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Bank OZK (OZK) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

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$47.88 +0.04 (+0.08%)
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Bank OZK Short Interest Overview

As of August 31, 2026, Bank OZK (OZK) had a short interest of 16.21 million shares sold short, representing 15.53% of the public float. This marks a 2.68% increase in short interest since the prior report. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 16.0, meaning it would take 16.0 days of the average trading volume of 931,712 shares to cover all short positions.

Current Short Interest
16,209,608 shares
Previous Short Interest
15,785,791 shares
Change Vs. Previous Month
2.68%
Dollar Volume Sold Short
$795.57 million
Short Interest Ratio
16.0 Days to Cover
Last Record Date
August 31, 2026
Outstanding Shares
111,880,000 shares
Short Percent of Float
15.53%
Today's Trading Volume
2,265,398 shares
Average Trading Volume
931,712 shares
Today's Volume Vs. Average
243%
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Report DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date
8/31/202616,209,608 shares $795.57 million +2.7%15.5%16.04 $49.08
8/14/202615,785,791 shares $828.60 million -7.3%15.1%19.36 $52.49
7/31/202617,024,038 shares $873.33 million +7.7%16.3%12.45 $51.30
7/15/202615,810,827 shares $811.10 million +6.1%15.1%10.75 $51.30
6/30/202614,906,021 shares $776.45 million +2.1%14.3%11.71 $52.09
6/15/202614,593,622 shares $746.17 million -0.5%14.0%15.7 $51.13
5/29/202614,661,572 shares $709.47 million +3.6%14.0%16.11 $48.39
5/15/202614,159,603 shares $661.68 million +0.9%13.6%15.19 $46.73
4/30/202614,029,095 shares $675.64 million -5.7%13.4%10.04 $48.16
4/15/202614,868,688 shares $711.91 million -3.8%14.2%14.72 $47.88
3/31/202615,460,831 shares $709.50 million -1.3%14.8%10.09 $45.89
3/13/202615,665,951 shares $679.90 million +0.7%15.0%12.04 $43.40
2/27/202615,552,635 shares $724.13 million +0.1%14.9%14.66 $46.56
2/13/202615,539,505 shares $768.89 million +2.4%14.9%14.52 $49.48
1/30/202615,171,380 shares $721.55 million -1.3%14.5%7.42 $47.56
1/15/202615,366,456 shares $745.43 million -0.4%14.7%11.92 $48.51
12/31/202515,434,185 shares $710.28 million +3.3%14.8%16.73 $46.02
12/15/202514,938,088 shares $718.97 million -0.5%14.3%15.47 $48.13
11/28/202515,007,439 shares $690.72 million +2.0%14.4%14.02 $46.03
11/14/202514,714,106 shares $648.89 million +3.0%13.9%12.1 $44.10
10/31/202514,293,095 shares $643.05 million -1.1%13.5%8.77 $44.99
10/15/202514,450,000 shares $729.73 million -4.2%12.7%13.9 $50.50
9/30/202515,090,000 shares $769.29 million -7.7%13.3%15.7 $50.98
9/15/202516,340,000 shares $846.90 million -0.3%14.4%16.8 $51.83
8/31/202516,390,000 shares $859.98 million +4.9%14.5%17.9 $52.47
8/15/202515,630,000 shares $770.87 million -2.6%13.8%17.5 $49.32
7/31/202516,050,000 shares $791.27 million -13.2%14.9%17.9 $49.30
7/15/202518,500,000 shares $938.14 million -3.5%17.2%20.4 $50.71
6/30/202519,170,000 shares $902.14 million -0.2%17.8%18.1 $47.06
6/15/202519,200,000 shares $857.86 million +1.2%17.8%16.8 $44.68
5/31/202518,980,000 shares $842.71 million -0.4%17.6%15.2 $44.40
5/15/202519,050,000 shares $885.63 million +6.3%17.7%14.3 $46.49
4/30/202517,930,000 shares $763.82 million -0.6%16.6%12.9 $42.60
4/15/202518,030,000 shares $707.50 million +1.5%16.7%12.8 $39.24
3/31/202517,760,000 shares $771.67 million +4.9%16.5%12.4 $43.45
3/15/202516,930,000 shares $748.14 million +0.8%15.7%13.1 $44.19
2/28/202516,790,000 shares $806.09 million -0.1%15.6%13.8 $48.01
2/15/202516,810,000 shares $871.77 million +7.3%15.6%14 $51.86
1/31/202515,660,000 shares $795.37 million -1.6%14.6%12.2 $50.79
1/15/202515,920,000 shares $719.90 million +8.7%14.8%12.8 $45.22
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12/31/202414,640,000 shares $651.92 million -1.5%13.6%12.1 $44.53
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11/30/202414,920,000 shares $745.55 million -8.3%13.8%12.2 $49.97
11/15/202416,270,000 shares $788.93 million +1.1%15.1%13.2 $48.49
10/31/202416,100,000 shares $704.38 million -4.1%14.9%13.3 $43.75
10/15/202416,780,000 shares $749.90 million +1.4%15.6%14.1 $44.69
9/30/202416,550,000 shares $711.48 million +1.2%15.4%13.5 $42.99
9/15/202416,360,000 shares $680.09 million +4.3%15.4%12.5 $41.57
8/31/202415,690,000 shares $680.16 million +5.9%14.8%11.7 $43.35
8/15/202414,820,000 shares $612.36 million +1.3%14.0%9.6 $41.32
7/31/202414,630,000 shares $686.00 million +8.6%13.8%9.8 $46.89
7/15/202413,470,000 shares $598.07 million -1.0%12.7%9.2 $44.40
6/30/202413,610,000 shares $558.01 million -4.2%12.8%10 $41.00
6/15/202414,200,000 shares $537.47 million +11.6%13.2%11.4 $37.85
5/31/202412,730,000 shares $533.13 million -0.3%11.8%10.3 $41.88
5/15/202412,770,000 shares $622.92 million -2.7%11.8%12.3 $48.78
4/30/202413,130,000 shares $586.25 million +6.3%12.2%11.5 $44.65
4/15/202412,350,000 shares $523.89 million +0.7%11.5%10 $42.42
3/31/202412,260,000 shares $557.34 million +3.6%11.4%10.3 $45.46
3/15/202411,830,000 shares $504.19 million +13.2%11.0%10 $42.62
2/29/202410,450,000 shares $457.71 million +13.1%9.7%8.4 $43.80
2/15/20249,240,000 shares $400.00 million +25.7%8.6%7.6 $43.29
1/31/20247,350,000 shares $331.56 million -15.8%6.8%6.7 $45.11
1/15/20248,730,000 shares $408.91 million +6.7%8.1%8.6 $46.84
12/31/20238,180,000 shares $407.61 million -22.6%7.6%8.7 $49.83
12/15/202310,570,000 shares $529.35 million -7.6%9.8%11.2 $50.08
11/30/202311,440,000 shares $478.88 million -5.1%10.6%13.4 $41.86
11/15/202312,050,000 shares $497.91 million -3.1%11.2%14.5 $41.32
10/31/202312,430,000 shares $445.12 million -2.7%11.5%14.5 $35.81
10/15/202312,770,000 shares $462.66 million +6.4%11.8%11.6 $36.23
9/30/202312,000,000 shares $444.84 million +1.4%11.1%9.9 $37.07
9/15/202311,840,000 shares $455.13 million +3.6%11.0%9.3 $38.44
8/31/202311,430,000 shares $459.14 million -3.4%10.6%8.3 $40.17
8/15/202311,830,000 shares $485.03 million -15.6%11.0%7.9 $41.00
7/31/202314,020,000 shares $613.09 million -2.4%13.0%8.7 $43.73
7/15/202314,370,000 shares $584.00 million +0.1%13.3%7.9 $40.64
6/30/202314,360,000 shares $576.70 million -8.4%12.5%7.9 $40.16
6/15/202315,680,000 shares $627.36 million +2.8%13.6%8.1 $40.01
5/31/202315,250,000 shares $527.35 million -5.4%13.3%6.8 $34.58
5/15/202316,120,000 shares $532.44 million +20.6%14.0%7.4 $33.03
4/30/202313,370,000 shares $477.58 million +1.5%11.6%6.6 $35.72
4/15/202313,170,000 shares $443.70 million +23.1%11.2%7.5 $33.69
3/31/202310,700,000 shares $365.94 million +21.3%9.1%7 $34.20
3/15/20238,820,000 shares $322.46 million +25.5%7.5%6.3 $36.56
2/28/20237,030,000 shares $323.59 million -1.1%6.0%7.9 $46.03
2/15/20237,110,000 shares $337.94 million +2.8%6.1%8.8 $47.53
1/31/20236,920,000 shares $316.04 million +6.8%5.9%8.5 $45.67
1/15/20236,480,000 shares $269.89 million +23.9%5.3%7.4 $41.65
12/30/20225,230,000 shares $209.51 million +19.1%4.3%6.3 $40.06
12/15/20224,390,000 shares $174.90 million +8.9%3.6%5.3 $39.84
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11/30/20224,030,000 shares $185.98 million -0.3%3.3%5 $46.15
11/15/20224,040,000 shares $193.27 million -15.3%3.3%5.1 $47.84
10/31/20224,770,000 shares $205.01 million +8.7%3.9%6.3 $42.98
10/15/20224,390,000 shares $185.65 million +21.9%3.6%6.2 $42.29
9/30/20223,600,000 shares $142.42 million -5.5%3.0%5.4 $39.56
9/15/20223,810,000 shares $159.60 million +6.4%3.3%5.8 $41.89
8/31/20223,580,000 shares $145.10 million -3.0%3.1%5.1 $40.53
8/15/20223,690,000 shares $159.08 million -4.4%3.2%5.1 $43.11
7/31/20223,860,000 shares $154.79 million -8.8%3.4%4.9 $40.10
7/15/20224,230,000 shares $156.21 million +10.2%3.7%4.7 $36.93
6/30/20223,840,000 shares $144.12 million -6.3%N/A4.3 $37.53
6/15/20224,100,000 shares $151.17 million +5.7%N/A4.5 $36.87
5/31/20223,880,000 shares $160.90 million +1.6%3.3%4.6 $41.47
5/15/20223,820,000 shares $146.12 million +7.9%3.3%4.4 $38.25
4/30/20223,540,000 shares $136.01 million +5.7%3.0%4.4 $38.42
4/15/20223,350,000 shares $134.23 million +19.2%2.9%4.4 $40.07
3/31/20222,810,000 shares $119.99 million -2.8%2.3%4 $42.70
3/15/20222,890,000 shares $126.90 million +23.5%2.4%4.6 $43.91
2/28/20222,340,000 shares $110.03 million +3.1%1.9%3.7 $47.02
2/15/20222,270,000 shares $110.10 million -10.3%1.9%3.8 $48.50
1/31/20222,530,000 shares $118.53 million -2.7%2.1%4.4 $46.85
1/15/20222,600,000 shares $131.20 million +40.5%2.1%4.7 $50.46
12/31/20211,850,000 shares $86.08 million -10.2%1.5%3.5 $46.53
12/15/20212,060,000 shares $94.33 million +10.2%1.7%3.8 $45.79
11/30/20211,870,000 shares $83.61 million -1.6%1.5%3.4 $44.71
11/15/20211,900,000 shares $90.16 million -17.0%1.6%3.5 $47.45
10/29/20212,290,000 shares $102.29 million -19.4%1.9%4.4 $44.67
10/15/20212,840,000 shares $126.44 million +22.4%2.3%5.5 $44.52
9/30/20212,320,000 shares $99.71 million -8.3%1.9%4.3 $42.98

OZK Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions

Short interest is the volume of Bank OZK shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of August 31st, investors have sold 16,209,608 shares of OZK short. 15.53% of Bank OZK's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Bank OZK'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. OZK shares currently have a short interest ratio of 16.0. Learn More on Bank OZK's short interest ratio.

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. 15.53% of Bank OZK's floating shares are currently sold short.

Bank OZK saw a increase in short interest in August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 16,209,608 shares, an increase of 2.7% from the previous total of 15,785,791 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.

15.53% of Bank OZK's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "regional banks" compare to Bank OZK: Hancock Whitney Corporation (6.93%), United Bankshares, Inc. (4.24%), Wintrust Financial Corporation (4.07%), Associated Banc-Corp (3.68%), BankUnited, Inc. (4.07%), F.N.B. Corporation (7.29%), Home BancShares, Inc. (4.55%), SouthState Bank Corporation (3.02%), United Community Banks, Inc. (3.73%), Banco De Chile (0.18%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust ($62.68 billion), Invesco QQQ ($47.06 billion), iShares Russell 2000 ETF ($23.54 billion), SPDR S&P Biotech ETF ($12.10 billion), Nebius Group N.V. ($9.34 billion), Western Digital Corporation ($8.96 billion), Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund ($8.16 billion), iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF ($7.98 billion), iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF ($7.52 billion), and VanEck Semiconductor ETF ($7.39 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling OZK is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Bank OZK as its price is falling. OZK shares are trading up $0.04 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 Bank OZK 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 OZK, 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 OZK, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is August, 31 2026.

Understanding short interest metrics can help you assess how traders are positioning around a stock like OZK:

  • Shares Sold Short: The total number of shares that have been sold by short sellers but have not yet been covered or closed out. A high number may indicate bearish sentiment.
  • Short Float: The percentage of a company’s publicly available shares (or "float") that are sold short. A higher short float suggests a greater portion of the stock is being bet against.
  • Days to Cover (Short Interest Ratio): This estimates how many days it would take short sellers to cover their positions, based on average daily trading volume. Higher values can signal potential for a short squeeze if buying pressure increases.

These metrics are often used by traders to gauge sentiment, volatility risk, and the potential for price movements based on short covering activity.


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Short interest data for NASDAQ:OZK is sourced from the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), with the most recent report published on 9/10/2026. FINRA publishes updated short interest twice a month.
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