Chime Financial (CHYM) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Chime Financial shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of September 15th, investors have sold 8,400,000 shares of CHYM short. 4.55% of Chime Financial's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Chime Financial'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. CHYM shares currently have a short interest ratio of 3.0. Learn More on Chime Financial's short interest ratio.

As of the most recent reporting period, the following institutional investors, funds, and major shareholders have reported short positions of Chime Financial: Group One Trading LLC, Jane Street Group LLC, and Bank of Montreal Can. These positions are disclosed in Form 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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. 4.55% of Chime Financial's floating shares are currently sold short.

Chime Financial saw a increase in short interest in the month of September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 8,400,000 shares, an increase of 24.8% from the previous total of 6,730,000 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.

Chime Financial currently has issued a total of 371,710,000 shares. Some of Chime Financial'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. Chime Financial currently has a public float of 184,670,000 shares.

4.55% of Chime Financial's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "banking" compare to Chime Financial: Orix Corp Ads (0.04%), Synchrony Financial (4.12%), Shinhan Financial Group Co Ltd (0.01%), Affirm Holdings, Inc. (6.26%), Citizens Financial Group, Inc. (2.08%), Credicorp Ltd. (1.45%), Banco Santander Brasil SA (0.11%), Banco De Chile (0.07%), Woori Bank (0.05%), Mr. Cooper Group Inc (4.66%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: AppLovin Corporation ($8.81 billion), Canadian Natural Resources Limited ($5.82 billion), Reddit Inc. ($5.19 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($4.52 billion), Robinhood Markets, Inc. ($4.30 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.75 billion), CoreWeave Inc. ($3.66 billion), Seagate Technology Holdings PLC ($3.57 billion), Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. ($3.33 billion), and Rocket Lab Corporation ($3.26 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling CHYM is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Chime Financial as its price is falling. CHYM shares are trading up $0.68 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 Chime Financial 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 CHYM, 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 CHYM, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is September, 15 2025.