400 shares $1.86 million -11.3%1.6%1.7 $16.41
3/31/2024127,900 shares $2.31 million -8.3%1.8%1.9 $18.05
3/15/2024139,500 shares $2.49 million +46.7%1.9%2.2 $17.85
2/29/202495,100 shares $1.58 million +1.3%1.3%1.6 $16.57
2/15/202493,900 shares $1.43 million -11.1%1.3%1.5 $15.21
1/31/2024105,600 shares $1.58 million -16.7%1.5%1.8 $14.94
1/15/2024126,700 shares $1.98 million +5.9%1.3%2.4 $15.60
12/31/2023119,600 shares $1.91 million +119.5%1.2%2.4 $16.00
12/15/202354,500 shares $887,805.00 -20.8%0.6%1.1 $16.29
11/30/202368,800 shares $1.08 million +0.7%0.7%1.6 $15.67
11/15/202368,300 shares $889,949.00 +23.5%0.6%1.8 $13.03
10/31/202355,300 shares $695,121.00 -12.5%0.5%1.8 $12.57
10/15/202363,200 shares $818,440.00 -6.7%0.6%2.1 $12.95
9/30/202367,700 shares $874,007.00 +24.2%0.6%2.1 $12.91
9/15/202354,500 shares $709,045.00 -9.5%0.6%1.7 $13.01
8/31/202360,200 shares $761,530.00 +7.3%0.6%1.6 $12.65
8/15/202356,100 shares $727,617.00 -11.2%0.6%1.5 $12.97
7/31/202363,200 shares $786,840.00 -26.9%0.7%1.6 $12.45
7/15/202386,400 shares $1.07 million +30.1%0.9%2.1 $12.35
6/30/202366,400 shares $814,064.00 -16.9%0.7%1.6 $12.26
6/15/202379,900 shares $952,408.00 -21.4%0.8%1.9 $11.92
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5/31/2023101,700 shares $1.12 million -6.5%1.1%2.3 $11.05
5/15/2023108,800 shares $1.22 million -24.9%1.1%2 $11.21
4/30/2023144,800 shares $1.56 million +11.0%1.5%2.6 $10.79
4/15/2023130,500 shares $1.43 million -15.9%1.4%2.3 $10.99
3/31/2023155,200 shares $1.82 million -5.3%1.6%2.4 $11.75
3/15/2023163,800 shares $1.77 million -7.9%1.7%2.3 $10.79
2/28/2023177,900 shares $1.95 million +35.6%1.9%2.4 $10.98
2/15/2023131,200 shares $1.36 million -7.7%1.4%1.9 $10.33
1/31/2023142,100 shares $1.41 million +11.1%1.5%2 $9.93
1/15/2023127,900 shares $1.30 million +8.0%1.4%1.8 $10.14
12/30/2022118,400 shares $1.08 million -5.4%1.3%1.8 $9.14
12/15/2022125,200 shares $1.14 million +0.2%1.3%1.9 $9.10
11/30/2022125,000 shares $1.26 million +5.1%1.3%2 $10.08
11/15/2022118,900 shares $1.38 million -38.2%1.3%1.9 $11.64
10/31/2022192,300 shares $2.21 million -1.8%2.0%3.2 $11.50
10/15/2022195,800 shares $2.14 million +21.1%2.1%3 $10.95
9/30/2022161,700 shares $1.74 million -19.3%1.7%2.4 $10.79
9/15/2022200,400 shares $2.52 million +10.3%2.1%2.9 $12.56
8/31/2022181,700 shares $2.61 million -8.0%1.9%2.6 $14.36
8/15/2022197,400 shares $3.09 million -28.6%2.1%2.6 $15.63
7/31/2022276,300 shares $4.58 million -3.1%2.9%3.4 $16.58
7/15/2022285,100 shares $4.70 million +8.7%3.0%3.5 $16.47
6/30/2022262,400 shares $4.19 million +9.7%2.8%3 $15.95
6/15/2022239,200 shares $4.09 million +3.6%2.7%2.6 $17.11
5/31/2022231,000 shares $4.08 million -3.8%2.4%2.4 $17.66
5/15/2022240,000 shares $4.47 million +10.1%4.0%2.3 $18.64
4/30/2022218,000 shares $4.45 million +14.3%3.5%2 $20.39
4/15/2022190,800 shares $4.01 million -25.9%3.1%1.8 $21.02
3/31/2022257,500 shares $5.05 million +17.2%4.1%2.6 $19.60
3/15/2022219,700 shares $3.87 million +3.5%3.0%2.3 $17.63
2/28/2022212,300 shares $3.60 million -1.3%2.3%2.4 $16.97
2/15/2022215,000 shares $3.87 million +42.7%2.3%2.8 $17.98
1/31/2022150,700 shares $2.20 million +10.7%1.6%2.3 $14.60
1/15/2022136,100 shares $1.87 million -1.8%1.5%2.2 $13.75
12/31/2021138,600 shares $1.98 million -5.7%1.4%2.5 $14.25
12/15/2021147,000 shares $1.93 million +1.9%1.4%2.3 $13.13
11/30/2021144,200 shares $1.85 million -16.6%1.4%2 $12.86
11/15/2021172,800 shares $2.31 million -1.7%1.7%2.3 $13.35
10/29/2021175,800 shares $2.14 million -30.3%2.0%2.2 $12.18
10/15/2021252,200 shares $2.93 million +22.0%2.9%2.9 $11.63
9/30/2021206,800 shares $2.32 million -9.8%2.3%2.2 $11.22
9/15/2021229,200 shares $2.32 million +9.1%2.6%2.2 $10.14
8/31/2021210,100 shares $2.54 million -21.9%2.4%2.2 $12.09
8/13/2021269,100 shares $3.09 million -17.0%3.1%2.7 $11.47
7/30/2021324,300 shares $3.63 million -1.3%3.7%3 $11.18
7/15/2021328,500 shares $3.54 million +1.2%3.7%3.1 $10.79
6/30/2021324,500 shares $3.49 million -23.6%3.7%3.1 $10.74
6/15/2021424,800 shares $4.93 million +3.0%4.8%4.7 $11.60
5/28/2021412,400 shares $4.94 million +15.4%4.7%4.3 $11.99
5/14/2021357,400 shares $4.28 million +10.7%4.1%3.7 $11.97
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4/30/2021322,900 shares $5.14 million -11.7%3.7%3.3 $15.93
4/15/2021365,500 shares $6.04 million +3.2%4.2%3.4 $16.52
3/31/2021354,100 shares $6.28 million -17.7%4.0%3 $17.73
3/15/2021430,100 shares $7.41 million -6.7%4.9%3.3 $17.22
2/26/2021460,900 shares $6.49 million -10.2%5.3%3.6 $14.08
2/12/2021513,300 shares $8.07 million -9.9%5.9%3.2 $15.72
1/29/2021569,800 shares $9.32 million +0.9%6.5%3.7 $16.36
1/15/2021564,800 shares $8.47 million 0.0%6.4%3.9 $14.99
12/31/2020565,000 shares $7.76 million +9.9%6.7%4 $13.73
12/15/2020514,000 shares $6.74 million -58.9%6.1%3.6 $13.11
11/30/20201,250,000 shares $18.99 million +8.7%14.8%8.6 $15.19
11/15/20201,150,000 shares $13.32 million -4.2%13.5%8.3 $11.58
10/30/20201,200,000 shares $13.18 million +4.4%14.1%8.9 $10.98
10/15/20201,150,000 shares $13.62 million -5.0%13.5%7.4 $11.84
9/30/20201,210,000 shares $11.93 million +13.1%14.2%6.6 $9.86
9/15/20201,070,000 shares $10.98 million +4.9%12.5%5.7 $10.26
8/31/20201,020,000 shares $11.95 million +4.9%11.9%5.6 $11.72
8/14/2020972,700 shares $13.44 million +0.5%11.4%5.3 $13.82
7/31/2020968,300 shares $15.33 million -1.2%11.4%5.1 $15.83
7/15/2020980,100 shares $13.23 million -10.9%11.5%4.9 $13.50
6/30/20201,100,000 shares $16.25 million +20.9%12.6%6.4 $14.77
6/15/2020910,100 shares $12.05 million +2.4%10.4%5.5 $13.24
5/29/2020888,600 shares $12.81 million -5.2%10.2%5.2 $14.42
5/15/2020937,700 shares $13.62 million +6.5%10.8%5.6 $14.53
4/30/2020880,300 shares $9.96 million +1.6%10.1%5.6 $11.32
4/15/2020866,800 shares $7.58 million -2.1%10.0%7 $8.74
3/31/2020885,600 shares $9.20 million -0.6%10.2%7.4 $10.39
3/13/2020890,700 shares $7.84 million -2.8%7.4%9.1 $8.80
2/28/2020916,000 shares $7.22 million +5.7%10.5%9.4 $7.88

NGVC Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions

What is Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage's current short interest?

Short interest is the volume of Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of January 31st, traders have sold 182,100 shares of NGVC short. 2.49% of Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage's current short interest.

What is a good short interest ratio for Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage?

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. NGVC shares currently have a short interest ratio of 1.0. Learn More on Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage's short interest ratio.

Which institutional investors are shorting Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage?

As of the most recent reporting period, the following institutional investors, funds, and major shareholders have reported short positions of Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage: Citadel Advisors LLC, Concourse Financial Group Securities Inc., and Transform Wealth LLC. These positions are disclosed in Form 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

What is a good short interest percentage for Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage?

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. 2.49% of Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage's floating shares are currently sold short.

Is Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage's short interest increasing or decreasing?

Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage saw a increase in short interest during the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totaling 182,100 shares, an increase of 24.0% from the previous total of 146,800 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 Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage's float size?

Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage currently has issued a total of 22,930,000 shares. Some of Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage'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. Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage currently has a public float of 7,320,000 shares.

How does Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage's short interest compare to its competitors?

2.49% of Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies compare to Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage: Weis Markets, Inc. (8.77%), Ingles Markets, Incorporated (4.04%), Village Super Market, Inc. (2.16%), The Kroger Co. (6.05%), Casey's General Stores, Inc. (2.92%), BBB Foods Inc. (8.81%), Grocery Outlet Holding Corp. (11.01%), Sendas Distribuidora S.A. (1.67%), Arko Corp. (3.00%), Maison Solutions Inc. (20.46%),

Which stocks are the most shorted right now?

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: AppLovin Co. ($5.21 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.07 billion), Reddit, Inc. ($3.33 billion), The Kroger Co. ($2.67 billion), Cencora, Inc. ($2.29 billion), Hims & Hers Health, Inc. ($2.17 billion), SoFi Technologies, Inc. ($1.99 billion), Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. ($1.87 billion), Rivian Automotive, Inc. ($1.76 billion), and Moderna, Inc. ($1.60 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

What does it mean to sell short Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage stock?

Short selling NGVC is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage as its price is falling. NGVC shares are trading down $4.69 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 Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage?

A short squeeze for Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage 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 NGVC, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further.

How often is Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage'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 NGVC, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is January, 31 2025.



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