General Motors (GM) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

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General Motors Short Interest Overview

As of April 15, 2026, General Motors (GM) had a short interest of 19.39 million shares sold short, representing 2.16% of the public float. This marks a -4.85% decrease in short interest since the prior report. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 3.3, meaning it would take 3.3 days of the average trading volume of 7.86 million shares to cover all short positions.

Current Short Interest: 19,389,019 shares
Previous Short Interest: 20,376,996 shares
Change Vs. Previous Month: -4.85%
Dollar Volume Sold Short: $1.51 billion
Short Interest Ratio: 3.3 Days to Cover
Last Record Date: April 15, 2026

Outstanding Shares: 901,660,000 shares
Short Percent of Float: 2.16%
Today's Trading Volume: 796,150 shares
Average Trading Volume: 7,862,412 shares
Today's Volume Vs. Average: 10%

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Report Date	Total Shares Sold Short	Dollar Volume Sold Short	Change from Previous Report	Percentage of Float Shorted	Days to Cover	Price on Report Date
4/15/2026	19,389,019 shares	$1.51 billion	-4.9%	2.2%	3.31	$77.93
3/31/2026	20,376,996 shares	$1.52 billion	-0.7%	2.3%	2.54	$74.55
3/13/2026	20,523,002 shares	$1.48 billion	-10.9%	2.3%	2.52	$72.35
2/27/2026	23,024,525 shares	$1.81 billion	-8.8%	2.6%	2.82	$78.56
2/13/2026	25,254,786 shares	$2.05 billion	+11.3%	2.8%	3.16	$81.00
1/30/2026	22,700,723 shares	$1.91 billion	-3.6%	2.5%	2.14	$84.01
1/15/2026	23,552,305 shares	$1.90 billion	+0.3%	2.5%	2.82	$80.81
12/31/2025	23,484,370 shares	$1.91 billion	+13.6%	2.5%	3.05	$81.37
12/15/2025	20,666,700 shares	$1.69 billion	+9.4%	2.2%	1.98	$81.98
11/28/2025	18,893,056 shares	$1.39 billion	-6.6%	2.0%	2.07	$73.64
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11/14/2025	20,217,434 shares	$1.43 billion	-2.1%	2.2%	2.49	$70.52
10/31/2025	20,656,668 shares	$1.43 billion	-10.0%	2.2%	1.55	$68.99
10/15/2025	22,940,000 shares	$1.33 billion	+9.6%	2.5%	2.8	$57.88
9/30/2025	20,940,000 shares	$1.28 billion	+10.6%	2.2%	2.5	$60.92
9/15/2025	18,930,000 shares	$1.12 billion	+5.7%	2.0%	2.3	$58.96
8/31/2025	17,910,000 shares	$1.05 billion	+1.1%	1.9%	2.1	$58.64
8/15/2025	17,720,000 shares	$997.81 million	+4.9%	1.9%	1.9	$56.31
7/31/2025	16,900,000 shares	$900.91 million	-9.0%	1.8%	1.8	$53.31
7/15/2025	18,570,000 shares	$978.86 million	-12.3%	2.0%	1.8	$52.71
6/30/2025	21,170,000 shares	$1.04 billion	+5.7%	2.2%	1.9	$49.25
6/15/2025	20,030,000 shares	$973.82 million	-4.7%	2.1%	1.6	$48.62
5/31/2025	21,020,000 shares	$1.04 billion	-12.6%	2.2%	1.5	$49.58
5/15/2025	24,060,000 shares	$1.20 billion	+7.4%	2.5%	1.6	$50.05
4/30/2025	22,410,000 shares	$1.01 billion	-5.6%	2.3%	1.5	$45.28
4/15/2025	23,750,000 shares	$1.06 billion	-17.7%	2.5%	1.6	$44.55
3/31/2025	28,840,000 shares	$1.36 billion	-34.7%	2.9%	2	$47.06
3/15/2025	44,140,000 shares	$2.13 billion	+3.1%	4.5%	3.5	$48.34
2/28/2025	42,800,000 shares	$2.11 billion	+70.0%	4.3%	3.7	$49.22
2/15/2025	25,180,000 shares	$1.22 billion	-2.7%	2.5%	2.3	$48.33
1/31/2025	25,890,000 shares	$1.28 billion	-18.1%	2.6%	2.2	$49.46
1/15/2025	31,610,000 shares	$1.63 billion	-11.6%	2.9%	2.8	$51.65
12/31/2024	35,760,000 shares	$1.90 billion	-2.6%	3.3%	3	$53.27
12/15/2024	36,710,000 shares	$1.93 billion	+7.6%	3.3%	2.9	$52.53
11/30/2024	34,130,000 shares	$1.90 billion	-1.7%	3.1%	2.6	$55.59
11/15/2024	34,720,000 shares	$1.98 billion	+17.1%	3.2%	2.6	$57.01
10/31/2024	29,650,000 shares	$1.51 billion	-9.5%	2.7%	2.4	$50.77
10/15/2024	32,760,000 shares	$1.57 billion	+6.8%	3.0%	2.4	$47.87
9/30/2024	30,670,000 shares	$1.37 billion	-10.1%	2.7%	2.2	$44.83
9/15/2024	34,110,000 shares	$1.58 billion	-15.5%	3.1%	2.4	$46.30
8/31/2024	40,370,000 shares	$2.01 billion	+8.9%	3.6%	2.8	$49.78

8/15/2024	37,080,000 shares	$1.66 billion	+5.6%	3.3%	2.5	$44.86
7/31/2024	35,130,000 shares	$1.56 billion	-17.4%	3.1%	2.4	$44.32
7/15/2024	42,540,000 shares	$2.10 billion	-15.6%	3.7%	3	$49.31
6/30/2024	50,390,000 shares	$2.34 billion	-18.9%	4.4%	3.7	$46.46
6/15/2024	62,120,000 shares	$2.91 billion	+6.6%	5.5%	4.4	$46.77
5/31/2024	58,300,000 shares	$2.62 billion	-6.7%	5.1%	3.9	$45.01
5/15/2024	62,470,000 shares	$2.84 billion	-3.3%	5.5%	4.2	$45.48
4/30/2024	64,630,000 shares	$2.88 billion	+3.0%	5.7%	4.1	$44.53
4/15/2024	62,760,000 shares	$2.68 billion	-14.7%	5.5%	3.5	$42.69
3/31/2024	73,570,000 shares	$3.34 billion	-10.9%	6.4%	4.1	$45.35
3/15/2024	82,520,000 shares	$3.36 billion	-12.8%	7.2%	4.6	$40.69
2/29/2024	94,660,000 shares	$3.88 billion	-1.8%	8.2%	5.2	$40.97
2/15/2024	96,430,000 shares	$3.76 billion	-2.8%	8.4%	4.8	$39.00
1/31/2024	99,170,000 shares	$3.85 billion	-10.4%	8.6%	4.7	$38.81
1/15/2024	110,710,000 shares	$3.90 billion	-4.2%	8.1%	5.4	$35.26
12/31/2023	115,600,000 shares	$4.15 billion	-4.5%	8.4%	5.8	$35.92
12/15/2023	121,000,000 shares	$4.33 billion	+359.9%	8.8%	6.1	$35.76
11/30/2023	26,310,000 shares	$831.13 million	-18.7%	1.9%	1.4	$31.59
11/15/2023	32,340,000 shares	$909.89 million	+13.2%	2.4%	2.1	$28.14
10/31/2023	28,570,000 shares	$805.39 million	-11.6%	2.1%	2	$28.19
10/15/2023	32,300,000 shares	$958.02 million	-2.8%	2.4%	2.4	$29.66
9/30/2023	33,240,000 shares	$1.10 billion	-2.2%	2.4%	2.5	$32.97
9/15/2023	33,990,000 shares	$1.15 billion	-1.2%	2.5%	2.7	$33.94
8/31/2023	34,410,000 shares	$1.15 billion	+9.6%	2.5%	2.7	$33.51
8/15/2023	31,390,000 shares	$1.05 billion	+17.0%	2.3%	2.3	$33.30
7/31/2023	26,840,000 shares	$1.03 billion	-11.2%	2.0%	2	$38.37
7/15/2023	30,230,000 shares	$1.21 billion	-9.4%	2.2%	2.1	$40.00
6/30/2023	33,370,000 shares	$1.29 billion	+1.6%	2.4%	2.4	$38.56
6/15/2023	32,840,000 shares	$1.25 billion	-1.1%	2.4%	2.4	$38.05
5/31/2023	33,200,000 shares	$1.08 billion	+0.6%	2.4%	2.3	$32.43
5/15/2023	33,020,000 shares	$1.07 billion	+1.5%	2.4%	2.3	$32.37
4/30/2023	32,540,000 shares	$1.08 billion	+23.5%	2.3%	2.3	$33.04
4/15/2023	26,350,000 shares	$908.81 million	-5.2%	1.9%	1.7	$34.49
3/31/2023	27,780,000 shares	$1.02 billion	-7.9%	2.0%	1.8	$36.68
3/15/2023	30,160,000 shares	$1.04 billion	+27.9%	2.2%	2	$34.33
2/28/2023	23,590,000 shares	$913.88 million	-4.4%	1.7%	1.6	$38.74
2/15/2023	24,670,000 shares	$1.06 billion	+16.6%	1.8%	1.7	$42.95
1/31/2023	21,160,000 shares	$832.01 million	+3.6%	1.5%	1.5	$39.32
1/15/2023	20,420,000 shares	$745.53 million	-4.3%	1.4%	1.5	$36.51
12/30/2022	21,340,000 shares	$717.88 million	+3.0%	1.5%	1.6	$33.64
12/15/2022	20,710,000 shares	$779.11 million	+10.8%	1.5%	1.5	$37.62
11/30/2022	18,690,000 shares	$758.07 million	-28.0%	1.3%	1.3	$40.56
11/15/2022	25,940,000 shares	$1.04 billion	+11.2%	1.8%	1.7	$40.24
10/31/2022	23,320,000 shares	$915.31 million	+7.0%	1.6%	1.6	$39.25
10/15/2022	21,790,000 shares	$716.67 million	-10.5%	N/A	1.5	$32.89
9/30/2022	24,350,000 shares	$781.39 million	-8.7%	N/A	1.7	$32.09
9/15/2022	26,680,000 shares	$1.08 billion	+17.7%	N/A	1.8	$40.66
8/31/2022	22,660,000 shares	$865.84 million	-16.4%	N/A	1.5	$38.21
8/15/2022	27,100,000 shares	$1.07 billion	+4.7%	N/A	1.8	$39.40
7/31/2022	25,890,000 shares	$938.77 million	-17.2%	1.9%	1.6	$36.26

7/15/2022	31,250,000 shares	$1.03 billion	+4.1%	2.3%	1.9	$32.87
6/30/2022	30,010,000 shares	$953.12 million	-6.5%	2.2%	1.7	$31.76
6/15/2022	32,110,000 shares	$1.10 billion	+1.5%	2.5%	1.9	$34.18
5/31/2022	31,640,000 shares	$1.22 billion	-3.3%	2.3%	1.8	$38.68
5/15/2022	32,720,000 shares	$1.25 billion	+2.8%	2.4%	1.8	$38.21
4/30/2022	31,820,000 shares	$1.21 billion	+9.9%	2.3%	1.8	$37.91
4/15/2022	28,950,000 shares	$1.16 billion	+4.0%	2.1%	1.5	$40.13
3/31/2022	27,840,000 shares	$1.22 billion	-4.7%	2.0%	1.4	$43.74
3/15/2022	29,200,000 shares	$1.23 billion	+3.9%	2.1%	1.5	$42.13
2/28/2022	28,100,000 shares	$1.31 billion	+6.0%	2.0%	1.4	$46.72
2/15/2022	26,500,000 shares	$1.32 billion	+17.2%	1.9%	1.3	$49.67
1/31/2022	22,610,000 shares	$1.19 billion	-22.8%	1.6%	1.1	$52.73
1/15/2022	29,270,000 shares	$1.79 billion	+9.5%	2.1%	1.5	$61.10
12/31/2021	26,720,000 shares	$1.57 billion	-18.8%	1.9%	1.4	$58.63
12/15/2021	32,910,000 shares	$1.93 billion	+12.7%	2.4%	1.8	$58.61
11/30/2021	29,200,000 shares	$1.69 billion	+9.7%	2.1%	1.6	$57.87
11/15/2021	26,620,000 shares	$1.68 billion	+3.0%	1.9%	1.5	$62.97
10/29/2021	25,840,000 shares	$1.41 billion	-12.9%	1.9%	1.5	$54.43
10/15/2021	29,660,000 shares	$1.72 billion	+9.8%	2.2%	1.7	$58.00
9/30/2021	27,020,000 shares	$1.42 billion	+15.6%	2.0%	1.5	$52.71
9/15/2021	23,380,000 shares	$1.21 billion	+13.8%	1.7%	1.4	$51.82
8/31/2021	20,550,000 shares	$1.01 billion	-11.5%	1.5%	1.3	$49.01
8/13/2021	23,230,000 shares	$1.25 billion	+12.8%	1.7%	1.4	$53.65
7/30/2021	20,590,000 shares	$1.17 billion	+16.7%	1.5%	1.3	$56.84
7/15/2021	17,650,000 shares	$1.01 billion	-4.4%	1.3%	1.2	$56.95
6/30/2021	18,470,000 shares	$1.09 billion	-6.7%	1.3%	1.2	$59.17
6/15/2021	19,800,000 shares	$1.20 billion	+11.6%	1.4%	1.2	$60.81
5/28/2021	17,740,000 shares	$1.05 billion	-4.8%	1.3%	1	$59.31
5/14/2021	18,640,000 shares	$1.02 billion	+22.7%	1.4%	1	$54.60

GM Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions

Short interest is the volume of General Motors shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of April 15th, investors have sold 19,389,019 shares of GM short. 2.16% of General Motors' shares are currently sold short. Learn More on General Motors' current short interest.

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. GM shares currently have a short interest ratio of 3.3. Learn More on General Motors's short interest ratio.

As of the most recent reporting period, the following institutional investors, funds, and major shareholders have reported short positions of General Motors: Hsbc Holdings PLC, Alpine Global Management LLC, Capital Markets Trading UK LLP, CMT Capital Markets Trading GmbH, Toronto Dominion Bank, Tudor Investment Corp ET AL, Millennium Management LLC, Man Group plc, Citadel Advisors LLC, Balyasny Asset Management L.P., Alphadyne Asset Management LP, Sender Co & Partners Inc., Game Creek Capital LP, BTG Pactual Asset Management US LLC, Royal Bank of Canada, ADAPT Investment Managers SA, Squarepoint Ops LLC, Verition Fund Management LLC, Walleye Trading LLC, PEAK6 LLC, Marathon Trading Investment Management LLC, Maven Securities LTD, Barclays PLC, RH Tailwind Management LLC, Walleye Capital LLC, Hudson Bay Capital Management LP, Wells Fargo & Company MN, Jane Street Group LLC, Capital Markets Trading UK LLP, CMT Capital Markets Trading GmbH, Bank of Montreal Can, Group One Trading LLC, Simplex Trading LLC, Allianz Asset Management GmbH, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Twin Tree Management LP, Lido Advisors LLC, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., and BNP Paribas Financial Markets. These positions are disclosed in Form 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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. 2.16% of General Motors' floating shares are currently sold short.

General Motors saw a drop in short interest in the month of April. As of April 15th, there was short interest totaling 19,389,019 shares, a drop of 4.8% from the previous total of 20,376,996 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.

2.16% of General Motors' shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies compare to General Motors: Amazon.com, Inc. (0.96%), Alphabet Inc. (0.39%), Alphabet Inc. (0.73%), Lucid Group, Inc. (34.18%), Rivian Automotive, Inc. (11.82%), Tesla, Inc. (2.67%), Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc. (3.08%), Ford Motor Company (3.37%), Stellantis N.V. (1.63%), Uber Technologies, Inc. (2.55%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust ($87.50 billion), Invesco QQQ ($42.26 billion), iShares Russell 2000 ETF ($24.79 billion), Salesforce Inc. ($13.16 billion), SPDR S&P Biotech ETF ($10.01 billion), Western Digital Corporation ($9.77 billion), Sandisk Corporation ($8.69 billion), iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF ($8.06 billion), CoreWeave Inc. ($7.67 billion), and iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF ($7.64 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling GM is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from General Motors as its price is falling. GM shares are trading up $0.41 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.

A short squeeze for General Motors 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 GM, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further.

Short interest is typically published by a stock exchange once per month. However, NASDAQ publishes a report for U.S. stocks, including GM, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is April, 15 2026.

Understanding short interest metrics can help you assess how traders are positioning around a stock like GM:

Shares Sold Short: The total number of shares that have been sold by short sellers but have not yet been covered or closed out. A high number may indicate bearish sentiment.
Short Float: The percentage of a company’s publicly available shares (or "float") that are sold short. A higher short float suggests a greater portion of the stock is being bet against.
Days to Cover (Short Interest Ratio): This estimates how many days it would take short sellers to cover their positions, based on average daily trading volume. Higher values can signal potential for a short squeeze if buying pressure increases.

These metrics are often used by traders to gauge sentiment, volatility risk, and the potential for price movements based on short covering activity.

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This page (NYSE:GM) was last updated on 5/8/2026 by MarketBeat.com Staff.

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General Motors (GM) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume