Velocity Financial (VEL) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $19.05 -0.16 (-0.83%) (As of 11/1/2024 ET) Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrends Velocity Financial Short Interest DataVelocity Financial (VEL) has a short interest of 886,900 shares, representing 4.53% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a -0.19% decrease in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 20.1, indicating that it would take 20.1 days of the average trading volume of 27,751 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest886,900 sharesPrevious Short Interest888,600 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month-0.19%Dollar Volume Sold Short$17.29 millionShort Interest Ratio20.1 Days to CoverLast Record DateOctober 15, 2024Outstanding Shares33,110,000 sharesFloat Size19,600,000 sharesShort Percent of Float4.53%Today's Trading Volume43,926 sharesAverage Trading Volume27,751 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average158% Short Selling Velocity Financial? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for Velocity Financial and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartVEL Short Interest Over TimeVEL Days to Cover Over TimeVEL Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Ad Crypto Swap Profits625,000% GainImagine swapping your daily coffee expense for a future free of financial worries. It might seem far-fetched, but results like this are within reach with the right knowledge and timing in the altcoin market. Plus, you’ll get $10 in real Bitcoin when you stay to the end of the call and take a short quiz.>> Dive into the Workshop Here Velocity Financial Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 10/15/2024886,900 shares $17.29 million -0.2%4.5%20.1 $19.50 9/30/2024888,600 shares $17.43 million +15.6%4.5%20.1 $19.61 9/15/2024768,500 shares $15.00 million +23.4%3.9%16.9 $19.52 8/31/2024623,000 shares $11.69 million +5.8%3.2%15.9 $18.77 8/15/2024589,100 shares $10.75 million -20.0%3.0%18.8 $18.24 7/31/2024736,100 shares $13.93 million +13.7%3.8%27 $18.93 Get the Latest News and Ratings for VEL and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Velocity Financial and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 7/15/2024647,400 shares $12.33 million -1.6%3.3%28.8 $19.04 6/30/2024657,600 shares $11.79 million +1.5%3.4%30.3 $17.93 6/15/2024647,700 shares $12.02 million +1.8%3.3%32.7 $18.56 5/31/2024636,400 shares $11.77 million +9.6%3.2%31.5 $18.50 5/15/2024580,600 shares $10.32 million +1.1%2.9%29.8 $17.77 4/30/2024574,300 shares $9.85 million -1.2%2.9%31.6 $17.15 4/15/2024581,500 shares $9.40 million +15.1%3.0%34 $16.16 3/31/2024505,200 shares $9.09 million +6.4%2.6%30.1 $18.00 3/15/2024474,900 shares $8.22 million +0.6%2.5%26.1 $17.30 2/29/2024471,900 shares $7.72 million +1.3%2.5%21.5 $16.35 2/15/2024466,000 shares $7.72 million -0.5%2.4%20.7 $16.57 1/31/2024468,300 shares $7.48 million +1.3%2.4%20.3 $15.97 1/15/2024462,300 shares $7.41 million +19.1%2.4%19.3 $16.02 12/31/2023388,300 shares $6.69 million +3.0%2.0%16.7 $17.22 12/15/2023377,000 shares $5.98 million +22.4%1.9%17.9 $15.85 11/30/2023308,000 shares $4.58 million +2.1%1.6%13.8 $14.88 11/15/2023301,600 shares $4.61 million +3.3%1.5%14.2 $15.29 10/31/2023292,100 shares $3.37 million +4.7%1.5%14.2 $11.55 10/15/2023279,000 shares $3.08 million +1.3%1.4%13.3 $11.04 9/30/2023275,400 shares $3.11 million +4.3%1.4%13.9 $11.30 9/15/2023264,000 shares $3.03 million +16.8%1.4%12.3 $11.47 8/31/2023226,000 shares $2.80 million +12.3%1.2%12.2 $12.39 8/15/2023201,200 shares $2.66 million +11.6%1.0%10.8 $13.23 7/31/2023180,300 shares $2.23 million -2.7%0.9%9.9 $12.38 7/15/2023185,300 shares $2.19 million -1.1%1.0%9.9 $11.84 6/30/2023187,400 shares $2.16 million -8.1%1.0%9.8 $11.53 6/15/2023204,000 shares $2.35 million +1.6%1.1%11 $11.50 5/31/2023200,700 shares $1.81 million -0.9%1.0%8.7 $9.00 5/15/2023202,500 shares $1.83 million +5.9%1.1%8.6 $9.05 4/30/2023191,200 shares $1.74 million +2.3%1.0%7.7 $9.12 4/15/2023186,900 shares $1.67 million +1.4%1.0%6.6 $8.94 3/31/2023184,400 shares $1.67 million -5.4%1.0%6.5 $9.03 3/15/2023195,000 shares $1.68 million -15.7%1.0%7.1 $8.62 2/28/2023231,300 shares $2.23 million -4.4%1.2%11 $9.64625,000% Gain (Ad)Imagine swapping your daily coffee expense for a future free of financial worries. 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Plus, you’ll get $10 in real Bitcoin when you stay to the end of the call and take a short quiz.>> Dive into the Workshop Here 2/15/2023241,900 shares $2.39 million -2.1%1.3%12.6 $9.90 1/31/2023247,200 shares $2.49 million +1.3%1.3%13 $10.09 1/15/2023244,000 shares $2.44 million -1.7%1.3%13.8 $10.00 12/30/2022248,100 shares $2.39 million +31.1%1.3%13.4 $9.65 12/15/2022189,300 shares $1.82 million -2.1%1.0%10.1 $9.63 11/30/2022193,300 shares $1.97 million -5.8%1.0%10.2 $10.17 11/15/2022205,100 shares $2.09 million +95.7%1.1%10.7 $10.17 10/31/2022104,800 shares $1.02 million -3.9%0.5%5.4 $9.71 10/15/2022109,000 shares $1.14 million -4.7%0.6%6.9 $10.43 9/30/2022114,400 shares $1.24 million +1.6%0.6%7.4 $10.84 9/15/2022112,600 shares $1.32 million +0.6%0.6%7.8 $11.74 8/31/2022111,900 shares $1.28 million -6.4%0.6%7.6 $11.42 8/15/2022119,500 shares $1.43 million -1.3%0.6%8.1 $12.00 7/31/2022121,100 shares $1.43 million -2.6%0.6%7.4 $11.83 7/15/2022124,300 shares $1.30 million -17.4%0.6%7.6 $10.49 6/30/2022150,500 shares $1.65 million +21.4%0.8%9.8 $10.99 6/15/2022124,000 shares $1.26 million +10.7%0.6%8.1 $10.16 5/31/2022112,000 shares $1.23 million -13.8%0.6%8.2 $10.95 5/15/2022129,900 shares $1.41 million +9.2%0.7%8.9 $10.82 4/30/2022119,000 shares $1.27 million +3.2%0.6%7.6 $10.70 4/15/2022115,300 shares $1.14 million -9.4%0.6%7.5 $9.90 3/31/2022127,300 shares $1.39 million -14.2%0.7%7.6 $10.94 3/15/2022148,400 shares $1.57 million -5.8%0.8%7.6 $10.60 2/28/2022157,500 shares $2.01 million -34.3%0.8%5.9 $12.79 2/15/2022239,800 shares $3.07 million +5.0%1.2%8.5 $12.80 1/31/2022228,500 shares $2.94 million +1.0%1.2%7.7 $12.86 1/15/2022226,200 shares $3.08 million -4.5%1.2%6.6 $13.61 12/31/2021236,800 shares $3.24 million +17.3%1.2%7.3 $13.70 12/15/2021201,900 shares $2.66 million -0.1%1.0%6.6 $13.16 11/30/2021202,100 shares $2.44 million +4.2%1.0%8.1 $12.08 11/15/2021194,000 shares $2.52 million +47.5%1.0%9 $13.01 10/29/2021131,500 shares $1.69 million -4.2%0.7%7.1 $12.85 10/15/2021137,200 shares $1.71 million -8.6%1.1%9.9 $12.47 9/30/2021150,100 shares $1.98 million +3.2%1.2%8.9 $13.16 9/15/2021145,500 shares $1.88 million -11.3%1.1%4.2 $12.90 8/31/2021164,100 shares $2.11 million +1.4%1.3%4.2 $12.87 8/13/2021161,900 shares $2.09 million -5.0%1.3%3.7 $12.94 7/30/2021170,400 shares $2.16 million +5.3%1.4%3.2 $12.65 7/15/2021161,800 shares $2.03 million -6.2%1.3%1.9 $12.52 6/30/2021172,500 shares $2.15 million +164.6%1.3%2.1 $12.49 6/15/202165,200 shares $850,208.00 -10.4%0.5%1 $13.04 5/28/202172,800 shares $785,512.00 -19.0%0.6%1 $10.79 5/14/202189,900 shares $1.02 million +20.5%0.7%1.4 $11.30 4/30/202174,600 shares $680,352.00 -3.9%0.6%1.2 $9.12 4/15/202177,600 shares $699,952.00 -21.4%0.6%2.7 $9.02 3/31/202198,700 shares $886,770.15 -15.7%0.8%3.6 $8.98 3/15/2021117,100 shares $1.03 million +1.3%0.9%4.3 $8.77 2/26/2021115,600 shares $835,788.00 -39.7%0.6%5.6 $7.23 2/12/2021191,700 shares $1.40 million +56.0%1.0%8.2 $7.30 1/29/2021122,900 shares $884,880.00 -4.3%1.0%4 $7.20625,000% Gain (Ad)Imagine swapping your daily coffee expense for a future free of financial worries. It might seem far-fetched, but results like this are within reach with the right knowledge and timing in the altcoin market. Plus, you’ll get $10 in real Bitcoin when you stay to the end of the call and take a short quiz.>> Dive into the Workshop Here 1/15/2021128,400 shares $898,800.00 No Change1.0%4 $7.00 VEL Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Velocity Financial's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Velocity Financial shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of October 15th, traders have sold 886,900 shares of VEL short. 4.53% of Velocity Financial's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Velocity Financial's current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for Velocity Financial? 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. VEL shares currently have a short interest ratio of 20.0. Learn More on Velocity Financial's short interest ratio. Which institutional investors are shorting Velocity Financial? As of the most recent reporting period, the following institutional investors, funds, and major shareholders have reported short positions of Velocity Financial: Susquehanna International Group LLP. These positions are disclosed in Form 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. What is a good short interest percentage for Velocity Financial? 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. 4.53% of Velocity Financial's floating shares are currently sold short. Is Velocity Financial's short interest increasing or decreasing? Velocity Financial saw a decline in short interest during the month of October. As of October 15th, there was short interest totaling 886,900 shares, a decline of 0.2% from the previous total of 888,600 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 Velocity Financial's float size? Velocity Financial currently has issued a total of 33,110,000 shares. Some of Velocity Financial'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. Velocity Financial currently has a public float of 19,600,000 shares. How does Velocity Financial's short interest compare to its competitors? 4.53% of Velocity Financial's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "banking" compare to Velocity Financial: Bread Financial Holdings, Inc. (8.40%), Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc. (2.16%), Enova International, Inc. (6.79%), Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores S.A. (0.02%), Core Scientific, Inc. (13.16%), Independent Bank Group, Inc. (4.32%), FB Financial Co. (1.47%), TeraWulf Inc. (17.38%), Triumph Financial, Inc. (8.87%), Merchants Bancorp (5.04%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.14 billion), AppLovin Co. ($3.15 billion), Paychex, Inc. ($2.69 billion), Nu Holdings Ltd. ($2.48 billion), Cencora, Inc. ($2.24 billion), International Paper ($2.04 billion), Tractor Supply ($1.96 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($1.93 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($1.91 billion), and SoFi Technologies, Inc. ($1.84 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short Velocity Financial stock? Short selling VEL is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Velocity Financial as its price is falling. VEL shares are trading down $0.16 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 Velocity Financial? A short squeeze for Velocity Financial 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 VEL, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Velocity Financial'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 VEL, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is October, 15 2024. 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