Finance of America Companies (FOA) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $22.89 +1.01 (+4.62%) As of 05/20/2025 03:59 PM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock Finance of America Companies Short Interest DataFinance of America Companies (FOA) has a short interest of 681,700 shares, representing 17.89% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a 3.90% increase in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 5.9, indicating that it would take 5.9 days of the average trading volume of 87,951 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest681,700 sharesPrevious Short Interest656,100 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month+3.90%Dollar Volume Sold Short$14.19 millionShort Interest Ratio5.9 Days to CoverLast Record DateApril 30, 2025Outstanding Shares10,712,000 sharesFloat Size3,810,000 sharesShort Percent of Float17.89%Today's Trading Volume95,382 sharesAverage Trading Volume87,951 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average108% Short Selling Finance of America Companies? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for Finance of America Companies and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartFOA Short Interest Over TimeFOA Days to Cover Over TimeFOA Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Finance of America 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 4/30/2025681,700 shares $14.19 million +3.9%17.9%5.9 $20.81 4/15/2025656,100 shares $13.08 million -10.0%17.2%5.4 $19.94 3/31/2025729,100 shares $15.42 million +6.0%19.7%5.3 $21.16 3/15/2025687,900 shares $14.29 million +5.2%17.5%4.1 $20.77 2/28/2025654,100 shares $14.69 million -9.0%14.8%4.1 $22.46 2/15/2025718,900 shares $17.68 million -2.6%16.8%4.4 $24.59 1/31/2025737,800 shares $18.34 million -11.1%17.2%4.5 $24.86 1/15/2025829,500 shares $22.87 million +31.8%19.9%5.6 $27.57 12/31/2024629,200 shares $17.69 million +63.9%15.1%4.9 $28.12 12/15/2024383,800 shares $9.31 million +159.7%9.6%4.2 $24.26 Get the Latest News and Ratings for FOA and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Finance of America Companies and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 11/30/2024147,800 shares $2.87 million +102.5%3.9%2.2 $19.44 11/15/202473,000 shares $1.57 million +8.5%1.9%1.3 $21.46 10/31/202467,300 shares $824,425.00 +5.8%1.9%2 $12.25 10/15/202463,600 shares $716,772.00 +32.2%1.8%2.1 $11.27 9/30/202448,100 shares $556,517.00 +16.8%1.3%1.6 $11.57 9/15/202441,200 shares $464,736.00 -29.2%1.2%1 $11.28 8/31/202458,200 shares $423,696.00 +45.9%1.6%1.5 $7.28 8/15/202439,900 shares $294,661.50 -9.9%1.1%1.2 $7.39 7/31/202444,300 shares $325,605.00 -87.0%1.2%1.5 $7.35 7/15/2024341,000 shares $225,980.70 -76.3%1.0%1.2 $0.66 6/30/20241,440,000 shares $709,776.00 -0.7%4.0%5.6 $0.49 6/15/20241,450,000 shares $772,850.00 +2.8%4.6%10.2 $0.53 5/31/20241,410,000 shares $816,813.00 +9.3%4.5%11 $0.58 5/15/20241,290,000 shares $821,343.00 +2.4%4.3%11.6 $0.64 4/30/20241,260,000 shares $628,614.00 +15.6%4.3%12.4 $0.50 4/15/20241,090,000 shares $701,851.00 +9.0%3.7%12.5 $0.64 3/31/20241,000,000 shares $735,100.00 +3.3%4.4%11.3 $0.74 3/15/2024968,200 shares $803,509.18 +9.2%4.0%10.9 $0.83 2/29/2024886,600 shares $789,960.60 -16.4%4.0%10 $0.89 2/15/20241,060,000 shares $1.08 million +11.9%4.8%12.2 $1.02 1/31/2024947,200 shares $817,149.44 -13.1%4.3%10.5 $0.86 1/15/20241,090,000 shares $1.11 million +9.0%4.9%11 $1.02 12/31/20231,000,000 shares $1.10 million -2.9%4.5%10.1 $1.10 12/15/20231,030,000 shares $1.02 million +3.0%3.4%11.1 $0.99 11/30/20231,000,000 shares $917,300.00 -3.9%3.3%11 $0.92 11/15/20231,040,000 shares $946,400.00 -2.8%3.5%10.9 $0.91 10/31/20231,070,000 shares $1.11 million +1.9%3.6%11.4 $1.04 10/15/20231,050,000 shares $1.11 million -9.5%3.5%12.2 $1.06 9/30/20231,160,000 shares $1.48 million -10.8%3.9%14 $1.28 9/15/20231,300,000 shares $1.91 million No Change4.4%14.4 $1.47Trump wipes out trillions overnight… (Ad)Is there anybody more powerful than Donald Trump right now? In a single tariff announcement, he wiped out nearly $5 trillion in wealth from the S&P 500 and $6.4 trillion from the Dow Jones… Not to mention the countless trillions of dollars lost in every market around the world… leaving the major political powers scrambling in fear of Trump’s next move.Whether you take some of that wealth for yourself depends on if you watch this controversial exposé 8/31/20231,300,000 shares $1.85 million -5.8%4.4%10.5 $1.42 8/15/20231,380,000 shares $2.26 million -4.2%4.7%10.3 $1.64 7/31/20231,440,000 shares $2.87 million -7.7%4.9%10.2 $1.99 7/15/20231,560,000 shares $3.00 million -0.6%5.3%10.9 $1.92 6/30/20231,570,000 shares $3.00 million +36.5%5.3%8.3 $1.91 6/15/20231,150,000 shares $2.07 million +9.5%3.9%1.9 $1.80 5/31/20231,050,000 shares $1.49 million -4.6%7.6%1.8 $1.42 5/15/20231,100,000 shares $1.56 million -12.7%7.9%2 $1.42 4/30/20231,260,000 shares $2.05 million -11.9%12.5%2.3 $1.63 4/15/20231,430,000 shares $2.62 million +31.2%8.0%2.6 $1.83 3/31/20231,090,000 shares $1.35 million No Change1.7%2 $1.24 3/15/20231,090,000 shares $1.48 million No Change3.4%14.1 $1.36 2/28/20231,090,000 shares $1.59 million -4.4%3.4%10.4 $1.46 2/15/20231,140,000 shares $1.85 million No Change3.6%9.3 $1.62 1/31/20231,140,000 shares $2.01 million No Change3.6%8.2 $1.76 1/15/20231,140,000 shares $1.79 million -18.0%3.6%8 $1.57 12/30/20221,390,000 shares $1.77 million +3.0%3.6%9.4 $1.27 12/15/20221,350,000 shares $1.81 million -6.9%3.5%8.6 $1.34 11/30/20221,450,000 shares $1.99 million -4.6%3.7%8.8 $1.37 11/15/20221,520,000 shares $2.19 million +2.7%3.9%9.7 $1.44 10/31/20221,480,000 shares $2.38 million -9.8%3.8%9.3 $1.61 10/15/20221,640,000 shares $2.61 million -5.2%6.0%7.7 $1.59 9/30/20221,730,000 shares $2.56 million +6.1%6.4%8.1 $1.48 9/15/20221,630,000 shares $2.53 million +27.3%6.0%6.1 $1.55 8/31/20221,280,000 shares $1.56 million -5.2%4.7%4.2 $1.22 8/15/20221,350,000 shares $2.24 million -19.2%4.9%4 $1.66 7/31/20221,670,000 shares $2.96 million -0.6%9.7%4.8 $1.77 7/15/20221,680,000 shares $2.87 million +3.1%9.8%5.4 $1.71 6/30/20221,630,000 shares $2.56 million +10.1%9.5%5 $1.57 6/15/20221,480,000 shares $2.74 million +31.0%8.6%4.7 $1.85 5/31/20221,130,000 shares $2.73 million +7.6%6.6%4 $2.42 5/15/20221,050,000 shares $2.49 million -12.5%6.1%3.8 $2.37 4/30/20221,200,000 shares $2.71 million No Change7.5%4.2 $2.26 4/15/20221,200,000 shares $3.16 million +17.7%7.6%3.9 $2.63 3/31/20221,020,000 shares $3.10 million +19.6%7.0%3 $3.04 3/15/2022853,100 shares $2.62 million +22.8%3.8%2 $3.07 2/28/2022694,600 shares $2.25 million -7.0%3.3%1.3 $3.24 2/15/2022746,600 shares $2.57 million -5.4%3.5%1.3 $3.44 1/31/2022789,000 shares $2.94 million +19.8%3.7%1.4 $3.73 1/15/2022658,500 shares $2.75 million -88.5%3.1%1.3 $4.18 12/31/20215,710,000 shares $22.67 million +433.6%26.8%11.1 $3.97 12/15/20211,070,000 shares $4.76 million +15.7%5.0%2.3 $4.45 11/30/2021925,000 shares $3.79 million +35.8%4.2%3.2 $4.10 11/15/2021681,400 shares $3.84 million -33.2%3.1%2.4 $5.64 10/29/20211,020,000 shares $4.89 million +3.2%4.5%3.1 $4.79 10/15/2021988,300 shares $4.70 million +47.2%N/A3 $4.76 9/30/2021671,500 shares $3.32 million -40.6%N/A1.8 $4.95 9/15/20211,130,000 shares $5.84 million -19.3%5.7%2.3 $5.17 8/31/20211,400,000 shares $7.70 million +4.5%7.1%2 $5.50 8/13/20211,340,000 shares $7.14 million No Change5.6%1.9 $5.33Trump wipes out trillions overnight… (Ad)Is there anybody more powerful than Donald Trump right now? In a single tariff announcement, he wiped out nearly $5 trillion in wealth from the S&P 500 and $6.4 trillion from the Dow Jones… Not to mention the countless trillions of dollars lost in every market around the world… leaving the major political powers scrambling in fear of Trump’s next move.Whether you take some of that wealth for yourself depends on if you watch this controversial exposé FOA Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Finance of America Companies' current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Finance of America Companies shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of April 30th, traders have sold 681,700 shares of FOA short. 17.89% of Finance of America Companies' shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Finance of America Companies' current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for Finance of America 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. FOA shares currently have a short interest ratio of 6.0. Learn More on Finance of America Companies's short interest ratio. What is a good short interest percentage for Finance of America Companies? 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. 17.89% of Finance of America Companies' floating shares are currently sold short. Is Finance of America Companies' short interest increasing or decreasing? Finance of America Companies saw a increase in short interest in April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 681,700 shares, an increase of 3.9% from the previous total of 656,100 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 Finance of America Companies' float size? Finance of America Companies currently has issued a total of 10,712,000 shares. Some of Finance of America Companies' 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. Finance of America Companies currently has a public float of 3,810,000 shares. How does Finance of America Companies' short interest compare to its competitors? 17.89% of Finance of America Companies' shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "banking" compare to Finance of America Companies: First Mid Bancshares, Inc. (0.80%), Burke & Herbert Financial Services Corp. (0.80%), Atlanticus Holdings Co. (3.77%), Guild Holdings (0.05%), CrossFirst Bankshares, Inc. (0.68%), Old Second Bancorp, Inc. (1.10%), HBT Financial, Inc. (0.89%), Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc. (7.83%), MetroCity Bankshares, Inc. (0.92%), Business First Bancshares, Inc. (0.88%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Spotify Technology S.A. ($4.67 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.58 billion), Capital One Financial Co. ($4.47 billion), The Kroger Co. ($2.56 billion), Reddit, Inc. ($2.23 billion), Rivian Automotive, Inc. ($2.16 billion), Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. ($1.90 billion), SoFi Technologies, Inc. ($1.85 billion), Zscaler, Inc. ($1.75 billion), and Omnicom Group Inc. ($1.75 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short Finance of America Companies stock? Short selling FOA is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Finance of America Companies as its price is falling. FOA shares are trading up $1.01 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 Finance of America Companies? A short squeeze for Finance of America 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 FOA, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Finance of America 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 FOA, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is April, 30 2025. 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