JOYY (YY) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

$60.27 +1.52 (+2.59%)

As of 05/6/2026

JOYY Short Interest Overview

As of March 15, 2025, JOYY (YY) had a short interest of 1.38 million shares sold short, representing 3.86% of the public float. This marks a -12.10% decrease in short interest since the prior report. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 1.9, meaning it would take 1.9 days of the average trading volume of 523,246 shares to cover all short positions.

Current Short Interest: 1,380,000 shares
Previous Short Interest: 1,570,000 shares
Change Vs. Previous Month: -12.10%
Dollar Volume Sold Short: $65.80 million
Short Interest Ratio: 1.9 Days to Cover
Last Record Date: March 15, 2025

Outstanding Shares: 53,830,000 shares
Float Size: 35,720,000 shares
Short Percent of Float: 3.86%
Today's Trading Volume: 361,002 shares
Average Trading Volume: 523,246 shares
Today's Volume Vs. Average: 69%

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Report Date	Total Shares Sold Short	Dollar Volume Sold Short	Change from Previous Report	Percentage of Float Shorted	Days to Cover	Price on Report Date
3/15/2025	1,380,000 shares	$65.80 million	-12.1%	3.9%	1.9	$47.68
2/28/2025	1,570,000 shares	$73.46 million	+10.6%	4.2%	2.7	$46.79
2/15/2025	1,420,000 shares	$66.95 million	+25.7%	3.8%	2.6	$47.15
1/31/2025	1,130,000 shares	$48.99 million	-5.0%	3.0%	2.3	$43.35
1/15/2025	1,190,000 shares	$48.10 million	+1.7%	3.2%	2.3	$40.42
12/31/2024	1,170,000 shares	$48.96 million	+2.6%	3.1%	2.3	$41.85
12/15/2024	1,140,000 shares	$45.38 million	-2.6%	3.1%	2.2	$39.81
11/30/2024	1,170,000 shares	$45.45 million	+4.5%	3.2%	2.7	$38.85
11/15/2024	1,120,000 shares	$41.06 million	No Change	2.8%	2.7	$36.66
10/31/2024	1,120,000 shares	$38.14 million	+0.9%	2.8%	2.9	$34.05
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10/15/2024	1,110,000 shares	$37.76 million	+21.2%	2.7%	2.8	$34.02
9/30/2024	915,600 shares	$33.18 million	-18.3%	2.3%	2.4	$36.24
9/15/2024	1,120,000 shares	$40.52 million	-8.9%	2.8%	3.2	$36.18
8/31/2024	1,230,000 shares	$42.30 million	-28.1%	3.0%	3.5	$34.39
8/15/2024	1,710,000 shares	$59.35 million	+15.5%	4.0%	4.8	$34.71
7/31/2024	1,480,000 shares	$49.27 million	-8.6%	3.5%	4.1	$33.29
7/15/2024	1,620,000 shares	$55.40 million	+3.9%	3.8%	4.6	$34.20
6/30/2024	1,560,000 shares	$46.94 million	+6.1%	3.7%	4.1	$30.09
6/15/2024	1,470,000 shares	$41.38 million	-5.8%	3.4%	3.8	$28.15
5/31/2024	1,560,000 shares	$46.58 million	-15.7%	3.7%	3.5	$29.86
5/15/2024	1,850,000 shares	$63.27 million	-2.6%	4.2%	3.2	$34.20
4/30/2024	1,900,000 shares	$61.98 million	+3.8%	4.3%	3.1	$32.62
4/15/2024	1,830,000 shares	$59.26 million	+7.7%	4.1%	2.8	$32.38
3/31/2024	1,700,000 shares	$52.28 million	-2.9%	3.8%	2.5	$30.75
3/15/2024	1,750,000 shares	$56.46 million	-20.1%	4.0%	2.4	$32.26
2/29/2024	2,190,000 shares	$68.99 million	+8.4%	5.0%	3.3	$31.50
2/15/2024	2,020,000 shares	$67.81 million	-3.4%	4.6%	3.6	$33.57
1/31/2024	2,090,000 shares	$64.08 million	-2.8%	4.7%	3.7	$30.66
1/15/2024	2,150,000 shares	$68.52 million	-17.6%	4.9%	4.2	$31.87
12/31/2023	2,610,000 shares	$103.62 million	+4.8%	5.9%	5.3	$39.70
12/15/2023	2,490,000 shares	$95.96 million	+0.4%	5.6%	5.3	$38.54
11/30/2023	2,480,000 shares	$95.26 million	-8.8%	5.6%	4.8	$38.41
11/15/2023	2,720,000 shares	$115.52 million	-17.1%	6.0%	5.5	$42.47
10/31/2023	3,280,000 shares	$127.66 million	-10.6%	7.2%	6.9	$38.92
10/15/2023	3,670,000 shares	$148.86 million	-2.4%	8.1%	7.8	$40.56
9/30/2023	3,760,000 shares	$143.29 million	+32.9%	8.3%	8	$38.11
9/15/2023	2,830,000 shares	$108.67 million	+27.5%	6.2%	5.8	$38.40
8/31/2023	2,220,000 shares	$76.19 million	No Change	4.9%	4.4	$34.32
8/15/2023	2,220,000 shares	$71.00 million	-1.8%	4.2%	4.1	$31.98
7/31/2023	2,260,000 shares	$78.56 million	+3.2%	4.3%	4	$34.76

7/15/2023	2,190,000 shares	$74.85 million	+3.8%	4.2%	3.7	$34.18
6/30/2023	2,110,000 shares	$64.80 million	-5.0%	4.0%	3.5	$30.71
6/15/2023	2,220,000 shares	$68.24 million	-4.7%	4.2%	3.8	$30.74
5/31/2023	2,330,000 shares	$57.78 million	No Change	4.4%	4.1	$24.80
5/15/2023	2,330,000 shares	$69.64 million	+0.9%	4.4%	4.1	$29.89
4/30/2023	2,310,000 shares	$70.29 million	+3.1%	4.4%	4	$30.43
4/15/2023	2,240,000 shares	$66.08 million	-15.5%	4.2%	3.7	$29.50
3/31/2023	2,650,000 shares	$82.63 million	+3.1%	5.0%	4.1	$31.18
3/15/2023	2,570,000 shares	$69.57 million	-26.8%	4.9%	3.8	$27.07
2/28/2023	3,510,000 shares	$110.21 million	+12.9%	6.4%	5.1	$31.40
2/15/2023	3,110,000 shares	$109.41 million	-6.6%	5.7%	4.6	$35.18
1/31/2023	3,330,000 shares	$118.81 million	+22.9%	6.2%	5	$35.68
1/15/2023	2,710,000 shares	$105.58 million	+13.4%	5.0%	4	$38.96
12/30/2022	2,390,000 shares	$75.50 million	-1.2%	4.4%	3.6	$31.59
12/15/2022	2,420,000 shares	$79.62 million	-6.6%	4.4%	4	$32.90
11/30/2022	2,590,000 shares	$78.89 million	-2.3%	4.8%	4.6	$30.46
11/15/2022	2,650,000 shares	$85.57 million	-10.2%	4.9%	4.8	$32.29
10/31/2022	2,950,000 shares	$74.43 million	+4.6%	5.4%	5.5	$25.23
10/15/2022	2,820,000 shares	$74.87 million	-6.3%	5.2%	5.4	$26.55
9/30/2022	3,010,000 shares	$78.26 million	+7.9%	5.6%	6	$26.00
9/15/2022	2,790,000 shares	$76.86 million	-14.4%	5.1%	5.4	$27.55
8/31/2022	3,260,000 shares	$98.84 million	-2.1%	6.0%	5.5	$30.32
8/15/2022	3,330,000 shares	$92.84 million	+18.9%	6.1%	5.4	$27.88
7/31/2022	2,800,000 shares	$72.49 million	+2.9%	5.1%	4.1	$25.89
7/15/2022	2,720,000 shares	$67.62 million	+27.1%	5.0%	4	$24.86
6/30/2022	2,140,000 shares	$63.90 million	-4.5%	3.9%	3	$29.86
6/15/2022	2,240,000 shares	$70.94 million	-12.8%	4.1%	2.8	$31.67
5/31/2022	2,570,000 shares	$108.94 million	-10.5%	4.7%	2.5	$42.39
5/15/2022	2,870,000 shares	$112.30 million	+3.2%	5.0%	3	$39.13
4/30/2022	2,780,000 shares	$110.00 million	+4.9%	4.9%	3.1	$39.57
4/15/2022	2,650,000 shares	$104.89 million	-10.5%	4.7%	3	$39.58
3/31/2022	2,960,000 shares	$108.72 million	-18.9%	5.2%	3.4	$36.73
3/15/2022	3,650,000 shares	$92.75 million	-4.5%	6.4%	4.3	$25.41
2/28/2022	3,820,000 shares	$176.83 million	+9.5%	6.2%	5.7	$46.29
2/15/2022	3,490,000 shares	$184.20 million	+4.2%	5.7%	4.5	$52.78
1/31/2022	3,350,000 shares	$169.38 million	-13.4%	5.5%	4.1	$50.56
1/15/2022	3,870,000 shares	$199.34 million	-8.3%	6.3%	4.3	$51.51
12/31/2021	4,220,000 shares	$191.71 million	+5.8%	6.9%	4.7	$45.43
12/15/2021	3,990,000 shares	$196.07 million	-27.6%	6.5%	4.1	$49.14
11/30/2021	5,510,000 shares	$282.11 million	+9.5%	9.0%	5.5	$51.20
11/15/2021	5,030,000 shares	$265.48 million	-2.9%	8.1%	4.3	$52.78
10/29/2021	5,180,000 shares	$261.02 million	-0.8%	8.4%	3.8	$50.39
10/15/2021	5,220,000 shares	$303.07 million	+1.6%	8.5%	3.7	$58.06
9/30/2021	5,140,000 shares	$281.83 million	-5.0%	8.3%	3.4	$54.83
9/15/2021	5,410,000 shares	$297.60 million	-36.3%	8.8%	3.4	$55.01
8/31/2021	8,490,000 shares	$537.42 million	+9.8%	13.7%	5.7	$63.30
8/13/2021	7,730,000 shares	$349.40 million	+13.7%	12.5%	5.8	$45.20
7/30/2021	6,800,000 shares	$363.46 million	+2.1%	10.8%	5.5	$53.45
7/15/2021	6,660,000 shares	$416.12 million	+6.7%	10.6%	5.6	$62.48
6/30/2021	6,240,000 shares	$411.65 million	-10.5%	9.9%	5.4	$65.97

6/15/2021	6,970,000 shares	$501.42 million	-15.5%	11.1%	5.4	$71.94
5/28/2021	8,250,000 shares	$634.84 million	+0.7%	N/A	6.5	$76.95
5/14/2021	8,190,000 shares	$686.81 million	-10.9%	N/A	7	$83.86

YY Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions

What is JOYY's current short interest?: Short interest is the volume of JOYY shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of March 15th, investors have sold 1,380,000 shares of YY short. 3.86% of JOYY's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on JOYY's current short interest.
What is a good short interest ratio for JOYY?: 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. YY shares currently have a short interest ratio of 1.9. Learn More on JOYY's short interest ratio.
What is a good short interest percentage for JOYY?: 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. 3.86% of JOYY's floating shares are currently sold short.
Is JOYY's short interest increasing or decreasing?: JOYY saw a decline in short interest in March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,380,000 shares, a decline of 12.1% from the previous total of 1,570,000 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.
What is JOYY's float size?: JOYY currently has issued a total of 53,830,000 shares. Some of JOYY'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. JOYY currently has a public float of 35,720,000 shares.

How does JOYY's short interest compare to its competitors?: 3.86% of JOYY's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "business services" compare to JOYY: Medpace Holdings, Inc. (5.94%), Allegion PLC (3.56%), Applied Digital Corporation (30.96%), Zillow Group, Inc. (1.42%), Zillow Group, Inc. (7.24%), Stantec Inc. (0.89%), Maplebear Inc. (8.89%), Icon Plc (6.84%), Bilibili Inc. Sponsored ADR (4.13%), D-Wave Quantum Inc. (12.47%),
Which stocks are the most shorted right now?: As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Invesco QQQ ($26.28 billion), iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF ($9.53 billion), Strategy Inc ($8.50 billion), Apollo Global Management Inc. ($4.86 billion), Super Micro Computer, Inc. ($4.85 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.28 billion), Capital One Financial Corporation ($4.08 billion), AppLovin Corporation ($3.82 billion), Canadian Natural Resources Limited ($3.78 billion), and SLB Limited ($2.87 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.
What does it mean to sell short JOYY stock?: Short selling YY is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from JOYY as its price is falling. YY shares are trading up $1.52 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 JOYY?: A short squeeze for JOYY 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 YY, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further.
How often is JOYY'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 YY, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is March, 15 2025.
What do YY's short interest metrics mean?: Understanding short interest metrics can help you assess how traders are positioning around a stock like YY:
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 companyâ€™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:YY) was last updated on 5/7/2026 by MarketBeat.com Staff.

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JOYY (YY) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume