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Vital Farms (VITL) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

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Vital Farms Short Interest Overview

As of June 15, 2026, Vital Farms (VITL) had a short interest of 11.40 million shares sold short, representing 27.69% of the public float. This marks a -0.12% decrease in short interest since the prior report. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 5.4, meaning it would take 5.4 days of the average trading volume of 2.73 million shares to cover all short positions.

Current Short Interest
11,401,769 shares
Previous Short Interest
11,415,334 shares
Change Vs. Previous Month
-0.12%
Dollar Volume Sold Short
$120.97 million
Short Interest Ratio
5.4 Days to Cover
Last Record Date
June 15, 2026
Outstanding Shares
42,850,000 shares
Short Percent of Float
27.69%
Today's Trading Volume
807,880 shares
Average Trading Volume
2,733,057 shares
Today's Volume Vs. Average
30%
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Vital Farms Tesla Short Interest History & Recent Changes

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Report DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date
6/15/202611,401,769 shares $120.97 million -0.1%27.7%5.44 $10.61
5/29/202611,415,334 shares $114.27 million -16.4%27.7%3.69 $10.01
5/15/202613,659,135 shares $115.83 million -3.2%40.5%2.48 $8.48
4/30/202614,116,142 shares $192.69 million +12.5%41.9%5.19 $13.65
4/15/202612,550,951 shares $153.87 million +22.5%30.5%4.95 $12.26
3/31/202610,246,712 shares $144.68 million +19.1%29.1%3.4 $14.12
3/13/20268,602,326 shares $148.05 million +9.1%24.4%3.91 $17.21
2/27/20267,882,824 shares $166.25 million -16.8%22.4%2.6 $21.09
2/13/20269,472,602 shares $269.12 million -5.1%23.0%6.84 $28.41
1/30/20269,981,263 shares $283.97 million +0.2%28.3%5.28 $28.45
1/15/20269,965,140 shares $293.87 million -0.6%28.3%8.26 $29.49
12/31/202510,021,240 shares $320.08 million +1.9%28.4%7.1 $31.94
12/15/20259,835,003 shares $339.60 million +12.0%27.9%2.97 $34.53
11/28/20258,779,676 shares $287.05 million -9.6%24.9%6.97 $32.70
11/14/20259,708,310 shares $312.41 million +10.3%27.6%5.9 $32.18
10/31/20258,804,560 shares $289.41 million -7.9%25.0%7.22 $32.87
10/15/20259,560,000 shares $375.71 million -1.3%27.6%8.8 $39.30
9/30/20259,690,000 shares $398.55 million +3.3%28.0%9.2 $41.13
9/15/20259,380,000 shares $441.42 million +18.1%27.1%9.4 $47.06
8/31/20257,940,000 shares $405.65 million +7.7%23.0%8 $51.09
8/15/20257,370,000 shares $351.92 million -4.4%21.7%7.9 $47.75
7/31/20257,710,000 shares $286.81 million +1.3%22.7%8.7 $37.20
7/15/20257,610,000 shares $287.58 million +236.7%22.5%9.7 $37.79
6/30/20252,260,000 shares $87.06 million -70.7%6.4%2.3 $38.52
6/15/20257,720,000 shares $244.34 million +8.1%22.8%9.2 $31.65
5/31/20257,140,000 shares $230.19 million +9.0%21.0%8.2 $32.24
5/15/20256,550,000 shares $224.34 million +2.3%19.3%6.4 $34.25
4/30/20256,400,000 shares $219.14 million -12.9%19.0%6 $34.24
4/15/20257,350,000 shares $248.06 million +14.3%21.8%6.6 $33.75
3/31/20256,430,000 shares $195.92 million -2.4%19.1%5.4 $30.47
3/15/20256,590,000 shares $203.89 million +6.5%20.3%5.7 $30.94
2/28/20256,190,000 shares $204.95 million -8.8%19.1%5.5 $33.11
2/15/20256,790,000 shares $236.02 million +15.9%21.2%6.3 $34.76
1/31/20255,860,000 shares $257.14 million -3.9%18.2%5.1 $43.88
1/15/20256,100,000 shares $260.29 million -7.2%19.0%5.2 $42.67
12/31/20246,570,000 shares $247.62 million -11.7%20.5%5.9 $37.69
12/15/20247,440,000 shares $279.52 million -24.0%23.2%6.4 $37.57
11/30/20249,790,000 shares $325.03 million +14.9%30.7%8.3 $33.20
11/15/20248,520,000 shares $239.67 million -6.7%26.7%7.4 $28.13
10/31/20249,130,000 shares $316.63 million -5.2%31.3%8.5 $34.68
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10/15/20249,630,000 shares $385.20 million +13.3%33.6%9 $40.00
9/30/20248,500,000 shares $298.10 million +5.1%29.7%8.6 $35.07
9/15/20248,090,000 shares $253.62 million +5.1%28.2%8.4 $31.35
8/31/20247,700,000 shares $242.17 million +12.6%27.2%8.3 $31.45
8/15/20246,840,000 shares $209.30 million +55.1%24.1%7.4 $30.60
7/31/20244,410,000 shares $160.92 million +26.0%15.9%4.5 $36.49
7/15/20243,500,000 shares $149.38 million +12.9%12.6%4.2 $42.68
6/30/20243,100,000 shares $144.99 million +20.6%11.2%3.9 $46.77
6/15/20242,570,000 shares $103.80 million +12.7%9.3%3.4 $40.39
5/31/20242,280,000 shares $94.35 million +11.8%8.3%3.1 $41.38
5/15/20242,040,000 shares $74.87 million +9.1%7.5%3.1 $36.70
4/30/20241,870,000 shares $50.04 million +5.1%6.9%3.3 $26.76
4/15/20241,780,000 shares $44.29 million +13.4%6.6%3.9 $24.88
3/31/20241,570,000 shares $36.50 million -11.8%5.8%4 $23.25
3/15/20241,780,000 shares $38.41 million No Change6.6%5.3 $21.58
2/29/20241,780,000 shares $31.99 million +9.2%6.6%6.4 $17.97
2/15/20241,630,000 shares $25.38 million -7.4%6.0%6.5 $15.57
1/31/20241,760,000 shares $25.31 million +11.4%6.7%7.1 $14.38
1/15/20241,580,000 shares $24.10 million +3.3%6.1%6.2 $15.25
12/31/20231,530,000 shares $24.01 million -1.3%5.9%6 $15.69
12/15/20231,550,000 shares $22.35 million +2.0%5.9%5.9 $14.42
11/30/20231,520,000 shares $20.25 million +2.7%5.9%5.3 $13.32
11/15/20231,480,000 shares $18.94 million +2.1%5.7%5.4 $12.80
10/31/20231,450,000 shares $16.04 million -7.6%5.6%4.8 $11.06
10/15/20231,570,000 shares $16.89 million -1.3%6.1%4.3 $10.76
9/30/20231,590,000 shares $18.41 million -3.6%6.2%3.5 $11.58
9/15/20231,650,000 shares $17.85 million -4.1%6.4%3.7 $10.82
8/31/20231,720,000 shares $20.26 million -7.0%6.7%4 $11.78
8/15/20231,850,000 shares $21.00 million -3.7%7.2%4.2 $11.35
7/31/20231,920,000 shares $22.46 million -3.0%7.5%4.8 $11.70
7/15/20231,980,000 shares $20.31 million -10.8%7.8%6 $10.26
6/30/20232,220,000 shares $26.62 million +7.8%8.7%9.1 $11.99
6/15/20232,060,000 shares $27.77 million -8.9%8.1%9 $13.48
5/31/20232,260,000 shares $32.75 million -2.2%8.9%10 $14.49
5/15/20232,310,000 shares $33.33 million +27.6%9.1%10.7 $14.43
4/30/20231,810,000 shares $23.31 million +8.4%7.1%8.2 $12.88
4/15/20231,670,000 shares $22.49 million +1.2%6.6%8.1 $13.47
3/31/20231,650,000 shares $25.25 million +3.8%6.5%7.5 $15.30
3/15/20231,590,000 shares $23.04 million +8.2%6.3%7.2 $14.49
2/28/20231,470,000 shares $23.76 million +9.7%5.9%6.8 $16.16
2/15/20231,340,000 shares $20.77 million +5.5%5.4%6.6 $15.50
1/31/20231,270,000 shares $22.33 million -0.8%5.0%6.8 $17.58
1/15/20231,280,000 shares $20.85 million -5.2%5.1%7.1 $16.29
12/30/20221,350,000 shares $20.14 million +2.3%5.4%8.2 $14.92
12/15/20221,320,000 shares $19.89 million -7.0%5.2%8.1 $15.07
11/30/20221,420,000 shares $20.26 million -3.4%5.6%7.6 $14.27
11/15/20221,470,000 shares $21.61 million -9.3%5.8%7.7 $14.70
10/31/20221,620,000 shares $21.45 million -16.5%6.4%7.5 $13.24
10/15/20221,940,000 shares $23.53 million -1.0%7.7%7.9 $12.13
9/30/20221,960,000 shares $23.46 million +5.4%7.8%7 $11.97
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9/15/20221,860,000 shares $22.65 million +8.1%7.4%6.2 $12.18
8/31/20221,720,000 shares $22.27 million +5.5%6.9%5.9 $12.95
8/15/20221,630,000 shares $22.56 million -1.2%6.5%5.3 $13.84
7/31/20221,650,000 shares $19.47 million -4.6%6.6%5.2 $11.80
7/15/20221,730,000 shares $15.48 million -28.8%6.9%5.8 $8.95
6/30/20222,430,000 shares $21.26 million -5.1%9.8%8.8 $8.75
6/15/20222,560,000 shares $22.48 million +2.0%10.3%9.2 $8.78
5/31/20222,510,000 shares $24.85 million +2.0%15.2%8.9 $9.90
5/15/20222,460,000 shares $24.43 million -14.3%14.8%9.1 $9.93
4/30/20222,870,000 shares $33.01 million -2.7%17.3%11.7 $11.50
4/15/20222,950,000 shares $36.05 million -0.7%17.8%13 $12.22
3/31/20222,970,000 shares $36.71 million -1.3%18.1%13.7 $12.36
3/15/20223,010,000 shares $36.30 million +5.2%18.3%15.7 $12.06
2/28/20222,860,000 shares $40.76 million No Change17.5%16.8 $14.25
2/15/20222,860,000 shares $47.22 million -0.4%15.2%17.6 $16.51
1/31/20222,870,000 shares $47.44 million -1.7%18.2%15 $16.53
1/15/20222,920,000 shares $53.70 million +1.4%15.6%15 $18.39
12/31/20212,880,000 shares $52.01 million -0.7%15.4%14.8 $18.06
12/15/20212,900,000 shares $49.71 million -8.2%15.5%12.6 $17.14
11/30/20213,160,000 shares $53.44 million +1.9%16.9%12.3 $16.91
11/15/20213,100,000 shares $59.89 million +3.0%16.6%11.8 $19.32
10/29/20213,010,000 shares $49.42 million -4.4%16.2%11.2 $16.42
10/15/20213,150,000 shares $56.39 million -15.1%17.0%11 $17.90
9/30/20213,710,000 shares $65.18 million -0.3%20.0%12.3 $17.57
9/15/20213,720,000 shares $68.82 million -2.6%20.1%12.3 $18.50
8/31/20213,820,000 shares $68.68 million -7.3%20.6%12.2 $17.98
8/13/20214,120,000 shares $73.05 million +2.0%22.9%12.7 $17.73
7/30/20214,040,000 shares $70.34 million -9.0%22.4%11.3 $17.41
7/15/20214,440,000 shares $83.29 million +5.2%24.6%13.2 $18.76
6/30/20214,220,000 shares $84.23 million -0.9%23.4%12 $19.96

VITL Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions

Short interest is the volume of Vital Farms shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of June 15th, traders have sold 11,401,769 shares of VITL short. 27.69% of Vital Farms' shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Vital Farms' current short interest.

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. VITL shares currently have a short interest ratio of 5.4. Learn More on Vital Farms's short interest ratio.

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. 27.69% of Vital Farms' floating shares are currently sold short.

Vital Farms saw a decline in short interest during the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 11,401,769 shares, a decline of 0.1% from the previous total of 11,415,334 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.

27.69% of Vital Farms' shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies compare to Vital Farms: Utz Brands, Inc. (6.92%), Nomad Foods Limited (2.00%), BellRing Brands Inc. (13.83%), Once Upon A Farm (10.80%), Mama's Creations, Inc. (7.85%), Beyond Meat, Inc. (29.10%), Forafric Global PLC (1.15%), Oatly Group AB Sponsored ADR (1.87%), Kraft Heinz Company (7.61%), The Magnum Ice Cream Company N.V. (2.23%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust ($77.25 billion), Invesco QQQ ($51.70 billion), iShares Russell 2000 ETF ($25.75 billion), Sandisk Corporation ($23.00 billion), Western Digital Corporation ($17.29 billion), Nebius Group N.V. ($13.25 billion), SPDR S&P Biotech ETF ($10.78 billion), KLA Corporation ($10.45 billion), Salesforce Inc. ($9.71 billion), and VanEck Semiconductor ETF ($9.01 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling VITL is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Vital Farms as its price is falling. VITL shares are trading down $0.17 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.

A short squeeze for Vital Farms 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 VITL, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further.

Short interest is typically published by a stock exchange once per month. However, NASDAQ publishes a report for U.S. stocks, including VITL, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is June, 15 2026.

Understanding short interest metrics can help you assess how traders are positioning around a stock like VITL:

  • Shares Sold Short: The total number of shares that have been sold by short sellers but have not yet been covered or closed out. A high number may indicate bearish sentiment.
  • Short Float: The percentage of a company’s publicly available shares (or "float") that are sold short. A higher short float suggests a greater portion of the stock is being bet against.
  • Days to Cover (Short Interest Ratio): This estimates how many days it would take short sellers to cover their positions, based on average daily trading volume. Higher values can signal potential for a short squeeze if buying pressure increases.

These metrics are often used by traders to gauge sentiment, volatility risk, and the potential for price movements based on short covering activity.


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This page (NASDAQ:VITL) was last updated on 6/25/2026 by MarketBeat.com Staff.
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