Cars.com (CARS) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $12.33 +0.22 (+1.82%) Closing price 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$12.34 +0.02 (+0.12%) As of 07:04 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 ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock Cars.com Short Interest DataCars.com (CARS) has a short interest of 4.13 million shares, representing 7.27% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a 5.36% increase in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 4.9, indicating that it would take 4.9 days of the average trading volume of 675,324 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest4,130,000 sharesPrevious Short Interest3,920,000 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month+5.36%Dollar Volume Sold Short$42.66 millionShort Interest Ratio4.9 Days to CoverLast Record DateJune 15, 2025Outstanding Shares63,530,000 sharesFloat Size56,780,000 sharesShort Percent of Float7.27%Today's Trading Volume724,418 sharesAverage Trading Volume675,324 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average107% Short Selling Cars.com? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for Cars.com and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartCARS Short Interest Over TimeCARS Days to Cover Over TimeCARS Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Cars.com Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 6/15/20254,130,000 shares $42.66 million +5.4%7.3%4.9 $10.33 5/31/20253,920,000 shares $40.22 million +11.1%6.9%4.6 $10.26 5/15/20253,530,000 shares $38.27 million -3.6%6.2%3.7 $10.84 4/30/20253,660,000 shares $42.64 million +29.8%6.4%4 $11.65 4/15/20252,820,000 shares $31.77 million +10.2%4.9%3.4 $11.27 3/31/20252,560,000 shares $28.95 million +6.7%4.4%3.4 $11.31 3/15/20252,400,000 shares $27.28 million +13.7%4.1%3.5 $11.37 2/28/20252,110,000 shares $27.83 million +15.3%3.6%3.5 $13.19 2/15/20251,830,000 shares $32.12 million +8.3%3.1%3.7 $17.55 1/31/20251,690,000 shares $30.27 million +3.7%2.9%3.1 $17.91 Get the Latest News and Ratings for CARS and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Cars.com and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 1/15/20251,630,000 shares $28.93 million -6.9%2.8%3 $17.75 12/31/20241,750,000 shares $30.33 million +14.4%3.0%3.2 $17.33 12/15/20241,530,000 shares $28.06 million -3.2%2.6%2.6 $18.34 11/30/20241,580,000 shares $31.39 million +0.6%2.7%2.5 $19.87 11/15/20241,570,000 shares $29.38 million -4.3%2.7%2.5 $18.72 10/31/20241,640,000 shares $26.24 million -10.4%2.8%2.8 $16.00 10/15/20241,830,000 shares $29.06 million +2.8%3.0%3.2 $15.88 9/30/20241,780,000 shares $29.84 million +15.6%3.0%3.1 $16.77 9/15/20241,540,000 shares $27.18 million -7.8%2.6%2.7 $17.65 8/31/20241,670,000 shares $29.79 million +16.8%2.8%3.3 $17.84 8/15/20241,430,000 shares $25.25 million +6.7%2.4%2.9 $17.66 7/31/20241,340,000 shares $27.63 million +4.7%2.2%2.7 $20.62 7/15/20241,280,000 shares $24.69 million -3.8%2.1%2.7 $19.29 6/30/20241,330,000 shares $26.20 million -1.5%2.2%2.8 $19.70 6/15/20241,350,000 shares $26.84 million -2.9%2.2%3.1 $19.88 5/31/20241,390,000 shares $28.13 million -13.1%2.3%3.1 $20.24 5/15/20241,600,000 shares $29.83 million -4.2%2.7%3.6 $18.65 4/30/20241,670,000 shares $27.91 million -3.5%2.8%3.9 $16.71 4/15/20241,730,000 shares $27.82 million +6.8%2.9%4.3 $16.08 3/31/20241,620,000 shares $27.83 million -10.0%2.7%4.3 $17.18 3/15/20241,800,000 shares $29.81 million +9.8%3.0%4.9 $16.56 2/29/20241,640,000 shares $30.03 million +7.2%2.7%4.6 $18.31 2/15/20241,530,000 shares $29.15 million +2.0%2.6%4.4 $19.06 1/31/20241,500,000 shares $26.13 million +5.6%2.5%4.1 $17.42 1/15/20241,420,000 shares $24.38 million +3.7%2.4%3.7 $17.17 12/31/20231,370,000 shares $25.99 million -22.2%2.3%3.6 $18.97 12/15/20231,760,000 shares $33.30 million +5.4%2.9%4.6 $18.92 11/30/20231,670,000 shares $31.10 million +11.3%2.8%4.7 $18.62 11/15/20231,500,000 shares $29.33 million +16.3%2.5%4.3 $19.55 10/31/20231,290,000 shares $19.65 million -3.7%2.1%4 $15.23Market Panic: Trump Just Dropped a Bomb on Your Stocks (Ad)tock Market Panic: Trump Just Dropped a Bomb on Your Stocks The market is in freefall—and Trump's new tariffs just lit the fuse. 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Get the FREE Guide Before Markets Open Tomorrow 9/15/20211,620,000 shares $20.51 million No Change2.6%4 $12.66 8/31/20211,620,000 shares $20.61 million -1.8%2.6%4.3 $12.72 8/13/20211,650,000 shares $21.66 million +5.1%2.6%4.3 $13.13 7/30/20211,570,000 shares $18.97 million +5.4%2.5%3.9 $12.08 7/15/20211,490,000 shares $19.24 million -5.7%2.4%3.8 $12.91 6/30/20211,580,000 shares $22.64 million -10.2%2.5%3.8 $14.33 6/15/20211,760,000 shares $24.83 million -6.9%2.8%4.1 $14.11 5/28/20211,890,000 shares $27.61 million -9.1%3.0%4.2 $14.61 5/14/20212,080,000 shares $27.06 million No Change3.1%3.6 $13.01 4/30/20212,080,000 shares $27.96 million -10.7%3.1%3.5 $13.44 4/15/20212,330,000 shares $33.06 million -12.4%3.6%4 $14.19 3/31/20212,660,000 shares $34.29 million -7.3%4.1%4.4 $12.89 3/15/20212,870,000 shares $43.05 million +11.7%4.4%4.8 $15.00 2/26/20212,570,000 shares $32.05 million +21.8%3.9%4.1 $12.47 2/12/20212,110,000 shares $28.27 million +12.8%3.2%3.3 $13.40 1/29/20211,870,000 shares $22.68 million +0.5%2.9%2.6 $12.13 1/15/20211,860,000 shares $23.51 million -7.9%2.8%2.4 $12.64 12/31/20202,020,000 shares $23.21 million -29.1%3.1%1.9 $11.49 12/15/20202,850,000 shares $37.08 million -45.5%4.3%2.5 $13.01 11/30/20205,230,000 shares $59.10 million -18.2%8.0%4.4 $11.30 11/15/20206,390,000 shares $56.30 million -3.3%9.7%5.3 $8.81 10/30/20206,610,000 shares $50.76 million +1.9%10.1%5.4 $7.68 10/15/20206,490,000 shares $51.98 million -5.3%9.9%4.6 $8.01 9/30/20206,850,000 shares $55.35 million -2.4%N/A5.6 $8.08 9/15/20207,020,000 shares $59.39 million -5.9%10.7%5.6 $8.46 8/31/20207,460,000 shares $64.75 million -3.2%11.3%5.7 $8.68 8/14/20207,710,000 shares $66.61 million -12.6%11.7%5.4 $8.64 7/31/20208,820,000 shares $71.62 million +1.2%13.3%5.9 $8.12 7/15/20208,720,000 shares $48.40 million +0.1%13.2%4.7 $5.55 CARS Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Cars.com's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Cars.com shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of June 15th, traders have sold 4,130,000 shares of CARS short. 7.27% of Cars.com's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Cars.com's current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for Cars.com? 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. CARS shares currently have a short interest ratio of 5.0. Learn More on Cars.com's short interest ratio. Which institutional investors are shorting Cars.com? As of the most recent reporting period, the following institutional investors, funds, and major shareholders have reported short positions of Cars.com: Jane Street Group LLC, Caption Management LLC, and Walleye Trading LLC. These positions are disclosed in Form 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. What is a good short interest percentage for Cars.com? 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. 7.27% of Cars.com's floating shares are currently sold short. Is Cars.com's short interest increasing or decreasing? Cars.com saw a increase in short interest in June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 4,130,000 shares, an increase of 5.4% from the previous total of 3,920,000 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 Cars.com's float size? Cars.com currently has issued a total of 63,530,000 shares. Some of Cars.com'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. Cars.com currently has a public float of 56,780,000 shares. How does Cars.com's short interest compare to its competitors? 7.27% of Cars.com's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "internet commerce" compare to Cars.com: TripAdvisor, Inc. (13.14%), Groupon, Inc. (37.13%), Fiverr International (9.24%), D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading Unsponsored ADR (0.62%), Dada Nexus Limited Sponsored ADR (2.56%), Dingdong (Cayman) Limited Sponsored ADR (0.84%), Newegg Commerce, Inc. (33.43%), Jumia Technologies (8.53%), Beyond, Inc. (15.07%), Akso Health Group Sponsored ADR (0.02%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust ($69.26 billion), Invesco QQQ ($25.22 billion), iShares Russell 2000 ETF ($20.33 billion), iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF ($9.99 billion), MicroStrategy Incorporated ($9.12 billion), Canadian Natural Resources Limited ($6.73 billion), SPDR S&P Biotech ETF ($6.52 billion), Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF ($5.60 billion), Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund ($4.64 billion), and iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF ($4.59 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short Cars.com stock? Short selling CARS is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Cars.com as its price is falling. CARS shares are trading up $0.22 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 Cars.com? A short squeeze for Cars.com 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 CARS, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Cars.com'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 CARS, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is June, 15 2025. More Short Interest Resources from MarketBeat Related Companies TripAdvisor Short Interest Data Groupon Short Interest Data Fiverr International Short Interest Data D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading Short Interest Data Dada Nexus Short Interest Data Dingdong (Cayman) Short Interest Data Newegg Commerce Short Interest Data Jumia Technologies Short Interest Data Beyond Short Interest Data Akso Health Group Short Interest Data Short Interest Tools Stocks to Short Largest Short Interest Positions Short Interest Increases Short Interest Decreases Short Interest Reporting Dates This page (NYSE:CARS) was last updated on 7/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersTrump set to Boost Social Security Checks by 400%?If you're collecting or planning to collect social security... 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