Estee Lauder Companies (EL) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $100.72 +3.92 (+4.05%) Closing price 10/17/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$100.38 -0.34 (-0.34%) As of 10/17/2025 07:59 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 Estee Lauder Companies Short Interest DataEstee Lauder Companies (EL) has a short interest of 9.13 million shares. This marks a -27.25% decrease in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 2.6, indicating that it would take 2.6 days of the average trading volume of 3.28 million shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest9,130,000 sharesPrevious Short Interest12,550,000 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month-27.25%Dollar Volume Sold Short$804.35 millionShort Interest Ratio2.6 Days to CoverLast Record DateSeptember 30, 2025Outstanding Shares359,890,000 sharesPercentage of Shares Shorted2.54%Today's Trading Volume4,379,192 sharesAverage Trading Volume3,280,916 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average133% Short Selling Estee Lauder Companies? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for Estee Lauder Companies and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. 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Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartEL Short Interest Over TimeEL Days to Cover Over TimeEL Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Estee Lauder Companies Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 9/30/20259,130,000 shares $804.35 million -27.3%N/A2.6 $88.10 9/15/202512,550,000 shares $1.10 billion +12.9%N/A3.2 $87.35 8/31/202511,120,000 shares $1.02 billion -17.3%3.5%2.6 $91.75 8/15/202513,450,000 shares $1.22 billion +3.0%N/A3.2 $90.87 7/31/202513,060,000 shares $1.22 billion -5.8%4.2%3.3 $93.40 7/15/202513,870,000 shares $1.19 billion -3.3%N/A3.5 $86.03 6/30/202514,340,000 shares $1.16 billion +43.1%4.6%3.3 $80.84 6/15/202510,020,000 shares $673.64 million -2.6%3.2%2.3 $67.23 5/31/202510,290,000 shares $688.61 million No Change3.3%2.5 $66.92 5/15/202510,290,000 shares $654.75 million +15.0%3.3%2.6 $63.63 Get the Latest News and Ratings for EL and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Estee Lauder Companies and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 4/30/20258,950,000 shares $535.66 million +8.2%N/A2.1 $59.85 4/15/20258,270,000 shares $449.85 million +2.0%2.6%1.9 $54.40 3/31/20258,110,000 shares $535.37 million -11.4%2.6%1.9 $66.01 3/15/20259,150,000 shares $609.77 million -2.6%2.9%2.4 $66.64 2/28/20259,390,000 shares $674.44 million +14.0%3.0%2.4 $71.83 2/15/20258,240,000 shares $566.87 million +7.0%2.6%1.9 $68.80 1/31/20257,700,000 shares $643.05 million -4.5%N/A1.7 $83.51 1/15/20258,060,000 shares $601.03 million -6.2%N/A1.7 $74.57 12/31/20248,590,000 shares $644.08 million +7.1%N/A1.9 $74.98 12/15/20248,020,000 shares $641.92 million +11.1%N/A1.7 $80.04 11/30/20247,220,000 shares $520.71 million -8.1%N/A1.5 $72.12 11/15/20247,860,000 shares $501.39 million +55.6%N/A1.7 $63.79 10/31/20245,050,000 shares $348.10 million +12.5%N/A1 $68.93 10/15/20244,490,000 shares $410.52 million -20.0%N/A1.1 $91.43 9/30/20245,610,000 shares $559.26 million -1.6%N/A1.4 $99.69 9/15/20245,700,000 shares $481.99 million +40.4%N/A1.5 $84.56 8/31/20244,060,000 shares $372.14 million -23.4%N/A1.1 $91.66 8/15/20245,300,000 shares $504.24 million +18.3%N/A1.5 $95.14 7/31/20244,480,000 shares $446.25 million -2.4%N/A1.5 $99.61 7/15/20244,590,000 shares $463.77 million -25.5%N/A1.5 $101.04 6/30/20246,160,000 shares $655.42 million +9.2%N/A2.2 $106.40 6/15/20245,640,000 shares $642.40 million +44.6%N/A2.1 $113.90 5/31/20243,900,000 shares $481.34 million -6.9%N/A1.5 $123.42 5/15/20244,190,000 shares $569.84 million -10.3%N/A1.6 $136.00 4/30/20244,670,000 shares $685.23 million +1.5%N/A1.8 $146.73 4/15/20244,600,000 shares $631.26 million -12.1%N/A1.8 $137.23 3/31/20245,230,000 shares $806.20 million -11.2%N/A1.9 $154.15 3/15/20245,890,000 shares $881.97 million +9.5%N/A2.2 $149.74 2/29/20245,380,000 shares $798.77 million -0.7%N/A1.9 $148.47 2/15/20245,420,000 shares $787.63 million +0.6%N/A1.9 $145.32 1/31/20245,390,000 shares $711.43 million +28.0%N/A1.8 $131.99 1/15/20244,210,000 shares $567.55 million +1.0%1.8%1.4 $134.81 12/31/20234,170,000 shares $609.86 million +4.5%1.8%1.5 $146.25 12/15/20233,990,000 shares $573.12 million -3.9%1.7%1.4 $143.64 11/30/20234,150,000 shares $529.75 million -19.3%1.8%1.5 $127.65 11/15/20235,140,000 shares $648.00 million +27.2%2.2%2 $126.07 10/31/20234,040,000 shares $520.63 million +20.2%1.8%1.5 $128.87 10/15/20233,360,000 shares $462.60 million -3.7%1.5%1.4 $137.68 9/30/20233,490,000 shares $504.48 million +10.8%1.5%1.4 $144.55 9/15/20233,150,000 shares $490.46 million -10.0%1.4%1.3 $155.70 8/31/20233,500,000 shares $561.86 million +14.4%1.5%1.4 $160.53 8/15/20233,060,000 shares $500.16 million -10.0%1.3%1.2 $163.45 7/31/20233,400,000 shares $612 million +25.9%1.5%1.4 $180.00 7/15/20232,700,000 shares $522.80 million +2.3%1.2%1.1 $193.63 6/30/20232,640,000 shares $518.44 million +16.8%1.1%1.2 $196.38 6/15/20232,260,000 shares $450.67 million -32.3%1.0%1 $199.41 5/31/20233,340,000 shares $614.66 million +1.8%1.5%1.7 $184.03 5/15/20233,280,000 shares $659.90 million +29.6%1.4%1.9 $201.19 4/30/20232,530,000 shares $624.20 million -12.2%1.1%1.5 $246.72 4/15/20232,880,000 shares $731.55 million +1.8%1.3%2 $254.01 3/31/20232,830,000 shares $697.48 million +11.4%1.2%2 $246.46 3/15/20232,540,000 shares $601.47 million +12.9%1.1%1.8 $236.80 2/28/20232,250,000 shares $546.86 million -14.1%1.0%1.5 $243.05 2/15/20232,620,000 shares $667.18 million -12.4%1.1%1.6 $254.65 1/31/20232,990,000 shares $828.47 million -5.4%1.3%1.7 $277.08 1/15/20233,160,000 shares $844.42 million -15.7%1.4%1.6 $267.22 12/30/20223,750,000 shares $930.41 million +3.9%1.6%1.9 $248.11 12/15/20223,610,000 shares $868.57 million +17.2%1.6%1.8 $240.60 11/30/20223,080,000 shares $726.23 million -10.2%1.3%1.6 $235.79 11/15/20223,430,000 shares $778.54 million +14.0%1.5%1.8 $226.98 10/31/20223,010,000 shares $603.47 million +16.2%1.3%1.7 $200.49 10/15/20222,590,000 shares $542.11 million -2.6%1.1%1.8 $209.31 9/30/20222,660,000 shares $574.29 million +1.1%1.2%2.1 $215.90 9/15/20222,630,000 shares $643.77 million -25.5%1.1%2.1 $244.78 8/31/20223,530,000 shares $897.96 million +11.7%1.5%2.8 $254.38 8/15/20223,160,000 shares $873.33 million -6.2%1.4%2.4 $276.37 7/31/20223,370,000 shares $920.35 million -0.9%1.5%2.3 $273.10 7/15/20223,400,000 shares $834.84 million -0.9%1.5%2.1 $245.54 6/30/20223,430,000 shares $873.52 million +8.5%1.5%2 $254.67 6/15/20223,160,000 shares $768.26 million +35.0%1.4%1.9 $243.12 5/31/20222,340,000 shares $595.88 million -12.4%1.0%1.4 $254.65 5/15/20222,670,000 shares $641.84 million +9.4%1.2%1.6 $240.39 4/30/20222,440,000 shares $644.31 million +7.0%1.1%1.5 $264.06 4/15/20222,280,000 shares $601.62 million +4.1%1.0%1.4 $263.87 3/31/20222,190,000 shares $596.38 million -11.7%1.0%1.3 $272.32 3/15/20222,480,000 shares $642.07 million -12.7%1.1%1.6 $258.90 2/28/20222,840,000 shares $841.58 million +10.1%1.2%1.9 $296.33 2/15/20222,580,000 shares $793.43 million +43.3%1.1%1.8 $307.53 1/31/20221,800,000 shares $561.22 million -3.2%0.8%1.3 $311.79 1/15/20221,860,000 shares $599.01 million -16.2%0.8%1.4 $322.05 12/31/20212,220,000 shares $821.84 million -18.7%1.0%1.8 $370.20 12/15/20212,730,000 shares $996.78 million -12.8%1.2%2.2 $365.12 11/30/20213,130,000 shares $1.04 billion +42.3%1.4%2.6 $332.07 11/15/20212,200,000 shares $765.75 million -6.0%1.0%1.9 $348.07 10/29/20212,340,000 shares $758.93 million +18.2%1.0%2.1 $324.33 10/15/20211,980,000 shares $635.22 million -5.3%0.9%1.9 $320.82 9/30/20212,090,000 shares $626.85 million +25.9%0.9%2.1 $299.93 9/15/20211,660,000 shares $541.58 million -6.2%0.7%1.7 $326.25 8/31/20211,770,000 shares $602.67 million -18.1%0.8%1.8 $340.49 8/13/20212,160,000 shares $705.46 million +14.9%0.9%2.2 $326.60 7/30/20211,880,000 shares $627.60 million +1.1%0.8%1.8 $333.83 7/15/20211,860,000 shares $608.15 million -12.3%0.8%1.6 $326.96 6/30/20212,120,000 shares $674.33 million +22.5%0.9%1.8 $318.08 6/15/20211,730,000 shares $523.86 million -1.7%0.8%1.5 $302.81 5/28/20211,760,000 shares $539.48 million -7.9%0.8%1.4 $306.52 5/14/20211,910,000 shares $555.85 million +7.9%N/A1.4 $291.02 4/30/20211,770,000 shares $560.65 million -2.2%N/A1.2 $316.75 4/15/20211,810,000 shares $550.95 million -13.0%N/A1.3 $304.39 3/31/20212,080,000 shares $613.87 million -22.4%N/A1.5 $295.13 3/15/20212,680,000 shares $775.08 million +14.0%N/A1.8 $289.21 2/26/20212,350,000 shares $680.61 million +23.7%N/A1.7 $289.62 2/12/20211,900,000 shares $550.54 million +17.3%N/A1.4 $289.76 1/29/20211,620,000 shares $397.03 million -19.4%N/A1.2 $245.08 1/15/20212,010,000 shares $502.54 million +4.2%N/A1.6 $250.02 12/31/20201,930,000 shares $506.86 million +12.9%N/A1.6 $262.62 12/15/20201,710,000 shares $423.14 million -25.7%N/A1.4 $247.45 11/30/20202,300,000 shares $565.66 million +46.5%N/A2.1 $245.94 11/15/20201,570,000 shares $400.52 million -12.3%N/A1.4 $255.11 10/30/20201,790,000 shares $399.42 million -22.8%N/A1.5 $223.14 EL Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Estee Lauder Companies' current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Estee Lauder Companies shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of September 30th, investors have sold 9,130,000 shares of EL short. Learn More on Estee Lauder Companies' current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for Estee Lauder Companies? 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. EL shares currently have a short interest ratio of 3.0. Learn More on Estee Lauder Companies's short interest ratio. Which institutional investors are shorting Estee Lauder Companies? As of the most recent reporting period, the following institutional investors, funds, and major shareholders have reported short positions of Estee Lauder Companies: Nomura Holdings Inc., Sandler Capital Management, Group One Trading LLC, BNP Paribas Financial Markets, Balyasny Asset Management L.P., Bank of America Corp DE, Jane Street Group LLC, Squarepoint Ops LLC, Dymon Asia Capital Singapore PTE. LTD., Qube Research & Technologies Ltd, Maven Securities LTD, Capula Management Ltd, Walleye Capital LLC, Walleye Trading LLC, Capital Fund Management S.A., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Simplex Trading LLC, Twin Tree Management LP, and IMC Chicago LLC. These positions are disclosed in Form 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Is Estee Lauder Companies' short interest increasing or decreasing? Estee Lauder Companies saw a drop in short interest during the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totaling 9,130,000 shares, a drop of 27.3% from the previous total of 12,550,000 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 Estee Lauder Companies' short interest compare to its competitors? Here is how the short interest of companies compare to Estee Lauder Companies: Helen of Troy Limited (13.58%), Interparfums, Inc. (6.74%), Coty (6.17%), e.l.f. Beauty (8.83%), Prestige Consumer Healthcare Inc. (3.25%), Herbalife Ltd (11.71%), Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. (4.89%), USANA Health Sciences, Inc. (6.35%), Nature's Sunshine Products, Inc. (1.80%), Medifast Inc (19.96%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: AppLovin Corporation ($15.71 billion), Robinhood Markets, Inc. ($7.56 billion), Reddit Inc. ($4.55 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($4.53 billion), CoreWeave Inc. ($4.43 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.07 billion), Seagate Technology Holdings PLC ($3.94 billion), IonQ, Inc. ($3.78 billion), TC Energy Corporation ($3.13 billion), and Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. ($3.12 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short Estee Lauder Companies stock? Short selling EL is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Estee Lauder Companies as its price is falling. EL shares are trading up $3.92 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 Estee Lauder Companies? A short squeeze for Estee Lauder Companies 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 EL, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Estee Lauder Companies' 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 EL, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is September, 30 2025. 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