This company has been marked as potentially delisted and may not be actively trading. Viracta Therapeutics (VIRX) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock Viracta Therapeutics Short Interest DataViracta Therapeutics (VIRX) has a short interest of 14,300 shares. This marks a 76.54% increase in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 0.0, indicating that it would take 0.0 days of the average trading volume of 1.11 million shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest14,300 sharesPrevious Short Interest8,100 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month+76.54%Dollar Volume Sold Short$137.28Short Interest Ratio0.0 Days to CoverLast Record DateJuly 15, 2025Outstanding Shares39,744,000 sharesPercentage of Shares Shorted0.04%Today's Trading Volume0 sharesAverage Trading Volume1,111,440 sharesToday's Volume Vs. 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Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartVIRX Short Interest Over TimeVIRX Days to Cover Over TimeVIRX Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Viracta Therapeutics Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 7/15/202514,300 shares $137.28 +76.5%N/A0 $0.01 6/30/20258,100 shares $134.46 -41.7%0.0%0 $0.02 6/15/202513,900 shares $243.25 -38.5%0.0%0.1 $0.02 5/31/202522,600 shares $413.58 -23.1%0.1%0.1 $0.02 5/15/202529,400 shares $514.50 -26.3%N/A0.2 $0.02 4/30/202539,900 shares $833.91 +405.1%N/A0.3 $0.02 4/15/20257,900 shares $132.72 -21.0%N/A0 $0.02 3/14/202528,200 shares $733.20 +108.9%N/A0 $0.03 2/14/202523,200 shares $396.72 -87.4%N/A0 $0.02 1/31/2025184,200 shares $27.91 thousand -25.1%0.7%0.1 $0.15 Get the Latest News and Ratings for VIRX and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Viracta Therapeutics and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 1/15/2025246,000 shares $40.34 thousand -59.7%0.9%0.1 $0.16 12/31/2024609,900 shares $98.13 thousand -79.7%2.2%0.2 $0.16 12/15/20243,000,000 shares $608.10 thousand +89.9%10.7%1.4 $0.20 11/30/20241,580,000 shares $221.20 thousand -24.8%5.7%0.8 $0.14 11/15/20242,100,000 shares $317.10 thousand -21.9%7.5%2 $0.15 10/31/20242,690,000 shares $542.84 thousand +144.6%9.7%1.9 $0.20 10/15/20241,100,000 shares $241.56 thousand -17.3%4.0%1.7 $0.22 9/30/20241,330,000 shares $307.76 thousand +1.5%4.8%2.1 $0.23 9/15/20241,310,000 shares $328.81 thousand +4.0%4.7%2.1 $0.25 8/31/20241,260,000 shares $269.14 thousand -50.4%4.6%2.1 $0.21 8/15/20242,540,000 shares $885.19 thousand +178.5%9.2%4.8 $0.35 7/31/2024912,000 shares $436.85 thousand -6.4%3.3%8.5 $0.48 7/15/2024974,800 shares $517.62 thousand +35.2%3.5%10.7 $0.53 6/30/2024721,000 shares $392.01 thousand +1.7%2.6%7 $0.54 6/15/2024708,900 shares $477.66 thousand +3.8%2.6%6.7 $0.67 5/31/2024682,700 shares $477.89 thousand +2.1%2.5%6.3 $0.70 5/15/2024668,400 shares $561.46 thousand -4.4%2.4%6.5 $0.84 4/30/2024699,400 shares $573.23 thousand +1.9%2.5%6.3 $0.82 4/15/2024686,700 shares $535.63 thousand +6.0%2.5%6.2 $0.78 3/31/2024648,000 shares $660.96 thousand +2.2%2.4%6.8 $1.02 3/15/2024634,300 shares $631.76 thousand -7.1%2.3%5.7 $1.00 2/29/2024683,000 shares $556.65 thousand +0.6%2.5%5 $0.82 2/15/2024678,800 shares $433.75 thousand +4.5%2.5%4.5 $0.64 1/31/2024649,900 shares $370.44 thousand +0.4%2.4%4 $0.57 1/15/2024647,500 shares $384.23 thousand -1.9%2.4%3.8 $0.59 12/31/2023660,300 shares $376.37 thousand -14.9%2.5%3.8 $0.57 12/15/2023776,100 shares $361.97 thousand +19.3%2.9%4.6 $0.47 11/30/2023650,700 shares $316.89 thousand -8.2%2.4%4.9 $0.49 11/15/2023708,700 shares $425.50 thousand +3.0%2.6%7.3 $0.60 10/31/2023688,200 shares $424.28 thousand +12.0%2.6%7.5 $0.62 10/15/2023614,700 shares $436.44 thousand -2.7%2.3%7.6 $0.71 9/30/2023632,000 shares $657.28 thousand -4.3%2.4%7 $1.04 9/15/2023660,200 shares $838.45 thousand -5.3%2.5%7.8 $1.27 8/31/2023697,200 shares $1.00 million -4.4%2.6%6.8 $1.44 8/15/2023729,100 shares $947.83 thousand +5.2%2.7%4.5 $1.30 7/31/2023692,900 shares $1.07 million -3.9%2.6%2.8 $1.55 7/15/2023721,000 shares $1.05 million -1.0%2.7%2.9 $1.45 6/30/2023728,500 shares $1.03 million -7.8%2.8%3 $1.41 6/15/2023789,900 shares $1.26 million +14.0%3.0%3.3 $1.59 5/31/2023693,200 shares $921.96 thousand +12.4%2.6%3.2 $1.33 5/15/2023616,700 shares $807.88 thousand -2.2%2.3%3.4 $1.31 4/30/2023630,800 shares $813.73 thousand +2.0%2.4%8.4 $1.29 4/15/2023618,300 shares $902.72 thousand -2.5%2.3%9.6 $1.46 3/31/2023634,000 shares $1.01 million -19.5%2.4%8.4 $1.59 3/15/2023787,800 shares $1.33 million +51.7%3.0%8.7 $1.69 2/28/2023519,200 shares $882.64 thousand +3.9%2.0%4.9 $1.70 2/15/2023499,500 shares $994.01 thousand +5.6%1.9%4.5 $1.99 1/31/2023473,000 shares $983.84 thousand -2.5%1.8%3.8 $2.08 1/15/2023485,300 shares $1.10 million +3.2%1.8%3.9 $2.26 12/30/2022470,300 shares $686.64 thousand -15.1%1.8%3.8 $1.46 12/15/2022553,600 shares $1.06 million -0.1%2.1%5.2 $1.92 11/30/2022553,900 shares $1.29 million +7.3%2.1%5.1 $2.32 11/15/2022516,200 shares $1.50 million +8.8%2.0%4.8 $2.90 10/31/2022474,600 shares $1.87 million -9.6%1.9%4.7 $3.93 10/15/2022525,100 shares $1.97 million -4.4%2.0%5.1 $3.75 9/30/2022549,000 shares $2.34 million +9.3%2.1%5 $4.27 9/15/2022502,100 shares $2.81 million -3.9%2.0%2.6 $5.59 8/31/2022522,300 shares $2.12 million +0.6%2.0%2.3 $4.05 8/15/2022519,100 shares $2.29 million -8.2%2.0%2.2 $4.42 7/31/2022565,400 shares $1.88 million -16.1%1.9%2.2 $3.32 7/15/2022673,800 shares $2.99 million -32.5%2.3%2.5 $4.44 6/30/2022998,500 shares $3.87 million -48.5%3.4%3.2 $3.88 6/15/20221,940,000 shares $4.85 million -3.0%6.5%6.1 $2.50 5/31/20222,000,000 shares $4.24 million +8.7%6.7%8.1 $2.12 5/15/20221,840,000 shares $3.44 million -7.1%6.2%7.3 $1.87 4/30/20221,980,000 shares $5.05 million +16.5%6.7%6.2 $2.55 4/15/20221,700,000 shares $6.90 million +20.6%5.7%5.2 $4.06 3/31/20221,410,000 shares $6.71 million +20.5%4.8%4.7 $4.76 3/15/20221,170,000 shares $2.61 million +13.6%3.9%4.2 $2.23 2/28/20221,030,000 shares $2.81 million +7.8%3.5%3.5 $2.73 2/15/2022955,900 shares $2.98 million +26.0%3.2%3 $3.12 1/31/2022758,800 shares $2.03 million +5.5%2.7%2.9 $2.68 1/15/2022719,100 shares $2.28 million -15.4%2.5%3.3 $3.17 12/31/2021849,800 shares $3.10 million -2.7%3.0%3.7 $3.65 12/15/2021873,100 shares $3.12 million +30.4%3.1%4 $3.57 11/30/2021669,400 shares $3.09 million -24.3%2.4%3.8 $4.61 11/15/2021884,500 shares $4.93 million -15.0%3.1%5.5 $5.57 10/29/20211,040,000 shares $6.12 million -7.1%3.5%6.6 $5.88 10/15/20211,120,000 shares $7.25 million -1.8%3.8%7.5 $6.47 9/30/20211,140,000 shares $9.14 million -5.0%3.8%8.5 $8.02 9/15/20211,200,000 shares $10.08 million -9.1%4.0%5.5 $8.40 8/31/20211,320,000 shares $12.17 million -15.9%4.4%4.9 $9.22 8/13/20211,570,000 shares $16.11 million No Change5.3%5.7 $10.26 VIRX Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Viracta Therapeutics' current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Viracta Therapeutics shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of July 15th, investors have sold 14,300 shares of VIRX short. Learn More on Viracta Therapeutics' current short interest. Is Viracta Therapeutics' short interest increasing or decreasing? Viracta Therapeutics saw a increase in short interest during the month of July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totaling 14,300 shares, an increase of 76.5% from the previous total of 8,100 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 Viracta Therapeutics' short interest compare to its competitors? Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "pharmaceutical products" compare to Viracta Therapeutics: Scinai Immunotherapeutics Ltd. Sponsored ADR (23.08%), Galera Therapeutics, Inc. (0.01%), SciSparc Ltd. (2.13%), Vaccinex, Inc. (0.11%), Evofem Biosciences, Inc. (0.00%), ZyVersa Therapeutics, Inc. (4.43%), Petros Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (1.19%), Bio-Path Holdings, Inc. (0.17%), Panbela Therapeutics, Inc. (0.00%), Hepion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (0.14%), 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 Viracta Therapeutics stock? Short selling VIRX is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Viracta Therapeutics as its price is falling. 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 Viracta Therapeutics? A short squeeze for Viracta Therapeutics occurs when it has a large amount of short interest and its stock appreciates in price. This forces short sellers to cover their short interest positions by buying actual shares of VIRX, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Viracta Therapeutics' 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 VIRX, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is July, 15 2025. 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