Live Oak Bancshares (LOB) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $28.03 +0.06 (+0.20%) Closing price 06/20/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$27.90 -0.13 (-0.47%) As of 06/20/2025 06:05 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 InterestTrendsBuy This Stock Live Oak Bancshares Short Interest DataLive Oak Bancshares (LOB) has a short interest of 1.63 million shares, representing 4.67% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a -8.43% decrease in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 4.4, indicating that it would take 4.4 days of the average trading volume of 246,042 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest1,630,000 sharesPrevious Short Interest1,780,000 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month-8.43%Dollar Volume Sold Short$44.87 millionShort Interest Ratio4.4 Days to CoverLast Record DateMay 31, 2025Outstanding Shares45,608,000 sharesFloat Size34,870,000 sharesShort Percent of Float4.67%Today's Trading Volume401,663 sharesAverage Trading Volume246,042 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average163% Short Selling Live Oak Bancshares? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for Live Oak Bancshares and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartLOB Short Interest Over TimeLOB Days to Cover Over TimeLOB Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Live Oak Bancshares Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 5/31/20251,630,000 shares $44.87 million -8.4%4.7%4.4 $27.53 5/15/20251,780,000 shares $50.41 million -1.7%5.1%4.8 $28.32 4/30/20251,810,000 shares $47.39 million +16.8%5.2%4.9 $26.18 4/15/20251,550,000 shares $37.09 million +17.4%4.4%4.4 $23.93 3/14/20251,400,000 shares $40.01 million +15.7%4.0%5.3 $28.58 2/14/20251,130,000 shares $38.21 million -8.9%3.3%6.1 $33.82 1/31/20251,240,000 shares $43.99 million No Change3.6%6.1 $35.48 1/15/20251,240,000 shares $50.16 million +6.0%3.6%6.1 $40.45 4/30/20231,530,000 shares $36.05 million +16.8%4.6%4.3 $23.56 4/15/20231,310,000 shares $30.38 million -26.4%4.0%3.6 $23.19 Get the Latest News and Ratings for LOB and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Live Oak Bancshares and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 3/31/20231,780,000 shares $43.38 million -3.3%5.5%4.9 $24.37 3/15/20231,840,000 shares $47.71 million No Change5.6%5.3 $25.93 2/28/20231,840,000 shares $63.59 million -8.9%5.6%6.9 $34.56 2/15/20232,020,000 shares $74.15 million +6.3%6.2%8 $36.71 1/31/20231,900,000 shares $65.04 million -0.5%5.8%7.3 $34.23 1/15/20231,910,000 shares $61.37 million -6.4%5.8%7 $32.13 12/30/20222,040,000 shares $61.61 million +2.5%6.2%7.6 $30.20 12/15/20221,990,000 shares $57.95 million -4.8%6.1%7.3 $29.12 11/30/20222,090,000 shares $69.70 million -0.5%6.4%7.5 $33.35 11/15/20222,100,000 shares $72.30 million -9.5%6.4%7.5 $34.43 10/31/20222,320,000 shares $75.33 million +11.5%7.0%8.4 $32.47 10/15/20222,080,000 shares $68.95 million +3.0%6.4%7.7 $33.15 9/30/20222,020,000 shares $61.81 million -15.8%6.2%7.1 $30.60 9/15/20222,400,000 shares $85.18 million +4.4%7.4%7.9 $35.49 8/31/20222,300,000 shares $83.35 million -2.5%7.1%7.6 $36.24 8/15/20222,360,000 shares $101.93 million +7.3%7.2%7.5 $43.19 7/31/20222,200,000 shares $82.81 million -19.4%6.8%6.1 $37.64 7/15/20222,730,000 shares $87.85 million -5.9%8.4%7.4 $32.18 6/30/20222,900,000 shares $98.28 million -5.5%8.9%7.8 $33.89 6/15/20223,070,000 shares $105.73 million +2.3%9.4%8 $34.44 5/31/20223,000,000 shares $120.48 million +0.3%9.3%7 $40.16 5/15/20222,990,000 shares $117.00 million +1.0%9.2%6.7 $39.13 4/30/20222,960,000 shares $125.30 million -1.0%9.2%7.1 $42.33 4/15/20222,990,000 shares $140.44 million -2.9%9.2%6.8 $46.97 3/31/20223,080,000 shares $156.74 million +2.7%9.5%7 $50.89 3/15/20223,000,000 shares $166.41 million -0.3%9.3%7.5 $55.47 2/28/20223,010,000 shares $192.49 million -0.3%9.3%8.3 $63.95 2/15/20223,020,000 shares $200.56 million +8.6%9.4%8.5 $66.41 1/31/20222,780,000 shares $163.63 million +21.9%8.6%8 $58.86 1/15/20222,280,000 shares $184.29 million +9.1%7.2%6.9 $80.83July 2025 Rule Change to Impact Retirement Investors (Ad)There's a massive change from a new rule going into effect this July. And it's one the Big Banks are already using to their advantage… It allows them to treat this new asset like actual cash.Yes, Send Me My FREE Retirement Guide 12/31/20212,090,000 shares $182.44 million +4.5%6.6%7.2 $87.29 12/15/20212,000,000 shares $170 million +12.4%6.3%6.8 $85.00 11/30/20211,780,000 shares $158.60 million +1.7%5.6%6.9 $89.10 11/15/20211,750,000 shares $166.71 million -6.9%5.5%7.3 $95.26 10/29/20211,880,000 shares $167.66 million +3.9%6.0%8.3 $89.18 10/15/20211,810,000 shares $127.88 million No Change5.8%9.2 $70.65 9/30/20211,810,000 shares $115.17 million -12.1%5.8%8.5 $63.63 9/15/20212,060,000 shares $116.43 million +5.1%6.6%8.8 $56.52 8/31/20211,960,000 shares $119.97 million No Change6.3%7.8 $61.21 8/13/20211,960,000 shares $117.09 million -0.5%6.3%7.7 $59.74 7/30/20211,970,000 shares $118.57 million -3.9%6.3%7.2 $60.19 7/15/20212,050,000 shares $122.53 million +3.0%6.6%7.1 $59.77 6/30/20211,990,000 shares $117.41 million -22.9%6.4%7.1 $59.00 6/15/20212,580,000 shares $147.63 million +7.5%8.3%8.8 $57.22 5/28/20212,400,000 shares $145.39 million +10.6%7.7%7.6 $60.58 5/14/20212,170,000 shares $134.32 million +18.6%7.0%6.3 $61.90 4/30/20211,830,000 shares $122.12 million No Change5.9%5.2 $66.73 4/15/20211,830,000 shares $127.99 million -6.6%6.0%4.9 $69.94 3/31/20211,960,000 shares $134.42 million +35.2%6.4%5.3 $68.58 3/15/20211,450,000 shares $88.67 million -6.5%4.8%4.1 $61.15 2/26/20211,550,000 shares $83.13 million +18.3%5.3%4.6 $53.63 2/12/20211,310,000 shares $59.66 million No Change4.9%3.9 $45.54 1/29/20211,310,000 shares $53.23 million -40.7%4.9%3.6 $40.63 1/15/20212,210,000 shares $110.85 million +5.2%8.2%5.8 $50.16 12/31/20202,100,000 shares $97.90 million +11.7%7.8%5.5 $46.62 12/15/20201,880,000 shares $86.03 million -3.6%7.0%5 $45.76 11/30/20201,950,000 shares $86.35 million +34.5%7.2%5.3 $44.28 11/15/20201,450,000 shares $62.90 million +59.0%5.3%4 $43.38 10/30/2020911,900 shares $33.57 million -23.4%3.3%2.9 $36.81 10/15/20201,190,000 shares $37.71 million -8.5%4.4%4.7 $31.69 9/30/20201,300,000 shares $32.93 million -3.7%4.8%5.6 $25.33 9/15/20201,350,000 shares $32.21 million +28.6%4.9%6 $23.86 8/31/20201,050,000 shares $23.29 million -1.9%3.8%5.1 $22.18 8/14/20201,070,000 shares $20.57 million -9.3%3.9%5.7 $19.22 7/31/20201,180,000 shares $20.07 million -14.5%4.3%6 $17.01 7/15/20201,380,000 shares $21.00 million +13.1%5.0%6.5 $15.22 6/30/20201,220,000 shares $17.19 million +8.0%4.5%5.3 $14.09 LOB Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Live Oak Bancshares' current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Live Oak Bancshares shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of May 31st, traders have sold 1,630,000 shares of LOB short. 4.67% of Live Oak Bancshares' shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Live Oak Bancshares' current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for Live Oak Bancshares? 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. LOB shares currently have a short interest ratio of 4.0. Learn More on Live Oak Bancshares's short interest ratio. What is a good short interest percentage for Live Oak Bancshares? 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. 4.67% of Live Oak Bancshares' floating shares are currently sold short. Is Live Oak Bancshares' short interest increasing or decreasing? Live Oak Bancshares saw a decline in short interest during the month of May. As of May 31st, there was short interest totaling 1,630,000 shares, a decline of 8.4% from the previous total of 1,780,000 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 Live Oak Bancshares' float size? Live Oak Bancshares currently has issued a total of 45,608,000 shares. Some of Live Oak Bancshares' 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. Live Oak Bancshares currently has a public float of 34,870,000 shares. How does Live Oak Bancshares' short interest compare to its competitors? 4.67% of Live Oak Bancshares' shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "banking" compare to Live Oak Bancshares: Bank OZK (17.61%), PennyMac Financial Services, Inc. (3.44%), Valley National Bancorp (5.79%), Banco Macro S.A. (0.52%), Glacier Bancorp, Inc. (3.07%), Hancock Whitney Co. (4.00%), Atlantic Union Bankshares Co. (6.15%), Intercorp Financial Services Inc. (0.50%), Axos Financial, Inc. (5.65%), ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc. (7.13%), 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 ($64.96 billion), Invesco QQQ ($27.88 billion), iShares Russell 2000 ETF ($19.94 billion), iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF ($9.69 billion), MicroStrategy Incorporated ($8.58 billion), SPDR S&P Biotech ETF ($5.72 billion), Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF ($5.45 billion), iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF ($4.70 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.54 billion), and Industrial Select Sector SPDR Fund ($4.49 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short Live Oak Bancshares stock? Short selling LOB is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Live Oak Bancshares as its price is falling. LOB shares are trading up $0.06 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 Live Oak Bancshares? A short squeeze for Live Oak Bancshares occurs when it has a large amount of short interest and its stock increases in price. This forces short sellers to cover their short interest positions by buying actual shares of LOB, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Live Oak Bancshares' 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 LOB, twice per month. 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