Lloyds Banking Group (LYG) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $3.80 +0.05 (+1.20%) Closing price 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$3.83 +0.04 (+0.92%) As of 07:35 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 Lloyds Banking Group Short Interest DataLloyds Banking Group (LYG) has a short interest of 14.75 million shares, representing 0.10% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a -41.75% decrease in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 0.5, indicating that it would take 0.5 days of the average trading volume of 16.50 million shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest14,750,000 sharesPrevious Short Interest25,320,000 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month-41.75%Dollar Volume Sold Short$55.68 millionShort Interest Ratio0.5 Days to CoverLast Record DateApril 15, 2025Outstanding Shares15,131,087,000 sharesShort Percent of Float0.10%Today's Trading Volume21,155,772 sharesAverage Trading Volume16,497,336 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average128% Short Selling Lloyds Banking Group? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for Lloyds Banking Group and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartLYG Short Interest Over TimeLYG Days to Cover Over TimeLYG Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Lloyds Banking Group Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 4/15/202514,750,000 shares $55.68 million -41.8%0.1%0.5 $3.78 3/31/202525,320,000 shares $96.85 million +21.9%0.2%0.8 $3.83 3/15/202520,770,000 shares $76.54 million -15.9%0.1%0.8 $3.69 2/28/202524,690,000 shares $92.96 million +56.9%0.2%1.1 $3.77 2/15/202515,740,000 shares $50.60 million +53.1%0.1%1 $3.22 1/31/202510,280,000 shares $31.30 million +22.5%0.1%0.8 $3.05 1/15/20258,390,000 shares $23.66 million -15.9%0.1%0.7 $2.82 12/31/20249,980,000 shares $27.15 million +38.8%0.1%1 $2.72 12/15/20247,190,000 shares $20.06 million -25.3%0.1%0.7 $2.79 11/30/20249,620,000 shares $25.97 million +17.5%0.1%0.9 $2.70 Get the Latest News and Ratings for LYG and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Lloyds Banking Group and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 11/15/20248,190,000 shares $23.22 million -39.7%0.1%0.8 $2.84 10/31/202413,570,000 shares $37.32 million +53.7%0.1%1.3 $2.75 10/15/20248,830,000 shares $27.37 million -19.9%0.1%0.8 $3.10 9/30/202411,020,000 shares $34.27 million -13.8%0.1%1 $3.11 9/15/202412,790,000 shares $39.01 million +11.5%0.1%1.3 $3.05 8/31/202411,470,000 shares $35.10 million +12.7%0.1%1.2 $3.06 8/15/202410,180,000 shares $30.13 million +4.2%0.1%1.1 $2.96 7/31/20249,770,000 shares $29.60 million -21.8%0.1%1 $3.03 7/15/202412,490,000 shares $37.59 million -6.0%0.1%1.4 $3.01 6/30/202413,280,000 shares $36.25 million +27.0%0.1%1.4 $2.73 6/15/202410,460,000 shares $28.35 million -5.3%0.1%1.1 $2.71 5/31/202411,040,000 shares $31.08 million +43.6%0.1%1.2 $2.82 5/15/20247,690,000 shares $21.07 million -23.1%0.1%0.8 $2.74 4/30/202410,000,000 shares $25.60 million +8.0%0.1%1.1 $2.56 4/15/20249,260,000 shares $22.92 million +30.6%0.1%1 $2.48 3/31/20247,090,000 shares $18.36 million -11.2%0.0%0.8 $2.59 3/15/20247,980,000 shares $19.87 million -12.8%0.1%0.9 $2.49 2/29/20249,150,000 shares $21.37 million -0.5%0.1%1.1 $2.34 2/15/20249,200,000 shares $19.00 million +7.1%0.1%1.2 $2.07 1/31/20248,590,000 shares $18.12 million -1.8%0.1%1.1 $2.11 1/15/20248,750,000 shares $19.95 million -18.5%0.1%1.1 $2.28 12/31/202310,740,000 shares $25.67 million -1.6%0.1%1.3 $2.39 12/15/202310,910,000 shares $25.64 million +16.7%0.1%1.2 $2.35 11/30/20239,350,000 shares $20.48 million -27.1%0.1%1 $2.19 11/15/202312,830,000 shares $27.01 million +4.8%0.1%1.4 $2.11 10/31/202312,240,000 shares $23.32 million +64.1%0.1%1.2 $1.91 10/15/20237,460,000 shares $15.29 million No Change0.1%0.8 $2.05 9/30/20237,460,000 shares $15.89 million +12.5%0.1%0.8 $2.13 9/15/20236,630,000 shares $13.96 million -23.9%0.0%0.7 $2.11 8/31/20238,710,000 shares $18.25 million +21.1%0.1%0.9 $2.10Shocking AI play that’s beats Nvidia by a country mile (Ad)You’ve seen the headlines about Nvidia. 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Now Tim Sykes is sounding the alarm — because what CEO Jensen Huang is about to announce could change the AI market once again. Experts already predict the total addressable market could climb past $20 trillion. But Sykes believes most investors have missed what’s coming next. He’s tracking a new shift — and says the biggest gains are still ahead.Click to find out what Nvidia’s CEO might reveal… and how Sykes is preparing to ride the wave. 7/15/20218,040,000 shares $20.34 million +23.9%N/A1.4 $2.53 6/30/20216,490,000 shares $16.55 million +67.3%N/A1.2 $2.55 6/15/20213,880,000 shares $10.40 million No Change0.0%0.7 $2.68 5/28/20213,880,000 shares $10.90 million +306.8%0.0%0.7 $2.81 5/14/2021953,900 shares $2.52 million +39.9%N/A0.2 $2.64 4/30/2021682,100 shares $1.73 million -16.9%N/A0.1 $2.53 4/15/2021820,400 shares $1.95 million -26.8%N/A0.1 $2.38 3/31/20211,120,000 shares $2.61 million +30.9%N/A0.2 $2.33 3/15/2021855,400 shares $1.97 million -50.0%N/A0.1 $2.30 2/26/20211,710,000 shares $3.68 million -36.2%N/A0.3 $2.15 2/12/20212,680,000 shares $5.36 million -19.5%N/A0.4 $2.00 1/29/20213,330,000 shares $6.06 million +11.0%N/A0.5 $1.82 1/15/20213,000,000 shares $5.91 million -2.3%N/A0.4 $1.97 12/31/20203,070,000 shares $6.02 million -15.4%N/A0.4 $1.96 12/15/20203,630,000 shares $6.72 million +24.3%N/A0.5 $1.85 11/30/20202,920,000 shares $5.66 million -13.4%N/A0.4 $1.94 11/15/20203,370,000 shares $6.07 million -44.2%N/A0.5 $1.80 10/30/20206,040,000 shares $8.64 million +5.6%N/A1 $1.43 10/15/20205,720,000 shares $7.78 million +3.8%N/A0.9 $1.36 9/30/20205,510,000 shares $7.16 million -2.0%N/A0.9 $1.30 9/15/20205,620,000 shares $7.31 million +64.3%N/A0.9 $1.30 8/31/20203,420,000 shares $4.92 million +12.9%N/A0.5 $1.44 8/14/20203,030,000 shares $4.42 million -18.3%N/A0.4 $1.46 7/31/20203,710,000 shares $4.90 million -40.0%N/A0.5 $1.32 7/15/20206,180,000 shares $9.08 million -10.0%N/A0.8 $1.47 6/30/20206,870,000 shares $10.31 million +102.1%N/A0.8 $1.50 6/15/20203,400,000 shares $5.34 million -33.3%N/A0.3 $1.57 5/29/20205,100,000 shares $7.19 million -54.8%N/A0.4 $1.41 5/15/202011,270,000 shares $15.33 million +322.1%0.1%0.8 $1.36 LYG Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Lloyds Banking Group's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Lloyds Banking Group shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of April 15th, traders have sold 14,750,000 shares of LYG short. 0.10% of Lloyds Banking Group's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Lloyds Banking Group's current short interest. Which institutional investors are shorting Lloyds Banking Group? As of the most recent reporting period, the following institutional investors, funds, and major shareholders have reported short positions of Lloyds Banking Group: Group One Trading LLC, Citadel Advisors LLC, Optiver Holding B.V., Concourse Financial Group Securities Inc., and Walleye Trading LLC. These positions are disclosed in Form 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. What is a good short interest percentage for Lloyds Banking Group? 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. 0.10% of Lloyds Banking Group's floating shares are currently sold short. Is Lloyds Banking Group's short interest increasing or decreasing? Lloyds Banking Group saw a drop in short interest in April. As of April 15th, there was short interest totaling 14,750,000 shares, a drop of 41.7% from the previous total of 25,320,000 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 Lloyds Banking Group's short interest compare to its competitors? 0.10% of Lloyds Banking Group's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "banking" compare to Lloyds Banking Group: HSBC Holdings plc (0.20%), HDFC Bank Limited (0.68%), Royal Bank of Canada (1.35%), Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. (0.15%), Citigroup Inc. (1.86%), ICICI Bank Limited (0.71%), Banco Santander, S.A. (0.04%), The Toronto-Dominion Bank (3.12%), UBS Group AG (0.36%), Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (0.05%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Invesco QQQ ($21.71 billion), iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF ($9.48 billion), Strategy Incorporated ($8.92 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.86 billion), Apollo Global Management, Inc. ($3.86 billion), Capital One Financial Co. ($3.72 billion), Super Micro Computer, Inc. ($3.47 billion), AppLovin Co. ($2.64 billion), VanEck Semiconductor ETF ($2.46 billion), and The Kroger Co. ($2.33 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short Lloyds Banking Group stock? Short selling LYG is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Lloyds Banking Group as its price is falling. LYG shares are trading up $0.05 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 Lloyds Banking Group? A short squeeze for Lloyds Banking Group 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 LYG, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Lloyds Banking Group'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 LYG, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is April, 15 2025. 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