Southern (SO) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $83.92 +0.03 (+0.03%) As of 01/17/2025 03:59 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 InterestSustainabilityTrends Southern Short Interest DataSouthern (SO) has a short interest of 18.34 million shares. This marks a 0.94% increase in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 4.5, indicating that it would take 4.5 days of the average trading volume of 3.44 million shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest18,340,000 sharesPrevious Short Interest18,170,000 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month+0.94%Dollar Volume Sold Short$1.51 billionShort Interest Ratio4.5 Days to CoverLast Record DateDecember 31, 2024Outstanding Shares1,095,680,000 sharesPercentage of Shares Shorted1.67%Today's Trading Volume5,406,741 sharesAverage Trading Volume3,442,785 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average157% Short Selling Southern? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for Southern and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartSO Short Interest Over TimeSO Days to Cover Over TimeSO Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Southern Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 12/31/202418,340,000 shares $1.51 billion +0.9%N/A4.5 $82.32 12/15/202418,170,000 shares $1.51 billion -6.7%N/A4.3 $83.20 11/30/202419,480,000 shares $1.74 billion +12.5%N/A4.5 $89.13 11/15/202417,310,000 shares $1.52 billion -5.9%N/A4 $87.92 10/31/202418,390,000 shares $1.67 billion -3.4%N/A4.3 $90.99 10/15/202419,030,000 shares $1.73 billion -9.2%N/A4.4 $90.74 9/30/202420,950,000 shares $1.89 billion +18.0%N/A4.8 $90.17 9/15/202417,760,000 shares $1.59 billion +0.7%N/A4.4 $89.44 8/31/202417,640,000 shares $1.52 billion -10.8%N/A4.5 $86.40 8/15/202419,780,000 shares $1.72 billion +7.4%N/A5 $87.01 Get the Latest News and Ratings for SO and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Southern and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 7/31/202418,420,000 shares $1.54 billion -1.2%N/A4.4 $83.52 7/15/202418,640,000 shares $1.49 billion +0.2%N/A4.4 $80.05 6/30/202418,600,000 shares $1.44 billion -22.1%N/A4.2 $77.57 6/15/202423,880,000 shares $1.88 billion +16.0%N/A5.1 $78.65 5/31/202420,580,000 shares $1.65 billion -5.6%N/A4.3 $80.16 5/15/202421,810,000 shares $1.73 billion +20.5%N/A4.6 $79.29 4/30/202418,100,000 shares $1.33 billion +16.3%N/A3.7 $73.50 4/15/202415,560,000 shares $1.06 billion -2.5%N/A3.2 $68.39 3/31/202415,960,000 shares $1.14 billion -0.4%N/A3.5 $71.74 3/15/202416,030,000 shares $1.11 billion +9.6%N/A3.6 $69.09 2/29/202414,630,000 shares $983.28 million +9.9%N/A3.1 $67.21 2/15/202413,310,000 shares $889.37 million +6.4%N/A2.9 $66.82 1/31/202412,510,000 shares $869.70 million -5.0%N/A2.8 $69.52 1/15/202413,170,000 shares $940.60 million +6.3%N/A3 $71.42 12/31/202312,390,000 shares $868.79 million -14.6%N/A2.8 $70.12 12/15/202314,510,000 shares $1.03 billion +18.9%N/A3.2 $70.86 11/30/202312,200,000 shares $865.96 million +4.1%N/A2.7 $70.98 11/15/202311,720,000 shares $805.98 million +3.7%N/A2.7 $68.77 10/31/202311,300,000 shares $760.49 million -3.8%N/A2.8 $67.30 10/15/202311,740,000 shares $781.30 million +7.7%N/A2.9 $66.55 9/30/202310,900,000 shares $705.45 million +0.6%N/A2.8 $64.72 9/15/202310,840,000 shares $770.62 million +0.3%N/A2.9 $71.09 8/31/202310,810,000 shares $732.16 million +2.4%N/A2.9 $67.73 8/15/202310,560,000 shares $715.65 million -5.1%N/A2.6 $67.77 7/31/202311,130,000 shares $805.14 million -4.2%N/A2.7 $72.34 7/15/202311,620,000 shares $829.44 million +5.3%N/A2.8 $71.38 6/30/202311,040,000 shares $775.34 million -11.3%N/A2.7 $70.23 6/15/202312,450,000 shares $881.09 million -7.9%N/A3 $70.77 5/31/202313,520,000 shares $943.02 million -21.4%N/A3.1 $69.75 5/15/202317,200,000 shares $1.25 billion +13.9%N/A3.9 $72.42Grab This Altcoin Before Trump's Crypto Announcement (Ad)The #1 Coin Poised to Soar Under Trump Pro-Crypto White House could make this the investment opportunity of a lifetime! Click HERE to access this free report before it's too late 4/30/202315,100,000 shares $1.11 billion -3.9%N/A3.5 $73.55 4/15/202315,720,000 shares $1.13 billion +0.4%N/A3.6 $71.94 3/31/202315,660,000 shares $1.09 billion +35.7%N/A3.6 $69.58 3/15/202311,540,000 shares $780.68 million +13.0%N/A2.7 $67.65 2/28/202310,210,000 shares $643.84 million +10.4%N/A2.4 $63.06 2/15/20239,250,000 shares $617.62 million -11.4%N/A2.1 $66.77 1/31/202310,440,000 shares $706.58 million -4.6%N/A2.4 $67.68 1/15/202310,940,000 shares $769.30 million -5.0%N/A2.4 $70.32 12/30/202211,520,000 shares $822.64 million +10.3%N/A2.5 $71.41 12/15/202210,440,000 shares $734.66 million +15.6%N/A2.2 $70.37 11/30/20229,030,000 shares $610.79 million +5.2%N/A2.1 $67.64 11/15/20228,580,000 shares $565.34 million -14.1%N/A2.1 $65.89 10/31/20229,990,000 shares $654.15 million -9.2%N/A2.5 $65.48 10/15/202211,000,000 shares $698.61 million +1.8%N/A2.7 $63.51 9/30/202210,810,000 shares $735.08 million -8.7%N/A2.7 $68.00 9/15/202211,840,000 shares $915.11 million -1.6%N/A3 $77.29 8/31/202212,030,000 shares $927.15 million -1.4%N/A2.8 $77.07 8/15/202212,200,000 shares $956.11 million -6.9%N/A2.7 $78.37 7/31/202213,110,000 shares $1.01 billion -11.7%N/A2.7 $76.89 7/15/202214,850,000 shares $1.07 billion +9.8%N/A3 $72.33 6/30/202213,530,000 shares $964.82 million +6.1%1.3%2.6 $71.31 6/15/202212,750,000 shares $848.77 million -4.6%1.2%2.4 $66.57 5/31/202213,360,000 shares $1.01 billion -7.3%N/A2.6 $75.66 5/15/202214,410,000 shares $1.06 billion +2.2%N/A2.5 $73.65 4/30/202214,100,000 shares $1.03 billion -11.7%N/A2.4 $73.39 4/15/202215,970,000 shares $1.21 billion +10.0%N/A2.6 $75.99 3/31/202214,520,000 shares $1.05 billion -12.5%N/A2.4 $72.51 3/15/202216,600,000 shares $1.14 billion +12.3%N/A2.9 $68.66 2/28/202214,780,000 shares $957.30 million +0.1%N/A2.5 $64.77 2/15/202214,770,000 shares $960.35 million +2.4%N/A2.6 $65.02 1/31/202214,430,000 shares $1.00 billion +26.9%N/A2.9 $69.49 1/15/202211,370,000 shares $780.66 million -0.1%N/A2.6 $68.66 12/31/202111,380,000 shares $780.44 million -13.5%N/A2.8 $68.58 12/15/202113,150,000 shares $877.76 million +26.3%N/A3.1 $66.75 11/30/202110,410,000 shares $636.05 million +0.4%N/A2.6 $61.10 11/15/202110,370,000 shares $645.01 million +1.1%N/A2.7 $62.20 10/29/202110,260,000 shares $639.40 million -2.8%N/A2.6 $62.32 10/15/202110,550,000 shares $666.02 million +4.8%N/A2.6 $63.13 9/30/202110,070,000 shares $624.04 million -15.9%N/A2.5 $61.97 9/15/202111,970,000 shares $790.14 million +4.5%N/A3 $66.01 8/31/202111,460,000 shares $753.27 million -0.9%1.1%2.9 $65.73 8/13/202111,560,000 shares $757.53 million +11.7%1.1%2.9 $65.53 7/30/202110,350,000 shares $661.05 million -4.6%1.0%2.6 $63.87 7/15/202110,850,000 shares $679.97 million +13.3%1.0%2.8 $62.67 6/30/20219,580,000 shares $579.69 million -4.6%0.9%2.4 $60.51 6/15/202110,040,000 shares $645.77 million -7.5%1.0%2.6 $64.32 5/28/202110,850,000 shares $693.53 million -3.0%1.0%2.8 $63.92 5/14/202111,190,000 shares $735.52 million +6.2%N/A2.8 $65.73 4/30/202110,540,000 shares $686.79 million -4.5%N/A2.6 $65.16 4/15/202111,040,000 shares $705.35 million +9.9%N/A2.8 $63.89Grab This Altcoin Before Trump's Crypto Announcement (Ad)The #1 Coin Poised to Soar Under Trump Pro-Crypto White House could make this the investment opportunity of a lifetime! Click HERE to access this free report before it's too late 3/31/202110,050,000 shares $618.48 million +8.9%N/A2.5 $61.54 3/15/20219,230,000 shares $552.32 million +9.5%N/A2.3 $59.84 2/26/20218,430,000 shares $486.92 million -3.6%N/A2.2 $57.76 2/12/20218,740,000 shares $535.67 million +8.2%N/A2.4 $61.29 1/29/20218,080,000 shares $477.04 million +1.0%N/A2.2 $59.04 1/15/20218,000,000 shares $472.32 million -9.0%N/A2.1 $59.04 12/31/20208,790,000 shares $532.76 million +0.8%N/A2.4 $60.61 12/15/20208,720,000 shares $520.24 million -1.5%N/A2.3 $59.66 11/30/20208,850,000 shares $536.75 million -26.3%N/A2.2 $60.65 11/15/202012,010,000 shares $767.44 million +28.9%N/A3 $63.90 10/30/20209,320,000 shares $542.52 million -5.2%N/A2.3 $58.21 10/15/20209,830,000 shares $570.14 million -0.2%N/A2.5 $58.00 9/30/20209,850,000 shares $534.07 million -8.5%N/A2.5 $54.22 9/15/202010,770,000 shares $570.92 million -3.1%N/A2.7 $53.01 8/31/202011,110,000 shares $579.72 million +16.8%N/A2.6 $52.18 8/14/20209,510,000 shares $509.36 million -9.4%N/A2.2 $53.56 7/31/202010,500,000 shares $573.41 million -12.3%N/A2.3 $54.61 7/15/202011,970,000 shares $642.55 million +0.3%N/A2.5 $53.68 6/30/202011,930,000 shares $618.57 million -0.3%N/A2.4 $51.85 6/15/202011,960,000 shares $674.78 million -11.3%N/A2.1 $56.42 5/29/202013,480,000 shares $769.30 million -1.6%N/A2.1 $57.07 5/15/202013,700,000 shares $719.80 million +10.0%N/A2 $52.54 4/30/202012,460,000 shares $706.86 million +0.2%N/A1.9 $56.73 4/15/202012,430,000 shares $694.71 million -14.8%N/A1.9 $55.89 3/31/202014,580,000 shares $841.70 million -7.9%N/A2.3 $57.73 3/13/202015,832,600 shares $955.18 million +11.7%N/A3 $60.33 2/28/202014,180,000 shares $613.00 million -17.7%N/A2.7 $43.23 2/14/202017,220,000 shares $1.07 billion -8.9%N/A3.7 $62.02 1/31/202018,910,000 shares $1.25 billion -6.3%N/A4.1 $66.19 SO Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Southern's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Southern shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of December 31st, investors have sold 18,340,000 shares of SO short. Learn More on Southern's current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for Southern? 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. SO shares currently have a short interest ratio of 4.0. Learn More on Southern's short interest ratio. Which institutional investors are shorting Southern? As of the most recent reporting period, the following institutional investors, funds, and major shareholders have reported short positions of Southern: Jane Street Group LLC, Wolverine Trading LLC, Readystate Asset Management LP, Point72 DIFC Ltd, Point72 Asset Management L.P., Parallax Volatility Advisers L.P., Maven Securities LTD, Paloma Partners Management Co, Garda Capital Partners LP, Verition Fund Management LLC, Capstone Investment Advisors LLC, Walleye Trading LLC, Walleye Capital LLC, PEAK6 Investments LLC, BNP Paribas Financial Markets, LMR Partners LLP, SpiderRock Advisors LLC, and IMC Chicago LLC. These positions are disclosed in Form 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Is Southern's short interest increasing or decreasing? Southern saw a increase in short interest during the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totaling 18,340,000 shares, an increase of 0.9% from the previous total of 18,170,000 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 Southern's short interest compare to its competitors? Here is how the short interest of companies compare to Southern: NextEra Energy, Inc. (1.68%), Duke Energy Co. (1.07%), Entergy Corporation (1.54%), PPL Co. (2.18%), FirstEnergy Corp. (1.80%), Edison International (1.54%), Eversource Energy (1.45%), Pinnacle West Capital Co. (3.08%), OGE Energy Corp. (2.13%), IDACORP, Inc. (1.95%), 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. ($5.83 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.77 billion), Reddit, Inc. ($2.98 billion), The Kroger Co. ($2.97 billion), International Paper ($2.64 billion), SoFi Technologies, Inc. ($1.99 billion), Rivian Automotive, Inc. ($1.93 billion), Onsemi ($1.81 billion), SoundHound AI, Inc. ($1.59 billion), and Moderna, Inc. ($1.57 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short Southern stock? Short selling SO is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Southern as its price is falling. SO shares are trading up $0.03 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 Southern? A short squeeze for Southern occurs when it has a large amount of short interest and its stock appreciates in price. This forces short sellers to cover their short interest positions by buying actual shares of SO, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Southern'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 SO, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is December, 31 2024. 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