National Bankshares (NKSH) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $25.97 -0.52 (-1.96%) Closing price 04:00 PM EasternExtended Trading$25.99 +0.02 (+0.08%) As of 06:57 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 ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrendsBuy This Stock National Bankshares Short Interest DataNational Bankshares (NKSH) has a short interest of 74,900 shares, representing 1.22% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a -1.71% decrease in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 7.3, indicating that it would take 7.3 days of the average trading volume of 12,254 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest74,900 sharesPrevious Short Interest76,200 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month-1.71%Dollar Volume Sold Short$1.93 millionShort Interest Ratio7.3 Days to CoverLast Record DateApril 30, 2025Outstanding Shares6,363,000 sharesFloat Size6,140,000 sharesShort Percent of Float1.22%Today's Trading Volume19,743 sharesAverage Trading Volume12,254 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average161% Short Selling National Bankshares? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for National Bankshares and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartNKSH Short Interest Over TimeNKSH Days to Cover Over TimeNKSH Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time National Bankshares Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 4/30/202574,900 shares $1.93 million -1.7%1.2%7.3 $25.77 4/15/202576,200 shares $1.91 million -0.4%1.2%7.5 $25.00 3/31/202576,500 shares $2.04 million +5.2%1.3%7.5 $26.63 3/15/202572,700 shares $1.97 million -0.3%1.2%7.1 $27.13 2/28/202572,900 shares $2.05 million -0.3%1.2%6.5 $28.12 2/15/202573,100 shares $2.09 million +7.5%1.2%6 $28.57 1/31/202568,000 shares $2.00 million +0.6%1.1%5 $29.39 1/15/202567,600 shares $2.01 million +4.5%1.1%5.1 $29.66 12/31/202464,700 shares $1.86 million +5.0%1.1%4.9 $28.71 12/15/202461,600 shares $1.92 million -19.9%1.0%4.9 $31.23 Get the Latest News and Ratings for NKSH and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for National Bankshares and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 11/30/202476,900 shares $2.47 million +26.9%1.3%6.4 $32.10 11/15/202460,600 shares $1.93 million +1.7%1.0%5.5 $31.79 10/31/202459,600 shares $1.70 million -5.6%1.0%5.5 $28.58 10/15/202463,100 shares $1.91 million -1.4%1.0%5.6 $30.21 9/30/202464,000 shares $1.91 million +28.5%1.0%5.3 $29.90 9/15/202449,800 shares $1.52 million -19.2%0.8%3.9 $30.50 8/31/202461,600 shares $1.86 million -0.8%1.0%4.9 $30.20 8/15/202462,100 shares $1.81 million -6.9%1.0%4.2 $29.16 7/31/202466,700 shares $2.12 million -6.3%1.2%4.3 $31.78 7/15/202471,200 shares $2.18 million -5.8%1.3%4.3 $30.65 6/30/202475,600 shares $2.14 million -1.2%1.3%4.8 $28.28 6/15/202476,500 shares $2.28 million -19.2%1.3%5.1 $29.81 5/31/202494,700 shares $2.91 million +14.7%1.7%6.3 $30.76 5/15/202482,600 shares $2.64 million -14.3%1.5%6.1 $32.00 4/30/202496,400 shares $2.58 million -0.9%1.7%7.7 $26.81 4/15/202497,300 shares $2.75 million -9.7%1.7%9 $28.22 3/31/2024107,700 shares $3.60 million -5.4%1.9%8.3 $33.41 3/15/2024113,800 shares $3.78 million -2.9%2.0%8.1 $33.22 2/29/2024117,200 shares $3.66 million -0.9%2.1%6.5 $31.27 2/15/2024118,300 shares $3.99 million +5.6%2.1%6.5 $33.73 1/31/2024112,000 shares $3.61 million +7.2%2.0%6.2 $32.26 1/15/2024104,500 shares $3.30 million -9.9%1.8%5.8 $31.62 12/31/2023116,000 shares $3.75 million -3.5%2.0%6.6 $32.35 12/15/2023120,200 shares $4.39 million -23.8%2.1%6.7 $36.52 11/30/2023157,800 shares $4.27 million -7.7%2.8%11.1 $27.04 11/15/2023170,900 shares $4.69 million -8.7%3.0%12.1 $27.45 10/31/2023187,200 shares $4.40 million +23.7%3.3%12.8 $23.50 10/15/2023151,400 shares $3.51 million +33.8%2.7%9.4 $23.19 9/30/2023113,200 shares $2.83 million +15.3%2.0%7.3 $25.04 9/15/202398,200 shares $2.67 million -6.7%1.7%6.1 $27.21I was wrong. Dead wrong. (Ad)I thought what happened 25 years ago was a once- in-a-lifetime event… but how wrong I was. Because here we are, a quarter of a century later, almost to the exact day, and it’s happening again. Here’s the full story for you. 8/31/2023105,300 shares $2.77 million -1.8%1.9%4 $26.32 8/15/2023107,200 shares $2.95 million -5.1%1.9%4.2 $27.51 7/31/2023112,900 shares $3.36 million -10.3%2.0%4.6 $29.77 7/15/2023125,900 shares $3.65 million +14.6%2.2%5.3 $29.02 6/30/2023109,900 shares $3.21 million +357.9%1.9%4.5 $29.19 6/15/202324,000 shares $736,080.00 +3.5%0.4%1 $30.67 5/31/202323,200 shares $630,344.00 +19.0%0.4%1.6 $27.17 5/15/202319,500 shares $546,195.00 -2.5%0.3%1.4 $28.01 4/30/202320,000 shares $604,200.00 -16.3%0.4%1.4 $30.21 4/15/202323,900 shares $780,335.00 +5.8%0.4%1.8 $32.65 3/31/202322,600 shares $710,996.00 -34.9%0.4%1.8 $31.46 3/15/202334,700 shares $1.26 million -3.1%0.6%3.4 $36.25 2/28/202335,800 shares $1.50 million -5.0%0.6%3.6 $41.83 2/15/202337,700 shares $1.60 million +2.5%0.6%3.7 $42.32 1/31/202336,800 shares $1.49 million +11.9%0.6%2.7 $40.56 1/15/202332,900 shares $1.35 million +6.8%0.6%2.5 $41.00 12/30/202230,800 shares $1.24 million -7.0%0.5%2.6 $40.30 12/15/202233,100 shares $1.31 million +6.4%0.6%2.8 $39.50 11/30/202231,100 shares $1.22 million +22.9%0.5%2.8 $39.30 11/15/202225,300 shares $976,074.00 -15.4%0.4%2.5 $38.58 10/31/202229,900 shares $1.10 million +10.7%0.5%5.2 $36.65 10/15/202227,000 shares $931,500.00 -6.3%0.5%4.9 $34.50 9/30/202228,800 shares $972,288.00 -1.0%0.5%4.7 $33.76 9/15/202229,100 shares $979,215.00 +20.3%0.5%4.7 $33.65 8/31/202224,200 shares $814,330.00 -9.4%0.4%4.2 $33.65 8/15/202226,700 shares $899,790.00 +15.6%0.5%4.6 $33.70 7/31/202223,100 shares $731,577.00 +0.9%0.4%3.6 $31.67 7/15/202222,900 shares $704,633.00 -3.4%0.4%3.8 $30.77 6/30/202223,700 shares $744,180.00 -14.1%N/A3.6 $31.40 6/15/202227,600 shares $886,512.00 +5.3%N/A4.2 $32.12 5/31/202226,200 shares $842,330.00 +5.7%0.5%4 $32.15 5/15/202224,800 shares $818,400.00 +10.2%0.4%3.3 $33.00 4/30/202222,500 shares $785,250.00 No Change0.4%2.6 $34.90 4/15/202222,500 shares $787,500.00 +7.1%0.4%2.3 $35.00 3/31/202221,000 shares $781,200.00 -12.5%0.4%2.4 $37.20 3/15/202224,000 shares $878,640.00 -10.1%0.4%2.6 $36.61 2/28/202226,700 shares $992,439.00 +3.9%0.5%2.8 $37.17 2/15/202225,700 shares $941,905.00 -0.4%0.4%3 $36.65 1/31/202225,800 shares $927,252.00 -2.3%0.4%3.5 $35.94 1/15/202226,400 shares $957,000.00 -19.5%0.5%4.3 $36.25 12/31/202132,800 shares $1.18 million -0.9%0.6%5 $35.84 12/15/202133,100 shares $1.19 million -10.5%0.6%5.1 $35.85 11/30/202137,000 shares $1.36 million -7.0%0.6%5.7 $36.69 11/15/202139,800 shares $1.53 million -3.4%0.7%5.3 $38.40 10/29/202141,200 shares $1.53 million +5.9%0.7%5 $37.25 10/15/202138,900 shares $1.40 million -17.4%0.7%4.2 $36.05 9/30/202147,100 shares $1.71 million -22.9%0.8%4.6 $36.31 9/15/202161,100 shares $2.22 million +19.1%1.0%2.2 $36.32 8/31/202151,300 shares $1.90 million -14.9%0.9%1.6 $36.96 8/13/202160,300 shares $2.34 million +13.6%1.0%1.8 $38.78I was wrong. Dead wrong. (Ad)I thought what happened 25 years ago was a once- in-a-lifetime event… but how wrong I was. Because here we are, a quarter of a century later, almost to the exact day, and it’s happening again. Here’s the full story for you. 7/30/202153,100 shares $1.92 million +15.7%0.9%1.5 $36.15 7/15/202145,900 shares $1.64 million +5.5%0.8%1.3 $35.72 6/30/202143,500 shares $1.52 million -84.1%0.7%1.2 $35.01 6/15/2021273,300 shares $9.67 million +7.6%4.5%11.9 $35.38 5/28/2021254,100 shares $8.92 million +6.6%4.2%12.2 $35.10 5/14/2021238,400 shares $8.43 million +39.1%4.0%11 $35.35 4/30/2021171,400 shares $6.08 million +25.4%2.8%8.4 $35.45 4/15/2021136,700 shares $4.86 million +25.9%2.2%7 $35.54 3/31/2021108,600 shares $3.91 million +13.5%1.7%6.1 $35.98 3/15/202195,700 shares $3.63 million -0.9%1.5%5.8 $37.97 2/26/202196,600 shares $3.24 million +5.8%1.5%7 $33.58 2/12/202191,300 shares $2.94 million +21.9%1.5%7.1 $32.25 1/29/202174,900 shares $2.34 million +9.8%1.2%6.1 $31.29 1/15/202168,200 shares $2.26 million -2.7%1.1%6.1 $33.11 12/31/202070,100 shares $2.21 million +5.3%1.1%5 $31.51 12/15/202066,600 shares $2.14 million +7.3%1.1%4.9 $32.10 11/30/202062,100 shares $1.94 million +1.3%1.0%4.5 $31.30 11/15/202061,300 shares $1.90 million +14.8%1.0%4.6 $31.03 10/30/202053,400 shares $1.46 million -17.6%0.8%4.1 $27.31 10/15/202064,800 shares $1.69 million -2.9%1.0%5.2 $26.05 9/30/202066,700 shares $1.69 million +5.5%1.1%7.1 $25.33 9/15/202063,200 shares $1.60 million -3.2%1.0%6.3 $25.35 8/31/202065,300 shares $1.62 million +17.0%1.0%6.7 $24.83 8/14/202055,800 shares $1.54 million -11.9%0.9%5.6 $27.57 7/31/202063,300 shares $1.59 million -4.8%1.0%5.9 $25.08 7/15/202066,500 shares $1.78 million +12.3%1.1%5.8 $26.84 6/30/202059,200 shares $1.66 million +31.0%0.9%4.7 $28.01 6/15/202045,200 shares $1.28 million -8.3%0.7%3.3 $28.26 5/29/202049,300 shares $1.53 million +29.7%0.8%3.1 $30.97 NKSH Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is National Bankshares' current short interest? Short interest is the volume of National Bankshares shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of April 30th, investors have sold 74,900 shares of NKSH short. 1.22% of National Bankshares' shares are currently sold short. Learn More on National Bankshares' current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for National Bankshares? 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. NKSH shares currently have a short interest ratio of 7.0. Learn More on National Bankshares's short interest ratio. What is a good short interest percentage for National Bankshares? 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. 1.22% of National Bankshares' floating shares are currently sold short. Is National Bankshares' short interest increasing or decreasing? National Bankshares saw a decline in short interest in the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 74,900 shares, a decline of 1.7% from the previous total of 76,200 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 National Bankshares' float size? National Bankshares currently has issued a total of 6,363,000 shares. Some of National Bankshares' 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. National Bankshares currently has a public float of 6,140,000 shares. How does National Bankshares' short interest compare to its competitors? 1.22% of National Bankshares' shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "regional banks" compare to National Bankshares: Great Southern Bancorp, Inc. (1.96%), Capital City Bank Group, Inc. (0.49%), HomeTrust Bancshares, Inc. (0.30%), First Financial Co. (1.47%), MidWestOne Financial Group, Inc. (1.28%), Heritage Commerce Corp (1.85%), Eagle Bancorp, Inc. (7.65%), Washington Trust Bancorp, Inc. (4.76%), Financial Institutions, Inc. (1.30%), Farmers National Banc Corp. (0.74%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Spotify Technology S.A. ($4.67 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.58 billion), Capital One Financial Co. ($4.47 billion), The Kroger Co. ($2.56 billion), Reddit, Inc. ($2.23 billion), Rivian Automotive, Inc. ($2.16 billion), Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. ($1.90 billion), SoFi Technologies, Inc. ($1.85 billion), Zscaler, Inc. ($1.75 billion), and Omnicom Group Inc. ($1.75 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short National Bankshares stock? Short selling NKSH is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from National Bankshares as its price is falling. NKSH shares are trading down $0.52 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 National Bankshares? A short squeeze for National Bankshares 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 NKSH, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is National Bankshares' 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 NKSH, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is April, 30 2025. More Short Interest Resources from MarketBeat Related Companies Great Southern Bancorp Short Interest Capital City Bank Group Short Interest HomeTrust Bancshares Short Interest First Financial Short Interest MidWestOne Financial Group Short Interest Heritage Commerce Short Interest Eagle Bancorp Short Interest Washington Trust Bancorp Short Interest Financial Institutions Short Interest Farmers National Banc Short Interest Short Interest Tools Stocks to Short Largest Short Interest Positions Short Interest Increases Short Interest Decreases Short Interest Reporting Dates This page (NASDAQ:NKSH) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersWhite House to reset Social Security?Elon Musk's parting DOGE gift looks set to shock America... 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