This company has been marked as potentially delisted and may not be actively trading. Activision Blizzard (ATVI) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisBuy This Stock Activision Blizzard Short Interest DataActivision Blizzard (ATVI) has a short interest of 15.28 million shares, representing 2.07% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a -3.66% decrease in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 1.4, indicating that it would take 1.4 days of the average trading volume of 8.31 million shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest15,280,000 sharesPrevious Short Interest15,860,000 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month-3.66%Dollar Volume Sold Short$1.43 billionShort Interest Ratio1.4 Days to CoverLast Record DateSeptember 30, 2023Outstanding Shares786,798,000 sharesFloat Size738,220,000 sharesShort Percent of Float2.07%Today's Trading Volume1 sharesAverage Trading Volume8,306,210 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average0% Short Selling Activision Blizzard? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for Activision Blizzard and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartATVI Short Interest Over TimeATVI Days to Cover Over TimeATVI Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Activision Blizzard Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 9/30/202315,280,000 shares $1.43 billion -3.7%2.1%1.4 $93.63 9/15/202315,860,000 shares $1.46 billion +16.7%2.2%1.5 $91.82 8/31/202313,590,000 shares $1.25 billion +20.2%1.8%1.3 $91.99 8/15/202311,310,000 shares $1.03 billion +16.2%1.5%1 $90.91 7/31/20239,730,000 shares $902.55 million -19.7%1.3%0.9 $92.76 7/15/202312,120,000 shares $1.09 billion -19.2%1.7%1 $90.07 6/30/202314,990,000 shares $1.26 billion -20.9%2.0%1.8 $84.30 6/15/202318,940,000 shares $1.54 billion -16.0%2.6%2.5 $81.45 5/31/202322,550,000 shares $1.81 billion -5.9%3.1%3 $80.20 5/15/202323,950,000 shares $1.88 billion +4.4%3.3%3.3 $78.33 Get the Latest News and Ratings for ATVI and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Activision Blizzard and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 4/30/202322,940,000 shares $1.78 billion +14.0%3.1%3 $77.71 4/15/202320,120,000 shares $1.72 billion +10.7%2.7%3 $85.27 3/31/202318,170,000 shares $1.56 billion +25.5%2.5%2.7 $85.59 3/15/202314,480,000 shares $1.15 billion -4.6%2.0%2.4 $79.26 2/28/202315,180,000 shares $1.16 billion -0.7%2.1%2.4 $76.25 2/15/202315,290,000 shares $1.19 billion -2.6%2.1%2.3 $77.70 1/31/202315,690,000 shares $1.20 billion -13.1%2.1%2.3 $76.57 1/15/202318,050,000 shares $1.38 billion +4.3%2.5%2.9 $76.66 12/30/202217,300,000 shares $1.32 billion +6.7%2.4%2.8 $76.55 12/15/202216,210,000 shares $1.24 billion +12.6%2.2%2.4 $76.37 11/30/202214,400,000 shares $1.06 billion -39.3%2.0%2.1 $73.95 11/15/202223,730,000 shares $1.75 billion +0.1%N/A3.9 $73.88 10/31/202223,710,000 shares $1.73 billion +10.3%3.2%4 $72.80 10/15/202221,490,000 shares $1.55 billion -2.0%2.9%3.8 $72.13 9/30/202221,920,000 shares $1.63 billion +1.3%3.0%4.1 $74.34 9/15/202221,650,000 shares $1.66 billion +5.6%3.0%4.3 $76.83 8/31/202220,500,000 shares $1.61 billion -3.4%2.8%4.4 $78.49 8/15/202221,220,000 shares $1.71 billion +16.3%2.9%4.6 $80.73 7/31/202218,240,000 shares $1.46 billion +2.8%2.5%3.8 $79.95 7/15/202217,750,000 shares $1.37 billion +11.1%2.4%3.2 $77.39 6/30/202215,980,000 shares $1.24 billion +1.7%2.2%2.9 $77.86 6/15/202215,710,000 shares $1.18 billion -9.6%2.2%2.8 $75.35 5/31/202217,370,000 shares $1.35 billion -7.0%2.4%2.8 $77.88 5/15/202218,670,000 shares $1.45 billion -6.9%2.6%2.7 $77.74 4/30/202220,050,000 shares $1.52 billion +10.7%2.7%2.7 $75.60 4/15/202218,110,000 shares $1.43 billion -17.1%2.5%2.2 $78.93 3/31/202221,840,000 shares $1.75 billion +7.0%3.0%1.9 $80.11 3/15/202220,410,000 shares $1.62 billion +0.9%2.8%1.6 $79.51 2/28/202220,220,000 shares $1.65 billion +2.1%2.8%1.5 $81.50 2/15/202219,800,000 shares $1.61 billion +29.8%2.7%1.5 $81.52This Signal Only Flashes Once Every 4 Years – And It Just Triggered (Ad)This same signal has appeared twice before in the past 8 years — both times, it kicked off major moves in crypto. 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Don’t Miss This One - PLUS Claim your $10 in Bitcoin 1/31/202215,250,000 shares $1.20 billion +1.6%2.1%1 $79.01 1/15/202215,010,000 shares $981.50 million +39.6%2.1%1 $65.39 12/31/202110,750,000 shares $715.20 million +21.3%1.5%0.9 $66.53 12/15/20218,860,000 shares $533.90 million +9.9%1.2%0.8 $60.26 11/30/20218,060,000 shares $472.32 million -15.9%1.1%0.7 $58.60 11/15/20219,580,000 shares $674.72 million -26.9%1.3%0.9 $70.43 10/29/202113,100,000 shares $1.02 billion -13.0%1.8%1.5 $78.19 10/15/202115,060,000 shares $1.15 billion +28.5%2.1%1.7 $76.40 9/30/202111,720,000 shares $907.01 million -5.4%1.6%1.4 $77.39 9/15/202112,390,000 shares $969.52 million +4.5%1.7%1.6 $78.25 8/31/202111,860,000 shares $976.91 million -15.1%1.6%1.6 $82.37 8/13/202113,970,000 shares $1.17 billion +10.2%1.9%2.2 $83.85 7/30/202112,680,000 shares $1.06 billion +27.1%1.7%2 $83.62 7/15/20219,980,000 shares $904.99 million -5.5%1.4%1.8 $90.68 6/30/202110,560,000 shares $1.01 billion +11.8%1.4%1.9 $95.44 6/15/20219,450,000 shares $906.92 million +5.4%1.3%1.7 $95.97 5/28/20218,970,000 shares $872.33 million -14.2%1.2%1.6 $97.25 5/14/202110,450,000 shares $976.24 million -2.0%1.4%1.8 $93.42 4/30/202110,660,000 shares $981.68 million +31.1%1.4%1.8 $92.09 4/15/20218,130,000 shares $786.09 million -37.3%1.1%1.4 $96.69 3/31/202112,960,000 shares $1.20 billion +3.3%1.7%2.2 $92.66 3/15/202112,550,000 shares $1.17 billion +41.2%1.7%2.2 $93.03 2/26/20218,890,000 shares $845.44 million -13.9%1.2%1.5 $95.10 2/12/202110,320,000 shares $1.07 billion +26.6%1.4%1.6 $103.24 1/29/20218,150,000 shares $735.70 million -7.8%1.1%1.2 $90.27 1/15/20218,840,000 shares $795.51 million -16.4%1.2%1.3 $89.99 12/31/202010,570,000 shares $968.00 million +21.5%1.4%1.6 $91.58 12/15/20208,700,000 shares $747.68 million +8.1%1.1%1.3 $85.94 11/30/20208,050,000 shares $629.03 million -0.5%1.1%1.2 $78.14 11/15/20208,090,000 shares $627.38 million -5.3%1.1%1.2 $77.55 10/30/20208,540,000 shares $664.16 million +4.7%1.1%1.4 $77.77 10/15/20208,160,000 shares $668.30 million -13.8%1.1%1.3 $81.90 9/30/20209,470,000 shares $766.60 million -12.2%1.3%1.5 $80.95 9/15/202010,790,000 shares $882.08 million +6.3%1.4%1.6 $81.75 8/31/202010,150,000 shares $847.73 million -3.7%1.3%1.5 $83.52 8/14/202010,540,000 shares $847.42 million +6.1%1.4%1.5 $80.40 7/31/20209,930,000 shares $820.52 million -6.8%1.3%1.3 $82.63 7/15/202010,650,000 shares $842.95 million -7.8%1.4%1.4 $79.15 ATVI Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Activision Blizzard's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Activision Blizzard shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of September 30th, traders have sold 15,280,000 shares of ATVI short. 2.07% of Activision Blizzard's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Activision Blizzard's current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for Activision Blizzard? 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. ATVI shares currently have a short interest ratio of 1.0. Learn More on Activision Blizzard's short interest ratio. What is a good short interest percentage for Activision Blizzard? 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. 2.07% of Activision Blizzard's floating shares are currently sold short. Is Activision Blizzard's short interest increasing or decreasing? Activision Blizzard saw a drop in short interest in September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totaling 15,280,000 shares, a drop of 3.7% from the previous total of 15,860,000 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. What is Activision Blizzard's float size? Activision Blizzard currently has issued a total of 786,798,000 shares. Some of Activision Blizzard'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. Activision Blizzard currently has a public float of 738,220,000 shares. How does Activision Blizzard's short interest compare to its competitors? 2.07% of Activision Blizzard's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies compare to Activision Blizzard: Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (4.84%), Shopify Inc. (2.31%), Altair Engineering Inc. (8.49%), Smartsheet Inc (4.04%), CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings Inc. (4.99%), Paycor HCM, Inc. (6.81%), ZoomInfo Technologies Inc. (5.41%), SolarWinds Co. (3.62%), Matterport, Inc. (3.00%), Zuora, Inc. (2.64%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: TC Energy Corporation ($4.11 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.68 billion), T-Mobile US, Inc. ($3.56 billion), Canadian Natural Resources Limited ($3.54 billion), Occidental Petroleum Corporation ($3.02 billion), Tractor Supply Company ($2.29 billion), Rivian Automotive, Inc. ($2.10 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($1.91 billion), Celsius Holdings Inc. ($1.84 billion), and Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. ($1.76 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short Activision Blizzard stock? Short selling ATVI is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Activision Blizzard as its price is falling. 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 Activision Blizzard? A short squeeze for Activision Blizzard 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 ATVI, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Activision Blizzard'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 ATVI, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is September, 30 2023. 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