CoreWeave (CRWV) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of CoreWeave shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of August 31st, traders have sold 29,030,000 shares of CRWV short. 10.53% of CoreWeave's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on CoreWeave'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. CRWV shares currently have a short interest ratio of 1.0. Learn More on CoreWeave's short interest ratio.

As of the most recent reporting period, the following institutional investors, funds, and major shareholders have reported short positions of CoreWeave: Hudson Bay Capital Management LP, Nomura Holdings Inc., Apollo Management Holdings L.P., Sculptor Capital LP, Scoggin Management LP, LMR Partners LLP, Hudson Bay Capital Management LP, Group One Trading LLC, Bluefin Capital Management LLC, Boothbay Fund Management LLC, Bank of America Corp DE, Ameriprise Financial Inc., Honeycomb Asset Management LP, Lighthouse Investment Partners LLC, Jane Street Group LLC, Raymond James Financial Inc., OCONNOR A Distinct Business Unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC , Dendur Capital LP, Lombard Odier Asset Management USA Corp, Walleye Trading LLC, Northwest & Ethical Investments L.P., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Kazazian Asset Management LLC, Monaco Asset Management SAM, Marathon Trading Investment Management LLC, Moors & Cabot Inc., Levin Capital Strategies L.P., Bank of Montreal Can, Belvedere Trading LLC, FNY Investment Advisers LLC, IRON Financial LLC, CenterStar Asset Management LLC, and Uptown Financial Advisors LLC. 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. 10.53% of CoreWeave's floating shares are currently sold short.

CoreWeave saw a drop in short interest during the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 29,030,000 shares, a drop of 49.1% from the previous total of 57,050,000 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.

CoreWeave currently has issued a total of 488,570,000 shares. Some of CoreWeave'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. CoreWeave currently has a public float of 275,720,000 shares.

10.53% of CoreWeave's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "computer software" compare to CoreWeave: AppLovin Corporation (5.96%), CrowdStrike (2.88%), NetEase, Inc. (0.34%), Roblox Corporation (2.99%), Snowflake Inc. (4.15%), Cloudflare, Inc. (3.06%), American Noble Gas Inc. (4.53%), Datadog, Inc. (4.15%), Veeva Systems Inc. (3.43%), Atlassian Corporation PLC (3.54%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust ($73.23 billion), Invesco QQQ ($29.52 billion), iShares Russell 2000 ETF ($20.82 billion), iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF ($10.76 billion), Palo Alto Networks, Inc. ($9.37 billion), Strategy Inc ($7.58 billion), Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF ($6.78 billion), AppLovin Corporation ($6.37 billion), iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF ($6.29 billion), and iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF ($6.02 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling CRWV is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from CoreWeave as its price is falling. CRWV shares are trading down $0.26 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 CoreWeave 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 CRWV, 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 CRWV, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is August, 31 2025.