Nikola (NKLAQ) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $0.02 +0.00 (+10.00%) As of 08/13/2025 03:59 PM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartEarningsHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestBuy This Stock Nikola Short Interest DataNikola (NKLAQ) has a short interest of 12.17 million shares. This marks a 1.73% increase in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 8.9, indicating that it would take 8.9 days of the average trading volume of 328,178 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest12,170,700 sharesPrevious Short Interest11,963,900 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month+1.73%Dollar Volume Sold Short$924.97 thousandShort Interest Ratio8.9 Days to CoverLast Record DateJuly 15, 2025Outstanding Shares60,870,000 sharesPercentage of Shares Shorted19.99%Today's Trading Volume81,307 sharesAverage Trading Volume328,178 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average25% Short Selling Nikola? 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Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartNKLAQ Short Interest Over TimeNKLAQ Days to Cover Over TimeNKLAQ Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Nikola Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 7/15/202512,170,700 shares $924.97 thousand +1.7%N/A8.9 $0.08 1/31/202519,960,000 shares $15.77 million -5.0%24.4%1.4 $0.79 1/15/202521,000,000 shares $25.83 million +113.0%25.6%1.8 $1.23 12/31/20249,860,000 shares $11.73 million -52.7%12.2%1.1 $1.19 12/15/202420,840,000 shares $29.80 million +54.3%25.7%3 $1.43 11/30/202413,510,000 shares $27.16 million +5.0%24.0%2.4 $2.01 11/15/202412,870,000 shares $30.12 million -12.5%22.9%2.8 $2.34 10/31/202414,710,000 shares $57.81 million +12.9%26.2%4 $3.93 10/15/202413,030,000 shares $55.38 million -16.1%27.9%4.4 $4.25 9/30/202415,530,000 shares $71.13 million +5.6%33.2%5.2 $4.58 Get the Latest News and Ratings for NKLAQ and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Nikola and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 9/15/202414,710,000 shares $79.43 million +6.1%31.5%4.4 $5.40 8/31/202413,860,000 shares $91.89 million +28.2%29.9%4 $6.63 8/15/202410,810,000 shares $93.83 million +17.4%23.3%3.2 $8.68 7/31/20249,210,000 shares $82.71 million -4.1%22.3%2.7 $8.98 7/15/20249,600,000 shares $92.64 million -7.1%23.2%2.8 $9.65 6/30/202410,330,000 shares $84.60 million +14.3%25.0%2.9 $8.19 6/15/20249,040,000 shares $137.47 million -96.6%N/A2.9 $15.21 5/31/2024267,190,000 shares $136.77 million +8.4%N/A3 $0.51 5/15/2024246,450,000 shares $137.77 million +6.8%N/A2.6 $0.56 4/30/2024230,690,000 shares $143.17 million +7.4%N/A2.4 $0.62 4/15/2024214,820,000 shares $140.41 million -10.1%N/A2.3 $0.65 3/31/2024239,050,000 shares $248.61 million -5.3%N/A2.6 $1.04 3/15/2024252,380,000 shares $162.48 million +16.5%N/A2.7 $0.64 2/29/2024216,730,000 shares $161.29 million -5.6%N/A2 $0.74 2/15/2024229,650,000 shares $172.24 million +5.6%N/A2.2 $0.75 1/31/2024217,460,000 shares $162.51 million +13.8%N/A2.3 $0.75 1/15/2024191,110,000 shares $133.78 million +13.1%N/A2.2 $0.70 12/31/2023169,020,000 shares $147.86 million -6.8%N/A2.1 $0.87 12/15/2023181,360,000 shares $164.53 million -6.1%N/A2.4 $0.91 11/30/2023193,060,000 shares $187.73 million +2.1%N/A2.6 $0.97 11/15/2023189,160,000 shares $202.40 million +4.3%N/A2.9 $1.07 10/31/2023181,400,000 shares $195.91 million +0.3%N/A2.7 $1.08 10/15/2023180,890,000 shares $233.35 million -7.3%N/A2.3 $1.29 9/30/2023195,070,000 shares $306.26 million +1.9%N/A2.1 $1.57 9/15/2023191,520,000 shares $227.91 million +27.5%N/A2.1 $1.19 8/31/2023150,270,000 shares $177.32 million -4.7%N/A1.7 $1.18 8/15/2023157,700,000 shares $301.21 million +13.9%N/A1.9 $1.91 7/31/2023138,460,000 shares $369.69 million +6.9%N/A1.7 $2.67 7/15/2023129,520,000 shares $291.42 million +0.6%N/A2 $2.25 6/30/2023128,790,000 shares $177.73 million +11.7%N/A2.6 $1.38Is This Stock the 'Next Nvidia'? (Ad)'AI Bottleneck' Now Threatens Entire Magnificent 7 A new critical failure has appeared in the AI market, and has now reached every AI company in America... including Nvidia, Microsoft, and Meta.Click here to see what this could soon mean for your money. 6/15/2023115,260,000 shares $161.36 million +2.1%N/A2.5 $1.40 5/31/2023112,890,000 shares $70.44 million +2.0%N/A3.9 $0.62 5/15/2023110,700,000 shares $83.88 million +3.7%N/A4.7 $0.76 4/30/2023106,740,000 shares $94.52 million -6.5%N/A5.4 $0.89 4/15/2023114,170,000 shares $93.62 million -2.0%N/A6.3 $0.82 3/31/2023116,520,000 shares $140.99 million +2.6%N/A7.6 $1.21 3/15/2023113,570,000 shares $186.25 million -0.9%N/A8.9 $1.64 2/28/2023114,550,000 shares $254.30 million +9.0%N/A9.2 $2.22 2/15/2023105,100,000 shares $280.62 million +5.4%28.1%8.5 $2.67 1/31/202399,750,000 shares $270.32 million -0.2%26.7%8.3 $2.71 1/15/202399,900,000 shares $254.75 million -2.2%29.1%8.8 $2.55 12/30/2022102,100,000 shares $220.54 million +3.6%29.8%8.6 $2.16 12/15/202298,530,000 shares $209.87 million -0.8%30.7%8.3 $2.13 11/30/202299,320,000 shares $260.22 million -1.9%31.9%7.9 $2.62 11/15/2022101,260,000 shares $311.88 million +1.1%32.5%7.7 $3.08 10/31/2022100,200,000 shares $379.76 million +2.8%33.1%7.6 $3.79 10/15/202297,440,000 shares $298.17 million +12.2%33.8%7.6 $3.06 9/30/202286,860,000 shares $305.75 million +9.9%31.7%7.4 $3.52 9/15/202279,050,000 shares $412.64 million +5.7%28.8%6.7 $5.22 8/31/202274,760,000 shares $400.71 million -4.2%27.3%7 $5.36 8/15/202278,050,000 shares $524.50 million -3.9%28.1%7.2 $6.72 7/31/202281,210,000 shares $505.13 million -6.8%29.7%7 $6.22 7/15/202287,160,000 shares $471.54 million +0.2%32.8%7.7 $5.41 6/30/202287,020,000 shares $414.22 million +4.5%32.7%7.5 $4.76 6/15/202283,270,000 shares $471.31 million -8.8%33.7%6.4 $5.66 5/31/202291,320,000 shares $644.72 million +1.3%37.0%7 $7.06 5/15/202290,130,000 shares $577.73 million +28.9%36.5%6.7 $6.41 4/30/202269,900,000 shares $501.88 million +0.9%28.5%5.4 $7.18 4/15/202269,290,000 shares $555.71 million -0.5%27.9%5.2 $8.02 3/31/202269,620,000 shares $745.63 million +0.0%28.5%4.3 $10.71 3/15/202269,590,000 shares $508.70 million +3.4%28.5%4.1 $7.31 2/28/202267,310,000 shares $531.75 million +1.9%28.1%4.1 $7.90 2/15/202266,050,000 shares $561.43 million -6.6%28.0%4 $8.50 1/31/202270,690,000 shares $567.64 million +17.2%30.0%4.3 $8.03 1/15/202260,330,000 shares $608.13 million +7.0%27.2%3.7 $10.08 12/31/202156,380,000 shares $556.47 million +4.2%25.5%4.2 $9.87 12/15/202154,120,000 shares $525.51 million +5.7%24.5%4.4 $9.71 11/30/202151,220,000 shares $523.47 million +0.4%23.2%4.7 $10.22 11/15/202151,000,000 shares $700.23 million -12.8%25.7%4.6 $13.73 10/29/202158,510,000 shares $690.42 million -2.1%29.7%5 $11.80 10/15/202159,760,000 shares $666.92 million -2.0%30.8%5 $11.16 9/30/202160,980,000 shares $650.66 million -5.8%31.4%5.2 $10.67 9/15/202164,710,000 shares $631.57 million +4.7%33.3%5.3 $9.76 8/31/202161,830,000 shares $644.89 million +1.2%32.1%5.2 $10.43 8/13/202161,120,000 shares $582.47 million +28.9%31.7%4.9 $9.53 7/30/202147,420,000 shares $562.88 million +2.6%26.7%3.8 $11.87 7/15/202146,220,000 shares $659.10 million +4.5%26.2%4 $14.26 6/30/202144,220,000 shares $798.61 million +2.5%25.2%3.2 $18.06 6/15/202143,150,000 shares $673.14 million -22.4%25.0%3 $15.60 5/28/202155,630,000 shares $832.22 million -6.9%32.4%3.9 $14.96Is This Stock the 'Next Nvidia'? (Ad)'AI Bottleneck' Now Threatens Entire Magnificent 7 A new critical failure has appeared in the AI market, and has now reached every AI company in America... including Nvidia, Microsoft, and Meta.Click here to see what this could soon mean for your money. 5/14/202159,740,000 shares $709.71 million -3.9%34.4%4.4 $11.88 4/30/202162,190,000 shares $738.82 million +20.3%36.8%4.7 $11.88 4/15/202151,680,000 shares $607.24 million +28.2%30.5%3.6 $11.75 3/31/202140,300,000 shares $565.81 million +20.1%23.8%2.9 $14.04 3/15/202133,570,000 shares $571.36 million +9.9%20.3%2.3 $17.02 2/26/202130,550,000 shares $602.45 million -4.7%18.6%2 $19.72 2/12/202132,060,000 shares $725.20 million -16.7%21.1%1.6 $22.62 1/29/202138,490,000 shares $892.20 million -26.8%26.1%1.8 $23.18 1/15/202152,610,000 shares $1.12 billion No Change35.7%2.5 $21.31 NKLAQ Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Nikola's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Nikola shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of July 15th, investors have sold 12,170,700 shares of NKLAQ short. Learn More on Nikola's current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for Nikola? 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. NKLAQ shares currently have a short interest ratio of 9.0. Learn More on Nikola's short interest ratio. Which institutional investors are shorting Nikola? As of the most recent reporting period, the following institutional investors, funds, and major shareholders have reported short positions of Nikola: Jane Street Group LLC, and Antara Capital LP. These positions are disclosed in Form 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Is Nikola's short interest increasing or decreasing? Nikola saw a increase in short interest in July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totaling 12,170,700 shares, an increase of 1.7% from the previous total of 11,963,900 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. How does Nikola's short interest compare to its competitors? Here is how the short interest of companies compare to Nikola: Tesla, Inc. (2.17%), General Motors Company (1.96%), Ford Motor Company (4.64%), Thor Industries, Inc. (7.99%), Winnebago Industries, Inc. (13.18%), Mercedes-Benz Group AG (0.82%), Lobo EV Technologies Ltd (7.94%), Envirotech Vehicles, Inc. (1.75%), Kaixin Holdings (0.70%), and Volcon, Inc. (26.29%). Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Coinbase Global, Inc. ($5.11 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.76 billion), Reddit Inc. ($2.84 billion), SoFi Technologies, Inc. ($2.79 billion), Seagate Technology Holdings PLC ($2.79 billion), Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. ($2.67 billion), Rocket Lab Corporation ($2.49 billion), AST SpaceMobile, Inc. ($2.12 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($2.09 billion), and Omnicom Group Inc. ($2.04 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short Nikola stock? Short selling NKLAQ is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Nikola as its price is falling. NKLAQ shares are trading up $0.00 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 Nikola? A short squeeze for Nikola 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 NKLAQ, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Nikola's short interest reported? Short interest is typically published by a stock exchange once per month. 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