Potbelly (PBPB) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $11.04 +0.06 (+0.55%) As of 04:00 PM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock Potbelly Short Interest DataPotbelly (PBPB) has a short interest of 1.02 million shares, representing 4.14% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a 5.50% increase in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 4.0, indicating that it would take 4.0 days of the average trading volume of 211,606 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest1,020,000 sharesPrevious Short Interest966,800 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month+5.50%Dollar Volume Sold Short$10.92 millionShort Interest Ratio4.0 Days to CoverLast Record DateMay 31, 2025Outstanding Shares30,172,000 sharesFloat Size24,660,000 sharesShort Percent of Float4.14%Today's Trading Volume82,797 sharesAverage Trading Volume211,606 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average39% Short Selling Potbelly? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for Potbelly and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartPBPB Short Interest Over TimePBPB Days to Cover Over TimePBPB Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Potbelly Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 5/31/20251,020,000 shares $10.92 million +5.5%4.1%4 $10.71 5/15/2025966,800 shares $9.90 million -9.6%3.9%3.4 $10.24 4/30/20251,070,000 shares $8.67 million -1.8%4.3%3.6 $8.10 4/15/20251,090,000 shares $8.77 million -18.7%4.4%3.6 $8.05 3/31/20251,340,000 shares $12.74 million +4.7%5.3%4.6 $9.51 3/15/20251,280,000 shares $11.96 million +54.3%5.1%5.1 $9.34 2/28/2025829,500 shares $10.58 million +9.6%3.3%3.6 $12.75 2/15/2025756,700 shares $9.38 million -6.2%3.0%4.3 $12.39 1/31/2025807,000 shares $10.01 million +17.6%3.2%4.4 $12.41 1/15/2025686,300 shares $7.12 million +6.0%2.8%4.3 $10.37 Get the Latest News and Ratings for PBPB and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Potbelly and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 12/31/2024647,700 shares $6.10 million +3.6%2.6%4.8 $9.42 12/15/2024625,300 shares $6.10 million +2.4%2.5%4.3 $9.76 11/30/2024610,800 shares $6.35 million +0.8%2.4%4 $10.40 11/15/2024605,900 shares $6.13 million -2.3%2.4%3.9 $10.11 10/31/2024620,300 shares $4.58 million -9.9%2.5%3.9 $7.38 10/15/2024688,100 shares $5.68 million -15.6%2.8%4 $8.25 9/30/2024815,100 shares $6.80 million -26.6%3.3%4.1 $8.34 9/15/20241,110,000 shares $8.70 million -11.2%4.5%5.2 $7.84 8/31/20241,250,000 shares $9.98 million +0.8%5.0%5.9 $7.98 8/15/20241,240,000 shares $9.78 million -10.8%5.0%5.4 $7.89 7/31/20241,390,000 shares $10.15 million +24.1%5.6%5.5 $7.30 7/15/20241,120,000 shares $8.28 million -11.8%4.5%4.6 $7.39 6/30/20241,270,000 shares $10.20 million -1.6%5.1%5.4 $8.03 6/15/20241,290,000 shares $9.65 million +9.3%5.2%5.6 $7.48 5/31/20241,180,000 shares $10.56 million +1.7%4.8%4.3 $8.95 5/15/20241,160,000 shares $10.18 million No Change5.0%4.2 $8.78 4/30/20241,160,000 shares $11.82 million No Change5.0%4.3 $10.19 4/15/20241,160,000 shares $11.68 million -12.8%5.0%4.6 $10.07 3/31/20241,330,000 shares $16.11 million +10.8%5.7%4.8 $12.11 3/15/20241,200,000 shares $13.74 million +10.1%5.1%4.4 $11.45 2/29/20241,090,000 shares $15.13 million +11.0%4.7%4.5 $13.88 2/15/2024981,800 shares $12.37 million +46.0%4.2%4.8 $12.60 1/31/2024672,700 shares $8.46 million +11.4%2.9%3.5 $12.58 1/15/2024604,100 shares $7.63 million +10.0%2.9%3.3 $12.63 12/31/2023549,000 shares $5.72 million +2.4%2.6%3.3 $10.42 12/15/2023536,400 shares $5.04 million -10.2%2.6%4 $9.39 11/30/2023597,400 shares $5.38 million -6.8%2.9%4.7 $9.00 11/15/2023641,200 shares $6.35 million -11.0%2.9%5.1 $9.91 10/31/2023720,700 shares $6.34 million -1.1%3.2%5.9 $8.80 10/15/2023728,400 shares $5.35 million +2.6%3.3%5.5 $7.35The End of Elon Musk…? 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According to his research, if you listen to the media and miss out on Elon's newest breakthrough, it's going to cost you the fortune of a lifetime.Click here to see why the "End of Elon" crowd is about to be wrong again. 9/30/2023709,700 shares $5.54 million -6.7%3.2%5.6 $7.80 9/15/2023760,900 shares $6.14 million -15.6%3.4%5.6 $8.07 8/31/2023901,100 shares $7.20 million -4.2%4.1%4.6 $7.99 8/15/2023940,800 shares $8.08 million +4.3%4.3%4.5 $8.59 7/31/2023902,100 shares $8.62 million +4.6%4.1%3.9 $9.55 7/15/2023862,100 shares $7.75 million +5.2%3.9%3.5 $8.99 6/30/2023819,900 shares $7.20 million +112.6%3.7%3.1 $8.78 6/15/2023385,600 shares $3.19 million -0.2%1.8%1.4 $8.27 5/31/2023386,200 shares $3.00 million -7.6%1.8%1.7 $7.78 5/15/2023417,800 shares $3.51 million -3.6%2.0%1.9 $8.40 4/30/2023433,400 shares $4.54 million -4.6%2.1%2.3 $10.48 4/15/2023454,500 shares $4.35 million +10.1%2.2%3 $9.56 3/31/2023412,900 shares $3.44 million +32.5%2.0%2.9 $8.33 3/15/2023311,700 shares $2.40 million +26.0%1.5%2.8 $7.70 2/28/2023247,300 shares $1.78 million -16.6%1.1%2.6 $7.20 2/15/2023296,600 shares $2.25 million -9.5%1.5%3.9 $7.58 1/31/2023327,800 shares $2.62 million +26.4%1.6%4.3 $7.99 1/15/2023259,300 shares $1.85 million +13.6%1.3%4.4 $7.14 12/30/2022228,200 shares $1.27 million -2.8%1.2%5.4 $5.57 12/15/2022234,700 shares $1.28 million +4.4%1.2%7.3 $5.45 11/30/2022224,800 shares $1.25 million -4.8%1.2%6.3 $5.57 11/15/2022236,000 shares $1.34 million +7.7%1.2%6.1 $5.69 10/31/2022219,100 shares $1.09 million -1.5%1.1%4.6 $4.98 10/15/2022222,400 shares $1.12 million -3.3%1.2%4.2 $5.04 9/30/2022229,900 shares $1.04 million -11.1%1.2%4.2 $4.53 9/15/2022258,600 shares $1.37 million -10.4%1.4%4.7 $5.28 8/31/2022288,600 shares $1.57 million +4.1%1.6%5.7 $5.44 8/15/2022277,300 shares $1.66 million -18.1%1.5%6.2 $6.00 7/31/2022338,700 shares $1.72 million +5.8%1.8%10.4 $5.07 7/15/2022320,100 shares $1.60 million +9.9%1.7%12.1 $5.01 6/30/2022291,200 shares $1.65 million +6.7%1.4%12 $5.65 6/15/2022272,900 shares $1.49 million +1.8%1.2%11 $5.46 5/31/2022268,000 shares $1.49 million +10.3%1.3%9.6 $5.56 5/15/2022243,000 shares $1.38 million -9.1%1.2%8.5 $5.66 4/30/2022267,400 shares $1.72 million -0.8%1.3%9.6 $6.44 4/15/2022269,500 shares $1.74 million -0.5%1.3%8.7 $6.45 3/31/2022270,900 shares $1.82 million +10.4%1.3%8.3 $6.70 3/15/2022245,500 shares $1.57 million +26.0%1.2%6.9 $6.41 2/28/2022194,800 shares $1.11 million -10.1%1.0%4.6 $5.69 2/15/2022216,600 shares $1.22 million +3.2%1.1%4.4 $5.61 1/31/2022209,900 shares $1.15 million -10.5%1.0%3.3 $5.50 1/15/2022234,400 shares $1.34 million -5.9%1.1%3.7 $5.73 12/31/2021249,200 shares $1.39 million +0.5%1.2%3.9 $5.58 12/15/2021247,900 shares $1.31 million -14.2%1.2%3.6 $5.28 11/30/2021289,000 shares $1.54 million -14.7%1.5%4.5 $5.33 11/15/2021338,600 shares $1.99 million -6.1%1.8%6 $5.88 10/29/2021360,700 shares $2.17 million -0.7%1.9%8.1 $6.02 10/15/2021363,300 shares $2.29 million -1.4%2.0%6.7 $6.31 9/30/2021368,500 shares $2.50 million -7.1%2.0%5.3 $6.78 9/15/2021396,500 shares $2.66 million -0.8%2.3%4.8 $6.70The End of Elon Musk…? 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According to his research, if you listen to the media and miss out on Elon's newest breakthrough, it's going to cost you the fortune of a lifetime.Click here to see why the "End of Elon" crowd is about to be wrong again. 8/31/2021399,700 shares $2.76 million -9.0%2.3%4 $6.91 8/13/2021439,400 shares $3.09 million +3.4%2.6%3.8 $7.04 7/30/2021425,000 shares $2.97 million -9.4%2.5%3.2 $6.98 7/15/2021469,100 shares $3.34 million +3.5%2.8%3.4 $7.13 6/30/2021453,400 shares $3.58 million -2.1%2.9%3.4 $7.90 6/15/2021463,300 shares $3.66 million -0.4%3.0%3.2 $7.89 5/28/2021465,200 shares $3.21 million -0.8%3.0%2.8 $6.89 5/14/2021469,100 shares $3.34 million -32.5%3.1%2.7 $7.11 4/30/2021695,300 shares $4.43 million -14.4%4.5%3.8 $6.37 4/15/2021811,900 shares $4.95 million -5.4%5.2%4.4 $6.10 3/31/2021858,400 shares $5.08 million -5.9%6.2%4.9 $5.92 3/15/2021911,900 shares $5.29 million +24.5%6.6%5.6 $5.80 2/26/2021732,600 shares $3.69 million +1.1%5.3%5.7 $5.04 2/12/2021724,700 shares $3.61 million +9.3%5.2%6.1 $4.98 1/29/2021663,000 shares $3.24 million +1.9%4.4%5.3 $4.88 1/15/2021650,600 shares $3.28 million -7.6%4.4%5.5 $5.04 12/31/2020704,400 shares $3.09 million -3.2%4.7%5.7 $4.38 12/15/2020728,000 shares $3.57 million -22.3%4.9%5.5 $4.91 11/30/2020937,400 shares $4.41 million -0.5%6.2%6.2 $4.70 11/15/2020942,300 shares $3.38 million -6.7%6.3%5.4 $3.59 10/30/20201,010,000 shares $3.72 million +4.1%6.8%5.3 $3.68 10/15/2020970,200 shares $3.94 million -10.2%6.6%3.5 $4.06 9/30/20201,080,000 shares $4.09 million -17.6%7.3%3.4 $3.79 9/15/20201,310,000 shares $5.58 million +22.4%8.9%3.3 $4.26 8/31/20201,070,000 shares $4.58 million -0.9%7.2%2.3 $4.28 8/14/20201,080,000 shares $4.58 million -15.6%7.0%1.9 $4.24 7/31/20201,280,000 shares $4.48 million -3.8%8.1%2.1 $3.50 7/15/20201,330,000 shares $2.97 million No Change8.4%2.5 $2.23 6/30/20201,330,000 shares $3.14 million +13.7%8.4%2.6 $2.36 6/15/20201,170,000 shares $3.01 million +2.6%6.8%2.5 $2.57 PBPB Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Potbelly's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Potbelly shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of May 31st, traders have sold 1,020,000 shares of PBPB short. 4.14% of Potbelly's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Potbelly's current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for Potbelly? 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. PBPB shares currently have a short interest ratio of 4.0. Learn More on Potbelly's short interest ratio. What is a good short interest percentage for Potbelly? 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. 4.14% of Potbelly's floating shares are currently sold short. Is Potbelly's short interest increasing or decreasing? Potbelly saw a increase in short interest in May. As of May 31st, there was short interest totaling 1,020,000 shares, an increase of 5.5% from the previous total of 966,800 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 Potbelly's float size? Potbelly currently has issued a total of 30,172,000 shares. Some of Potbelly'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. Potbelly currently has a public float of 24,660,000 shares. How does Potbelly's short interest compare to its competitors? 4.14% of Potbelly's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "restaurants, hotels, motels" compare to Potbelly: Soho House & Co Inc. (5.46%), Cannae Holdings, Inc. (4.29%), Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (3.61%), First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc. (12.64%), Portillo's Inc. (15.23%), Kura Sushi USA, Inc. (26.58%), Target Hospitality Corp. (7.25%), Studio City International Holdings Limited (0.00%), Bally's Co. (1.29%), El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. (4.89%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust ($64.96 billion), Invesco QQQ ($27.88 billion), iShares Russell 2000 ETF ($19.94 billion), iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF ($9.69 billion), Strategy Incorporated ($8.58 billion), SPDR S&P Biotech ETF ($5.72 billion), Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF ($5.45 billion), iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF ($4.70 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.54 billion), and Industrial Select Sector SPDR Fund ($4.49 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short Potbelly stock? Short selling PBPB is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Potbelly as its price is falling. PBPB shares are trading up $0.06 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 Potbelly? A short squeeze for Potbelly 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 PBPB, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Potbelly'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 PBPB, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is May, 31 2025. 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