Shell (SHEL) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $60.64 -0.14 (-0.23%) (As of 12/20/2024 05:45 PM ET) Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrends Shell Short Interest DataShell (SHEL) has a short interest of 5.87 million shares, representing 0.19% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a -18.02% decrease in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 1.3, indicating that it would take 1.3 days of the average trading volume of 4.22 million shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest5,870,000 sharesPrevious Short Interest7,160,000 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month-18.02%Dollar Volume Sold Short$380.02 millionShort Interest Ratio1.3 Days to CoverLast Record DateNovember 30, 2024Outstanding Shares3,077,242,000 sharesShort Percent of Float0.19%Today's Trading Volume4,317,026 sharesAverage Trading Volume4,219,655 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average102% Short Selling Shell? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for Shell and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartSHEL Short Interest Over TimeSHEL Days to Cover Over TimeSHEL Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Ad InvestorPlaceWall Street Icon: “You must get on the right side of this thing”I created one of the first quantitative analysis-based stock picking systems long before "quants" became a thing on Wall Street… leading Forbes to call me "King of the Quants." I'm writing to you today because my system has recently uncovered a market phenomenon I haven't seen in 30 years.This market shakeup is going to be much more intense. Shell Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 11/30/20245,870,000 shares $380.02 million -18.0%0.2%1.3 $64.74 11/15/20247,160,000 shares $468.84 million +66.5%0.2%1.6 $65.48 10/31/20244,300,000 shares $290.68 million -3.6%0.1%1 $67.60 10/15/20244,460,000 shares $294.72 million -16.3%0.1%1.1 $66.08 9/30/20245,330,000 shares $351.67 million -12.3%0.2%1.4 $65.98 9/15/20246,080,000 shares $410.10 million -15.9%0.2%1.7 $67.45 Get the Latest News and Ratings for SHEL and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Shell and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 8/31/20247,230,000 shares $518.10 million +5.9%0.2%2 $71.66 8/15/20246,830,000 shares $499.75 million +4.0%0.2%2 $73.17 7/31/20246,570,000 shares $481.06 million -5.1%0.2%1.9 $73.22 7/15/20246,920,000 shares $504.88 million +6.0%0.2%1.9 $72.96 6/30/20246,530,000 shares $471.34 million +8.5%0.2%1.7 $72.18 6/15/20246,020,000 shares $415.38 million -9.3%0.2%1.5 $69.00 5/31/20246,640,000 shares $483.23 million -5.3%0.2%1.6 $72.78 5/15/20247,010,000 shares $513.94 million -15.5%0.2%1.7 $73.32 4/30/20248,300,000 shares $594.94 million +7.7%0.3%1.9 $71.68 4/15/20247,710,000 shares $554.66 million +30.2%0.2%1.7 $71.94 3/31/20245,920,000 shares $396.88 million +0.9%0.2%1.2 $67.04 3/15/20245,870,000 shares $386.63 million -9.3%0.2%1.3 $65.87 2/29/20246,470,000 shares $406.25 million -21.1%0.2%1.3 $62.79 2/15/20248,200,000 shares $521.19 million +22.2%0.3%1.6 $63.56 1/31/20246,710,000 shares $421.92 million +39.5%0.2%1.3 $62.88 1/15/20244,810,000 shares $306.88 million +2.3%0.2%0.9 $63.80 12/31/20234,700,000 shares $309.26 million -7.5%0.2%0.8 $65.80 12/15/20235,080,000 shares $325.55 million -32.9%0.2%0.9 $64.09 11/30/20237,570,000 shares $498.11 million -3.7%0.2%1.3 $65.80 11/15/20237,860,000 shares $518.37 million -13.6%0.2%1.5 $65.95 10/31/20239,100,000 shares $592.82 million -20.9%0.3%1.7 $65.15 10/15/202311,510,000 shares $775.54 million +7.5%0.4%2.3 $67.38 9/30/202310,710,000 shares $689.51 million +12.2%0.3%2.2 $64.38 9/15/20239,550,000 shares $617.41 million +26.0%0.3%2.2 $64.65 8/31/20237,580,000 shares $470.64 million +23.3%0.2%1.7 $62.09 8/15/20236,150,000 shares $374.72 million +78.8%0.2%1.3 $60.93 7/31/20233,440,000 shares $212.01 million -43.3%0.1%0.8 $61.63 7/15/20236,070,000 shares $368.33 million -4.0%0.2%1.3 $60.68 6/30/20236,320,000 shares $381.60 million +16.6%0.2%1.4 $60.38 6/15/20235,420,000 shares $328.83 million +7.8%0.2%1.2 $60.67 5/31/20235,030,000 shares $281.71 million -11.8%0.2%1 $56.01 5/15/20235,700,000 shares $347.24 million -6.7%0.2%1.2 $60.92 4/30/20236,110,000 shares $378.70 million -23.1%0.2%1.2 $61.98 4/15/20237,950,000 shares $493.38 million No Change0.2%1.6 $62.06Wall Street Icon: “You must get on the right side of this thing” (Ad)I created one of the first quantitative analysis-based stock picking systems long before "quants" became a thing on Wall Street… leading Forbes to call me "King of the Quants." I'm writing to you today because my system has recently uncovered a market phenomenon I haven't seen in 30 years.This market shakeup is going to be much more intense. 3/31/20237,950,000 shares $457.44 million +23.1%0.2%1.6 $57.54 3/15/20236,460,000 shares $358.85 million -4.3%0.2%1.3 $55.55 2/28/20236,750,000 shares $410.20 million -0.3%0.2%1.5 $60.77 2/15/20236,770,000 shares $422.85 million +29.2%0.2%1.5 $62.46 1/31/20235,240,000 shares $308.16 million -18.3%0.2%1.2 $58.81 1/15/20236,410,000 shares $382.10 million -17.6%0.2%1.4 $59.61 12/30/20227,780,000 shares $443.07 million -2.8%0.2%1.7 $56.95 12/15/20228,000,000 shares $449.20 million +16.5%0.2%1.6 $56.15 11/30/20226,870,000 shares $401.69 million +36.9%0.2%1.3 $58.47 11/15/20225,020,000 shares $282.53 million +0.2%0.1%1 $56.28 10/31/20225,010,000 shares $278.71 million +21.9%0.1%0.9 $55.63 10/15/20224,110,000 shares $207.68 million +0.7%0.1%0.8 $50.53 9/30/20224,080,000 shares $203.02 million -17.7%0.1%0.8 $49.76 9/15/20224,960,000 shares $263.38 million -7.5%0.1%1 $53.10 8/31/20225,360,000 shares $283.97 million +2.3%0.2%1 $52.98 8/15/20225,240,000 shares $277.88 million +1.0%0.1%1 $53.03 7/31/20225,190,000 shares $277.04 million -24.9%0.1%1 $53.38 7/15/20226,910,000 shares $328.02 million No Change0.2%1.3 $47.47 12/15/20212,490,000 shares $105.95 million -18.4%0.1%0.8 $42.55 11/30/20213,050,000 shares $129.50 million -4.7%0.2%0.9 $42.46 11/15/20213,200,000 shares $142.34 million -7.0%0.2%1 $44.48 10/29/20213,440,000 shares $162.51 million -6.0%0.2%1 $47.24 10/15/20213,660,000 shares $176.78 million +32.6%0.2%1.1 $48.30 9/30/20212,760,000 shares $121.61 million +71.4%0.2%0.8 $44.06 9/15/20211,610,000 shares $65.98 million -11.1%0.1%0.5 $40.98 8/31/20211,810,000 shares $71.26 million +4.0%0.1%0.5 $39.37 8/13/20211,740,000 shares $70.23 million No Change0.1%0.5 $40.36 12/31/20201,210,000 shares $41.62 million +44.5%0.1%0.3 $34.40 12/15/2020837,300 shares $30.01 million -51.0%0.1%0.2 $35.84 11/30/20201,710,000 shares $59.78 million +16.3%0.1%0.4 $34.96 11/15/20201,470,000 shares $43.20 million +29.0%0.1%0.4 $29.39 10/30/20201,140,000 shares $26.63 million -4.2%0.1%0.3 $23.36 10/15/20201,190,000 shares $29.40 million -16.2%0.1%0.3 $24.71 9/30/20201,420,000 shares $35.02 million +65.2%0.1%0.4 $24.66 9/15/2020859,800 shares $22.59 million +94.8%0.1%0.2 $26.27 8/31/2020441,500 shares $12.41 million -27.9%0.0%0.1 $28.10 8/14/2020611,900 shares $18.11 million +13.6%0.0%0.2 $29.59 7/31/2020538,700 shares $15.25 million -6.7%0.0%0.1 $28.30 7/15/2020577,200 shares $18.13 million -2.2%0.0%0.1 $31.41 6/30/2020590,400 shares $17.98 million -31.3%0.0%0.1 $30.45 6/15/2020858,800 shares $28.31 million -0.9%0.1%0.1 $32.96 5/29/2020866,900 shares $26.39 million -9.7%0.1%0.1 $30.44 5/15/2020960,500 shares $27.47 million +20.5%0.1%0.1 $28.60 4/30/2020797,300 shares $25.49 million -40.5%0.0%0.1 $31.97 4/15/20201,340,000 shares $44.33 million +63.9%0.1%0.2 $33.08 3/31/2020817,800 shares $26.71 million -89.4%0.0%0.1 $32.66 3/13/20207,740,000 shares $223.45 million No Change0.4%1.2 $28.87 2/28/202010,890,000 shares $484.93 million -8.6%0.6%2.6 $44.53 2/14/202011,910,000 shares $611.22 million +10.9%0.6%3.8 $51.32 1/31/202010,740,000 shares $572.23 million +29.6%0.6%4.2 $53.28Wall Street Icon: “You must get on the right side of this thing” (Ad)I created one of the first quantitative analysis-based stock picking systems long before "quants" became a thing on Wall Street… leading Forbes to call me "King of the Quants." I'm writing to you today because my system has recently uncovered a market phenomenon I haven't seen in 30 years.This market shakeup is going to be much more intense. 1/15/20208,290,000 shares $500.88 million +24.7%0.5%3.9 $60.42 12/31/20196,650,000 shares $398.80 million +21.6%0.4%3.7 $59.97 SHEL Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Shell's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Shell shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of November 30th, investors have sold 5,870,000 shares of SHEL short. 0.19% of Shell's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Shell's current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for Shell? 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. SHEL shares currently have a short interest ratio of 1.0. Learn More on Shell's short interest ratio. Which institutional investors are shorting Shell? As of the most recent reporting period, the following institutional investors, funds, and major shareholders have reported short positions of Shell: Groupama Asset Managment, Jane Street Group LLC, Wolverine Trading LLC, Readystate Asset Management LP, Point72 Asset Management L.P., Parallax Volatility Advisers L.P., Garda Capital Partners LP, Walleye Trading LLC, Walleye Capital LLC, PEAK6 Investments LLC, SpiderRock Advisors LLC, IMC Chicago LLC, Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC, 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 Shell? 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. 0.19% of Shell's floating shares are currently sold short. Is Shell's short interest increasing or decreasing? Shell saw a drop in short interest in November. As of November 30th, there was short interest totaling 5,870,000 shares, a drop of 18.0% from the previous total of 7,160,000 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 Shell's short interest compare to its competitors? 0.19% of Shell's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "petroleum and natural gas" compare to Shell: TotalEnergies SE (0.27%), BP p.l.c. (0.32%), Equinor ASA (0.53%), Suncor Energy Inc. (3.64%), Cenovus Energy Inc. (1.39%), Pembina Pipeline Co. (1.20%), Coterra Energy Inc. (2.37%), Ecopetrol S.A. (0.65%), Permian Resources Co. (5.87%), Ovintiv Inc. (1.65%), 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. ($5.70 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.55 billion), Spotify Technology S.A. ($3.84 billion), Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. ($3.07 billion), International Paper ($3.00 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($2.93 billion), Cencora, Inc. ($2.54 billion), Paychex, Inc. ($2.53 billion), SoFi Technologies, Inc. ($2.24 billion), and Reddit, Inc. ($2.00 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short Shell stock? Short selling SHEL is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Shell as its price is falling. SHEL shares are trading down $0.14 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 Shell? A short squeeze for Shell 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 SHEL, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Shell'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 SHEL, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is November, 30 2024. More Short Interest Resources from MarketBeat Related Companies TotalEnergies Short Interest Data BP Short Interest Data Equinor ASA Short Interest Data Suncor Energy Short Interest Data Cenovus Energy Short Interest Data Pembina Pipeline Short Interest Data Coterra Energy Short Interest Data Ecopetrol Short Interest Data Permian Resources Short Interest Data Ovintiv Short Interest Data Short Interest Tools Stocks to Short Largest Short Interest Positions Short Interest Increases Short Interest Decreases Short Interest Reporting Dates This page (NYSE:SHEL) was last updated on 12/22/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our Partners$2 Trillion Disappears Because of Fed's Secretive New Move$2 trillion has disappeared from the US government's books. The reason why is a new, secretive move being c...Stansberry Research | SponsoredURGENT: This Altcoin Opportunity Won’t Wait – Act NowIt’s here. This is the moment we’ve been waiting for. The next 3-6 months in crypto will be absolutely life...Crypto Swap Profits | SponsoredDid You See Trump’s Bombshell Exec. Order 001?Starting with what I call Exec. Order 001. It’s a bombshell law that I believe Trump will sign within minut...Banyan Hill Publishing | SponsoredCould This Tiny Device Help You Make an Extra $30k a Year?I believe it’s going to power Elon Musk’s next AI revolution… A revolution he believes will be worth more t...Brownstone Research | SponsoredHOTTEST TRADER IN AMERICA 🔥🔥🔥Ready for a rocket ride this weekend? After alerting his readers to a tiny $2 stock called Bright Minds Bio...Timothy Sykes | SponsoredBuffett's Oil Bet + This 22% Dividend PlayWarren Buffett has been quietly amassing a massive position in oil stocks. But while Buffett's picks (Occid...Investors Alley | SponsoredBuy this coin BEFORE Inauguration Day …Mark my words … Bitcoin is going to $100,000. BEFORE Trump is inaugurated. And I think it could reach $1...Weiss Ratings | SponsoredPlease don’t take this warning lightly…Something huge is about to hit the stock market. Wall St. legend Louis Navellier calls it: "The most signif...InvestorPlace | Sponsored Adding Choose a watchlist: Watchlist Adding You have already added five stocks to your watchlist. Upgrade to MarketBeat All Access to add more stocks to your watchlist. Adding Shell plc Please log in to your account or sign up in order to add this asset to your watchlist. Share Shell With A Colleague Link copied to clipboard. Get 30 Days of MarketBeat All Access for Free Sign up for MarketBeat All Access to gain access to MarketBeat's full suite of research tools. Start Your 30-Day Trial MarketBeat All Access Features Best-in-Class Portfolio Monitoring Get personalized stock ideas. Compare portfolio to indices. Check stock news, ratings, SEC filings, and more. Stock Ideas and Recommendations See daily stock ideas from top analysts. Receive short-term trading ideas from MarketBeat. Identify trending stocks on social media. Advanced Stock Screeners and Research Tools Use our seven stock screeners to find suitable stocks. Stay informed with MarketBeat's real-time news. Export data to Excel for personal analysis. Sign in to your free account to enjoy these benefits In-depth profiles and analysis for 20,000 public companies. Real-time analyst ratings, insider transactions, earnings data, and more. Our daily ratings and market update email newsletter. Sign in to your free account to enjoy all that MarketBeat has to offer. Sign In Create Account Your Email Address: Email Address Required Your Password: Password Required Log In or Sign in with Facebook Sign in with Google Forgot your password? Your Email Address: Please enter your email address. Please enter a valid email address Choose a Password: Please enter your password. Your password must be at least 8 characters long and contain at least 1 number, 1 letter, and 1 special character. Create My Account (Free) or Sign in with Facebook Sign in with Google By creating a free account, you agree to our terms of service. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.