Sinclair (SBGI) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $13.80 +0.80 (+6.15%) (As of 09/13/2024 ET) Add Compare Share Share Short InterestStock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrendsStock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrends Sinclair Short Interest DataSinclair (SBGI) has a short interest of 3.65 million shares, representing 9.61% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a 10.61% increase in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 9.5, indicating that it would take 9.5 days of the average trading volume of 420,035 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest3,650,000 sharesPrevious Short Interest3,300,000 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month+10.61%Dollar Volume Sold Short$50.81 millionShort Interest Ratio9.5 Days to CoverLast Record DateAugust 31, 2024Outstanding Shares66,360,000 sharesFloat Size37,970,000 sharesShort Percent of Float9.61%Today's Trading Volume532,521 sharesAverage Trading Volume420,035 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average127% Short Selling Sinclair? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for Sinclair and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartSBGI Short Interest Over TimeSBGI Days to Cover Over TimeSBGI Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Ad Porter & CompanyMy grim warning about AI stocksToday, I’m warning of another looming catastrophe. Only this time, it’s not in pot stocks, cryptos, or U.S. housing… it's in artificial intelligence. And unless you know what’s really going on in this sector, you could be wiped out. 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Sinclair Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 8/31/20243,650,000 shares $50.81 million +10.6%9.6%9.5 $13.92 8/15/20243,300,000 shares $42.54 million +2.8%8.7%8.6 $12.89 7/31/20243,210,000 shares $49.37 million -0.9%8.5%7.6 $15.38 7/15/20243,240,000 shares $49.25 million -3.6%8.6%8.1 $15.20 6/30/20243,360,000 shares $44.79 million +3.1%8.9%8.5 $13.33 6/15/20243,260,000 shares $37.23 million -9.2%8.6%8.4 $11.42 Get the Latest News and Ratings for SBGI and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Sinclair and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 5/31/20243,590,000 shares $50.98 million No Change9.5%8.6 $14.20 5/15/20243,590,000 shares $51.73 million -3.2%9.6%8.1 $14.41 4/30/20243,710,000 shares $45.63 million +3.6%9.9%8.1 $12.30 4/15/20243,580,000 shares $42.24 million +5.9%10.1%8 $11.80 3/31/20243,380,000 shares $45.53 million -0.6%9.5%7 $13.47 3/15/20243,400,000 shares $43.38 million -1.7%9.6%7.2 $12.76 2/29/20243,460,000 shares $51.38 million -2.0%9.7%7.4 $14.85 2/15/20243,530,000 shares $55.92 million -5.4%10.0%8 $15.84 1/31/20243,730,000 shares $58.56 million -2.6%10.6%8.5 $15.70 1/15/20243,830,000 shares $54.77 million +2.4%10.8%8.1 $14.30 12/31/20233,740,000 shares $48.73 million -6.0%10.6%7.8 $13.03 12/15/20233,980,000 shares $51.78 million -2.9%11.3%7.7 $13.01 11/30/20234,100,000 shares $51.70 million -0.5%11.6%7.1 $12.61 11/15/20234,120,000 shares $57.56 million -8.9%11.7%6.5 $13.97 10/31/20234,520,000 shares $49.13 million +4.6%12.8%6.8 $10.87 10/15/20234,320,000 shares $42.03 million -3.4%12.3%6.6 $9.73 9/30/20234,470,000 shares $50.15 million -2.0%12.7%6.8 $11.22 9/15/20234,560,000 shares $56.00 million +18.1%12.9%7.2 $12.28 8/31/20233,860,000 shares $48.71 million +5.2%11.0%5.5 $12.62 8/15/20233,670,000 shares $52.88 million -2.4%10.4%5.3 $14.41 7/31/20233,760,000 shares $52.30 million +7.1%10.8%5.2 $13.91 7/15/20233,510,000 shares $48.40 million +6.4%10.1%4.4 $13.79 6/30/20233,300,000 shares $45.61 million -11.8%9.5%3.8 $13.82 6/15/20233,740,000 shares $52.73 million -8.1%10.7%4 $14.10 5/31/20234,070,000 shares $62.60 million +4.9%11.5%4.4 $15.38 5/15/20233,880,000 shares $63.79 million No Change10.9%4.3 $16.44 4/30/20233,880,000 shares $77.17 million +7.8%9.4%4.4 $19.89 4/15/20233,600,000 shares $73.84 million +25.9%8.7%4.7 $20.51 3/31/20232,860,000 shares $49.08 million +2.5%6.9%4.1 $17.16 3/15/20232,790,000 shares $38.53 million +8.1%6.7%4.4 $13.81 2/28/20232,580,000 shares $41.98 million +2.0%6.1%4.6 $16.27 2/15/20232,530,000 shares $50.93 million -6.3%6.0%4.8 $20.13 1/31/20232,700,000 shares $55.70 million -2.9%6.4%5.1 $20.63 1/15/20232,780,000 shares $50.32 million -9.7%6.6%4.7 $18.10My grim warning about AI stocks (Ad)Today, I’m warning of another looming catastrophe. Only this time, it’s not in pot stocks, cryptos, or U.S. housing… it's in artificial intelligence. And unless you know what’s really going on in this sector, you could be wiped out. You see, while there is no doubt that the recent advancements in artificial intelligence are game-changing and will drive colossal innovation in every sector of the economy... There's also no escaping that The Big AI Die-Up is coming.So go here now to read my new report The Big AI Die-Up… while you still can. 12/30/20223,080,000 shares $47.77 million +18.0%7.3%5 $15.51 12/15/20222,610,000 shares $41.58 million +13.5%6.2%3.9 $15.93 11/30/20222,300,000 shares $42.69 million +1.8%5.5%3.3 $18.56 11/15/20222,260,000 shares $45.67 million +6.6%5.4%3.4 $20.21 10/31/20222,120,000 shares $37.76 million -10.6%5.0%3.2 $17.81 10/15/20222,370,000 shares $43.96 million -5.2%5.6%3.7 $18.55 9/30/20222,500,000 shares $45.23 million +5.9%5.9%3.6 $18.09 9/15/20222,360,000 shares $50.98 million +2.6%5.6%3.4 $21.60 8/31/20222,300,000 shares $50.81 million -15.4%5.4%3.3 $22.09 8/15/20222,720,000 shares $69.09 million -5.2%6.4%3.7 $25.40 7/31/20222,870,000 shares $62.68 million -14.1%6.7%3.5 $21.84 7/15/20223,340,000 shares $70.54 million +5.0%7.8%4 $21.12 6/30/20223,180,000 shares $64.87 million +4.3%7.4%3.9 $20.40 6/15/20223,050,000 shares $63.90 million -12.1%7.1%4 $20.95 5/31/20223,470,000 shares $84.08 million +12.3%8.0%4.6 $24.23 5/15/20223,090,000 shares $76.79 million +26.6%7.1%3.6 $24.85 4/30/20222,440,000 shares $54.27 million -3.2%5.5%3 $22.24 4/15/20222,520,000 shares $57.63 million +8.6%5.7%3.2 $22.87 3/31/20222,320,000 shares $65.01 million -4.1%5.2%2.8 $28.02 3/15/20222,420,000 shares $62.53 million -21.9%5.5%2.5 $25.84 2/28/20223,100,000 shares $93 million -16.2%6.5%3.3 $30.00 2/15/20223,700,000 shares $108.82 million +7.6%7.7%3.7 $29.41 1/31/20223,440,000 shares $94.53 million -24.7%7.8%3.7 $27.48 1/15/20224,570,000 shares $138.24 million -16.6%9.5%5.2 $30.25 12/31/20215,480,000 shares $144.84 million +25.1%11.4%6.5 $26.43 12/15/20214,380,000 shares $112.74 million -5.2%9.1%6.2 $25.74 11/30/20214,620,000 shares $107.78 million +17.0%9.6%7.7 $23.33 11/15/20213,950,000 shares $106.14 million +3.4%8.2%7.8 $26.87 10/29/20213,820,000 shares $99.82 million +0.5%8.0%9.6 $26.13 10/15/20213,800,000 shares $103.32 million +14.8%7.9%9.7 $27.19 9/30/20213,310,000 shares $104.86 million -6.2%6.9%8.5 $31.68 9/15/20213,530,000 shares $99.26 million -4.6%7.3%8.5 $28.12 8/31/20213,700,000 shares $111.04 million -7.3%7.7%8.8 $30.01 8/13/20213,990,000 shares $120.30 million No Change8.3%9.3 $30.15 7/30/20213,990,000 shares $112.88 million -2.4%8.3%9 $28.29 7/15/20214,090,000 shares $114.44 million -2.4%8.5%8.7 $27.98 6/30/20214,190,000 shares $139.19 million -3.5%8.7%8.8 $33.22 6/15/20214,340,000 shares $140.18 million +4.1%9.1%7.7 $32.30 5/28/20214,170,000 shares $140.49 million +5.8%8.8%6.9 $33.69 5/14/20213,940,000 shares $130.81 million -2.7%8.3%5.7 $33.20 4/30/20214,050,000 shares $134.58 million -3.8%8.6%5.7 $33.23 4/15/20214,210,000 shares $123.98 million +19.6%9.3%5.3 $29.45 3/31/20213,520,000 shares $104.90 million +20.6%7.8%4.2 $29.80 3/15/20212,920,000 shares $112.13 million -10.7%6.5%3.3 $38.40 2/26/20213,270,000 shares $101.89 million +4.1%7.2%3.8 $31.16 2/12/20213,140,000 shares $101.45 million -4.9%6.9%3.2 $32.31 1/29/20213,300,000 shares $108.47 million -41.3%7.2%3.1 $32.87 1/15/20215,620,000 shares $190.01 million -17.6%12.3%4.9 $33.81 12/31/20206,820,000 shares $220.35 million -24.2%14.9%5.9 $32.31 12/15/20209,000,000 shares $253.71 million -11.2%19.7%7.2 $28.19My grim warning about AI stocks (Ad)Today, I’m warning of another looming catastrophe. Only this time, it’s not in pot stocks, cryptos, or U.S. housing… it's in artificial intelligence. And unless you know what’s really going on in this sector, you could be wiped out. You see, while there is no doubt that the recent advancements in artificial intelligence are game-changing and will drive colossal innovation in every sector of the economy... There's also no escaping that The Big AI Die-Up is coming.So go here now to read my new report The Big AI Die-Up… while you still can. 11/30/202010,130,000 shares $284.05 million +5.6%22.2%8 $28.04 11/15/20209,590,000 shares $225.84 million +2.9%21.0%7.8 $23.55 10/30/20209,320,000 shares $172.42 million +23.8%20.5%8.7 $18.50 10/15/20207,530,000 shares $140.21 million +18.2%16.5%6.6 $18.62 9/30/20206,370,000 shares $122.50 million -1.2%13.9%5.6 $19.23 9/15/20206,450,000 shares $135.06 million -6.3%14.1%5 $20.94 8/31/20206,880,000 shares $143.17 million +2.7%15.0%5 $20.81 8/14/20206,700,000 shares $143.58 million +2.6%14.5%4.3 $21.43 7/31/20206,530,000 shares $134.52 million -3.4%14.5%3.9 $20.60 7/15/20206,760,000 shares $122.90 million -6.1%13.4%3.9 $18.18 6/30/20207,200,000 shares $127.58 million +1.0%14.3%4.1 $17.72 6/15/20207,130,000 shares $140.67 million -6.8%14.1%3.9 $19.73 5/29/20207,650,000 shares $142.98 million -4.6%14.9%3.5 $18.69 5/15/20208,020,000 shares $119.66 million -1.0%15.7%3.3 $14.92 4/30/20208,100,000 shares $142.97 million -4.8%13.1%3.4 $17.65 4/15/20208,510,000 shares $123.48 million -14.0%13.8%3.6 $14.51 3/31/20209,900,000 shares $151.27 million +24.1%15.7%4.3 $15.28 3/13/20207,975,500 shares $123.22 million +36.8%12.7%2.5 $15.45 2/28/20205,830,000 shares $87.45 million +16.6%9.2%3.6 $15.00 2/14/20205,000,000 shares $104.35 million -8.9%7.8%3.7 $20.87 1/31/20205,490,000 shares $128.25 million +10.5%8.6%4.5 $23.36 1/15/20204,970,000 shares $149.20 million -4.1%7.8%4.6 $30.02 12/31/20195,180,000 shares $161.98 million +0.8%8.1%5.4 $31.27 SBGI Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Sinclair's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Sinclair shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of August 31st, traders have sold 3,650,000 shares of SBGI short. 9.61% of Sinclair's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Sinclair's current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for Sinclair? 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. SBGI shares currently have a short interest ratio of 10.0. Learn More on Sinclair's short interest ratio. What is a good short interest percentage for Sinclair? 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. 9.61% of Sinclair's floating shares are currently sold short. Is Sinclair's short interest increasing or decreasing? Sinclair saw a increase in short interest during the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 3,650,000 shares, an increase of 10.6% from the previous total of 3,300,000 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 Sinclair's float size? Sinclair currently has issued a total of 66,360,000 shares. Some of Sinclair'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. Sinclair currently has a public float of 37,970,000 shares. How does Sinclair's short interest compare to its competitors? 9.61% of Sinclair's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the sector of "consumer discretionary" compare to Sinclair: Entravision Communications Co. (1.63%), Beasley Broadcast Group, Inc. (0.55%), Formula One Group (1.58%), Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (7.07%), TEGNA Inc. (5.66%), Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. (1.53%), Gray Television, Inc. (7.15%), The E.W. Scripps Company (5.12%), Phoenix New Media Limited (1.29%), Fox Co. (10.25%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.11 billion), Canadian Natural Resources Limited ($4.04 billion), Suncor Energy Inc. ($3.19 billion), Aptiv PLC ($2.56 billion), Paychex, Inc. ($2.48 billion), Cencora, Inc. ($2.28 billion), Onsemi ($2.08 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($1.98 billion), Tractor Supply ($1.93 billion), and International Paper ($1.93 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short Sinclair stock? Short selling SBGI is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Sinclair as its price is falling. SBGI shares are trading up $0.80 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 Sinclair? A short squeeze for Sinclair 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 SBGI, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Sinclair'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 SBGI, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is August, 31 2024. 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