Cognyte Software (CGNT) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $9.85 +0.05 (+0.51%) Closing price 05/1/2025 04:00 PM EasternExtended Trading$9.93 +0.08 (+0.81%) As of 04:11 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 Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipShort InterestSustainabilityTrendsBuy This Stock Cognyte Software Short Interest DataCognyte Software (CGNT) has a short interest of 350,100 shares, representing 0.56% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a -45.28% decrease in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 0.9, indicating that it would take 0.9 days of the average trading volume of 282,478 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest350,100 sharesPrevious Short Interest639,800 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month-45.28%Dollar Volume Sold Short$3.42 millionShort Interest Ratio0.9 Days to CoverLast Record DateApril 15, 2025Outstanding Shares72,057,000 sharesFloat Size62,150,000 sharesShort Percent of Float0.56%Today's Trading Volume234,051 sharesAverage Trading Volume282,478 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average83% Short Selling Cognyte Software? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for Cognyte Software and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartCGNT Short Interest Over TimeCGNT Days to Cover Over TimeCGNT Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Cognyte Software Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 4/15/2025350,100 shares $3.42 million -45.3%0.6%0.9 $9.76 3/31/2025639,800 shares $4.99 million -12.6%1.0%1.7 $7.80 3/15/2025731,800 shares $6.09 million +14.8%1.2%2.7 $8.32 2/28/2025637,400 shares $5.69 million -2.2%1.0%2.2 $8.93 2/15/2025652,000 shares $6.74 million +5.8%1.1%2.2 $10.34 1/31/2025616,400 shares $5.74 million +9.1%1.0%2.1 $9.31 1/15/2025565,200 shares $5.42 million +40.3%0.9%2.1 $9.59 12/31/2024402,900 shares $3.49 million +0.6%0.7%1.6 $8.65 12/15/2024400,500 shares $3.50 million -30.7%0.7%1.6 $8.75 11/30/2024578,000 shares $4.69 million -1.0%1.0%2.1 $8.12 Get the Latest News and Ratings for CGNT and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Cognyte Software and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 11/15/2024583,700 shares $4.04 million -8.2%1.0%2.2 $6.92 10/31/2024635,500 shares $4.12 million -3.4%1.0%2.5 $6.49 10/15/2024658,100 shares $4.61 million +40.6%1.1%2.6 $7.01 9/30/2024468,100 shares $3.18 million +118.2%0.8%1.9 $6.79 9/15/2024214,500 shares $1.49 million -36.7%0.4%0.9 $6.94 8/31/2024338,700 shares $2.59 million +27.3%0.6%1.3 $7.66 8/15/2024266,100 shares $1.96 million -42.0%0.4%1.2 $7.35 7/31/2024458,400 shares $3.50 million -8.1%0.7%2.1 $7.63 7/15/2024498,800 shares $3.90 million +24.8%0.8%2.2 $7.82 6/30/2024399,600 shares $3.05 million -28.3%0.6%1.3 $7.64 6/15/2024557,600 shares $4.37 million -9.7%0.8%1.8 $7.84 5/31/2024617,200 shares $4.69 million +12.2%0.9%2.2 $7.60 5/15/2024550,200 shares $4.24 million -30.9%0.8%1.9 $7.71 4/30/2024796,600 shares $5.43 million +67.4%1.2%2.5 $6.82 4/15/2024475,900 shares $3.15 million +44.6%0.7%1.3 $6.62 3/31/2024329,100 shares $2.72 million -24.4%0.5%0.7 $8.27 3/15/2024435,200 shares $3.32 million -0.9%0.7%1 $7.62 2/29/2024439,200 shares $3.26 million +20.2%0.7%0.9 $7.42 2/15/2024365,300 shares $2.80 million -3.1%0.6%0.8 $7.66 1/31/2024376,900 shares $2.67 million +42.4%0.6%0.8 $7.08 1/15/2024264,700 shares $1.51 million +11.5%0.4%0.7 $5.71 12/31/2023237,400 shares $1.53 million -38.7%0.4%0.8 $6.43 12/15/2023387,400 shares $2.56 million +6.2%0.6%1.3 $6.61 11/30/2023364,800 shares $1.87 million -3.0%0.6%1.2 $5.13 11/15/2023375,900 shares $1.65 million -12.1%0.6%1.3 $4.39 10/31/2023427,600 shares $1.79 million +11.3%0.7%1.6 $4.18 10/15/2023384,100 shares $1.82 million +4.0%0.6%1.2 $4.73 9/30/2023369,200 shares $1.78 million -26.5%0.6%1.1 $4.81 9/15/2023502,600 shares $2.64 million -6.4%0.8%1.4 $5.25 8/31/2023537,200 shares $2.57 million -7.5%0.8%1.3 $4.79Here’s How to Claim Your Stake in Elon’s Private Company, xAI (Ad)I predict this single breakthrough could make Elon the world’s first trillionaire — and mint more new millionaires than any tech advance in history. And for a limited time, you have the chance to claim a stake in this project, even though it’s housed inside Elon’s private company, xAI.All the details are waiting for you now — but you need to act before the May 1st funding window clos 8/15/2023580,500 shares $2.98 million -10.9%0.9%1.4 $5.13 7/31/2023651,300 shares $3.53 million +8.3%1.0%1.6 $5.42 7/15/2023601,600 shares $3.34 million +14.4%0.9%1.6 $5.56 6/30/2023525,900 shares $3.20 million -17.7%0.8%1.3 $6.09 6/15/2023638,600 shares $3.78 million +26.5%1.0%1.7 $5.92 5/31/2023504,700 shares $2.51 million -5.1%0.8%1.7 $4.97 5/15/2023531,600 shares $2.32 million -18.1%0.8%1.9 $4.37 4/30/2023648,900 shares $2.70 million -19.9%0.9%2.2 $4.16 4/15/2023810,500 shares $3.45 million -17.7%1.2%2.4 $4.26 3/31/2023984,800 shares $3.34 million +4.7%1.5%2.7 $3.39 3/15/2023940,900 shares $3.10 million +15.3%1.4%1.8 $3.30 2/28/2023816,100 shares $3.02 million -10.8%1.2%1.3 $3.70 2/15/2023914,500 shares $3.66 million +14.3%1.4%1.2 $4.00 1/31/2023800,400 shares $3.03 million -36.0%1.2%0.9 $3.79 1/15/20231,250,000 shares $4.73 million +59.1%1.8%1.2 $3.78 12/30/2022785,700 shares $2.44 million +20.3%1.2%0.6 $3.11 12/15/2022653,400 shares $1.64 million -26.8%1.0%0.5 $2.51 11/30/2022892,100 shares $2.63 million +21.3%1.3%0.7 $2.95 11/15/2022735,700 shares $2.53 million -6.9%1.1%0.7 $3.44 10/31/2022790,500 shares $2.15 million -45.5%1.2%0.7 $2.72 10/15/20221,450,000 shares $3.92 million -5.2%2.1%1.5 $2.70 9/30/20221,530,000 shares $6.18 million +8.5%2.3%2.3 $4.04 9/15/20221,410,000 shares $7.36 million +20.5%2.1%2.3 $5.22 8/31/20221,170,000 shares $6.11 million -19.3%1.7%1.8 $5.22 8/15/20221,450,000 shares $7.42 million -14.2%2.2%2.2 $5.12 7/31/20221,690,000 shares $7.62 million +11.2%2.5%2.6 $4.51 7/15/20221,520,000 shares $6.02 million -3.8%2.3%2.2 $3.96 6/30/20221,580,000 shares $6.72 million +73.8%2.4%2.1 $4.25 6/15/2022909,100 shares $5.54 million -30.6%1.4%1.3 $6.09 5/31/20221,310,000 shares $9.27 million +35.6%2.0%1.6 $7.08 5/15/2022966,300 shares $6.49 million -16.0%1.5%1.2 $6.72 4/30/20221,150,000 shares $7.80 million +20.8%1.7%1.3 $6.78 4/15/2022952,400 shares $7.18 million +13.9%1.4%1 $7.54 3/31/2022836,300 shares $9.46 million -14.6%1.3%0.8 $11.31 3/15/2022979,000 shares $10.19 million +7.3%1.5%1 $10.41 2/28/2022912,300 shares $10.18 million +3.4%1.4%1 $11.16 2/15/2022882,300 shares $8.75 million +5.6%1.3%1 $9.92 1/31/2022835,900 shares $9.07 million +36.0%1.3%1.1 $10.85 1/15/2022614,600 shares $7.98 million -0.2%0.9%0.9 $12.98 12/31/2021616,100 shares $9.65 million +4.1%0.9%0.9 $15.67 12/15/2021591,700 shares $11.47 million -5.3%0.9%0.9 $19.39 11/30/2021625,000 shares $12.73 million +8.5%1.0%1.1 $20.37 11/15/2021576,100 shares $12.67 million -10.1%0.9%0.9 $21.99 10/29/2021640,500 shares $12.75 million +14.7%1.0%1 $19.91 10/15/2021558,600 shares $12.18 million +26.0%0.9%0.9 $21.80 9/30/2021443,400 shares $9.11 million +168.7%0.7%0.8 $20.55 9/15/2021165,000 shares $4.57 million -35.1%0.3%0.3 $27.70 8/31/2021254,300 shares $6.99 million -61.0%0.4%0.4 $27.48 8/13/2021652,700 shares $18.09 million No Change1.0%1.1 $27.72 CGNT Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Cognyte Software's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Cognyte Software shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of April 15th, investors have sold 350,100 shares of CGNT short. 0.56% of Cognyte Software's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Cognyte Software's current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for Cognyte Software? 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. CGNT shares currently have a short interest ratio of 1.0. Learn More on Cognyte Software's short interest ratio. Which institutional investors are shorting Cognyte Software? As of the most recent reporting period, the following institutional investors, funds, and major shareholders have reported short positions of Cognyte Software: Squarepoint Ops LLC, Group One Trading LLC, Citadel Advisors LLC, and Concourse Financial Group Securities Inc.. These positions are disclosed in Form 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. What is a good short interest percentage for Cognyte Software? 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. 0.56% of Cognyte Software's floating shares are currently sold short. Is Cognyte Software's short interest increasing or decreasing? Cognyte Software saw a decline in short interest in the month of April. As of April 15th, there was short interest totaling 350,100 shares, a decline of 45.3% from the previous total of 639,800 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 Cognyte Software's float size? Cognyte Software currently has issued a total of 72,057,000 shares. Some of Cognyte Software'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. Cognyte Software currently has a public float of 62,150,000 shares. How does Cognyte Software's short interest compare to its competitors? 0.56% of Cognyte Software's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "computer software" compare to Cognyte Software: IAC Inc. (5.23%), Alkami Technology, Inc. (7.24%), nCino, Inc. (15.29%), Alarm.com Holdings, Inc. (4.82%), Appian Co. (7.27%), Certara, Inc. (7.48%), DoubleVerify Holdings, Inc. (6.21%), Marqeta, Inc. (2.47%), Weibo Co. (12.30%), Sprinklr, Inc. (8.23%), 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 ($21.71 billion), iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF ($9.48 billion), Strategy Incorporated ($8.92 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.86 billion), Apollo Global Management, Inc. ($3.86 billion), Capital One Financial Co. ($3.72 billion), Super Micro Computer, Inc. ($3.47 billion), AppLovin Co. ($2.64 billion), VanEck Semiconductor ETF ($2.46 billion), and The Kroger Co. ($2.33 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short Cognyte Software stock? Short selling CGNT is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Cognyte Software as its price is falling. CGNT shares are trading up $0.05 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 Cognyte Software? A short squeeze for Cognyte Software 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 CGNT, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Cognyte Software'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 CGNT, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is April, 15 2025. More Short Interest Resources from MarketBeat Related Companies IAC Short Interest ALKT Short Interest NCNO Short Interest ALRM Short Interest APPN Short Interest CERT Short Interest DV Short Interest MQ Short Interest WB Short Interest CXM Short Interest Short Interest Tools Stocks to Short Largest Short Interest Positions Short Interest Increases Short Interest Decreases Short Interest Reporting Dates This page (NASDAQ:CGNT) was last updated on 5/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersElon Set to Shock the World by May 1st ?Tech legend Jeff Brown recently traveled to the industrial zone of South Memphis to investigate what he believ...Brownstone Research | SponsoredWarning: “DOGE Collapse” imminentElon Strikes Back You may already sense that the tide is turning against Elon Musk and DOGE. Just this week...Altimetry | SponsoredGold Alert: The Truth About Fort Knox Is ComingOwning physical gold isn’t the best way to profit. I’ve found a better way to invest in gold—one that’s alr...Golden Portfolio | SponsoredThe Trump Dump is starting; Get out of stocks now?The first 365 days of the Trump presidency… Will be the best time to get rich in American history.Paradigm Press | SponsoredURGENT: This Altcoin Opportunity Won’t Wait – Act NowMy friends Joel and Adam have a simple motto: "For us, it's always a bull market." That’s because their 92%...Crypto Swap Profits | SponsoredTrump to redistribute trillions of dollars Trump’s Final Reset Inside the shocking plot to re-engineer America’s financial system…and why you need to ...Porter & Company | SponsoredMassive dollar overhaul underway in D.C.?Trump's plan to save the U.S. Dollar The U.S. Dollar is crashing, and our reserve currency status is now in...Stansberry Research | SponsoredMusk's warning signal: Prepare before the cascade beginsWhen Elon Musk triggered his AI layoff plan, most analysts missed what it really meant. Louis Navellier didn’t...InvestorPlace | Sponsored Adding Choose a watchlist: Watchlist Adding You have already added five stocks to your watchlist. Upgrade to MarketBeat All Access to add more stocks to your watchlist. Adding Cognyte Software Ltd. Please log in to your account or sign up in order to add this asset to your watchlist. Share Cognyte Software With A Colleague Link copied to clipboard. Get 30 Days of MarketBeat All Access for Free Sign up for MarketBeat All Access to gain access to MarketBeat's full suite of research tools. Start Your 30-Day Trial MarketBeat All Access Features Best-in-Class Portfolio Monitoring Get personalized stock ideas. Compare portfolio to indices. Check stock news, ratings, SEC filings, and more. Stock Ideas and Recommendations See daily stock ideas from top analysts. Receive short-term trading ideas from MarketBeat. Identify trending stocks on social media. Advanced Stock Screeners and Research Tools Use our seven stock screeners to find suitable stocks. Stay informed with MarketBeat's real-time news. Export data to Excel for personal analysis. Sign in to your free account to enjoy these benefits In-depth profiles and analysis for 20,000 public companies. Real-time analyst ratings, insider transactions, earnings data, and more. Our daily ratings and market update email newsletter. Sign in to your free account to enjoy all that MarketBeat has to offer. Sign In Create Account Your Email Address: Email Address Required Your Password: Password Required Log In or Sign in with Facebook Sign in with Google Forgot your password? Your Email Address: Please enter your email address. Please enter a valid email address Choose a Password: Please enter your password. Your password must be at least 8 characters long and contain at least 1 number, 1 letter, and 1 special character. Create My Account (Free) or Sign in with Facebook Sign in with Google By creating a free account, you agree to our terms of service. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
Buy CGNT Stock Free CGNT Stock Alerts