Toast (TOST) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Toast shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of August 15th, investors have sold 25,010,000 shares of TOST short. 5.42% of Toast's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Toast's current short interest.

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. TOST shares currently have a short interest ratio of 3.0. Learn More on Toast's short interest ratio.

As of the most recent reporting period, the following institutional investors, funds, and major shareholders have reported short positions of Toast: Group One Trading LLC, Balyasny Asset Management L.P., Jane Street Group LLC, Squarepoint Ops LLC, Qube Research & Technologies Ltd, Walleye Capital LLC, Walleye Trading LLC, Capital Fund Management S.A., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Twin Tree Management LP, and Goldman Sachs Group Inc.. These positions are disclosed in Form 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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. 5.42% of Toast's floating shares are currently sold short.

Toast saw a decline in short interest in August. As of August 15th, there was short interest totaling 25,010,000 shares, a decline of 21.0% from the previous total of 31,670,000 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.

Toast currently has issued a total of 510,000,000 shares. Some of Toast'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. Toast currently has a public float of 461,310,000 shares.

5.42% of Toast's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "business services" compare to Toast: PayPal Holdings, Inc. (3.16%), Trip.com Group Limited Sponsored ADR (1.65%), Waste Connections, Inc. (0.93%), Reddit Inc. (17.04%), IQVIA Holdings Inc. (3.39%), Aercap Holdings N.V. (1.03%), Corpay, Inc. (2.37%), RB Global, Inc. (4.67%), CGI Group, Inc. (1.77%), Zillow Group, Inc. (8.64%),

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.

Short selling TOST is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Toast as its price is falling. TOST shares are trading down $1.08 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.

A short squeeze for Toast 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 TOST, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further.

Short interest is typically published by a stock exchange once per month. However, NASDAQ publishes a report for U.S. stocks, including TOST, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is August, 15 2025.