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Henry Schein (HSIC) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

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$71.37 +0.47 (+0.66%)
Closing price 06/10/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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$71.36 -0.01 (-0.01%)
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Henry Schein Short Interest Data

Henry Schein (HSIC) has a short interest of 6.58 million shares, representing 6.27% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a 19.64% increase in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 3.5, indicating that it would take 3.5 days of the average trading volume of 1.69 million shares to cover all short positions.

Current Short Interest
6,580,000 shares
Previous Short Interest
5,500,000 shares
Change Vs. Previous Month
+19.64%
Dollar Volume Sold Short
$470.73 million
Short Interest Ratio
3.5 Days to Cover
Last Record Date
May 15, 2025
Outstanding Shares
121,720,000 shares
Float Size
104,880,000 shares
Short Percent of Float
6.27%
Today's Trading Volume
971,683 shares
Average Trading Volume
1,685,199 shares
Today's Volume Vs. Average
58%
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HSIC Short Interest Over Time

HSIC Days to Cover Over Time

HSIC Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time

Henry Schein Short Interest History

Report DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date
5/15/20256,580,000 shares $470.73 million +19.6%6.3%3.5 $71.54
4/30/20255,500,000 shares $357.34 million +7.2%5.1%2.9 $64.97
4/15/20255,130,000 shares $329.76 million +0.2%4.7%2.6 $64.28
3/31/20255,120,000 shares $350.67 million +3.0%4.6%2.7 $68.49
3/15/20254,970,000 shares $350.78 million -14.3%4.5%2.7 $70.58
2/28/20255,800,000 shares $418.59 million -0.9%4.7%3.1 $72.17
2/15/20255,850,000 shares $444.60 million +1.4%4.8%3.6 $76.00
1/31/20255,770,000 shares $461.60 million -16.6%4.7%3.7 $80.00
1/15/20256,920,000 shares $492.36 million -0.4%5.6%4.6 $71.15
12/31/20246,950,000 shares $480.94 million +1.6%5.7%4.6 $69.20
12/15/20246,840,000 shares $523.94 million +6.1%5.6%4.3 $76.60
11/30/20246,450,000 shares $496.97 million +3.9%5.2%3.8 $77.05
11/15/20246,210,000 shares $427.00 million -8.7%5.1%3.6 $68.76
10/31/20246,800,000 shares $477.56 million +5.6%5.5%4.1 $70.23
10/15/20246,440,000 shares $457.88 million +3.4%5.2%3.5 $71.10
9/30/20246,230,000 shares $454.17 million -0.6%5.0%3.3 $72.90
9/15/20246,270,000 shares $441.28 million +5.4%5.0%3.4 $70.38
8/31/20245,950,000 shares $419.77 million +14.4%4.8%3.4 $70.55
8/15/20245,200,000 shares $362.86 million +3.4%4.2%3.4 $69.78
7/31/20245,030,000 shares $361.86 million +5.7%4.0%3.6 $71.94
7/15/20244,760,000 shares $313.40 million -16.9%3.8%4.3 $65.84
6/30/20245,730,000 shares $367.29 million -0.7%4.5%5.7 $64.10
6/15/20245,770,000 shares $379.67 million -4.8%4.6%5.7 $65.80
5/31/20246,060,000 shares $420.20 million +14.1%4.8%6 $69.34
5/15/20245,310,000 shares $396.87 million +5.2%4.2%4.7 $74.74
4/30/20245,050,000 shares $349.86 million -3.6%4.0%4.4 $69.28
4/15/20245,240,000 shares $370.63 million -4.7%4.1%4.7 $70.73
3/31/20245,500,000 shares $415.36 million -6.8%4.3%4.8 $75.52
3/15/20245,900,000 shares $440.02 million No Change4.7%5.3 $74.58
2/29/20245,900,000 shares $451.17 million +12.8%4.7%5.1 $76.47
2/15/20245,230,000 shares $394.87 million +3.4%4.1%4.5 $75.50
1/31/20245,060,000 shares $378.69 million +26.2%3.9%4.4 $74.84
1/15/20244,010,000 shares $295.78 million +3.6%3.1%3.3 $73.76
12/31/20233,870,000 shares $293.00 million +1.6%3.0%3.3 $75.71
12/15/20233,810,000 shares $282.51 million +24.5%3.0%3.2 $74.15
11/30/20233,060,000 shares $204.19 million -11.6%2.4%2.8 $66.73
11/15/20233,460,000 shares $233.86 million +39.0%2.7%3.5 $67.59
10/31/20232,490,000 shares $161.80 million +10.2%1.9%2.6 $64.98
10/15/20232,260,000 shares $165.77 million +17.1%1.8%2.7 $73.35
9/30/20231,930,000 shares $143.30 million -18.9%1.5%2.4 $74.25
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9/15/20232,380,000 shares $177.10 million +10.2%1.9%3 $74.41
8/31/20232,160,000 shares $165.33 million -26.8%1.7%2.5 $76.54
8/15/20232,950,000 shares $223.70 million +4.6%2.3%3.4 $75.83
7/31/20232,820,000 shares $222.19 million -4.4%2.2%3.2 $78.79
7/15/20232,950,000 shares $237.15 million +7.3%2.3%3.4 $80.39
6/30/20232,750,000 shares $223.03 million -13.0%2.1%3.3 $81.10
6/15/20233,160,000 shares $239.50 million -15.1%2.5%3.8 $75.79
5/31/20233,720,000 shares $274.91 million -0.5%2.9%4.6 $73.90
5/15/20233,740,000 shares $292.51 million -13.2%2.9%4.5 $78.21
4/30/20234,310,000 shares $348.29 million -9.5%3.3%5 $80.81
4/15/20234,760,000 shares $392.37 million +8.4%3.7%5.5 $82.43
3/31/20234,390,000 shares $357.96 million +8.1%3.4%5 $81.54
3/15/20234,060,000 shares $314.61 million -17.8%3.1%4.6 $77.49
2/28/20234,940,000 shares $386.85 million -8.5%3.8%5.5 $78.31
2/15/20235,400,000 shares $478.66 million +1.1%4.2%5.9 $88.64
1/31/20235,340,000 shares $460.04 million +1.5%4.0%5.6 $86.15
1/15/20235,260,000 shares $422.75 million +0.6%3.9%5.1 $80.37
12/30/20225,230,000 shares $417.72 million -1.7%3.9%5 $79.87
12/15/20225,320,000 shares $436.83 million -5.2%4.0%5 $82.11
11/30/20225,610,000 shares $453.96 million +6.1%4.2%5.4 $80.92
11/15/20225,290,000 shares $419.76 million +6.0%4.0%5.3 $79.35
10/31/20224,990,000 shares $341.62 million +14.5%3.7%5.6 $68.46
10/15/20224,360,000 shares $291.64 million -3.5%3.3%5.3 $66.89
9/30/20224,520,000 shares $297.28 million +3.4%3.4%5.9 $65.77
9/15/20224,370,000 shares $314.33 million +10.1%3.3%5.5 $71.93
8/31/20223,970,000 shares $291.44 million +7.3%3.0%4.9 $73.41
8/15/20223,700,000 shares $287.12 million -5.1%2.8%4.7 $77.60
7/31/20223,900,000 shares $307.44 million -4.4%2.9%4.6 $78.83
7/15/20224,080,000 shares $312.24 million +14.9%3.0%4.9 $76.53
6/30/20223,550,000 shares $272.43 million +16.8%2.6%4.1 $76.74
6/15/20223,040,000 shares $227.91 million +11.0%2.2%3.6 $74.97
5/31/20222,740,000 shares $234.65 million +4.6%2.0%3.2 $85.64
5/15/20222,620,000 shares $218.80 million -18.4%1.9%2.8 $83.51
4/30/20223,210,000 shares $260.33 million -6.4%2.4%3.2 $81.10
4/15/20223,430,000 shares $313.36 million -4.2%2.5%3.4 $91.36
3/31/20223,580,000 shares $312.14 million -8.2%2.7%3.5 $87.19
3/15/20223,900,000 shares $336.61 million -14.1%2.9%3.9 $86.31
2/28/20224,540,000 shares $392.17 million +1.6%3.4%4.5 $86.38
2/15/20224,470,000 shares $365.82 million +16.7%3.3%4.6 $81.84
1/31/20223,830,000 shares $288.40 million -7.0%2.8%4.6 $75.30
1/15/20224,120,000 shares $320.45 million +3.3%N/A5 $77.78
12/31/20213,990,000 shares $309.34 million +0.8%2.9%5.3 $77.53
12/15/20213,960,000 shares $291.10 million -9.0%2.9%5.4 $73.51
11/30/20214,350,000 shares $309.11 million +5.1%3.2%6.1 $71.06
11/15/20214,140,000 shares $324.82 million +3.5%3.0%6.3 $78.46
10/29/20214,000,000 shares $305.40 million +0.5%2.9%6 $76.35
10/15/20213,980,000 shares $308.21 million +3.9%2.9%5.9 $77.44
9/30/20213,830,000 shares $291.69 million +1.3%2.8%5.6 $76.16
9/15/20213,780,000 shares $296.88 million -6.2%2.7%5.3 $78.54
8/31/20214,030,000 shares $304.63 million -2.7%2.9%5.5 $75.59
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8/13/20214,140,000 shares $313.32 million +1.5%3.0%5.3 $75.68
7/30/20214,080,000 shares $327.01 million -2.9%3.0%4.9 $80.15
7/15/20214,200,000 shares $316.43 million +7.7%3.0%4.7 $75.34
6/30/20213,900,000 shares $289.34 million -0.5%2.8%4.3 $74.19
6/15/20213,920,000 shares $307.33 million -0.3%2.8%4.2 $78.40
5/28/20213,930,000 shares $298.84 million +27.2%2.8%4.1 $76.04
5/14/20213,090,000 shares $247.45 million -17.4%2.2%2.9 $80.08
4/30/20213,740,000 shares $273.28 million -8.6%2.7%3.2 $73.07
4/15/20214,090,000 shares $286.30 million -0.5%2.9%3.9 $70.00
3/31/20214,110,000 shares $283.47 million -0.5%2.9%4 $68.97
3/15/20214,130,000 shares $277.49 million -8.4%2.9%4.1 $67.19
2/26/20214,510,000 shares $279.12 million -1.1%3.2%4.7 $61.89
2/12/20214,560,000 shares $317.47 million +1.6%3.3%5.2 $69.62
1/29/20214,490,000 shares $304.20 million -12.8%3.2%5.5 $67.75
1/15/20215,150,000 shares $376.10 million +11.2%3.7%5.5 $73.03
12/31/20204,630,000 shares $304.84 million -12.0%3.3%4.9 $65.84
12/15/20205,260,000 shares $358.05 million -2.6%3.7%5.4 $68.07
11/30/20205,400,000 shares $343.87 million -5.9%3.8%5.2 $63.68
11/15/20205,740,000 shares $376.83 million -1.2%4.1%5.6 $65.65
10/30/20205,810,000 shares $365.45 million -18.2%4.1%5.5 $62.90
10/15/20207,100,000 shares $432.18 million -5.1%5.1%6.2 $60.87
9/30/20207,480,000 shares $439.67 million -13.3%5.3%6 $58.78
9/15/20208,630,000 shares $550.16 million -10.2%6.1%6.5 $63.75
8/31/20209,610,000 shares $638.49 million -12.1%6.8%6.8 $66.44
8/14/202010,930,000 shares $734.82 million -17.9%7.8%7 $67.23
7/31/202013,310,000 shares $914.80 million -3.2%9.5%8 $68.73
7/15/202013,750,000 shares $820.74 million -3.3%9.8%8.4 $59.69
6/30/202014,220,000 shares $830.31 million -4.3%10.1%8.8 $58.39
6/15/202014,860,000 shares $841.52 million +5.8%10.6%7.5 $56.63

HSIC Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions

What is Henry Schein's current short interest?

Short interest is the volume of Henry Schein shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of May 15th, investors have sold 6,580,000 shares of HSIC short. 6.27% of Henry Schein's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Henry Schein's current short interest.

What is a good short interest ratio for Henry Schein?

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. HSIC shares currently have a short interest ratio of 4.0. Learn More on Henry Schein's short interest ratio.

Which institutional investors are shorting Henry Schein?

As of the most recent reporting period, the following institutional investors, funds, and major shareholders have reported short positions of Henry Schein: Quaker Wealth Management LLC, Millennium Management LLC, Walleye Capital LLC, and Simplex Trading LLC. These positions are disclosed in Form 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

What is a good short interest percentage for Henry Schein?

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. 6.27% of Henry Schein's floating shares are currently sold short.

Is Henry Schein's short interest increasing or decreasing?

Henry Schein saw a increase in short interest during the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 6,580,000 shares, an increase of 19.6% from the previous total of 5,500,000 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 Henry Schein's float size?

Henry Schein currently has issued a total of 121,720,000 shares. Some of Henry Schein'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. Henry Schein currently has a public float of 104,880,000 shares.

How does Henry Schein's short interest compare to its competitors?

6.27% of Henry Schein's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the sector of "medical" compare to Henry Schein: Patterson Companies, Inc. (3.57%), Owens & Minor, Inc. (9.62%), McKesson Co. (1.69%), Cencora, Inc. (3.32%), Cardinal Health, Inc. (2.23%), DexCom, Inc. (2.90%), GE HealthCare Technologies Inc. (1.49%), Agilent Technologies, Inc. (1.54%), Humana Inc. (2.86%), Centene Co. (2.22%),

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 ($29.20 billion), Strategy Incorporated ($10.88 billion), iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF ($10.04 billion), Capital One Financial Co. ($5.51 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($5.00 billion), Super Micro Computer, Inc. ($4.43 billion), Apollo Global Management, Inc. ($4.02 billion), Hims & Hers Health, Inc. ($3.65 billion), VanEck Semiconductor ETF ($3.27 billion), and Coinbase Global, Inc. ($3.10 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

What does it mean to sell short Henry Schein stock?

Short selling HSIC is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Henry Schein as its price is falling. HSIC shares are trading up $0.47 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 Henry Schein?

A short squeeze for Henry Schein 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 HSIC, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further.

How often is Henry Schein'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 HSIC, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is May, 15 2025.




This page (NASDAQ:HSIC) was last updated on 6/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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