Value Line (VALU) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $38.76 +0.86 (+2.27%) Closing price 04:00 PM EasternExtended Trading$38.76 0.00 (0.00%) As of 04:11 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 AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock Value Line Short Interest DataValue Line (VALU) has a short interest of 10,100 shares, representing 1.29% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a -6.48% decrease in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 3.4, indicating that it would take 3.4 days of the average trading volume of 5,664 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest10,100 sharesPrevious Short Interest10,800 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month-6.48%Dollar Volume Sold Short$375.11 thousandShort Interest Ratio3.4 Days to CoverLast Record DateJuly 31, 2025Outstanding Shares9,410,000 sharesFloat Size780,400 sharesShort Percent of Float1.29%Today's Trading Volume7,360 sharesAverage Trading Volume5,664 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average130% Short Selling Value Line? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for Value Line and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Get Report View SMS TermsBy entering your phone number and clicking the sign-up button, you agree to receive periodic text messages from MarketBeat at the phone number you submitted, including texts that may be sent using an automatic telephone dialing system. 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Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartVALU Short Interest Over TimeVALU Days to Cover Over TimeVALU Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Value Line Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 7/31/202510,100 shares $375.11 thousand -6.5%1.3%3.4 $37.14 7/15/202510,800 shares $412.24 thousand -29.9%1.4%3.4 $38.17 6/30/202515,400 shares $602.91 thousand +24.2%0.2%2 $39.15 6/15/202512,400 shares $465.12 thousand +24.0%1.6%2.2 $37.51 5/31/202510,000 shares $394.40 thousand +4.2%1.3%1.5 $39.44 5/15/20259,600 shares $375.55 thousand -12.7%1.2%1.3 $39.12 4/30/202511,000 shares $449.90 thousand -13.4%1.4%1.4 $40.90 4/15/202512,700 shares $512.70 thousand -15.9%1.6%1.5 $40.37 3/31/202515,100 shares $583.92 thousand +30.2%1.9%1.9 $38.67 3/15/202511,600 shares $459.36 thousand -18.9%1.5%1.6 $39.60 Get the Latest News and Ratings for VALU and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Value Line and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 2/28/202514,300 shares $585.44 thousand +44.4%1.8%1.9 $40.94 2/15/20259,900 shares $340.16 thousand +25.3%1.3%1.4 $34.36 1/31/20257,900 shares $310.47 thousand -2.5%1.0%0.9 $39.30 1/15/20258,100 shares $390.10 thousand +11.0%1.0%0.9 $48.16 12/31/20247,300 shares $385.44 thousand -38.1%0.9%0.8 $52.80 12/15/202411,800 shares $630.00 thousand +15.7%1.5%1.3 $53.39 11/30/202410,200 shares $531.01 thousand -22.7%1.3%1 $52.06 11/15/202413,200 shares $718.08 thousand +7.3%1.7%1.3 $54.40 10/31/202412,300 shares $594.71 thousand -8.2%1.6%1.3 $48.35 10/15/202413,400 shares $640.92 thousand +30.1%1.7%1.5 $47.83 9/30/202410,300 shares $478.95 thousand +24.1%1.3%1.1 $46.50 9/15/20248,300 shares $356.24 thousand -23.9%1.1%0.8 $42.92 8/31/202410,900 shares $451.91 thousand -4.4%1.4%1.2 $41.46 8/15/202411,400 shares $478.80 thousand -18.0%1.5%1.5 $42.00 7/31/202413,900 shares $656.78 thousand +47.9%1.8%2.1 $47.25 7/15/20249,400 shares $407.96 thousand -1.1%1.2%1.6 $43.40 6/30/20249,500 shares $409.17 thousand +18.8%1.2%2.3 $43.07 6/15/20248,000 shares $322.96 thousand +3.9%1.0%2.5 $40.37 5/31/20247,700 shares $291.06 thousand -22.2%1.0%3.2 $37.80 5/15/20249,900 shares $382.64 thousand +19.3%1.3%5 $38.65 4/30/20248,300 shares $300.46 thousand +10.7%1.1%3.8 $36.20 4/15/20247,500 shares $281.33 thousand +7.1%1.0%3 $37.51 3/31/20247,000 shares $283.50 thousand +1.5%0.9%2.8 $40.50 3/15/20246,900 shares $265.65 thousand +13.1%0.9%2.7 $38.50 2/29/20246,100 shares $262.91 thousand +3.4%0.8%1.7 $43.10 2/15/20245,900 shares $252.52 thousand -3.3%0.8%1.6 $42.80 1/31/20246,100 shares $272.06 thousand No Change0.8%1.9 $44.60 1/15/20246,100 shares $276.51 thousand -32.2%0.8%1.7 $45.33 12/31/20239,000 shares $438.75 thousand +7.1%1.1%2.4 $48.75 12/15/20238,400 shares $413.03 thousand +1.2%1.1%2.3 $49.17$100 Trillion “AI Metal” Found in American Ghost Town (Ad)Jeff Brown recently traveled to a ghost town in the middle of an American desert… To investigate what could be the biggest technology story of this decade. In short, he believes what he's holding in his hand is the key to the $100 trillion AI boom… And only one company here in the U.S. can mine this obscure metal.Click here to get the details on this virtual monopoly. 11/30/20238,300 shares $349.02 thousand -4.6%1.1%2.7 $42.05 11/15/20238,700 shares $383.06 thousand +7.4%1.1%2.8 $44.03 10/31/20238,100 shares $331.70 thousand +9.5%1.0%2.5 $40.95 10/15/20237,400 shares $246.79 thousand +8.8%0.9%2 $33.35 9/30/20236,800 shares $297.30 thousand +4.6%0.9%1.9 $43.72 9/15/20236,500 shares $292.50 thousand +18.2%0.8%1.7 $45.00 8/31/20235,500 shares $293.76 thousand -21.4%0.7%1.5 $53.41 8/15/20237,000 shares $388.50 thousand -36.9%0.9%1.8 $55.50 7/31/202311,100 shares $594.63 thousand +32.1%1.4%3.1 $53.57 7/15/20238,400 shares $387.74 thousand -1.2%1.1%3.4 $46.16 6/30/20238,500 shares $390.15 thousand -18.3%1.1%4.3 $45.90 6/15/202310,400 shares $478.40 thousand -4.6%1.3%5.8 $46.00 5/31/202310,900 shares $500.31 thousand +16.0%1.4%7.3 $45.90 5/15/20239,400 shares $459.66 thousand No Change1.2%7.2 $48.90 4/30/20239,400 shares $430.52 thousand -3.1%1.2%6.7 $45.80 4/15/20239,700 shares $462.30 thousand -8.5%1.2%4.9 $47.66 3/31/202310,600 shares $512.30 thousand -3.6%1.3%3.9 $48.33 3/15/202311,000 shares $504.02 thousand +1.9%1.4%3.1 $45.82 2/28/202310,800 shares $542.81 thousand -1.8%1.3%2.5 $50.26 2/15/202311,000 shares $531.63 thousand +0.9%1.4%2.4 $48.33 1/31/202310,900 shares $563.64 thousand -9.2%1.3%2.2 $51.71 1/15/202312,000 shares $640.92 thousand -14.9%1.5%2.5 $53.41 12/30/202214,100 shares $717.41 thousand -1.4%1.7%2.8 $50.88 12/15/202214,300 shares $712.86 thousand -4.0%1.7%2.4 $49.85 11/30/202214,900 shares $834.40 thousand -12.4%1.8%2.9 $56.00 11/15/202217,000 shares $1.08 million -18.3%2.0%3.5 $63.50 10/31/202220,800 shares $1.11 million -16.5%2.5%4.3 $53.60 10/15/202224,900 shares $1.69 million -4.2%3.0%5.1 $68.05 9/30/202226,000 shares $1.14 million -5.8%3.1%5.5 $43.90 9/15/202227,600 shares $1.91 million No Change3.3%7.3 $69.17 8/31/202227,600 shares $2.26 million -9.5%3.2%6.7 $82.01 8/15/202230,500 shares $2.28 million -7.6%3.6%6.4 $74.60 7/31/202233,000 shares $2.86 million -4.6%3.9%6 $86.79 7/15/202234,600 shares $2.18 million -17.6%4.1%4.7 $63.03 6/30/202242,000 shares $2.77 million +1.2%4.0%4.8 $66.05 6/15/202241,500 shares $2.34 million -8.4%4.0%4.7 $56.46 5/31/202245,300 shares $3.20 million -5.0%5.1%4.5 $70.61 5/15/202247,700 shares $3.35 million +9.9%5.4%4.2 $70.32 4/30/202243,400 shares $2.84 million -18.1%4.9%3.7 $65.47 4/15/202253,000 shares $4.57 million +1.2%6.0%3.6 $86.20 3/31/202252,400 shares $3.51 million +2.1%5.8%2.9 $67.00 3/15/202251,300 shares $3.13 million -10.3%5.7%2.6 $61.05 2/28/202257,200 shares $3.38 million -4.2%6.4%2.9 $59.01 2/15/202259,700 shares $3.57 million +14.2%6.6%3 $59.75 1/31/202252,300 shares $3.08 million +27.3%5.8%2.3 $58.98 1/15/202241,100 shares $2.09 million +26.1%4.6%2 $50.85 12/31/202132,600 shares $1.53 million +5.2%N/A0 $46.82 12/15/202131,000 shares $1.42 million +37.8%3.4%1.9 $45.82 11/30/202122,500 shares $911.25 thousand -3.9%2.5%1.4 $40.50 11/15/202123,400 shares $1.06 million +101.7%2.5%1.4 $45.09$100 Trillion “AI Metal” Found in American Ghost Town (Ad)Jeff Brown recently traveled to a ghost town in the middle of an American desert… To investigate what could be the biggest technology story of this decade. In short, he believes what he's holding in his hand is the key to the $100 trillion AI boom… And only one company here in the U.S. can mine this obscure metal.Click here to get the details on this virtual monopoly. 10/29/202111,600 shares $399.62 thousand +27.5%1.3%0.8 $34.45 10/15/20219,100 shares $294.84 thousand -14.2%1.0%0.8 $32.40 9/30/202110,600 shares $363.16 thousand -10.2%1.2%1.2 $34.26 9/15/202111,800 shares $394.12 thousand +11.3%1.3%1.6 $33.40 8/31/202110,600 shares $388.49 thousand +12.8%1.2%2.3 $36.65 8/13/20219,400 shares $296.48 thousand +4.4%1.0%2.4 $31.54 7/30/20219,000 shares $288 thousand -9.1%1.0%2.9 $32.00 7/15/20219,900 shares $317.79 thousand +4.2%1.1%3.2 $32.10 6/30/20219,500 shares $294.50 thousand -32.6%1.0%3.1 $31.00 6/15/202114,100 shares $433.01 thousand -13.0%1.5%4.3 $30.71 5/28/202116,200 shares $500.58 thousand +7.3%1.7%4.4 $30.90 5/14/202115,100 shares $441.07 thousand +37.3%1.6%4.4 $29.21 4/30/202111,000 shares $331.21 thousand +4.8%1.2%3.1 $30.11 4/15/202110,500 shares $311.85 thousand +9.4%1.1%2.6 $29.70 3/31/20219,600 shares $261.12 thousand -25.6%1.0%2.3 $27.20 3/15/202112,900 shares $410.61 thousand +9.3%1.4%2.5 $31.83 2/26/202111,800 shares $340.19 thousand +0.9%1.2%2.5 $28.83 2/12/202111,700 shares $362.70 thousand +3.5%1.2%2.4 $31.00 1/29/202111,300 shares $342.96 thousand +5.6%1.2%2.5 $30.35 1/15/202110,700 shares $339.83 thousand No Change1.1%2.2 $31.76 9/15/20208,100 shares $201.69 thousand +19.1%0.8%2.1 $24.90 8/31/20206,800 shares $177.48 thousand -39.8%0.7%1.4 $26.10 VALU Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Value Line's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Value Line shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of July 31st, investors have sold 10,100 shares of VALU short. 1.29% of Value Line's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Value Line's current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for Value Line? 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. VALU shares currently have a short interest ratio of 3.0. Learn More on Value Line's short interest ratio. What is a good short interest percentage for Value Line? 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. 1.29% of Value Line's floating shares are currently sold short. Is Value Line's short interest increasing or decreasing? Value Line saw a decline in short interest in the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totaling 10,100 shares, a decline of 6.5% from the previous total of 10,800 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 Value Line's float size? Value Line currently has issued a total of 9,410,000 shares. Some of Value Line'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. Value Line currently has a public float of 780,400 shares. How does Value Line's short interest compare to its competitors? 1.29% of Value Line's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies compare to Value Line: Shutterstock, Inc. (6.95%), Scholastic Corporation (6.51%), Daily Journal Corp. (S.C.) (12.25%), MarketWise, Inc. (3.21%), Thomson Reuters Co. (3.47%), Morningstar, Inc. (2.06%), The New York Times Company (7.04%), Prospect Capital Corporation (8.01%), Capital Southwest Corporation (5.07%), Cannae Holdings, Inc. (3.47%), 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 ($70.87 billion), Invesco QQQ ($30.12 billion), iShares Russell 2000 ETF ($19.85 billion), iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF ($10.34 billion), Strategy Inc ($8.98 billion), iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF ($7.61 billion), SPDR S&P Biotech ETF ($6.81 billion), Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF ($6.14 billion), Palo Alto Networks, Inc. ($5.97 billion), and Super Micro Computer, Inc. ($5.28 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short Value Line stock? Short selling VALU is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Value Line as its price is falling. VALU shares are trading up $0.86 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 Value Line? A short squeeze for Value Line 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 VALU, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Value Line'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 VALU, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is July, 31 2025. More Short Interest Resources from MarketBeat Related Companies Shutterstock Short Squeeze Scholastic Short Squeeze Daily Journal Corp. (S.C.) 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