Direct Digital (DRCT) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $0.35 +0.02 (+4.57%) Closing price 04:00 PM EasternExtended Trading$0.33 -0.02 (-6.03%) As of 05:11 PM 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 ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock Direct Digital Short Interest DataDirect Digital (DRCT) has a short interest of 317,600 shares, representing 2.81% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a -17.44% decrease in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 0.7, indicating that it would take 0.7 days of the average trading volume of 1.58 million shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest317,600 sharesPrevious Short Interest384,700 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month-17.44%Dollar Volume Sold Short$132.73 thousandShort Interest Ratio0.7 Days to CoverLast Record DateSeptember 15, 2025Outstanding Shares22,520,000 sharesFloat Size11,310,000 sharesShort Percent of Float2.81%Today's Trading Volume1,727,491 sharesAverage Trading Volume1,582,150 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average109% Short Selling Direct Digital? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for Direct Digital and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. 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Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartDRCT Short Interest Over TimeDRCT Days to Cover Over TimeDRCT Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Direct Digital Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 9/15/2025317,600 shares $132.73 thousand -17.4%2.8%0.7 $0.42 8/31/2025384,700 shares $176.96 thousand +2.0%3.4%1.1 $0.46 8/15/2025377,200 shares $154.65 thousand +289.3%3.3%1 $0.41 7/31/202596,900 shares $51.55 thousand +59.9%1.3%0.2 $0.53 7/15/202560,600 shares $33.03 thousand +1.9%0.8%0.1 $0.55 6/30/202559,500 shares $33.62 thousand -62.8%0.8%0.1 $0.57 6/15/2025159,900 shares $84.59 thousand -22.2%2.1%0.1 $0.53 5/31/2025205,600 shares $109.75 thousand -14.2%2.7%0.1 $0.53 5/15/2025239,700 shares $123.92 thousand -61.4%3.2%0.2 $0.52 4/30/2025620,800 shares $435.18 thousand +31.0%8.2%0.4 $0.70 Get the Latest News and Ratings for DRCT and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Direct Digital and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 4/15/2025474,000 shares $259.89 thousand -48.3%7.2%0.6 $0.55 3/31/2025917,100 shares $586.94 thousand +189.9%14.0%0.7 $0.64 3/15/2025316,400 shares $246.48 thousand -11.3%5.3%0.1 $0.78 2/28/2025356,600 shares $338.24 thousand +6.7%6.0%0.1 $0.95 2/15/2025334,300 shares $374.42 thousand -48.1%9.0%0.1 $1.12 1/31/2025644,200 shares $773.04 thousand -11.4%17.9%0.3 $1.20 1/15/2025726,700 shares $1.02 million +212.2%20.1%0.3 $1.40 12/31/2024232,800 shares $370.15 thousand +3.7%6.7%0.1 $1.59 12/15/2024224,600 shares $149.36 thousand +144.7%6.5%0.1 $0.67 11/30/202491,800 shares $110.16 thousand -52.0%2.8%0.7 $1.20 11/15/2024191,200 shares $300.18 thousand +58.9%6.0%1.9 $1.57 10/31/2024120,300 shares $327.22 thousand +7.9%4.2%1.4 $2.72 10/15/2024111,500 shares $400.29 thousand -1.9%3.9%1.2 $3.59 9/30/2024113,600 shares $239.70 thousand +93.5%3.9%1.6 $2.11 9/15/202458,700 shares $147.92 thousand +6.0%2.0%0.6 $2.52 8/31/202455,400 shares $166.48 thousand +40.3%2.0%0.2 $3.01 8/15/202439,500 shares $132.33 thousand -24.5%1.4%0.1 $3.35 7/31/202452,300 shares $226.98 thousand -68.8%1.8%0.1 $4.34 7/15/2024167,800 shares $711.47 thousand -29.1%6.9%0.4 $4.24 6/30/2024236,700 shares $953.90 thousand -36.4%9.7%0.6 $4.03 6/15/2024372,400 shares $1.41 million +239.2%15.3%0.9 $3.79 5/31/2024109,800 shares $372.22 thousand -7.1%4.3%0.6 $3.39 5/15/2024118,200 shares $451.52 thousand -16.1%4.7%0.7 $3.82 4/30/2024140,900 shares $738.32 thousand +16.0%5.6%0.7 $5.24 4/15/2024121,500 shares $1.01 million -57.8%4.8%0.5 $8.30 3/31/2024287,800 shares $4.39 million +17.5%11.3%1.1 $15.24 3/15/2024244,900 shares $7.96 million -26.2%9.7%0.9 $32.51 2/29/2024331,700 shares $7.38 million -21.5%12.8%1 $22.24 2/15/2024422,600 shares $6.72 million +19.4%16.3%0.9 $15.90 1/31/2024354,000 shares $4.01 million -15.9%13.7%0.4 $11.33 1/15/2024421,100 shares $5.28 million +20.4%16.3%0.5 $12.55 12/31/2023349,900 shares $5.21 million -3.6%13.5%0.4 $14.88 12/15/2023363,100 shares $2.90 million -25.7%14.0%0.4 $7.98 11/30/2023488,600 shares $5.74 million -9.9%17.0%0.7 $11.74 11/15/2023542,500 shares $3.07 million +8,941.7%18.8%0.9 $5.66 10/31/20236,000 shares $14.70 thousand +106.9%0.2%0.2 $2.45 10/15/20232,900 shares $7.13 thousand -89.3%0.1%0.1 $2.46 9/30/202327,200 shares $69.63 thousand +41.7%0.8%0.6 $2.56 9/15/202319,200 shares $43.01 thousand -64.5%0.6%0.4 $2.24 8/31/202354,100 shares $143.91 thousand -17.5%1.6%1.2 $2.66 8/15/202365,600 shares $172.53 thousand -20.4%1.9%1.5 $2.63 7/31/202382,400 shares $229.07 thousand +28.8%2.5%1.9 $2.78 7/15/202364,000 shares $175.36 thousand -21.8%1.9%1.7 $2.74 6/30/202381,800 shares $233.13 thousand +0.5%2.4%2.1 $2.85 6/15/202381,400 shares $247.46 thousand -23.6%2.4%1.7 $3.04 5/31/2023106,500 shares $330.15 thousand +2.0%3.1%2.2 $3.10 5/15/2023104,400 shares $344.52 thousand -1.9%3.0%1.9 $3.30 4/30/2023106,400 shares $328.78 thousand +23.7%3.3%1.5 $3.09 4/15/202386,000 shares $202.10 thousand -11.2%2.7%0.8 $2.35 3/31/202396,800 shares $313.63 thousand -36.4%3.0%0.8 $3.24 3/15/2023152,200 shares $585.97 thousand -35.8%4.7%1.3 $3.85 2/28/2023236,900 shares $980.77 thousand -11.9%7.4%2.1 $4.14 2/15/2023268,900 shares $1.40 million +136.5%8.4%2.4 $5.19 1/31/2023113,700 shares $653.78 thousand +816.9%3.6%0.9 $5.75 1/15/202312,400 shares $45.63 thousand -72.8%0.4%0.2 $3.68 12/30/202245,600 shares $110.58 thousand +46.2%1.5%0.8 $2.43 12/15/202231,200 shares $85.18 thousand -7.1%1.0%0.5 $2.73 11/30/202233,600 shares $91.73 thousand -61.3%1.1%0.5 $2.73 11/15/202286,800 shares $296.86 thousand +203.5%2.8%1.3 $3.42 10/31/202228,600 shares $80.94 thousand -23.9%1.0%0.1 $2.83 10/15/202237,600 shares $75.58 thousand -6.9%1.3%0.1 $2.01 9/30/202240,400 shares $90.50 thousand -39.3%1.3%0 $2.24 9/15/202266,600 shares $195.14 thousand -23.5%2.2%0.1 $2.93 8/31/202287,100 shares $263.91 thousand -82.5%2.9%0.1 $3.03 8/15/2022498,900 shares $1.47 million +336.1%N/A0.4 $2.95 7/31/2022114,400 shares $196.77 thousand +58.9%N/A0.1 $1.72 7/15/202272,000 shares $108 thousand No ChangeN/A0.1 $1.50 DRCT Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Direct Digital's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Direct Digital shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of September 15th, investors have sold 317,600 shares of DRCT short. 2.81% of Direct Digital's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Direct Digital's current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for Direct Digital? 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. DRCT shares currently have a short interest ratio of 1.0. Learn More on Direct Digital's short interest ratio. What is a good short interest percentage for Direct Digital? 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. 2.81% of Direct Digital's floating shares are currently sold short. Is Direct Digital's short interest increasing or decreasing? Direct Digital saw a decline in short interest in September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 317,600 shares, a decline of 17.4% from the previous total of 384,700 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 Direct Digital's float size? Direct Digital currently has issued a total of 22,520,000 shares. Some of Direct Digital'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. Direct Digital currently has a public float of 11,310,000 shares. How does Direct Digital's short interest compare to its competitors? 2.81% of Direct Digital's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies compare to Direct Digital: Check-Cap Ltd. (26.42%), Sol-Gel Technologies Ltd. (2.88%), CTRL Group Limited (2.95%), Mobiquity Technologies, Inc. (0.06%), MOGU Inc. Sponsored ADR (8.11%), SPAR Group, Inc. (0.58%), Scienjoy Holding Corporation (0.02%), GEE Group Inc. (0.11%), Token Cat Limited - Sponsored ADR (0.12%), Decent Holding Inc. (2.24%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? 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. What does it mean to sell short Direct Digital stock? Short selling DRCT is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Direct Digital as its price is falling. DRCT shares are trading down $0.02 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 Direct Digital? A short squeeze for Direct 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 DRCT, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Direct Digital'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 DRCT, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is September, 15 2025. 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