Verona Pharma (VRNA) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $74.73 +2.15 (+2.96%) As of 05/20/2025 04:00 PM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock Verona Pharma Short Interest DataVerona Pharma (VRNA) has a short interest of 8.00 million shares. This marks a 2.83% increase in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 5.5, indicating that it would take 5.5 days of the average trading volume of 1.29 million shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest8,000,000 sharesPrevious Short Interest7,780,000 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month+2.83%Dollar Volume Sold Short$576.56 millionShort Interest Ratio5.5 Days to CoverLast Record DateApril 30, 2025Outstanding Shares81,080,000 sharesPercentage of Shares Shorted9.87%Today's Trading Volume1,613,894 sharesAverage Trading Volume1,291,458 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average125% Short Selling Verona Pharma? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for Verona Pharma and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartVRNA Short Interest Over TimeVRNA Days to Cover Over TimeVRNA Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Verona Pharma Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 4/30/20258,000,000 shares $576.56 million +2.8%N/A5.5 $72.07 4/15/20257,780,000 shares $454.90 million -14.8%10.2%5.7 $58.47 3/31/20259,130,000 shares $579.66 million -7.3%12.0%6 $63.49 3/15/20259,850,000 shares $604.69 million +9.4%12.9%7.1 $61.39 2/28/20259,000,000 shares $626.67 million +15.7%11.8%6.7 $69.63 2/15/20257,780,000 shares $499.55 million -6.2%10.2%6.1 $64.21 1/31/20258,290,000 shares $475.02 million +0.9%N/A6.9 $57.30 1/15/20258,220,000 shares $413.55 million +19.1%N/A7.1 $50.31 12/31/20246,900,000 shares $320.44 million +4.1%N/A6.3 $46.44 12/15/20246,630,000 shares $274.61 million +4.3%N/A6.6 $41.42 Get the Latest News and Ratings for VRNA and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Verona Pharma and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 11/30/20246,360,000 shares $252.05 million +6.4%N/A6.2 $39.63 11/15/20245,980,000 shares $213.25 million -20.5%N/A5.8 $35.66 10/31/20247,520,000 shares $255.15 million -5.3%N/A7 $33.93 10/15/20247,940,000 shares $270.52 million -0.9%N/A7.7 $34.07 9/30/20248,010,000 shares $230.45 million -9.5%N/A6.8 $28.77 9/15/20248,850,000 shares $263.55 million -1.8%N/A6.2 $29.78 8/31/20249,010,000 shares $247.59 million -15.8%N/A6 $27.48 8/15/202410,700,000 shares $291.58 million +21.0%N/A7.2 $27.25 7/31/20248,840,000 shares $200.31 million -8.2%N/A6.5 $22.66 7/15/20249,630,000 shares $207.05 million +11.5%N/A7.5 $21.50 6/30/20248,640,000 shares $124.93 million +11.9%N/A8.2 $14.46 6/15/20247,720,000 shares $116.88 million +28.7%N/A10.1 $15.14 5/31/20246,000,000 shares $72.42 million +7.7%N/A10.5 $12.07 5/15/20245,570,000 shares $77.70 million -8.8%N/A11.4 $13.95 4/30/20246,110,000 shares $94.40 million +0.7%N/A13.5 $15.45 4/15/20246,070,000 shares $95.91 million -7.5%N/A13.8 $15.80 3/31/20246,560,000 shares $105.55 million +2.5%N/A13.3 $16.09 3/15/20246,400,000 shares $100.16 million +1.0%N/A11.7 $15.65 2/29/20246,340,000 shares $109.17 million -5.2%11.5%10.8 $17.22 2/15/20246,690,000 shares $112.06 million -2.2%12.2%11.6 $16.75 1/31/20246,840,000 shares $125.51 million +0.7%N/A12.5 $18.35 1/15/20246,790,000 shares $121.81 million +4.0%N/A11.9 $17.94 12/31/20236,530,000 shares $129.82 million +4.7%N/A11.9 $19.88 12/15/20236,240,000 shares $107.76 million -4.2%N/A13.3 $17.27 11/30/20236,510,000 shares $88.02 million +3.7%N/A16.7 $13.52 11/15/20236,280,000 shares $90.12 million +4.2%N/A17.8 $14.35 10/31/20236,030,000 shares $84.12 million +53.1%N/A17.3 $13.95 10/15/20233,940,000 shares $52.84 million -14.2%N/A12.7 $13.41 9/30/20234,590,000 shares $74.82 million +4.1%N/A15.1 $16.30 9/15/20234,410,000 shares $77.66 million +14.3%N/A13.9 $17.61Musk’s Project Colossus could mint millionaires (Ad)I predict this single breakthrough could make Elon the world’s first trillionaire — and mint more new millionaires than any tech advance in history. And for a limited time, you have the chance to claim a stake in this project, even though it’s housed inside Elon’s private company, xAI.All the details are waiting for you now — but you need to act before the May 1st funding window clos 8/31/20233,860,000 shares $75.00 million +1.6%N/A11.2 $19.43 8/15/20233,800,000 shares $69.05 million +8.9%N/A10.5 $18.17 7/31/20233,490,000 shares $77.09 million +3.9%N/A8.7 $22.09 7/15/20233,360,000 shares $74.22 million +0.3%N/A8.1 $22.09 6/30/20233,350,000 shares $70.82 million +24.1%5.8%7 $21.14 6/15/20232,700,000 shares $57.02 million +1.9%4.7%5.3 $21.12 5/31/20232,650,000 shares $57.03 million +13.3%4.6%5.2 $21.52 5/15/20232,340,000 shares $48.95 million +2.2%4.1%4.3 $20.92 4/30/20232,290,000 shares $47.98 million +21.8%N/A4.1 $20.95 4/15/20231,880,000 shares $40.36 million +3.9%N/A3.1 $21.47 3/31/20231,810,000 shares $36.34 million +15.3%N/A3.1 $20.08 3/15/20231,570,000 shares $28.54 million +4.0%2.9%1.5 $18.18 2/28/20231,510,000 shares $32.37 million -7.4%2.8%1.4 $21.44 2/15/20231,630,000 shares $35.52 million +1.2%3.0%1.6 $21.79 1/31/20231,610,000 shares $35.48 million +7.3%3.1%1.7 $22.04 1/15/20231,500,000 shares $35.88 million +20.0%2.9%1.7 $23.92 12/30/20221,250,000 shares $32.66 million +95.0%2.4%1.5 $26.13 12/15/2022640,900 shares $8.21 million -4.7%1.2%0.9 $12.81 11/30/2022672,800 shares $8.68 million -14.5%1.3%2.8 $12.90 11/15/2022786,700 shares $9.73 million -8.0%1.5%3.3 $12.37 10/31/2022855,200 shares $10.95 million +12.3%N/A1.9 $12.80 10/15/2022761,500 shares $7.62 million +25.7%1.6%0.8 $10.01 9/30/2022605,900 shares $6.19 million -3.3%1.2%0.6 $10.22 9/15/2022626,500 shares $6.77 million +19.0%1.3%0.7 $10.80 8/31/2022526,300 shares $5.48 million -30.8%1.1%0.6 $10.42 8/15/2022760,100 shares $9.49 million +1,753.9%1.8%0.9 $12.48 7/31/202241,000 shares $220,580.00 +122.8%0.1%0.1 $5.38 7/15/202218,400 shares $100,280.00 +25.2%0.0%0.2 $5.45 6/30/202214,700 shares $61,593.00 -57.6%0.0%0.2 $4.19 6/15/202234,700 shares $160,348.70 +65.2%0.1%0.4 $4.62 5/31/202221,000 shares $95,130.00 +13.5%0.1%0.2 $4.53 5/15/202218,500 shares $69,375.00 -42.7%0.1%0.2 $3.75 4/30/202232,300 shares $135,014.00 -46.5%0.1%0.4 $4.18 4/15/202260,400 shares $245,224.00 +42.5%0.2%1 $4.06 3/31/202242,400 shares $211,576.00 -26.1%0.1%0.7 $4.99 3/15/202257,400 shares $287,000.00 -33.6%0.1%0.8 $5.00 2/28/202286,400 shares $485,568.00 +7.1%0.2%0.8 $5.62 2/15/202280,700 shares $483,393.00 -33.7%0.2%0.7 $5.99 1/31/2022121,800 shares $756,378.00 -10.2%0.3%1.1 $6.21 1/15/2022135,600 shares $915,300.00 -14.4%0.3%1.3 $6.75 12/31/2021158,400 shares $1.06 million -21.4%N/A1.7 $6.72 12/15/2021201,400 shares $920,398.00 +52.8%0.5%2.2 $4.57 11/30/2021131,800 shares $630,004.00 -0.8%0.3%1.8 $4.78 11/15/2021132,800 shares $703,840.00 -17.3%0.3%1.8 $5.30 10/29/2021160,500 shares $821,760.00 +10.3%0.4%1.8 $5.12 10/15/2021145,500 shares $736,230.00 -13.2%0.4%1.6 $5.06 9/30/2021167,700 shares $918,996.00 -10.1%0.4%1.8 $5.48 9/15/2021186,600 shares $1.01 million -28.1%0.5%2.1 $5.40 8/31/2021259,500 shares $1.51 million -10.7%0.7%3 $5.82 8/13/2021290,600 shares $1.73 million +29.2%0.7%3.8 $5.94Musk’s Project Colossus could mint millionaires (Ad)I predict this single breakthrough could make Elon the world’s first trillionaire — and mint more new millionaires than any tech advance in history. And for a limited time, you have the chance to claim a stake in this project, even though it’s housed inside Elon’s private company, xAI.All the details are waiting for you now — but you need to act before the May 1st funding window clos 7/30/2021225,000 shares $1.41 million +9.0%0.6%3.1 $6.28 7/15/2021206,500 shares $1.16 million -12.6%0.5%2.8 $5.64 6/30/2021236,200 shares $1.54 million -14.8%0.6%3.3 $6.54 6/15/2021277,300 shares $1.99 million +34.9%0.7%3.6 $7.18 5/28/2021205,500 shares $1.24 million +30.4%0.5%2.9 $6.05 5/14/2021157,600 shares $914,080.00 -23.6%N/A2 $5.80 4/30/2021206,300 shares $1.40 million -12.8%N/A2.1 $6.80 4/15/2021236,600 shares $1.94 million +114.9%N/A1.8 $8.20 3/31/2021110,100 shares $833,457.00 +12.2%N/A0.8 $7.57 3/15/202198,100 shares $860,337.00 +104.8%N/A0.8 $8.77 2/26/202147,900 shares $445,470.00 +82.8%N/A0.4 $9.30 2/12/202126,200 shares $230,822.00 -61.6%N/A0.2 $8.81 1/29/202168,300 shares $512,250.00 -14.9%N/A0.7 $7.50 1/15/202180,300 shares $615,098.00 +4.0%N/A1.5 $7.66 12/31/202077,200 shares $545,804.00 -14.8%N/A1.1 $7.07 12/15/202090,600 shares $731,142.00 +40.3%N/A1.3 $8.07 11/30/202064,600 shares $468,350.00 +13.3%N/A0.9 $7.25 10/30/202078,600 shares $453,522.00 -5.1%N/A0.7 $5.77 10/15/202082,800 shares $466,164.00 -43.0%N/A0.5 $5.63 9/30/2020145,200 shares $906,048.00 +65.0%N/A0.1 $6.24 9/15/202088,000 shares $609,840.00 +1,213.4%N/A0.1 $6.93 8/31/20206,700 shares $46,967.00 -89.7%N/A0 $7.01 8/14/202065,200 shares $537,900.00 -45.5%N/A0 $8.25 7/31/2020119,700 shares $816,354.00 +2,750.0%N/A0.1 $6.82 7/15/20204,200 shares $18,690.00 -74.1%0.1%0 $4.45 6/30/202016,200 shares $73,548.00 +31.7%0.2%0.3 $4.54 6/15/202012,300 shares $62,730.00 +70.8%0.1%0.2 $5.10 5/29/20207,200 shares $34,344.00 +157.1%0.1%0.1 $4.77 VRNA Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Verona Pharma's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Verona Pharma shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of April 30th, traders have sold 8,000,000 shares of VRNA short. Learn More on Verona Pharma's current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for Verona Pharma? 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. VRNA shares currently have a short interest ratio of 6.0. Learn More on Verona Pharma's short interest ratio. Which institutional investors are shorting Verona Pharma? As of the most recent reporting period, the following institutional investors, funds, and major shareholders have reported short positions of Verona Pharma: Jane Street Group LLC, Cubist Systematic Strategies LLC, Jane Street Group LLC, Walleye Trading LLC, and Walleye Capital LLC. These positions are disclosed in Form 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Is Verona Pharma's short interest increasing or decreasing? Verona Pharma saw a increase in short interest during the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 8,000,000 shares, an increase of 2.8% from the previous total of 7,780,000 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. How does Verona Pharma's short interest compare to its competitors? Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "pharmaceutical products" compare to Verona Pharma: Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited (2.51%), Summit Therapeutics Inc. (3.66%), Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc. (2.58%), Genmab A/S (0.39%), Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Limited (1.79%), Viatris Inc. (4.27%), Moderna, Inc. (17.58%), Qiagen (2.35%), Ascendis Pharma A/S (6.40%), Roivant Sciences Ltd. (12.03%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Spotify Technology S.A. ($4.67 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.58 billion), Capital One Financial Co. ($4.47 billion), The Kroger Co. ($2.56 billion), Reddit, Inc. ($2.23 billion), Rivian Automotive, Inc. ($2.16 billion), Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. ($1.90 billion), SoFi Technologies, Inc. ($1.85 billion), Zscaler, Inc. ($1.75 billion), and Omnicom Group Inc. ($1.75 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short Verona Pharma stock? Short selling VRNA is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Verona Pharma as its price is falling. VRNA shares are trading up $2.15 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 Verona Pharma? A short squeeze for Verona Pharma 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 VRNA, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Verona Pharma'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 VRNA, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is April, 30 2025. 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