Pearson (PSO) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $14.66 -0.11 (-0.71%) Closing price 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$14.66 0.00 (0.00%) As of 04:10 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 ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock Pearson Short Interest DataPearson (PSO) has a short interest of 449,900 shares, representing 0.07% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a -59.83% decrease in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 0.6, indicating that it would take 0.6 days of the average trading volume of 689,712 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest449,900 sharesPrevious Short Interest1,120,000 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month-59.83%Dollar Volume Sold Short$6.39 millionShort Interest Ratio0.6 Days to CoverLast Record DateJuly 31, 2025Outstanding Shares648,800,000 sharesFloat Size679,220,000 sharesShort Percent of Float0.07%Today's Trading Volume357,887 sharesAverage Trading Volume689,712 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average52% Short Selling Pearson? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for Pearson and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Get Report View SMS TermsBy entering your phone number and clicking the sign-up button, you agree to receive periodic text messages from MarketBeat at the phone number you submitted, including texts that may be sent using an automatic telephone dialing system. 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Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartPSO Short Interest Over TimePSO Days to Cover Over TimePSO Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Pearson Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 7/31/2025449,900 shares $6.39 million -59.8%0.1%0.6 $14.21 7/15/20251,120,000 shares $15.86 million +25.9%0.2%1.7 $14.17 6/30/2025889,900 shares $13.29 million +2.0%0.1%1.1 $14.93 6/15/2025872,400 shares $12.74 million -50.4%0.1%1.1 $14.61 5/31/20251,760,000 shares $28.07 million +4.1%0.3%2.2 $15.95 5/15/20251,690,000 shares $27.33 million -4.5%0.3%2.2 $16.17 4/30/20251,770,000 shares $28.74 million -11.9%0.3%2.4 $16.24 4/15/20252,010,000 shares $31.89 million +131.8%0.3%3 $15.87 3/31/2025867,200 shares $13.87 million +20.0%0.1%1.4 $16.00 3/15/2025722,900 shares $11.90 million -22.2%0.1%1.6 $16.46 Get the Latest News and Ratings for PSO and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Pearson and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 2/28/2025928,900 shares $16.04 million -10.7%0.1%2.2 $17.27 2/15/20251,040,000 shares $17.61 million -1.9%0.2%2.7 $16.94 1/31/20251,060,000 shares $17.68 million -5.4%0.2%2.7 $16.68 1/15/20251,120,000 shares $17.82 million +5.7%0.2%2.7 $15.91 12/31/20241,060,000 shares $17.09 million +53.0%0.2%2.9 $16.12 12/15/2024692,700 shares $11.15 million -16.6%0.1%1.9 $16.09 11/30/2024830,600 shares $12.98 million -1.8%0.1%2.4 $15.63 11/15/2024846,000 shares $12.71 million +15.0%0.1%2.4 $15.02 10/31/2024736,000 shares $10.75 million -21.0%0.1%2.3 $14.60 10/15/2024931,300 shares $12.48 million +93.5%0.1%2.9 $13.40 9/30/2024481,400 shares $6.53 million -13.8%0.1%1.4 $13.57 9/15/2024558,700 shares $7.77 million +7.6%0.1%1.7 $13.90 8/31/2024519,500 shares $7.21 million +2.7%0.1%1.6 $13.88 8/15/2024505,800 shares $6.78 million -6.1%0.1%1.5 $13.41 7/31/2024538,500 shares $7.28 million -4.7%0.1%1.5 $13.52 7/15/2024565,300 shares $7.37 million -1.6%0.1%1.5 $13.03 6/30/2024574,300 shares $7.17 million -6.7%0.1%1.6 $12.48 6/15/2024615,200 shares $7.39 million +9.5%0.1%1.7 $12.02 5/31/2024562,000 shares $6.78 million -31.2%0.1%1.3 $12.07 5/15/2024816,600 shares $10.18 million +38.9%0.1%1.9 $12.47 4/30/2024587,800 shares $7.16 million -29.2%0.1%1.4 $12.19 4/15/2024830,100 shares $10.30 million -14.1%0.1%2 $12.41 3/31/2024966,000 shares $12.71 million +67.5%0.1%2.4 $13.16 3/15/2024576,800 shares $7.46 million +5.0%0.1%1.4 $12.94 2/29/2024549,300 shares $6.69 million -25.8%0.1%1.5 $12.18 2/15/2024739,800 shares $9.03 million +8.4%0.1%2.3 $12.20 1/31/2024682,700 shares $8.34 million -11.3%0.1%2.2 $12.22 1/15/2024769,400 shares $9.53 million +0.4%0.1%2.8 $12.39 12/31/2023766,700 shares $9.42 million -0.9%0.1%2.9 $12.29 12/15/2023773,700 shares $9.20 million -8.4%0.1%2.9 $11.89“Fed Proof” 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. 11/30/2023844,700 shares $10.02 million +12.7%0.1%3.4 $11.86 11/15/2023749,500 shares $8.84 million -1.3%0.1%3.2 $11.80 10/31/2023759,100 shares $8.76 million -15.5%0.1%3.3 $11.54 10/15/2023898,800 shares $9.86 million +2.1%0.1%3.6 $10.97 9/30/2023880,400 shares $9.28 million +16.0%0.1%3.4 $10.54 9/15/2023759,000 shares $8.37 million -4.6%0.1%2.8 $11.03 8/31/2023795,500 shares $8.42 million +12.5%0.1%2.8 $10.58 8/15/2023706,900 shares $7.37 million +6.1%0.1%2.2 $10.43 7/31/2023666,100 shares $7.35 million -15.0%0.1%1.9 $11.03 7/15/2023783,400 shares $8.57 million -18.3%0.1%2 $10.94 6/30/2023958,300 shares $10.03 million +5.5%0.1%2.4 $10.47 6/15/2023908,400 shares $9.52 million +1.5%0.1%2.2 $10.49 5/31/2023894,700 shares $8.81 million +26.4%0.1%1.9 $9.85 5/15/2023707,600 shares $7.22 million +3.5%0.1%1.5 $10.21 4/30/2023683,800 shares $7.55 million -13.3%0.1%1.4 $11.04 4/15/2023788,800 shares $8.26 million -0.7%0.1%1.6 $10.47 3/31/2023794,000 shares $8.30 million -24.4%0.1%1.6 $10.45 3/15/20231,050,000 shares $10.57 million +150.7%0.2%2.2 $10.07 2/28/2023418,900 shares $4.60 million +9.0%0.1%1 $10.98 2/15/2023384,400 shares $4.25 million -9.5%0.1%1 $11.06 1/31/2023424,800 shares $4.80 million -38.2%0.1%1 $11.30 1/15/2023687,100 shares $7.80 million +11.2%0.1%1.8 $11.35 12/30/2022618,100 shares $6.97 million +21.4%0.1%1.6 $11.27 12/15/2022509,100 shares $5.66 million +10.1%0.1%1.3 $11.12 11/30/2022462,600 shares $5.56 million +100.7%0.1%1.1 $12.01 11/15/2022230,500 shares $2.62 million -67.1%0.0%0.6 $11.36 10/31/2022700,800 shares $7.79 million -5.1%0.1%1.7 $11.12 10/15/2022738,600 shares $7.38 million +15.6%0.1%2.2 $9.99 9/30/2022638,800 shares $6.10 million -4.5%0.1%1.9 $9.55 9/15/2022668,800 shares $6.92 million +21.9%0.1%2.1 $10.34 8/31/2022548,600 shares $5.51 million +2.1%0.1%1.5 $10.04 8/15/2022537,100 shares $5.71 million -10.9%0.1%1.4 $10.64 7/31/2022602,600 shares $5.58 million -14.4%0.1%1.4 $9.26 7/15/2022704,300 shares $6.43 million -11.6%0.1%1.6 $9.13 6/30/2022796,600 shares $7.34 million -18.6%0.1%1.7 $9.22 6/15/2022978,200 shares $9.04 million -17.1%0.1%2.1 $9.24 5/31/20221,180,000 shares $11.35 million -1.7%0.2%2 $9.62 5/15/20221,200,000 shares $11.00 million -14.9%0.2%1.7 $9.17 4/30/20221,410,000 shares $13.66 million -5.4%0.2%2.1 $9.69 4/15/20221,490,000 shares $15.06 million -22.0%0.2%2.2 $10.11 3/31/20221,910,000 shares $19.04 million -23.6%0.3%2.8 $9.97 3/15/20222,500,000 shares $27.35 million +12.6%0.3%3.7 $10.94 2/28/20222,220,000 shares $19.62 million +3.7%N/A4 $8.84 2/15/20222,140,000 shares $18.62 million -5.3%N/A4.1 $8.70 1/31/20222,260,000 shares $19.21 million +0.9%0.3%4.3 $8.50 1/15/20222,240,000 shares $19.04 million -2.6%0.3%3.5 $8.50 12/31/20212,300,000 shares $19.32 million -0.4%0.3%3.8 $8.40 12/15/20212,310,000 shares $17.95 million +24.2%0.3%3.9 $7.77 11/30/20211,860,000 shares $14.97 million -13.1%0.3%3.4 $8.05 11/15/20212,140,000 shares $18.68 million +357.1%0.3%4.6 $8.73“Fed Proof” 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. 10/29/2021468,200 shares $3.88 million -4.2%0.1%1.1 $8.28 10/15/2021488,500 shares $4.21 million +23.7%0.1%1.8 $8.62 9/30/2021394,800 shares $3.82 million +13.7%0.1%1.7 $9.67 9/15/2021347,200 shares $3.51 million -10.4%0.1%1.6 $10.10 8/31/2021387,600 shares $4.10 million -30.1%0.1%1.9 $10.59 8/13/2021554,800 shares $6.04 million -43.9%0.1%2.5 $10.89 7/30/2021989,000 shares $12.03 million -2.1%0.1%4.6 $12.16 7/15/20211,010,000 shares $11.42 million -1.0%0.1%4.9 $11.31 6/30/20211,020,000 shares $11.84 million -1.0%0.1%5 $11.61 6/15/20211,030,000 shares $12.63 million -12.7%0.1%4.9 $12.26 5/28/20211,180,000 shares $13.78 million +2.6%0.2%5.2 $11.68 5/14/20211,150,000 shares $13.77 million +8.5%0.2%4.6 $11.97 4/30/20211,060,000 shares $12.36 million -15.2%0.1%4.2 $11.66 4/15/20211,250,000 shares $13.84 million -12.6%0.2%4.1 $11.07 3/31/20211,430,000 shares $15.29 million -4.7%0.2%4.3 $10.69 3/15/20211,500,000 shares $17.15 million -5.1%0.2%4.4 $11.43 2/26/20211,580,000 shares $16.70 million -1.3%0.2%4.5 $10.57 2/12/20211,600,000 shares $16.59 million -10.1%0.2%4.7 $10.37 1/29/20211,780,000 shares $19.24 million +14.8%0.2%5.2 $10.81 1/15/20211,550,000 shares $14.34 million +1.3%0.2%4.9 $9.25 12/31/20201,530,000 shares $14.21 million +12.5%0.2%5.5 $9.29 12/15/20201,360,000 shares $11.94 million +11.5%0.2%4.7 $8.78 11/30/20201,220,000 shares $10.55 million +9.9%0.2%3.8 $8.65 11/15/20201,110,000 shares $8.71 million -30.2%0.2%3.6 $7.85 10/30/20201,590,000 shares $10.41 million +8.9%0.2%4.9 $6.55 10/15/20201,460,000 shares $10.80 million -5.8%0.2%4.4 $7.40 9/30/20201,550,000 shares $11.02 million +75.8%0.2%4.4 $7.11 9/15/2020881,900 shares $5.82 million +4.1%0.1%2.3 $6.60 8/31/2020847,200 shares $6.31 million -11.1%0.1%2.1 $7.45 PSO Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Pearson's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Pearson shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of July 31st, investors have sold 449,900 shares of PSO short. 0.07% of Pearson's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Pearson's current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for Pearson? 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. PSO shares currently have a short interest ratio of 1.0. Learn More on Pearson's short interest ratio. What is a good short interest percentage for Pearson? 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. 0.07% of Pearson's floating shares are currently sold short. Is Pearson's short interest increasing or decreasing? Pearson saw a drop in short interest in the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totaling 449,900 shares, a drop of 59.8% from the previous total of 1,120,000 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 Pearson's float size? Pearson currently has issued a total of 648,800,000 shares. Some of Pearson'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. Pearson currently has a public float of 679,220,000 shares. How does Pearson's short interest compare to its competitors? 0.07% of Pearson's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies compare to Pearson: News Corporation (6.17%), John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (5.39%), John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (0.04%), WEBTOON Entertainment Inc. (20.49%), Gannett Co., Inc. (13.70%), DallasNews Corporation (1.75%), Lee Enterprises, Incorporated (1.51%), VS MEDIA Holdings Limited (0.11%), SOBR Safe, Inc. (3.82%), Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Formula One Series A (1.69%), 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 ($70.87 billion), Invesco QQQ ($30.12 billion), iShares Russell 2000 ETF ($19.85 billion), iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF ($10.34 billion), Strategy Inc ($8.98 billion), iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF ($7.61 billion), SPDR S&P Biotech ETF ($6.81 billion), Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF ($6.14 billion), Palo Alto Networks, Inc. ($5.97 billion), and Super Micro Computer, Inc. ($5.28 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short Pearson stock? Short selling PSO is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Pearson as its price is falling. PSO shares are trading down $0.11 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 Pearson? A short squeeze for Pearson 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 PSO, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Pearson'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 PSO, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is July, 31 2025. 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