Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $123.11 -3.46 (-2.73%) Closing price 10/29/2026 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$119.93 -3.18 (-2.58%) As of 08:11 AM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Massive. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsInsider TradesNews and TrendsOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort Interest Wheaton Precious Metals Short Interest OverviewAs of October 15, 2026, Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM) had a short interest of 5.70 million shares sold short, representing 1.25% of the public float. This marks a 0.74% decrease in short interest since the prior report. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 4.3, meaning it would take 4.3 days of the average trading volume of 1.42 million shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest5,696,656 sharesPrevious Short Interest5,739,168 sharesChange Vs. Previous Report-0.74%Dollar Volume Sold Short$758.69 millionShort Interest Ratio4.3 Days to CoverLast Record DateOctober 15, 2026Outstanding Shares454,189,000 sharesShort Percent of Float1.25%Today's Trading Volume1,508,453 sharesAverage Trading Volume1,420,402 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average106% Short Selling Wheaton Precious Metals? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for Wheaton Precious Metals and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Get Report View SMS TermsSMS is currently available in Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States. 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Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartWPM Short Interest Over TimeWPM Days to Cover Over TimeWPM Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Wheaton Precious Metals Tesla Short Interest History & Recent Changes ExportReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 10/15/20265,696,656 shares $758.69 million -0.7%1.3%4.32 $133.18 9/30/20265,739,168 shares $766.69 million -9.7%1.3%2.81 $133.59 9/15/20266,357,439 shares $955.14 million +3.2%1.4%3.49 $150.24 8/31/20266,160,442 shares $928.38 million +17.5%1.4%2.22 $150.70 8/14/20265,242,905 shares $703.87 million +24.7%1.2%2.45 $134.25 7/31/20264,204,208 shares $458.49 million +33.6%0.9%2.52 $109.06 7/15/20263,147,651 shares $341.81 million -7.2%0.7%2.11 $108.59 6/30/20263,390,686 shares $380.46 million +20.6%0.7%1.29 $112.21 6/15/20262,810,830 shares $348.04 million -16.9%0.6%1.2 $123.82 5/29/20263,381,245 shares $448.82 million +5.9%0.7%2.42 $132.74 Get the Latest News and Ratings for WPM and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Wheaton Precious Metals and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 5/15/20263,194,243 shares $416.44 million -17.9%0.7%1.38 $130.37 4/30/20263,889,770 shares $492.03 million +10.9%0.9%1.64 $126.49 4/15/20263,508,154 shares $518.55 million +0.4%0.8%1.72 $147.81 3/31/20263,493,042 shares $458.09 million +10.0%0.8%1.1 $131.14 3/13/20263,174,215 shares $443.51 million +8.7%0.7%1.35 $139.72 2/27/20262,919,618 shares $477.07 million -14.1%0.6%1.56 $163.40 2/13/20263,397,380 shares $495.98 million +0.0%0.7%1.28 $145.99 1/30/20263,396,765 shares $447.25 million +11.7%0.7%1 $131.67 1/15/20263,041,169 shares $411.59 million -10.8%0.7%1.69 $135.34 12/31/20253,409,213 shares $400.48 million -3.4%0.8%2 $117.47 12/15/20253,528,742 shares $408.94 million +7.6%0.8%1.82 $115.89 11/28/20253,280,566 shares $359.37 million -10.1%0.7%2.18 $109.55 11/14/20253,799,668 shares $395.74 million +5.7%0.8%2.11 $104.15 10/31/20253,595,527 shares $347.36 million -17.5%0.8%1.2 $96.61 10/15/20254,360,000 shares $480.18 million -7.0%1.0%2 $110.13 9/30/20254,690,000 shares $524.58 million -26.0%1.0%2.3 $111.85 9/15/20256,340,000 shares $683.19 million +3.6%1.4%3.2 $107.76 8/31/20256,120,000 shares $614.61 million +2.2%1.4%3.3 $100.43 8/15/20255,990,000 shares $564.74 million +10.7%1.3%3.3 $94.28 7/31/20255,410,000 shares $495.13 million -20.2%1.2%2.9 $91.52 7/15/20256,780,000 shares $614.71 million +47.1%1.5%3.6 $90.67 6/30/20254,610,000 shares $414.49 million -28.6%2.1%3.9 $89.91 6/15/20256,460,000 shares $592.23 million +88.9%1.4%3.1 $91.68 5/31/20253,420,000 shares $296.99 million -0.3%0.8%1.6 $86.84 5/15/20253,430,000 shares $270.08 million -28.5%0.8%1.7 $78.74 4/30/20254,800,000 shares $400.85 million +24.0%1.1%2.4 $83.51 4/15/20253,870,000 shares $322.72 million +2.1%0.9%2 $83.39 3/31/20253,790,000 shares $294.24 million No Change0.8%2.2 $77.64 3/15/20253,790,000 shares $279.79 million +4.1%0.8%2.4 $73.82 2/28/20253,640,000 shares $251.43 million -10.6%0.8%2.5 $69.07Elon Musk’s One Stock Retirement Plan (Ad)Stanley Druckenmiller once said you don't get rich diversifying into 50 mediocre assets - you get rich finding two or three asymmetric home runs. Analyst Jeff Brown says he has identified a new one, a single stock he calls Elon Musk's One Stock Retirement Plan.Click here to see Jeff Brown's full stock breakdown now 2/15/20254,070,000 shares $275.07 million +13.7%0.9%2.7 $67.58 1/31/20253,580,000 shares $223.39 million No Change0.8%2.3 $62.40 1/15/20253,580,000 shares $208.07 million +3.2%0.8%2.2 $58.12 12/31/20243,470,000 shares $195.15 million +5.5%0.8%2.1 $56.24 12/15/20243,290,000 shares $199.24 million +5.1%0.7%1.9 $60.56 11/30/20243,130,000 shares $195.09 million -61.5%0.7%1.9 $62.33 11/15/20248,120,000 shares $476.48 million -1.5%1.8%4.9 $58.68 10/31/20248,240,000 shares $544.09 million +13.2%1.8%5.1 $66.03 10/15/20247,280,000 shares $449.61 million -5.9%1.6%4.8 $61.76 9/30/20247,740,000 shares $472.76 million -20.8%1.7%5.2 $61.08 9/15/20249,770,000 shares $611.21 million -4.2%2.2%6.9 $62.56 8/31/202410,200,000 shares $630.46 million +7.7%2.3%7.2 $61.81 8/15/20249,470,000 shares $547.08 million -19.0%2.1%6.2 $57.77 7/31/202411,690,000 shares $698.59 million -13.5%2.6%7.8 $59.76 7/15/202413,510,000 shares $803.71 million -10.9%3.0%8.9 $59.49 6/30/202415,160,000 shares $794.69 million -7.7%3.4%8.9 $52.42 6/15/202416,420,000 shares $869.27 million -5.9%3.6%8.9 $52.94 5/31/202417,450,000 shares $961.67 million -9.4%3.9%9.1 $55.11 5/15/202419,270,000 shares $1.08 billion +4.8%4.3%9.2 $55.93 4/30/202418,390,000 shares $958.85 million -4.4%4.1%8.1 $52.14 4/15/202419,240,000 shares $985.09 million +13.4%4.3%8.5 $51.20 3/31/202416,970,000 shares $799.80 million +8.3%3.8%8 $47.13 3/15/202415,670,000 shares $695.75 million +11.7%3.5%7.9 $44.40 2/29/202414,030,000 shares $577.90 million -13.0%3.1%6.8 $41.19 2/15/202416,130,000 shares $715.04 million +6.3%3.6%8.3 $44.33 1/31/202415,170,000 shares $711.02 million -1.0%3.4%8.7 $46.87 1/15/202415,330,000 shares $743.66 million -0.6%3.4%8.5 $48.51 12/31/202315,420,000 shares $760.82 million -12.1%3.4%8.6 $49.34 12/15/202317,540,000 shares $855.78 million -7.3%3.9%9.7 $48.79 11/30/202318,930,000 shares $925.68 million +6.6%4.2%11.3 $48.90 11/15/202317,760,000 shares $791.74 million -4.9%3.9%11 $44.58 10/31/202318,680,000 shares $789.23 million +5.1%4.1%11 $42.25 10/15/202317,780,000 shares $755.12 million +3.7%3.9%10.3 $42.47 9/30/202317,150,000 shares $695.43 million +3.2%3.8%10.4 $40.55 9/15/202316,620,000 shares $734.94 million +3.2%3.7%10.2 $44.22 8/31/202316,100,000 shares $701.64 million +10.1%3.6%9.7 $43.58 8/15/202314,620,000 shares $620.33 million +18.3%3.2%8.6 $42.43 7/31/202312,360,000 shares $554.22 million -0.4%2.7%7.6 $44.84 7/15/202312,410,000 shares $554.98 million +5.9%2.8%7.5 $44.72 6/30/202311,720,000 shares $506.66 million -6.9%2.6%6.7 $43.23 6/15/202312,590,000 shares $562.40 million -0.4%2.8%6.6 $44.67 5/31/202312,640,000 shares $571.96 million -16.8%2.8%5.6 $45.25 5/15/202315,190,000 shares $771.50 million +13.4%3.4%6.4 $50.79 4/30/202313,390,000 shares $661.20 million -10.1%3.0%5.5 $49.38 4/15/202314,890,000 shares $757.75 million +7.4%3.3%6 $50.89 3/31/202313,860,000 shares $667.50 million -4.7%3.1%5.5 $48.16 3/15/202314,550,000 shares $639.91 million +9.0%3.2%5.9 $43.98 2/28/202313,350,000 shares $556.03 million +10.2%3.0%5.9 $41.65 2/15/202312,120,000 shares $514.01 million -4.4%2.7%5.5 $42.41 1/31/202312,680,000 shares $579.98 million -17.2%2.8%5.7 $45.74The Iran War Isn’t Chaos. 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What he found afterward points to a coordinated Two-Front Economic War already in motion, according to his research at Behind the Markets.Uncover the hidden strategy behind the Iran war now 1/15/202315,310,000 shares $681.75 million +1.1%3.4%6.5 $44.53 12/30/202215,140,000 shares $591.67 million -2.3%3.4%6.4 $39.08 12/15/202215,500,000 shares $595.67 million -5.6%3.4%6.2 $38.43 11/30/202216,420,000 shares $640.87 million -1.1%3.6%6.4 $39.03 11/15/202216,610,000 shares $621.38 million +2.3%3.7%6.3 $37.41 10/31/202216,240,000 shares $530.89 million -2.5%3.6%5.7 $32.69 10/15/202216,660,000 shares $511.46 million +1.7%3.7%6.1 $30.70 9/30/202216,390,000 shares $530.38 million +1.5%3.6%5.9 $32.36 9/15/202216,150,000 shares $511.63 million +4.3%3.6%5.9 $31.68 8/31/202215,480,000 shares $472.14 million -3.1%3.4%5.6 $30.50 8/15/202215,970,000 shares $541.86 million +3.6%3.5%6 $33.93 7/31/202215,420,000 shares $528.91 million +14.0%3.4%5.8 $34.30 7/15/202213,530,000 shares $457.31 million +13.9%N/A5 $33.80 6/30/202211,880,000 shares $428.04 million +14.3%N/A4.5 $36.03 6/15/202210,390,000 shares $403.76 million +12.7%N/A4.1 $38.86 5/31/20229,220,000 shares $380.88 million +3.7%2.1%3.6 $41.31 5/15/20228,890,000 shares $352.58 million +6.3%2.0%3.2 $39.66 4/30/20228,360,000 shares $375.03 million +6.0%1.9%3.1 $44.86 4/15/20227,890,000 shares $404.68 million +13.9%1.8%3 $51.29 3/31/20226,930,000 shares $329.73 million -24.1%1.5%2.7 $47.58 3/15/20229,130,000 shares $428.38 million +24.9%2.0%3.6 $46.92 2/28/20227,310,000 shares $320.10 million +2.5%1.6%3 $43.79 2/15/20227,130,000 shares $298.46 million +6.1%1.6%3.2 $41.86 1/31/20226,720,000 shares $270.95 million +1.2%1.5%3.1 $40.32 1/15/20226,640,000 shares $263.34 million -39.5%1.5%3.2 $39.66 12/31/202110,980,000 shares $471.37 million +41.7%2.4%5.3 $42.93 12/15/20217,750,000 shares $303.49 million -6.6%1.7%3.7 $39.16 11/30/20218,300,000 shares $346.69 million +1.2%1.9%4 $41.77 11/15/20218,200,000 shares $369.57 million +5.1%1.8%4.1 $45.07 WPM Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Wheaton Precious Metals' current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Wheaton Precious Metals shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of October 15th, investors have sold 5,696,656 shares of WPM short. 1.25% of Wheaton Precious Metals' shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Wheaton Precious Metals' current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for Wheaton Precious Metals? 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. WPM shares currently have a short interest ratio of 4.3. Learn More on Wheaton Precious Metals's short interest ratio. What is a good short interest percentage for Wheaton Precious Metals? 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. 1.25% of Wheaton Precious Metals' floating shares are currently sold short. Is Wheaton Precious Metals' short interest increasing or decreasing? Wheaton Precious Metals saw a decrease in short interest since the prior report. As of October 15th, there was short interest totaling 5,696,656 shares, a decrease of 0.7% from the previous total of 5,739,168 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 Wheaton Precious Metals' short interest compare to its competitors? 1.25% of Wheaton Precious Metals' shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "metals & mining" compare to Wheaton Precious Metals: Royal Gold, Inc. (2.49%), Agnico Eagle Mines Limited (1.20%), Alamos Gold Inc. (2.04%), AngloGold Ashanti PLC (0.74%), Eldorado Gold Corporation (5.26%), Franco-Nevada Corporation (2.32%), Kinross Gold Corporation (1.47%), Newmont Corporation (1.72%), OR Royalties Inc. (1.54%), Pan American Silver Corp. (1.80%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust ($71.77 billion), Invesco QQQ ($59.70 billion), iShares Russell 2000 ETF ($23.54 billion), Medtronic PLC ($13.33 billion), SPDR S&P Biotech ETF ($10.47 billion), iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF ($10.36 billion), Nebius Group N.V. ($8.98 billion), iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF ($8.92 billion), iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF ($8.10 billion), and iShares Semiconductor ETF ($7.74 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short Wheaton Precious Metals stock? Short selling WPM is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Wheaton Precious Metals as its price is falling. WPM shares are trading down $3.46 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 Wheaton Precious Metals? A short squeeze for Wheaton Precious Metals 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 WPM, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Wheaton Precious Metals' 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 WPM, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is October, 15 2026. What do WPM's short interest metrics mean? Understanding short interest metrics can help you assess how traders are positioning around a stock like WPM:Shares Sold Short: The total number of shares that have been sold by short sellers but have not yet been covered or closed out. A high number may indicate bearish sentiment.Short Float: The percentage of a company’s publicly available shares (or "float") that are sold short. A higher short float suggests a greater portion of the stock is being bet against.Days to Cover (Short Interest Ratio): This estimates how many days it would take short sellers to cover their positions, based on average daily trading volume. Higher values can signal potential for a short squeeze if buying pressure increases.These metrics are often used by traders to gauge sentiment, volatility risk, and the potential for price movements based on short covering activity. 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