ALLETE (ALE) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $65.02 +0.09 (+0.14%) Closing price 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$65.07 +0.05 (+0.08%) As of 06:02 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 AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrendsBuy This Stock ALLETE Short Interest DataALLETE (ALE) has a short interest of 1.09 million shares, representing 1.89% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a -2.68% decrease in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 3.1, indicating that it would take 3.1 days of the average trading volume of 340,353 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest1,090,000 sharesPrevious Short Interest1,120,000 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month-2.68%Dollar Volume Sold Short$70.93 millionShort Interest Ratio3.1 Days to CoverLast Record DateMay 15, 2025Outstanding Shares57,982,000 sharesShort Percent of Float1.89%Today's Trading Volume433,058 sharesAverage Trading Volume340,353 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average127% Short Selling ALLETE? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for ALLETE and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartALE Short Interest Over TimeALE Days to Cover Over TimeALE Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time ALLETE Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 5/15/20251,090,000 shares $70.93 million -2.7%1.9%3.1 $65.07 4/30/20251,120,000 shares $73.26 million +19.3%N/A3.3 $65.41 4/15/2025938,700 shares $61.02 million +7.8%1.6%2.7 $65.00 3/31/2025870,800 shares $57.19 million +4.9%1.5%2.4 $65.68 3/15/2025830,400 shares $54.50 million -2.9%1.4%2.3 $65.63 2/28/2025854,800 shares $55.98 million +1.9%1.5%2.3 $65.49 2/15/2025838,800 shares $54.80 million -6.7%1.5%2.4 $65.33 1/31/2025898,900 shares $58.96 million -11.0%N/A2.6 $65.59 1/15/20251,010,000 shares $66.14 million -5.6%N/A3.1 $65.49 12/31/20241,070,000 shares $69.34 million +7.8%N/A3.6 $64.80 Get the Latest News and Ratings for ALE and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for ALLETE and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 12/15/2024992,300 shares $64.14 million -0.5%N/A3.5 $64.64 11/30/2024997,700 shares $64.73 million +20.8%N/A3.9 $64.88 11/15/2024825,800 shares $53.14 million +0.6%N/A3.3 $64.35 10/31/2024821,100 shares $52.48 million -10.8%N/A3.2 $63.91 10/15/2024920,000 shares $59.21 million -12.4%N/A3.3 $64.36 9/30/20241,050,000 shares $67.40 million No ChangeN/A3.3 $64.19 9/15/20241,050,000 shares $67.28 million -3.7%N/A2.9 $64.08 8/31/20241,090,000 shares $69.27 million +2.8%N/A2.9 $63.55 8/15/20241,060,000 shares $67.50 million -2.8%N/A2.5 $63.68 7/31/20241,090,000 shares $70.28 million -9.2%N/A2.2 $64.48 7/15/20241,200,000 shares $76.14 million +20.8%N/A2.2 $63.45 6/30/2024993,500 shares $61.94 million +1.1%N/A2 $62.35 6/15/2024982,300 shares $61.88 million +2.0%N/A2.1 $63.00 5/31/2024963,500 shares $60.85 million +5.0%N/A2.1 $63.15 5/15/2024917,600 shares $57.95 million -17.3%N/A2.2 $63.15 4/30/20241,110,000 shares $65.75 million -9.8%N/A2.9 $59.23 4/15/20241,230,000 shares $71.07 million -4.7%N/A4.3 $57.78 3/31/20241,290,000 shares $76.94 million -3.0%N/A4.4 $59.64 3/15/20241,330,000 shares $77.55 million +9.0%N/A4.6 $58.31 2/29/20241,220,000 shares $69.10 million +19.6%N/A3.6 $56.64 2/15/20241,020,000 shares $59.86 million -1.0%N/A2.7 $58.69 1/31/20241,030,000 shares $60.88 million +8.6%N/A2.7 $59.11 1/15/2024948,300 shares $57.78 million +3.3%N/A2.5 $60.93 12/31/2023917,800 shares $56.13 million -24.2%N/A2.4 $61.16 12/15/20231,210,000 shares $72.96 million +9.0%N/A2.9 $60.30 11/30/20231,110,000 shares $61.58 million +11.6%N/A2.9 $55.48 11/15/2023994,900 shares $55.33 million +0.3%N/A3 $55.61 10/31/2023991,700 shares $53.10 million +26.2%N/A3 $53.54 10/15/2023785,600 shares $42.27 million -4.8%N/A2.4 $53.81 9/30/2023825,000 shares $43.56 million 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shares $101.42 million +69.8%N/A4.8 $63.39 3/31/2023942,200 shares $60.65 million -5.0%N/A2.8 $64.37 3/15/2023992,000 shares $62.76 million -2.8%N/A3.2 $63.27 2/28/20231,020,000 shares $62.41 million +9.1%N/A3.1 $61.19 2/15/2023934,600 shares $54.81 million +35.5%N/A2.8 $58.65 1/31/2023689,600 shares $42.66 million +6.9%N/A2 $61.86 1/15/2023645,000 shares $42.20 million No ChangeN/A1.8 $65.43 12/30/2022645,000 shares $41.61 million +8.1%N/A1.7 $64.51 12/15/2022596,800 shares $38.14 million -26.4%N/A1.5 $63.90 11/30/2022811,000 shares $53.69 million -13.3%N/A2.2 $66.20 11/15/2022935,300 shares $59.40 million -22.7%N/A2.6 $63.51 10/31/20221,210,000 shares $68.09 million -11.0%N/A3.8 $56.27 10/15/20221,360,000 shares $66.56 million -1.5%N/A4.3 $48.94 9/30/20221,380,000 shares $69.07 million -9.2%N/A4.9 $50.05 9/15/20221,520,000 shares $88.74 million -3.2%N/A5.2 $58.38 8/31/20221,570,000 shares $92.91 million -7.1%N/A5.2 $59.18 8/15/20221,690,000 shares $106.55 million +2.4%N/A5.7 $63.05 7/31/20221,650,000 shares $102.42 million -4.6%N/A5.3 $62.07 7/15/20221,730,000 shares $101.81 million -2.3%N/A5.6 $58.85 6/30/20221,770,000 shares $104.04 million +1.7%3.5%5.4 $58.78 6/15/20221,740,000 shares $100.85 million +8.1%3.4%4.4 $57.96 5/31/20221,610,000 shares $99.85 million +9.5%N/A4.5 $62.02 5/15/20221,470,000 shares $88.77 million +14.8%N/A4 $60.39 4/30/20221,280,000 shares $75.96 million +19.6%N/A3.6 $59.34 4/15/20221,070,000 shares $67.88 million +21.7%N/A3.1 $63.44 3/31/2022879,500 shares $58.91 million -11.8%N/A2.6 $66.98 3/15/2022997,300 shares $66.28 million +4.1%N/A4.1 $66.46 2/28/2022957,900 shares $60.29 million +26.3%N/A3.8 $62.94 2/15/2022758,400 shares $46.22 million +50.4%N/A2.8 $60.94 1/31/2022504,300 shares $32.19 million +36.5%N/A2.1 $63.83 1/15/2022369,500 shares $24.33 million -8.1%N/A1.5 $65.85 12/31/2021401,900 shares $26.67 million -20.1%N/A1.4 $66.35 12/15/2021502,700 shares $32.40 million +12.2%N/A1.7 $64.45 11/30/2021448,200 shares $26.28 million -13.4%N/A1.6 $58.63 11/15/2021517,400 shares $33.38 million +2.5%N/A1.9 $64.51 10/29/2021504,800 shares $31.07 million -21.2%N/A1.9 $61.54 10/15/2021640,400 shares $40.83 million +4.6%1.2%2.5 $63.75 9/30/2021612,000 shares $36.43 million -5.3%1.2%2.9 $59.52 9/15/2021646,400 shares $40.15 million -3.5%1.2%3 $62.11 8/31/2021669,900 shares $45.16 million -0.6%1.3%3.4 $67.42Here’s How to Claim Your Stake in Elon’s Private Company, xAI (Ad)Even though xAI is a private company, tech legend and angel investor Jeff Brown found a way for everyday folks like you… To partner with Elon on what he believes will be the biggest AI project of the century… Starting with as little as $500.Click here to see how you could take a stake in Elon’s private company… 8/13/2021673,600 shares $47.89 million -3.4%1.3%3.5 $71.10 7/30/2021697,100 shares $49.02 million -14.0%1.3%3.5 $70.32 7/15/2021810,200 shares $57.39 million +5.0%1.6%3.9 $70.84 6/30/2021771,400 shares $53.98 million -7.2%1.5%3.3 $69.98 6/15/2021831,500 shares $58.65 million -8.5%1.6%3.4 $70.53 5/28/2021908,800 shares $62.61 million -2.3%1.8%3.2 $68.89 5/14/2021930,100 shares $65.16 million +0.3%N/A2.9 $70.06 4/30/2021927,600 shares $64.36 million +16.1%N/A2.7 $69.38 4/15/2021798,900 shares $56.05 million -2.9%N/A2.1 $70.16 3/31/2021823,100 shares $55.37 million -7.6%N/A2.1 $67.27 3/15/2021890,900 shares $62.39 million -21.2%N/A2.3 $70.03 2/26/20211,130,000 shares $70.50 million +3.7%N/A3.1 $62.39 2/12/20211,090,000 shares $73.14 million +13.0%N/A3.2 $67.10 1/29/2021965,000 shares $60.25 million -20.3%N/A2.8 $62.44 1/15/20211,210,000 shares $83.49 million No ChangeN/A3.6 $69.00 12/31/20201,210,000 shares $74.29 million +21.1%N/A4.2 $61.40 12/15/2020999,000 shares $58.78 million +28.3%N/A3.5 $58.84 11/30/2020778,500 shares $44.99 million +1.8%N/A2.5 $57.79 11/15/2020764,800 shares $42.65 million +19.7%N/A2.4 $55.76 10/30/2020638,700 shares $33.04 million -15.5%N/A2.1 $51.73 10/15/2020755,600 shares $40.14 million -11.6%N/A2.6 $53.12 9/30/2020854,300 shares $44.20 million +13.2%N/A2.7 $51.74 9/15/2020754,400 shares $38.91 million +19.1%N/A2.2 $51.58 8/31/2020633,700 shares $34.19 million -14.6%N/A2 $53.96 8/14/2020742,200 shares $42.23 million +8.0%N/A2.1 $56.90 7/31/2020687,300 shares $40.76 million -19.8%N/A1.7 $59.30 7/15/2020856,600 shares $50.67 million +39.6%1.7%2.1 $59.15 6/30/2020613,800 shares $33.50 million +9.3%1.2%1.4 $54.58 6/15/2020561,700 shares $32.81 million -22.0%1.1%1.2 $58.41 ALE Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is ALLETE's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of ALLETE shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of May 15th, investors have sold 1,090,000 shares of ALE short. 1.89% of ALLETE's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on ALLETE's current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for ALLETE? 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. ALE shares currently have a short interest ratio of 3.0. Learn More on ALLETE's short interest ratio. What is a good short interest percentage for ALLETE? 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. 1.89% of ALLETE's floating shares are currently sold short. Is ALLETE's short interest increasing or decreasing? ALLETE saw a decline in short interest in the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,090,000 shares, a decline of 2.7% from the previous total of 1,120,000 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 ALLETE's short interest compare to its competitors? 1.89% of ALLETE's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies compare to ALLETE: Pinnacle West Capital Co. (3.35%), OGE Energy Corp. (2.79%), IDACORP, Inc. (5.62%), Portland General Electric (4.74%), MGE Energy, Inc. (2.53%), Otter Tail Co. (11.98%), Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. (4.74%), Array Technologies, Inc. (14.20%), Unitil Co. (1.50%), NextEra Energy, Inc. (1.88%), 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 ($29.20 billion), Strategy Incorporated ($10.88 billion), iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF ($10.04 billion), Capital One Financial Co. ($5.51 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($5.00 billion), Super Micro Computer, Inc. ($4.43 billion), Apollo Global Management, Inc. ($4.02 billion), Hims & Hers Health, Inc. ($3.65 billion), VanEck Semiconductor ETF ($3.27 billion), and Coinbase Global, Inc. ($3.10 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short ALLETE stock? Short selling ALE is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from ALLETE as its price is falling. ALE shares are trading up $0.09 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 ALLETE? A short squeeze for ALLETE 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 ALE, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is ALLETE'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 ALE, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is May, 15 2025. 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