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Applied Digital (APLD) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

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$31.20 +0.58 (+1.89%)
Closing price 08/14/2026 04:00 PM Eastern
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$31.18 -0.02 (-0.06%)
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Applied Digital Short Interest Overview

As of July 31, 2026, Applied Digital (APLD) had a short interest of 72.72 million shares sold short, representing 27.57% of the public float. This marks a 4.07% increase in short interest since the prior report. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 3.2, meaning it would take 3.2 days of the average trading volume of 20.41 million shares to cover all short positions.

Current Short Interest
72,715,542 shares
Previous Short Interest
69,869,887 shares
Change Vs. Previous Month
4.07%
Dollar Volume Sold Short
$1.99 billion
Short Interest Ratio
3.2 Days to Cover
Last Record Date
July 31, 2026
Outstanding Shares
291,470,000 shares
Short Percent of Float
27.57%
Today's Trading Volume
18,006,890 shares
Average Trading Volume
20,414,892 shares
Today's Volume Vs. Average
88%
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Report DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date
7/31/202672,715,542 shares $1.99 billion +4.1%27.6%3.15 $27.39
7/15/202669,869,887 shares $2.03 billion -1.6%27.0%4.11 $29.03
6/30/202670,993,690 shares $2.65 billion -4.5%27.5%3.41 $37.30
6/15/202674,362,955 shares $3.46 billion -3.6%28.8%3.65 $46.47
5/29/202677,160,796 shares $3.65 billion -2.0%29.8%3.22 $47.28
5/15/202678,716,290 shares $3.35 billion -1.7%30.4%3.53 $42.56
4/30/202680,053,909 shares $2.74 billion 0.0%31.0%3.26 $34.25
4/15/202680,062,277 shares $2.47 billion +3.5%31.0%3.01 $30.81
3/31/202677,374,493 shares $1.84 billion -1.8%29.9%4.74 $23.74
3/13/202678,750,397 shares $2.13 billion -0.3%31.1%4.77 $27.05
2/27/202679,016,768 shares $2.15 billion -1.6%30.6%4.59 $27.27
2/13/202680,336,777 shares $2.83 billion -7.2%31.1%2.82 $35.28
1/30/202686,580,036 shares $2.93 billion +0.4%34.2%2.34 $33.88
1/15/202686,253,157 shares $3.04 billion +13.1%34.1%1.89 $35.22
12/31/202576,246,005 shares $1.87 billion -3.1%30.1%3.18 $24.52
12/15/202578,689,038 shares $1.81 billion -2.1%31.1%3.08 $22.98
11/28/202580,339,232 shares $2.18 billion +2.0%31.9%3.02 $27.10
11/14/202578,754,402 shares $1.86 billion -0.5%31.1%2.95 $23.65
10/31/202579,167,828 shares $2.74 billion +4.7%31.3%2.63 $34.66
10/15/202575,620,000 shares $2.86 billion +4.9%34.0%2.3 $37.76
9/30/202572,060,000 shares $1.65 billion +4.9%34.6%2.4 $22.94
9/15/202568,680,000 shares $1.33 billion +8.8%33.0%2.2 $19.35
8/31/202563,120,000 shares $1.01 billion +11.5%30.4%1.8 $15.98
8/15/202556,590,000 shares $797.35 million -11.9%27.3%1.2 $14.09
7/31/202564,250,000 shares $844.25 million -2.3%31.9%1.3 $13.14
7/15/202565,790,000 shares $655.93 million +8.1%38.0%1.3 $9.97
6/30/202560,890,000 shares $613.16 million -7.5%35.2%1.2 $10.07
6/15/202565,850,000 shares $736.20 million +3.8%37.9%1.3 $11.18
5/31/202563,470,000 shares $429.06 million +1.5%39.6%1.4 $6.76
5/15/202562,550,000 shares $349.65 million -0.1%36.2%1.9 $5.59
4/30/202562,630,000 shares $284.34 million -3.2%36.2%2.1 $4.54
4/15/202564,670,000 shares $222.46 million +5.5%37.4%2.2 $3.44
3/31/202561,330,000 shares $344.67 million +3.9%35.8%2.3 $5.62
3/15/202559,010,000 shares $413.07 million +4.0%34.6%2.4 $7.00
2/28/202556,750,000 shares $453.43 million +6.9%33.3%2.3 $7.99
2/15/202553,070,000 shares $483.47 million -1.9%32.9%2.3 $9.11
1/31/202554,110,000 shares $385.26 million -4.2%34.1%2.7 $7.12
1/15/202556,490,000 shares $472.82 million +15.1%35.5%3 $8.37
12/31/202449,100,000 shares $375.12 million +14.8%30.8%3.1 $7.64
12/15/202442,790,000 shares $380.83 million -0.1%26.8%2.7 $8.90
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11/30/202442,820,000 shares $432.48 million +9.0%26.7%2.8 $10.10
11/15/202439,290,000 shares $284.07 million +45.4%24.0%2.3 $7.23
10/31/202427,020,000 shares $182.66 million -1.4%15.9%1.9 $6.76
10/15/202427,410,000 shares $200.09 million +4.0%16.1%2.2 $7.30
9/30/202426,360,000 shares $217.47 million +9.4%15.2%2.4 $8.25
9/15/202424,090,000 shares $146.71 million +23.5%15.7%2.3 $6.09
8/31/202419,500,000 shares $71.18 million +7.0%17.3%2 $3.65
8/15/202418,220,000 shares $72.88 million +5.7%17.3%3.4 $4.00
7/31/202417,240,000 shares $83.79 million -6.2%16.4%3.1 $4.86
7/15/202418,380,000 shares $124.25 million -6.2%17.5%3.5 $6.76
6/30/202419,600,000 shares $116.62 million +17.4%18.8%3.7 $5.95
6/15/202416,700,000 shares $77.66 million -12.8%16.6%3.6 $4.65
5/31/202419,150,000 shares $81.00 million -2.2%23.0%5.3 $4.23
5/15/202419,580,000 shares $74.40 million +9.9%20.7%5.5 $3.80
4/30/202417,810,000 shares $48.18 million -22.4%20.6%5.1 $2.71
4/15/202422,960,000 shares $57.74 million +8.7%26.5%6.7 $2.52
3/31/202421,130,000 shares $90.44 million +9.9%24.5%6 $4.28
3/15/202419,220,000 shares $86.49 million +3.0%23.1%5.7 $4.50
2/29/202418,670,000 shares $77.48 million +6.4%22.4%5.2 $4.15
2/15/202417,550,000 shares $86.70 million -12.2%21.1%5 $4.94
1/31/202419,990,000 shares $102.75 million +10.9%25.6%5.8 $5.14
1/15/202418,030,000 shares $135.04 million +7.3%23.0%5.2 $7.49
12/31/202316,800,000 shares $113.23 million +16.7%23.9%4.8 $6.74
12/15/202314,400,000 shares $93.74 million +0.4%20.6%4.1 $6.51
11/30/202314,340,000 shares $66.97 million -11.9%20.5%4.2 $4.67
11/15/202316,280,000 shares $70.33 million +6.1%23.3%4.9 $4.32
10/31/202315,340,000 shares $74.86 million +1.3%22.6%4.6 $4.88
10/15/202315,150,000 shares $77.72 million +9.7%22.3%3.8 $5.13
9/30/202313,810,000 shares $86.17 million +5.3%20.3%3.1 $6.24
9/15/202313,110,000 shares $68.96 million +1.2%20.7%2.5 $5.26
8/31/202312,960,000 shares $78.28 million +15.6%21.4%2.2 $6.04
8/15/202311,210,000 shares $0.00 +7.7%19.3%1.8 $0.00
3/31/2022113,800 shares $297.02 thousand -15.1%N/A3.3 $2.61
3/15/2022134,000 shares $249.24 thousand +1.8%N/A9.6 $1.86
2/28/2022131,700 shares $247.60 thousand -3.5%N/A4.3 $1.88
2/15/2022136,400 shares $312.36 thousand +51.4%N/A1.5 $2.29
1/31/202290,100 shares $135.15 thousand -35.0%N/A0.6 $1.50
1/15/2022138,500 shares $560.93 thousand +6.2%N/A5.7 $4.05
12/31/2021130,400 shares $546.38 thousand -16.4%N/A4.6 $4.19
12/15/2021155,900 shares $514.47 thousand -6.1%N/A4.3 $3.30
11/30/2021166,100 shares $514.91 thousand +74.8%N/A1.9 $3.10
11/15/202195,000 shares $401.85 thousand +14.5%N/A1 $4.23
10/29/202183,000 shares $389.27 thousand +9.5%N/A0.6 $4.69
10/15/202175,800 shares $242.56 thousand +83.5%N/A0.9 $3.20
9/30/202141,300 shares $82.60 thousand +56.4%N/A0.7 $2.00
9/15/202126,400 shares $54.65 thousand +98.5%N/A0.1 $2.07
8/31/202113,300 shares $20.08 thousand +19.8%N/A0 $1.51

APLD Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions

Short interest is the volume of Applied Digital shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of July 31st, traders have sold 72,715,542 shares of APLD short. 27.57% of Applied Digital's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Applied Digital'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. APLD shares currently have a short interest ratio of 3.2. Learn More on Applied Digital's short interest ratio.

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. 27.57% of Applied Digital's floating shares are currently sold short.

Applied Digital saw a increase in short interest during the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totaling 72,715,542 shares, an increase of 4.1% from the previous total of 69,869,887 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.

27.57% of Applied Digital's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the sector of "technology" compare to Applied Digital: CoreWeave Inc. (18.06%), NVIDIA Corporation (1.26%), Twilio Inc. (2.84%), VeriSign, Inc. (2.11%), Akamai Technologies, Inc. (13.92%), DigitalOcean Holdings, Inc. (8.37%), GoDaddy Inc. (4.11%), Core Scientific, Inc. (19.99%), GDS Holdings (7.12%), Kingsoft Cloud Holdings Limited Sponsored ADR (2.81%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust ($70.50 billion), Invesco QQQ ($50.36 billion), iShares Russell 2000 ETF ($21.20 billion), Western Digital Corporation ($13.40 billion), SPDR S&P Biotech ETF ($11.59 billion), Nebius Group N.V. ($11.46 billion), iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF ($7.84 billion), iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF ($7.51 billion), iShares Semiconductor ETF ($6.37 billion), and Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund ($6.34 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling APLD is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Applied Digital as its price is falling. APLD shares are trading up $0.58 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 Applied Digital 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 APLD, 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 APLD, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is July, 31 2026.

Understanding short interest metrics can help you assess how traders are positioning around a stock like APLD:

  • 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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Short interest data for NASDAQ:APLD is sourced from the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), with the most recent report published on 8/11/2026. FINRA publishes updated short interest twice a month.
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