Provident Financial (PROV) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $15.50 -0.22 (-1.40%) As of 06/30/2025 02:47 PM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrendsBuy This Stock Provident Financial Short Interest DataProvident Financial (PROV) has a short interest of 26,200 shares, representing 0.50% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a 11.02% increase in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 5.7, indicating that it would take 5.7 days of the average trading volume of 7,615 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest26,200 sharesPrevious Short Interest23,600 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month+11.02%Dollar Volume Sold Short$401.52 thousandShort Interest Ratio5.7 Days to CoverLast Record DateJune 15, 2025Outstanding Shares6,690,000 sharesFloat Size5,200,000 sharesShort Percent of Float0.50%Today's Trading Volume20,850 sharesAverage Trading Volume7,615 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average274% Short Selling Provident Financial? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for Provident Financial and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartPROV Short Interest Over TimePROV Days to Cover Over TimePROV Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Provident Financial Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 6/15/202526,200 shares $401.52 thousand +11.0%0.5%5.7 $15.33 5/31/202523,600 shares $355.42 thousand -5.6%0.5%4.1 $15.06 5/15/202525,000 shares $388.50 thousand +2.9%0.5%4.6 $15.54 4/30/202524,300 shares $364.74 thousand -1.2%0.5%4.7 $15.01 4/15/202524,600 shares $349.07 thousand +11.3%0.5%4.5 $14.19 3/31/202522,100 shares $322.44 thousand -4.7%0.4%3.5 $14.59 3/15/202523,200 shares $328.40 thousand +0.4%0.4%3.4 $14.16 2/28/202523,100 shares $353.43 thousand -1.7%0.4%3.3 $15.30 2/15/202523,500 shares $368.72 thousand +0.9%0.4%3.4 $15.69 1/31/202523,300 shares $373.73 thousand No Change0.4%3 $16.04 Get the Latest News and Ratings for PROV and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Provident Financial and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 1/15/202523,300 shares $346.01 thousand -0.9%0.4%2.9 $14.85 12/31/202423,500 shares $373.89 thousand +4.9%0.4%2.9 $15.91 12/15/202422,400 shares $365.34 thousand No Change0.4%2.9 $16.31 11/30/202422,400 shares $363.33 thousand -1.3%0.4%2.4 $16.22 11/15/202422,700 shares $360.93 thousand -1.7%0.4%2.2 $15.90 10/31/202423,100 shares $359.55 thousand -4.6%0.4%2.2 $15.57 10/15/202424,200 shares $346.06 thousand +5.2%0.5%2.3 $14.30 9/30/202423,000 shares $330.05 thousand -3.8%0.4%2.2 $14.35 9/15/202423,900 shares $350.49 thousand -9.5%0.5%2.3 $14.67 8/31/202426,400 shares $379.10 thousand +17.9%0.5%3.2 $14.36 8/15/202422,400 shares $296.35 thousand -4.7%0.4%3.6 $13.23 7/31/202423,500 shares $312.55 thousand -4.1%0.4%4.4 $13.30 7/15/202424,500 shares $306.99 thousand -8.9%0.5%4.6 $12.53 6/30/202426,900 shares $336.25 thousand -4.3%0.5%6.7 $12.50 6/15/202428,100 shares $350.13 thousand +3.3%0.5%6.7 $12.46 5/31/202427,200 shares $345.44 thousand +1.1%0.5%6 $12.70 5/15/202426,900 shares $336.25 thousand -22.0%0.5%6.1 $12.50 4/30/202434,500 shares $446.43 thousand -6.5%0.6%7.3 $12.94 4/15/202436,900 shares $490.77 thousand -17.1%0.7%7.4 $13.30 3/31/202444,500 shares $595.41 thousand -5.1%0.8%7.9 $13.38 3/15/202446,900 shares $660.35 thousand +3.3%0.9%7.1 $14.08 2/29/202445,400 shares $643.77 thousand -9.7%0.8%5.9 $14.18 2/15/202450,300 shares $725.83 thousand +18.6%0.9%6.3 $14.43 1/31/202442,400 shares $640.24 thousand +1.2%0.8%5.2 $15.10 1/15/202441,900 shares $555.18 thousand +16.1%0.8%4.8 $13.25 12/31/202336,100 shares $455.22 thousand +10.7%0.7%4.1 $12.61 12/15/202332,600 shares $391.20 thousand +28.4%0.6%3.7 $12.00 11/30/202325,400 shares $290.83 thousand -0.8%0.5%3.7 $11.45 11/15/202325,600 shares $292.35 thousand +1.2%0.5%4.1 $11.42 10/31/202325,300 shares $302.34 thousand -10.3%0.5%4.4 $11.95Here's the last trade you should make before heading out for the weekend tomorrow. (Ad)Make this one trade at 2:59 PM on Friday afternoon, and you'll thank me on Monday morning.Give me the details 10/15/202328,200 shares $354.76 thousand -7.2%0.5%6.1 $12.58 9/30/202330,400 shares $397.94 thousand -17.4%0.6%5.7 $13.09 9/15/202336,800 shares $460 thousand +21.1%0.7%8.2 $12.50 8/31/202330,400 shares $399.76 thousand +6.3%0.6%6.7 $13.15 8/15/202328,600 shares $390.96 thousand -1.4%0.5%6.2 $13.67 7/31/202329,000 shares $413.83 thousand -0.7%0.6%6 $14.27 7/15/202329,200 shares $400.33 thousand No Change0.6%6 $13.71 6/30/202329,200 shares $377.26 thousand No Change0.6%7 $12.92 6/15/202329,200 shares $358.87 thousand -3.0%0.6%7.5 $12.29 5/31/202330,100 shares $356.38 thousand -11.0%0.6%6.3 $11.84 5/15/202333,800 shares $421.15 thousand +1.2%0.6%6.5 $12.46 4/30/202333,400 shares $460.92 thousand -2.6%0.6%6.2 $13.80 4/15/202334,300 shares $465.45 thousand +10.7%0.6%6.1 $13.57 3/31/202331,000 shares $422.53 thousand +12.3%0.6%5.3 $13.63 3/15/202327,600 shares $384.74 thousand +7.8%0.5%4.1 $13.94 2/28/202325,600 shares $364.80 thousand -10.5%0.5%3.8 $14.25 2/15/202328,600 shares $405.26 thousand -6.5%0.5%4.2 $14.17 1/31/202330,600 shares $434.83 thousand +5.9%0.5%4.5 $14.21 1/15/202328,900 shares $418.76 thousand -6.8%0.5%4.1 $14.49 12/30/202231,000 shares $426.87 thousand -2.8%0.5%4 $13.77 12/15/202231,900 shares $443.41 thousand +1.3%0.6%4.6 $13.90 11/30/202231,500 shares $454.23 thousand +17.1%0.5%3.5 $14.42 11/15/202226,900 shares $385.75 thousand +0.8%0.5%2.9 $14.34 10/31/202226,700 shares $364.46 thousand -15.0%0.5%2.9 $13.65 10/15/202231,400 shares $444.31 thousand +6.1%0.5%3.1 $14.15 9/30/202229,600 shares $420.32 thousand -7.8%0.5%3.3 $14.20 9/15/202232,100 shares $452.61 thousand +11.9%0.5%3.6 $14.10 8/31/202228,700 shares $407.54 thousand -30.5%0.5%3.8 $14.20 8/15/202241,300 shares $596.79 thousand -2.8%0.7%5.9 $14.45 7/31/202242,500 shares $624.75 thousand +20.7%0.7%6 $14.70 7/15/202235,200 shares $520.96 thousand -7.1%0.6%5.7 $14.80 6/30/202237,900 shares $562.06 thousand -26.8%0.7%5.4 $14.83 6/15/202251,800 shares $725.20 thousand -6.7%0.9%6.6 $14.00 5/31/202255,500 shares $823.07 thousand +52.1%1.0%7.8 $14.83 5/15/202236,500 shares $529.98 thousand +4.0%0.6%5.1 $14.52 4/30/202235,100 shares $533.17 thousand -27.5%0.6%5.6 $15.19 4/15/202248,400 shares $760.85 thousand -2.6%0.8%8.5 $15.72 3/31/202249,700 shares $822.04 thousand +2.9%0.9%8.9 $16.54 3/15/202248,300 shares $792.12 thousand +43.3%0.8%4.2 $16.40 2/28/202233,700 shares $553.69 thousand -1.2%0.6%2.9 $16.43 2/15/202234,100 shares $579.36 thousand -1.5%0.6%3 $16.99 1/31/202234,600 shares $585.43 thousand +2.4%0.6%3.1 $16.92 1/15/202233,800 shares $570.21 thousand -5.1%0.6%2.8 $16.87 12/31/202135,600 shares $588.47 thousand -12.1%0.6%2.9 $16.53 12/15/202140,500 shares $672.71 thousand -23.0%0.7%4.2 $16.61 11/30/202152,600 shares $874.21 thousand -0.2%0.9%5.6 $16.62 11/15/202152,700 shares $888.52 thousand +1.0%0.9%5.3 $16.86 10/29/202152,200 shares $890.01 thousand +34.9%0.9%5.3 $17.05 10/15/202138,700 shares $649.77 thousand -32.0%0.7%3.9 $16.79 9/30/202156,900 shares $958.77 thousand +0.9%1.0%5.3 $16.85Here's the last trade you should make before heading out for the weekend tomorrow. (Ad)Make this one trade at 2:59 PM on Friday afternoon, and you'll thank me on Monday morning.Give me the details 9/15/202156,400 shares $958.80 thousand -6.2%0.9%2.5 $17.00 8/31/202160,100 shares $1.05 million -2.9%1.0%2.3 $17.40 8/13/202161,900 shares $1.07 million -5.2%1.0%2.3 $17.30 7/30/202165,300 shares $1.10 million -16.8%1.1%2.3 $16.86 7/15/202178,500 shares $1.37 million +6.7%1.3%2.6 $17.51 6/30/202173,600 shares $1.27 million -78.9%1.2%2.4 $17.27 6/15/2021348,800 shares $5.91 million +89.9%5.8%18.7 $16.93 5/28/2021183,700 shares $3.20 million -8.2%3.1%10.7 $17.40 5/14/2021200,100 shares $3.26 million +41.3%3.4%10.1 $16.27 4/30/2021141,600 shares $2.30 million +27.5%2.4%6.9 $16.22 4/15/2021111,100 shares $1.89 million +50.8%1.9%5.6 $17.00 3/31/202173,700 shares $1.25 million +9.7%1.3%3.9 $16.96 3/15/202167,200 shares $1.16 million -10.9%1.1%3.5 $17.22 2/26/202175,400 shares $1.24 million +2.9%1.3%3.8 $16.43 2/12/202173,300 shares $1.15 million +13.8%1.2%4.4 $15.65 1/29/202164,400 shares $1.03 million +5.9%1.1%3.9 $16.05 1/15/202160,800 shares $1.03 million +5.7%1.0%3.9 $17.00 12/31/202057,500 shares $900.45 thousand +49.7%1.0%4.1 $15.66 12/15/202038,400 shares $572.54 thousand -8.6%0.7%2.8 $14.91 11/30/202042,000 shares $615.72 thousand +30.4%0.7%4.3 $14.66 11/15/202032,200 shares $441.78 thousand -14.6%0.6%3.5 $13.72 10/30/202037,700 shares $497.64 thousand -1.1%0.6%4.7 $13.20 10/15/202038,100 shares $522.73 thousand +12.1%0.7%4.5 $13.72 9/30/202034,000 shares $404.60 thousand +7.3%0.6%3.7 $11.90 9/15/202031,700 shares $377.86 thousand -15.5%0.5%3.3 $11.92 8/31/202037,500 shares $446.63 thousand +5.6%0.6%4.3 $11.91 8/14/202035,500 shares $466.83 thousand -0.8%0.6%3.7 $13.15 7/31/202035,800 shares $436.76 thousand -4.5%0.6%3.1 $12.20 7/15/202037,500 shares $463.50 thousand No Change0.6%3.1 $12.36 PROV Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Provident Financial's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Provident Financial shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of June 15th, investors have sold 26,200 shares of PROV short. 0.50% of Provident Financial's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Provident Financial's current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for Provident Financial? 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. PROV shares currently have a short interest ratio of 6.0. Learn More on Provident Financial's short interest ratio. What is a good short interest percentage for Provident Financial? 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. 0.50% of Provident Financial's floating shares are currently sold short. Is Provident Financial's short interest increasing or decreasing? Provident Financial saw a increase in short interest in the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 26,200 shares, an increase of 11.0% from the previous total of 23,600 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 Provident Financial's float size? Provident Financial currently has issued a total of 6,690,000 shares. Some of Provident Financial'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. Provident Financial currently has a public float of 5,200,000 shares. How does Provident Financial's short interest compare to its competitors? 0.50% of Provident Financial's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies compare to Provident Financial: Flushing Financial Corporation (3.13%), Kearny Financial (1.37%), Home Bancorp, Inc. (0.91%), Waterstone Financial, Inc. (0.74%), HomeStreet, Inc. (2.21%), First Financial Northwest, Inc. (1.48%), ESSA Bancorp, Inc. (0.53%), Territorial Bancorp Inc. (0.15%), Roma Green Finance Limited (0.29%), Hingham Institution for Savings (11.19%), 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 ($69.26 billion), Invesco QQQ ($25.22 billion), iShares Russell 2000 ETF ($20.33 billion), iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF ($9.99 billion), MicroStrategy Incorporated ($9.12 billion), Canadian Natural Resources Limited ($6.73 billion), SPDR S&P Biotech ETF ($6.52 billion), Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF ($5.60 billion), Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund ($4.64 billion), and iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF ($4.59 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short Provident Financial stock? Short selling PROV is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Provident Financial as its price is falling. PROV shares are trading down $0.22 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 Provident Financial? A short squeeze for Provident Financial 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 PROV, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Provident Financial'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 PROV, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is June, 15 2025. 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