SLM (SLMBP) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $76.30 +0.80 (+1.05%) Closing price 08/1/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$76.30 0.00 (0.00%) As of 08/1/2025 04:04 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 AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendFinancialsOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock SLM Short Interest DataSLM (SLMBP) has a short interest of 4,300 shares. This marks a -72.96% decrease in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 0.5, indicating that it would take 0.5 days of the average trading volume of 6,323 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest4,300 sharesPrevious Short Interest15,900 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month-72.96%Dollar Volume Sold Short$326.09 thousandShort Interest Ratio0.5 Days to CoverLast Record DateJuly 15, 2025Today's Trading Volume10,497 sharesAverage Trading Volume6,323 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average166% Short Selling SLM? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for SLM and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartSLMBP Short Interest Over TimeSLMBP Days to Cover Over TimeSLMBP Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time SLM Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 7/15/20254,300 shares $326.09 thousand -73.0%N/A0.5 $75.84 6/30/202515,900 shares $1.15 million +165.0%N/A1.9 $72.29 6/15/20256,000 shares $463.33 thousand -34.1%N/A0.9 $77.22 5/31/20259,100 shares $697.06 thousand +40.0%N/A1.4 $76.60 5/15/20256,500 shares $490.20 thousand -21.7%N/A1.2 $75.42 4/30/20258,300 shares $617.94 thousand +112.8%N/A1.7 $74.45 4/15/20253,900 shares $273.51 thousand -48.0%N/A0.9 $70.13 3/31/20257,500 shares $552.75 thousand +11.9%N/A1.6 $73.70 3/15/20256,700 shares $499.59 thousand -8.2%N/A1 $74.57 2/28/20257,300 shares $553.56 thousand +23.7%N/A1 $75.83 Get the Latest News and Ratings for SLMBP and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for SLM and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 2/15/20255,900 shares $444.06 thousand -11.9%N/A0.6 $75.27 1/31/20256,700 shares $502.63 thousand +24.1%N/A0.6 $75.02 1/15/20255,400 shares $395.23 thousand +1.9%N/A0.5 $73.19 12/31/20245,300 shares $392.20 thousand -42.4%N/A0.5 $74.00 12/15/20249,200 shares $680.80 thousand +80.4%N/A0.7 $74.00 11/30/20245,100 shares $382.60 thousand -22.7%N/A0.4 $75.02 11/15/20246,600 shares $490.91 thousand +94.1%N/A0.5 $74.38 10/31/20243,400 shares $251.87 thousand -33.3%N/A0.3 $74.08 10/15/20245,100 shares $378.88 thousand -67.7%N/A0.4 $74.29 9/30/202415,800 shares $1.17 million +129.0%N/A1.4 $74.33 9/15/20246,900 shares $525.92 thousand +50.0%N/A0.9 $76.22 8/31/20244,600 shares $352.13 thousand -22.0%N/A0.5 $76.55 8/15/20245,900 shares $451.06 thousand +51.3%N/A0.6 $76.45 7/31/20243,900 shares $298.27 thousand +25.8%N/A0.6 $76.48 7/15/20243,100 shares $237.09 thousand +6.9%N/A0.4 $76.48 6/30/20242,900 shares $219.76 thousand +31.8%N/A0.4 $75.78 6/15/20242,200 shares $164.21 thousand +4.8%N/A0.2 $74.64 5/31/20242,100 shares $161.60 thousand +16.7%N/A0.2 $76.95 5/15/20241,800 shares $139.28 thousand -37.9%N/A0.2 $77.38 4/30/20242,900 shares $230.52 thousand -12.1%N/A0.2 $79.49 4/15/20243,300 shares $248.82 thousand +725.0%N/A0.2 $75.40 3/31/2024400 shares $30.46 thousand -55.6%N/A0 $76.15 3/15/2024900 shares $65.47 thousand No ChangeN/A0.1 $72.75 2/29/2024900 shares $66.21 thousand +200.0%N/A0.1 $73.57 2/15/2024300 shares $21.58 thousand -97.5%N/A0 $71.92 1/31/202412,200 shares $854 thousand +481.0%N/A1 $70.00 1/15/20242,100 shares $144.06 thousand -48.8%N/A0.3 $68.60 12/31/20234,100 shares $271.22 thousand +51.9%N/A0.5 $66.15 12/15/20232,700 shares $184.28 thousand +17.4%N/A0.3 $68.25 11/30/20232,300 shares $156.24 thousand +43.8%N/A0.3 $67.93This rock I’m holding could be worth trillions (Ad)A strange rock pulled from the ocean floor may hold the key to a $16 trillion resource boom. 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Short interest is the volume of SLM shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of July 15th, investors have sold 4,300 shares of SLMBP short. Learn More on SLM's current short interest. Is SLM's short interest increasing or decreasing? SLM saw a drop in short interest during the month of July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totaling 4,300 shares, a drop of 73.0% from the previous total of 15,900 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. How does SLM's short interest compare to its competitors? Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "banking" compare to SLM: Bank of the James Financial Group, Inc. (0.19%), Greene County Bancorp, Inc. (0.67%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Coinbase Global, Inc. ($5.11 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.76 billion), Reddit Inc. ($2.84 billion), SoFi Technologies, Inc. ($2.79 billion), Seagate Technology Holdings PLC ($2.79 billion), Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. ($2.67 billion), Rocket Lab Corporation ($2.49 billion), AST SpaceMobile, Inc. ($2.12 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($2.09 billion), and Omnicom Group Inc. ($2.04 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short SLM stock? Short selling SLMBP is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from SLM as its price is falling. SLMBP 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 SLM? A short squeeze for SLM 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 SLMBP, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is SLM'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 SLMBP, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is July, 15 2025. 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