Ross Stores (ROST) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $130.86 -0.35 (-0.27%) Closing price 04:00 PM EasternExtended Trading$130.85 -0.01 (0.00%) As of 07:51 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 ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrendsBuy This Stock Ross Stores Short Interest DataRoss Stores (ROST) has a short interest of 4.92 million shares, representing 1.54% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a -7.17% decrease in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 1.4, indicating that it would take 1.4 days of the average trading volume of 2.81 million shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest4,920,000 sharesPrevious Short Interest5,300,000 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month-7.17%Dollar Volume Sold Short$648.70 millionShort Interest Ratio1.4 Days to CoverLast Record DateJune 15, 2025Outstanding Shares327,070,000 sharesFloat Size319,850,000 sharesShort Percent of Float1.54%Today's Trading Volume3,142,867 sharesAverage Trading Volume2,812,081 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average112% Short Selling Ross Stores? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for Ross Stores and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartROST Short Interest Over TimeROST Days to Cover Over TimeROST Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Ross Stores Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 6/15/20254,920,000 shares $648.70 million -7.2%1.5%1.4 $131.85 5/31/20255,300,000 shares $741.21 million +3.7%1.7%1.5 $139.85 5/15/20255,110,000 shares $776.16 million -5.4%1.6%1.4 $151.89 4/30/20255,400,000 shares $750.60 million -24.2%1.7%1.7 $139.00 4/15/20257,120,000 shares $1.00 billion +26.9%2.2%2.2 $141.03 3/31/20255,610,000 shares $716.90 million +13.6%1.7%1.8 $127.79 3/15/20254,940,000 shares $613.60 million -9.0%1.5%1.7 $124.21 2/28/20255,430,000 shares $761.94 million +5.2%1.7%2.1 $140.32 2/15/20255,160,000 shares $716.00 million +2.2%1.6%2 $138.76 1/31/20255,050,000 shares $760.33 million +0.6%1.6%1.9 $150.56 Get the Latest News and Ratings for ROST and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Ross Stores and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 1/15/20255,020,000 shares $748.03 million -1.6%1.6%1.9 $149.01 12/31/20245,100,000 shares $771.48 million +5.2%1.6%1.9 $151.27 12/15/20244,850,000 shares $744.62 million +14.9%1.5%1.8 $153.53 11/30/20244,220,000 shares $653.55 million +4.7%1.3%1.6 $154.87 11/15/20244,030,000 shares $566.98 million -14.3%1.2%1.6 $140.69 10/31/20244,700,000 shares $656.68 million +0.9%1.5%2 $139.72 10/15/20244,660,000 shares $681.53 million +18.9%1.4%2.2 $146.25 9/30/20243,920,000 shares $590.00 million -10.1%1.2%1.8 $150.51 9/15/20244,360,000 shares $676.89 million +21.1%1.3%2 $155.25 8/31/20243,600,000 shares $542.20 million +6.5%1.1%1.6 $150.61 8/15/20243,380,000 shares $499.56 million +10.8%1.0%1.4 $147.80 7/31/20243,050,000 shares $436.85 million -19.7%0.9%1.3 $143.23 7/15/20243,800,000 shares $562.70 million -16.5%1.2%1.5 $148.08 6/30/20244,550,000 shares $661.21 million +2.0%1.4%1.8 $145.32 6/15/20244,460,000 shares $650.85 million -1.8%1.4%1.8 $145.93 5/31/20244,540,000 shares $634.51 million -20.4%1.4%1.8 $139.76 5/15/20245,700,000 shares $758.10 million +14.9%1.7%2.3 $133.00 4/30/20244,960,000 shares $642.57 million +33.3%1.5%2.3 $129.55 4/15/20243,720,000 shares $497.18 million +5.7%1.1%1.8 $133.65 3/31/20243,520,000 shares $516.60 million +8.3%1.1%1.8 $146.76 3/15/20243,250,000 shares $471.64 million -16.9%1.0%1.7 $145.12 2/29/20243,910,000 shares $582.43 million +0.5%1.2%2 $148.96 2/15/20243,890,000 shares $561.68 million +11.5%1.2%2.1 $144.39 1/31/20243,490,000 shares $489.58 million -6.2%1.1%1.7 $140.28 1/15/20243,720,000 shares $508.08 million -6.1%1.1%1.7 $136.58 12/31/20233,960,000 shares $548.02 million -16.1%1.2%1.8 $138.39 12/15/20234,720,000 shares $632.20 million +22.3%1.4%2.1 $133.94 11/30/20233,860,000 shares $503.27 million -3.7%1.2%1.7 $130.38 11/15/20234,010,000 shares $497.12 million +2.0%1.2%1.8 $123.97 10/31/20233,930,000 shares $455.76 million +4.8%1.2%1.7 $115.97I was wrong about Trump (Ad)I made a mistake. 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But I was wrong.Let me show you exactly what we’re doing to prepare. 9/15/20213,450,000 shares $389.54 million +10.9%1.0%2.1 $112.91 8/31/20213,110,000 shares $368.22 million -24.0%0.9%1.7 $118.40 8/13/20214,090,000 shares $509.86 million +10.8%1.2%2.1 $124.66 7/30/20213,690,000 shares $452.73 million -2.4%1.1%1.8 $122.69 7/15/20213,780,000 shares $467.59 million -6.4%1.1%1.9 $123.70 6/30/20214,040,000 shares $500.96 million +19.9%1.2%2 $124.00 6/15/20213,370,000 shares $400.12 million -27.7%1.0%1.7 $118.73 5/28/20214,660,000 shares $588.98 million +30.5%1.3%2.3 $126.39 5/14/20213,570,000 shares $448.89 million No Change1.0%1.6 $125.74 4/30/20213,570,000 shares $468.31 million -6.3%1.0%1.8 $131.18 4/15/20213,810,000 shares $483.37 million +13.1%1.1%1.8 $126.87 3/31/20213,370,000 shares $405.68 million -38.6%1.0%1.6 $120.38 3/15/20215,490,000 shares $673.18 million -6.5%1.6%2.5 $122.62 2/26/20215,870,000 shares $697.18 million +28.5%1.7%3.1 $118.77 2/12/20214,570,000 shares $556.99 million -2.8%1.3%2.4 $121.88 1/29/20214,700,000 shares $534.81 million +4.0%1.4%2.3 $113.79 1/15/20214,520,000 shares $529.16 million +3.2%1.3%2.1 $117.07 12/31/20204,380,000 shares $536.51 million +25.5%1.3%2 $122.49 12/15/20203,490,000 shares $385.82 million -34.5%1.0%1.6 $110.55 11/30/20205,330,000 shares $583.85 million +61.5%1.5%2.5 $109.54 11/15/20203,300,000 shares $356.83 million +6.1%1.0%1.5 $108.13 10/30/20203,110,000 shares $270.54 million -27.2%0.9%1.5 $86.99 10/15/20204,270,000 shares $411.16 million -7.6%1.2%2 $96.29 9/30/20204,620,000 shares $431.14 million +26.2%1.3%1.9 $93.32 9/15/20203,660,000 shares $343.75 million +2.5%1.1%1.3 $93.92 8/31/20203,570,000 shares $325.16 million -5.1%1.0%1.2 $91.08 8/14/20203,760,000 shares $353.67 million -11.5%1.1%1.2 $94.06 7/31/20204,250,000 shares $381.10 million +15.8%1.2%1.3 $89.67 7/15/20203,670,000 shares $294.22 million -16.8%1.1%1.1 $80.17 ROST Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Ross Stores' current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Ross Stores shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of June 15th, traders have sold 4,920,000 shares of ROST short. 1.54% of Ross Stores' shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Ross Stores' current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for Ross Stores? 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. ROST shares currently have a short interest ratio of 1.0. Learn More on Ross Stores's short interest ratio. Which institutional investors are shorting Ross Stores? As of the most recent reporting period, the following institutional investors, funds, and major shareholders have reported short positions of Ross Stores: Quaker Wealth Management LLC, Jane Street Group LLC, Millennium Management LLC, Cubist Systematic Strategies LLC, Caption Management LLC, BNP Paribas Financial Markets, PEAK6 LLC, Jane Street Group LLC, Walleye Trading LLC, Walleye Capital LLC, Capital Fund Management S.A., Hsbc Holdings PLC, Maven Securities LTD, Arrowpoint Investment Partners Singapore Pte. Ltd., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Citigroup Inc., Delta Accumulation LLC, Allianz Asset Management GmbH, and Portman Square Capital LLP. These positions are disclosed in Form 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. What is a good short interest percentage for Ross Stores? 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. 1.54% of Ross Stores' floating shares are currently sold short. Is Ross Stores' short interest increasing or decreasing? Ross Stores saw a decline in short interest in the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 4,920,000 shares, a decline of 7.2% from the previous total of 5,300,000 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 Ross Stores' float size? Ross Stores currently has issued a total of 327,070,000 shares. Some of Ross Stores' 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. Ross Stores currently has a public float of 319,850,000 shares. How does Ross Stores' short interest compare to its competitors? 1.54% of Ross Stores' shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies compare to Ross Stores: Grocery Outlet Holding Corp. (14.98%), Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. (6.17%), Urban Outfitters, Inc. (16.21%), Burlington Stores, Inc. (5.34%), DICK'S Sporting Goods, Inc. (8.21%), The TJX Companies, Inc. (1.25%), Abercrombie & Fitch Company (12.80%), Buckle, Inc. (The) (7.65%), Foot Locker, Inc. (20.26%), American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. (10.96%), 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 Ross Stores stock? Short selling ROST is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Ross Stores as its price is falling. ROST shares are trading down $0.35 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 Ross Stores? A short squeeze for Ross Stores 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 ROST, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Ross Stores' 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 ROST, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is June, 15 2025. 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