Foot Locker (FL) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $25.06 -0.23 (-0.93%) Closing price 08/7/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$24.88 -0.18 (-0.71%) As of 08/7/2025 08:00 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 Foot Locker Short Interest DataFoot Locker (FL) has a short interest of 18.62 million shares, representing 21.85% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a 19.28% increase in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 3.4, indicating that it would take 3.4 days of the average trading volume of 2.44 million shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest18,620,000 sharesPrevious Short Interest15,610,000 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month+19.28%Dollar Volume Sold Short$464.27 millionShort Interest Ratio3.4 Days to CoverLast Record DateJuly 15, 2025Outstanding Shares95,440,000 sharesFloat Size85,210,000 sharesShort Percent of Float21.85%Today's Trading Volume4,548,829 sharesAverage Trading Volume2,440,358 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average186% Short Selling Foot Locker? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for Foot Locker and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartFL Short Interest Over TimeFL Days to Cover Over TimeFL Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Foot Locker Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 7/15/202518,620,000 shares $464.27 million +19.3%21.9%3.4 $24.93 6/30/202515,610,000 shares $382.91 million -7.7%18.4%2.7 $24.53 6/15/202516,910,000 shares $405.76 million +16.0%20.3%2.8 $24.00 5/31/202514,580,000 shares $346.57 million +0.4%17.4%2.3 $23.77 5/15/202514,520,000 shares $346.16 million +6.7%17.3%2.3 $23.84 4/30/202513,610,000 shares $166.99 million +6.2%16.3%3.1 $12.27 4/15/202512,820,000 shares $144.29 million +1.6%15.4%3 $11.26 3/31/202512,620,000 shares $178.13 million +13.4%15.2%3.1 $14.12 3/15/202511,130,000 shares $174.13 million +17.8%13.3%3.2 $15.65 2/28/20259,450,000 shares $163.18 million -11.6%11.3%2.4 $17.27 Get the Latest News and Ratings for FL and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Foot Locker and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 2/15/202510,690,000 shares $216.97 million +11.8%12.8%3 $20.30 1/31/20259,560,000 shares $191.12 million +10.8%11.4%2.7 $19.99 1/15/20258,630,000 shares $181.40 million +17.4%10.3%2.4 $21.02 12/31/20247,350,000 shares $159.94 million +10.4%8.8%2.1 $21.76 12/15/20246,660,000 shares $145.19 million +2.5%8.0%1.9 $21.80 11/30/20246,500,000 shares $163.48 million -26.3%7.8%1.9 $25.15 11/15/20248,820,000 shares $208.24 million +6.0%10.5%2.7 $23.61 10/31/20248,320,000 shares $192.94 million -14.2%9.9%2.6 $23.19 10/15/20249,700,000 shares $238.81 million +8.4%11.6%3.2 $24.62 9/30/20248,950,000 shares $231.22 million -5.3%10.7%3 $25.84 9/15/20249,450,000 shares $254.58 million -2.8%11.3%3.2 $26.94 8/31/20249,720,000 shares $302.68 million -18.2%11.6%3.4 $31.14 8/15/202411,880,000 shares $389.66 million +6.9%14.4%4.2 $32.80 7/31/202411,110,000 shares $322.75 million +15.3%13.5%3.9 $29.05 7/15/20249,640,000 shares $230.59 million +13.7%11.7%3.3 $23.92 6/30/20248,480,000 shares $211.32 million -10.1%10.3%2.8 $24.92 6/15/20249,430,000 shares $227.36 million +4.6%11.5%2.9 $24.11 5/31/20249,020,000 shares $250.21 million -2.0%11.0%2.6 $27.74 5/15/20249,200,000 shares $203.69 million -15.1%11.2%2.3 $22.14 4/30/202410,840,000 shares $226.01 million +1.1%13.2%2.8 $20.85 4/15/202410,720,000 shares $235.73 million +11.6%13.2%2.8 $21.99 3/31/20249,610,000 shares $273.89 million -14.0%11.8%2.5 $28.50 3/15/202411,180,000 shares $251.33 million -9.3%13.7%3 $22.48 2/29/202412,330,000 shares $424.52 million -2.2%15.1%3.3 $34.43 2/15/202412,610,000 shares $393.62 million -10.8%15.5%3.6 $31.22 1/31/202414,130,000 shares $397.90 million +23.1%17.4%3.9 $28.16 1/15/202411,480,000 shares $327.98 million -2.3%14.1%2.9 $28.57 12/31/202311,750,000 shares $366.01 million +1.6%14.4%2.9 $31.15 12/15/202311,560,000 shares $352.23 million -2.1%14.2%2.8 $30.47 11/30/202311,810,000 shares $318.10 million +11.3%14.5%2.6 $26.94$100 Trillion “AI Metal” Found in American Ghost Town (Ad)Jeff Brown recently traveled to a ghost town in the middle of an American desert… To investigate what could be the biggest technology story of this decade. In short, he believes what he's holding in his hand is the key to the $100 trillion AI boom… And only one company here in the U.S. can mine this obscure metal.Click here to get the details on this virtual monopoly. 11/15/202310,610,000 shares $233.42 million -15.4%13.0%2.4 $22.00 10/31/202312,540,000 shares $263.21 million -17.2%15.4%2.4 $20.99 10/15/202315,140,000 shares $315.82 million +16.5%18.6%3 $20.86 9/30/202313,000,000 shares $225.55 million +17.1%16.0%2.6 $17.35 9/15/202311,100,000 shares $203.24 million -1.9%13.7%2.3 $18.31 8/31/202311,320,000 shares $222.10 million +0.4%13.9%2.6 $19.62 8/15/202311,270,000 shares $287.05 million +8.6%13.9%2.7 $25.47 7/31/202310,380,000 shares $279.01 million -21.9%12.8%2.7 $26.88 7/15/202313,290,000 shares $337.03 million +34.2%16.4%3.6 $25.36 6/30/20239,900,000 shares $268.29 million -20.2%12.2%2.7 $27.10 6/15/202312,410,000 shares $344.75 million -5.4%15.3%3.3 $27.78 5/31/202313,120,000 shares $331.94 million +23.7%16.2%3.3 $25.30 5/15/202310,610,000 shares $424.40 million +10.6%13.1%3 $40.00 4/30/20239,590,000 shares $402.68 million -5.8%11.9%3.8 $41.99 4/15/202310,180,000 shares $405.16 million +18.8%12.7%3.9 $39.80 3/31/20238,570,000 shares $340.14 million +0.6%10.7%3.2 $39.69 3/15/20238,520,000 shares $349.66 million -3.8%10.6%3.4 $41.04 2/28/20238,860,000 shares $387.36 million -0.2%11.0%4.4 $43.72 2/15/20238,880,000 shares $396.23 million +3.1%11.0%4.2 $44.62 1/31/20238,610,000 shares $374.62 million No Change10.7%3.4 $43.51 1/15/20238,610,000 shares $337.43 million -0.9%10.7%3.5 $39.19 12/30/20228,690,000 shares $328.40 million +9.7%10.8%3.4 $37.79 12/15/20227,920,000 shares $277.28 million -5.9%9.8%3 $35.01 11/30/20228,420,000 shares $335.12 million -10.2%10.5%3.2 $39.80 11/15/20229,380,000 shares $317.14 million +5.9%11.7%3.5 $33.81 10/31/20228,860,000 shares $280.86 million -5.4%11.0%3.2 $31.70 10/15/20229,370,000 shares $297.22 million +26.1%11.7%3.5 $31.72 9/30/20227,430,000 shares $231.30 million -12.7%9.4%2.8 $31.13 9/15/20228,510,000 shares $332.15 million +12.3%10.8%3 $39.03 8/31/20227,580,000 shares $279.25 million -26.5%9.5%2.6 $36.84 8/15/202210,310,000 shares $324.04 million -6.6%12.9%3.5 $31.43 7/31/202211,040,000 shares $313.20 million -10.8%13.8%4 $28.37 7/15/202212,370,000 shares $316.05 million +22.6%15.5%4.5 $25.55 6/30/202210,090,000 shares $254.77 million +20.0%12.6%3.6 $25.25 6/15/20228,410,000 shares $246.75 million +20.1%N/A3 $29.34 5/31/20227,000,000 shares $230.86 million +9.4%8.6%2.7 $32.98 5/15/20226,400,000 shares $190.53 million -6.4%7.8%1.8 $29.77 4/30/20226,840,000 shares $200.48 million +5.1%8.4%2.1 $29.31 4/15/20226,510,000 shares $197.90 million +20.3%8.0%2 $30.40 3/31/20225,410,000 shares $160.46 million -20.0%6.6%1.7 $29.66 3/15/20226,760,000 shares $211.39 million No Change7.8%2.2 $31.27 2/28/20226,760,000 shares $213.75 million +7.8%7.8%2.2 $31.62 2/15/20226,270,000 shares $282.34 million +16.3%7.2%2.4 $45.03 1/31/20225,390,000 shares $240.83 million -22.3%6.2%2.5 $44.68 1/15/20226,940,000 shares $301.06 million +18.8%8.0%3.3 $43.38 12/31/20215,840,000 shares $254.80 million +13.4%6.7%2.9 $43.63 12/15/20215,150,000 shares $220.27 million +10.8%5.9%2.5 $42.77 11/30/20214,650,000 shares $212.23 million -14.1%5.2%2.2 $45.64 11/15/20215,410,000 shares $300.42 million +10.0%6.0%2.7 $55.53 10/29/20214,920,000 shares $234.54 million -5.4%5.5%2.4 $47.67Protect Your Bank Account with THESE 4 Simple Steps (Ad)Starting as soon as a few months from now, the United States government will make a sweeping change to bank accounts nationwide. It will give them unprecedented powers to control your bank account.Learn these 4 simple steps and protect your savings before it’s too late. 10/15/20215,200,000 shares $247.57 million +12.6%5.8%2.5 $47.61 9/30/20214,620,000 shares $210.95 million -25.0%5.1%2.2 $45.66 9/15/20216,160,000 shares $306.52 million +43.3%6.9%3.3 $49.76 8/31/20214,300,000 shares $243.77 million +8.9%4.8%2.5 $56.69 8/13/20213,950,000 shares $221.20 million -13.6%4.4%2.5 $56.00 7/30/20214,570,000 shares $260.76 million -4.8%5.1%3.2 $57.06 7/15/20214,800,000 shares $276.24 million +15.1%5.4%3.4 $57.55 6/30/20214,170,000 shares $257.00 million +30.3%4.7%3 $61.63 6/15/20213,200,000 shares $194.85 million +2.9%3.6%2.4 $60.89 5/28/20213,110,000 shares $196.83 million -14.1%3.5%2.3 $63.29 5/14/20213,620,000 shares $223.43 million -15.4%4.1%2.2 $61.72 4/30/20214,280,000 shares $252.91 million -9.1%4.8%2.6 $59.09 4/15/20214,710,000 shares $276.10 million -2.1%5.3%2.7 $58.62 3/31/20214,810,000 shares $275.66 million +2.3%5.4%2.6 $57.31 3/15/20214,700,000 shares $270.06 million -5.6%5.2%2.5 $57.46 2/26/20214,980,000 shares $262.60 million -3.3%5.5%2.6 $52.73 2/12/20215,150,000 shares $268.01 million +18.9%5.7%2.7 $52.04 1/29/20214,330,000 shares $189.83 million -32.7%4.8%2.2 $43.84 1/15/20216,430,000 shares $304.27 million -8.5%7.1%3.4 $47.32 12/31/20207,030,000 shares $284.57 million +6.4%7.8%3.6 $40.48 12/15/20206,610,000 shares $270.94 million +4.6%7.3%3.3 $40.99 11/30/20206,320,000 shares $240.98 million +5.9%7.0%2.9 $38.13 11/15/20205,970,000 shares $222.32 million -4.9%6.2%2.7 $37.24 10/30/20206,280,000 shares $232.30 million -7.7%6.5%2.4 $36.99 10/15/20206,800,000 shares $259.35 million -25.7%7.0%2.3 $38.14 9/30/20209,150,000 shares $302.22 million -2.8%9.4%3 $33.03 9/15/20209,410,000 shares $337.25 million -19.2%9.7%3.1 $35.84 8/31/202011,650,000 shares $353.34 million +37.2%12.0%3.8 $30.33 8/14/20208,490,000 shares $243.92 million -3.5%8.8%2.7 $28.73 FL Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Foot Locker's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Foot Locker shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of July 15th, traders have sold 18,620,000 shares of FL short. 21.85% of Foot Locker's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Foot Locker's current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for Foot Locker? 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. FL shares currently have a short interest ratio of 3.0. Learn More on Foot Locker's short interest ratio. Which institutional investors are shorting Foot Locker? As of the most recent reporting period, the following institutional investors, funds, and major shareholders have reported short positions of Foot Locker: Equitec Proprietary Markets LLC, Bank of Montreal Can, ADAPT Investment Managers SA, Jane Street Group LLC, Cubist Systematic Strategies LLC, Caption Management LLC, Nomura Holdings Inc., PEAK6 LLC, Walleye Trading LLC, Walleye Capital LLC, ADAPT Investment Managers SA, Capital Fund Management S.A., Arrowpoint Investment Partners Singapore Pte. Ltd., and Simplex Trading LLC. These positions are disclosed in Form 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. What is a good short interest percentage for Foot Locker? 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. 21.85% of Foot Locker's floating shares are currently sold short. Is Foot Locker's short interest increasing or decreasing? Foot Locker saw a increase in short interest in July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totaling 18,620,000 shares, an increase of 19.3% from the previous total of 15,610,000 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 Foot Locker's float size? Foot Locker currently has issued a total of 95,440,000 shares. Some of Foot Locker'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. Foot Locker currently has a public float of 85,210,000 shares. How does Foot Locker's short interest compare to its competitors? 21.85% of Foot Locker's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies compare to Foot Locker: The Children's Place, Inc. (48.97%), Buckle, Inc. (The) (9.90%), Boot Barn Holdings, Inc. (10.77%), DICK'S Sporting Goods, Inc. (9.04%), NIKE, Inc. (3.80%), Urban Outfitters, Inc. (20.41%), Abercrombie & Fitch Company (14.14%), American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. (11.43%), Guess?, Inc. (18.44%), Shoe Carnival, Inc. (17.78%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Coinbase Global, Inc. ($5.11 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.76 billion), Reddit Inc. ($2.84 billion), SoFi Technologies, Inc. ($2.79 billion), Seagate Technology Holdings PLC ($2.79 billion), Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. ($2.67 billion), Rocket Lab Corporation ($2.49 billion), AST SpaceMobile, Inc. ($2.12 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($2.09 billion), and Omnicom Group Inc. ($2.04 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short Foot Locker stock? Short selling FL is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Foot Locker as its price is falling. FL shares are trading down $0.23 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 Foot Locker? A short squeeze for Foot Locker 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 FL, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Foot Locker'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 FL, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is July, 15 2025. 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