Ashtead Group (ASHTF) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $58.31 +0.65 (+1.12%) As of 03/7/2025 01:44 PM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartFinancialsHeadlinesShort Interest Ashtead Group Short Interest DataAshtead Group (ASHTF) has a short interest of 426,800 shares. This marks a 28.36% increase in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 25.3, indicating that it would take 25.3 days of the average trading volume of 11,902 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest426,800 sharesPrevious Short Interest332,500 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month+28.36%Dollar Volume Sold Short$28.33 millionShort Interest Ratio25.3 Days to CoverLast Record DateFebruary 15, 2025Today's Trading Volume7,476 sharesAverage Trading Volume11,902 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average63% Short Selling Ashtead Group? 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Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartASHTF Short Interest Over TimeASHTF Days to Cover Over TimeASHTF Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Remove Ads Ashtead Group Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 2/15/2025426,800 shares $28.33 million +28.4%N/A25.3 $66.38 1/31/2025332,500 shares $21.86 million -9.8%N/A11.2 $65.75 1/15/2025368,800 shares $23.04 million -8.6%N/A15.6 $62.48 12/31/2024403,400 shares $24.84 million +29.2%N/A13.1 $61.57 12/15/2024312,300 shares $20.53 million -45.7%N/A14.3 $65.75 11/30/2024574,800 shares $46.73 million -40.7%N/A159.7 $81.30 11/15/2024968,500 shares $77.00 million +82.9%N/A9.6 $79.50 10/31/2024529,500 shares $39.63 million -4.8%N/A123.1 $74.85 10/15/2024555,900 shares $41.86 million -6.5%N/A69.5 $75.31 9/30/2024594,700 shares $46.98 million +6.3%N/A74.3 $78.99 Get the Latest News and Ratings for ASHTF and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Ashtead Group and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 9/15/2024559,700 shares $39.21 million +9.9%N/A119.1 $70.06 8/31/2024509,200 shares $36.17 million +2.8%N/A90.9 $71.03 8/15/2024495,500 shares $33.63 million +33.3%N/A25.2 $67.87 7/31/2024371,600 shares $26.76 million +57.6%N/A24.4 $72.00 7/15/2024235,800 shares $16.60 million -20.6%N/A44.5 $70.41 6/30/2024296,800 shares $19.91 million -14.6%N/A43.6 $67.10 6/15/2024347,500 shares $23.87 million +6.1%N/A53.5 $68.69 5/31/2024327,600 shares $23.81 million +22.3%N/A96.4 $72.69 5/15/2024267,800 shares $20.62 million +34.0%N/A107.1 $77.00 4/30/2024199,900 shares $14.67 million +18.6%N/A52.6 $73.39 4/15/2024168,600 shares $11.98 million +6.8%N/A36.7 $71.08 3/31/2024157,800 shares $11.42 million +100.3%N/A35.1 $72.38 3/15/202478,800 shares $5.24 million -56.1%N/A3 $66.50 2/29/2024179,400 shares $12.71 million +0.7%N/A26 $70.86 2/15/2024178,100 shares $11.81 million +44.0%N/A25.1 $66.33 1/15/2024250,900 shares $15.74 million +52.9%N/A58.4 $62.74 12/31/2023164,100 shares $11.57 million -1.0%N/A64.9 $70.50 12/15/2023165,700 shares $11.55 million -17.3%N/A24 $69.70 11/30/2023200,400 shares $12.04 million -38.3%N/A12.1 $60.08 11/15/2023325,000 shares $21.16 million -1.6%N/A47.1 $65.12 10/31/2023330,400 shares $18.77 million -28.4%N/A80.6 $56.81 10/15/2023461,100 shares $27.98 million +25.3%N/A271.2 $60.68 9/30/2023368,000 shares $22.51 million -0.1%N/A94.4 $61.16 9/15/2023368,400 shares $23.62 million +1.3%N/A9.6 $64.11 8/31/2023363,700 shares $25.37 million +7.1%N/A338 $69.76 8/15/2023339,500 shares $24.47 million -4.1%N/A141.5 $72.09 7/31/2023353,900 shares $26.53 million +2.8%N/A272.2 $74.97 7/15/2023344,300 shares $24.76 million -0.2%N/A48.5 $71.91 6/30/2023344,800 shares $23.83 million +6.1%N/A191.6 $69.10 6/15/2023324,900 shares $22.39 million +1.6%N/A180.5 $68.92DOGE officially begins retirement transformation (Ad)Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency ("DOGE") just announced the first-ever "fully digital retirement" process . This fired the starting gun on the biggest economic transformation in American history.Here's everything you need to do BEFORE Elon has the chance to make his biggest move yet. 5/31/2023319,800 shares $19.35 million -0.5%N/A103.2 $60.50 5/15/2023321,400 shares $19.06 million +39.9%N/A189.1 $59.30 4/30/2023229,700 shares $13.14 million +21.2%N/A127.6 $57.19 4/15/2023189,600 shares $11.22 million +28.9%N/A33.9 $59.20 3/31/2023147,100 shares $8.90 million -0.4%N/A43.3 $60.50 3/15/2023147,700 shares $8.89 million -19.4%N/A35.2 $60.22 2/28/2023183,300 shares $11.65 million +82.2%N/A130.9 $63.56 2/15/2023100,600 shares $6.83 million +3.6%N/A25.8 $67.87 1/31/202397,100 shares $6.39 million -39.6%N/A64.7 $65.80 1/15/2023160,700 shares $9.98 million +34.1%N/A100.4 $62.09 12/30/2022119,800 shares $6.71 million +30.5%N/A9.2 $56.00 12/15/202291,800 shares $5.49 million +24.1%N/A51 $59.75 11/30/202274,000 shares $4.35 million +0.3%N/A16.1 $58.85 11/15/202273,800 shares $4.38 million +2.8%N/A15.1 $59.37 10/31/202271,800 shares $3.84 million -61.2%N/A4.2 $53.55 10/15/2022185,200 shares $8.82 million -2.9%N/A28.1 $47.65 9/30/2022190,800 shares $8.82 million +27.6%N/A17.7 $46.25 9/15/2022149,500 shares $7.11 million -36.0%N/A38.3 $47.56 8/31/2022233,500 shares $11.98 million -25.5%N/A16.1 $51.29 8/15/2022313,400 shares $16.88 million +11.4%N/A72.9 $53.85 7/31/2022281,400 shares $15.22 million +83.9%N/A57.4 $54.10 7/15/2022153,000 shares $6.81 million +23.7%N/A18 $44.49 6/30/2022123,700 shares $5.42 million +61.7%N/A4 $43.85 6/15/202276,500 shares $3.49 million -32.8%N/A5.9 $45.61 5/31/2022113,900 shares $5.82 million No ChangeN/A3.3 $51.07 5/15/2022113,900 shares $5.45 million -29.3%N/A29.2 $47.84 4/30/2022161,200 shares $8.19 million +36.6%N/A9.8 $50.80 4/15/2022118,000 shares $7.26 million +17.3%N/A40.7 $61.55 3/31/2022100,600 shares $6.36 million +13.8%N/A21.4 $63.20 3/15/202288,400 shares $6.06 million -40.1%N/A14.3 $68.55 2/28/2022147,500 shares $9.23 million -11.3%N/A10 $62.61 2/15/2022166,300 shares $11.18 million -3.8%N/A42.6 $67.21 1/31/2022172,900 shares $11.84 million -24.5%N/A40.2 $68.50 1/15/2022229,100 shares $17.78 million +26.4%N/A26 $77.60 12/31/2021181,200 shares $14.71 million +4.1%N/A90.6 $81.18 12/15/2021174,100 shares $14.12 million -16.2%N/A28.5 $81.11 11/30/2021207,700 shares $16.60 million -0.5%N/A148.4 $79.93 11/15/2021208,800 shares $18.27 million -17.8%N/A348 $87.50 10/29/2021253,900 shares $21.33 million +3.4%N/A115.4 $84.00 10/15/2021245,500 shares $20.16 million -6.8%N/A79.2 $82.13 9/30/2021263,500 shares $20.03 million -14.6%N/A114.6 $76.00 9/15/2021308,600 shares $25.40 million +24.0%N/A79.1 $82.31 8/31/2021248,900 shares $19.40 million +55.6%N/A83 $77.95 8/13/2021160,000 shares $12.50 million -10.8%N/A133.3 $78.15 7/30/2021179,400 shares $13.74 million -9.9%N/A163.1 $76.59 7/15/2021199,200 shares $15.34 million +0.1%N/A15.9 $77.01 6/30/2021199,100 shares $14.31 million +33.5%N/A79.6 $71.89 6/15/2021149,200 shares $10.68 million +8.6%N/A99.5 $71.60 5/28/2021137,400 shares $10.10 million -9.7%N/A23.7 $73.48 5/14/2021152,100 shares $10.28 million +6.8%N/A95.1 $67.57DOGE officially begins retirement transformation (Ad)Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency ("DOGE") just announced the first-ever "fully digital retirement" process . This fired the starting gun on the biggest economic transformation in American history.Here's everything you need to do BEFORE Elon has the chance to make his biggest move yet. 4/30/2021142,400 shares $9.56 million -8.5%N/A129.5 $67.15 4/15/2021155,600 shares $9.79 million -9.7%N/A15.6 $62.92 3/31/2021172,300 shares $10.45 million -42.0%N/A26.5 $60.66 3/15/2021296,900 shares $17.37 million +96.2%N/A87.3 $58.49 2/26/2021151,300 shares $8.50 million +27.1%N/A16.8 $56.18 2/12/2021119,000 shares $6.54 million -3.6%N/A108.2 $54.99 1/29/2021123,400 shares $6.22 million +6.9%N/A38.6 $50.43 1/15/2021134,200 shares $6.71 million -14.4%N/A191.7 $50.00 12/31/2020124,400 shares $6.01 million -7.3%N/A51.8 $48.33 12/15/2020134,200 shares $6.07 million -14.4%N/A191.7 $45.25 11/30/2020156,800 shares $6.60 million +35.9%N/A47.5 $42.06 11/15/2020115,400 shares $4.85 million +10.4%N/A67.9 $42.00 10/30/2020104,500 shares $3.83 million -4.7%N/A348.3 $36.65 10/15/2020109,700 shares $4.21 million -25.1%N/A8.8 $38.40 9/30/2020146,500 shares $5.24 million -1.2%N/A31.2 $35.74 9/15/2020148,300 shares $5.53 million -0.7%N/A164.8 $37.31 8/31/2020149,400 shares $5.12 million -6.7%N/A83 $34.30 8/14/2020160,100 shares $5.72 million -32.8%N/A47.1 $35.70 7/31/2020238,200 shares $7.55 million -5.9%N/A48.6 $31.71 7/15/2020253,100 shares $8.36 million -23.5%N/A843.7 $33.05 6/30/2020330,800 shares $10.85 million -14.4%N/A110.3 $32.80 6/15/2020386,400 shares $11.54 million +0.9%N/A72.9 $29.86 5/29/2020383,000 shares $11.50 million -17.4%N/A638.3 $30.03 5/15/2020463,900 shares $11.99 million +16.0%N/A132.5 $25.85 4/30/2020400,000 shares $11.10 million -24.5%N/A181.8 $27.76 4/15/2020529,700 shares $12.02 million -7.2%N/A189.2 $22.69 3/31/2020570,500 shares $12.64 million +96.9%N/A15.7 $22.15 3/13/2020289,700 shares $7.08 million +7.6%N/A4.6 $24.45 ASHTF Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Ashtead Group's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Ashtead Group shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of February 15th, investors have sold 426,800 shares of ASHTF short. Learn More on Ashtead Group's current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for Ashtead Group? 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. ASHTF shares currently have a short interest ratio of 25.0. Learn More on Ashtead Group's short interest ratio. Is Ashtead Group's short interest increasing or decreasing? Ashtead Group saw a increase in short interest in the month of February. As of February 15th, there was short interest totaling 426,800 shares, an increase of 28.4% from the previous total of 332,500 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. Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Invesco QQQ ($25.81 billion), iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF ($10.38 billion), MicroStrategy Incorporated ($7.74 billion), AppLovin Co. ($6.32 billion), Apollo Global Management, Inc. ($5.97 billion), Super Micro Computer, Inc. ($4.89 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.52 billion), Capital One Financial Co. ($3.94 billion), Schlumberger Limited ($3.19 billion), and Reddit, Inc. ($3.01 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short Ashtead Group stock? Short selling ASHTF is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Ashtead Group as its price is falling. ASHTF shares are trading up $0.65 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 Ashtead Group? A short squeeze for Ashtead Group 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 ASHTF, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Ashtead Group'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 ASHTF, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is February, 15 2025. 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