Ready Capital (RC) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $3.62 +0.11 (+3.13%) Closing price 10/8/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$3.65 +0.03 (+0.80%) As of 04:25 AM 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 Ready Capital Short Interest DataReady Capital (RC) has a short interest of 26.25 million shares. This marks a -7.96% decrease in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 12.5, indicating that it would take 12.5 days of the average trading volume of 2.37 million shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest26,250,000 sharesPrevious Short Interest28,520,000 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month-7.96%Dollar Volume Sold Short$111.30 millionShort Interest Ratio12.5 Days to CoverLast Record DateSeptember 15, 2025Outstanding Shares164,330,000 sharesPercentage of Shares Shorted15.97%Today's Trading Volume3,174,644 sharesAverage Trading Volume2,368,697 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average134% Short Selling Ready Capital? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for Ready Capital 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. Message and data rates may apply. Message frequency will vary. Messages will consist of stock alerts, news stories, and partner advertisements/offers. Consent is not a condition of the purchase of any goods or services. Text HELP for help/customer support. 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Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartRC Short Interest Over TimeRC Days to Cover Over TimeRC Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Ready Capital Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 9/15/202526,250,000 shares $111.30 million -8.0%N/A12.5 $4.24 8/31/202528,520,000 shares $122.01 million -0.3%17.5%14.3 $4.28 8/15/202528,610,000 shares $109.29 million +1.9%N/A14.7 $3.82 7/31/202528,080,000 shares $118.08 million -2.3%17.3%13.1 $4.21 7/15/202528,730,000 shares $121.64 million -10.7%N/A13.1 $4.23 6/30/202532,170,000 shares $141.23 million -1.9%19.1%13.5 $4.39 6/15/202532,790,000 shares $144.11 million -2.1%19.4%13.2 $4.40 5/31/202533,490,000 shares $149.70 million +8.3%20.1%12.8 $4.47 5/15/202530,920,000 shares $136.67 million +15.4%18.5%9.9 $4.42 4/30/202526,800,000 shares $119.53 million +8.3%N/A9 $4.46 Get the Latest News and Ratings for RC and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Ready Capital and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 4/15/202524,740,000 shares $110.22 million -8.6%14.8%8.6 $4.46 3/31/202527,080,000 shares $137.70 million +3.2%16.2%9.6 $5.09 3/15/202526,240,000 shares $131.59 million -0.8%15.7%9.9 $5.02 2/28/202526,450,000 shares $183.70 million +4.8%15.9%10.3 $6.95 2/15/202525,230,000 shares $169.42 million +8.4%15.1%12.9 $6.72 1/31/202523,270,000 shares $154.63 million +4.6%N/A12.2 $6.65 1/15/202522,240,000 shares $148.34 million +1.0%N/A12.3 $6.67 12/31/202422,010,000 shares $150.11 million +6.2%N/A12.5 $6.82 12/15/202420,730,000 shares $154.44 million -0.5%N/A12.2 $7.45 11/30/202420,830,000 shares $153.52 million +4.4%N/A12.1 $7.37 11/15/202419,950,000 shares $140.05 million +3.5%N/A11.5 $7.02 10/31/202419,270,000 shares $132.00 million -8.0%N/A10.6 $6.85 10/15/202420,950,000 shares $150.94 million +5.2%N/A11.8 $7.21 9/30/202419,910,000 shares $151.91 million +12.6%N/A10.6 $7.63 9/15/202417,690,000 shares $136.39 million +2.3%N/A9.9 $7.71 8/31/202417,290,000 shares $143.33 million +31.0%N/A10.8 $8.29 8/15/202413,200,000 shares $110.95 million +10.6%N/A8.5 $8.41 7/31/202411,940,000 shares $110.86 million -2.7%N/A8 $9.29 7/15/202412,270,000 shares $110.06 million -4.1%N/A8.5 $8.97 6/30/202412,800,000 shares $104.70 million +3.6%N/A9.3 $8.18 6/15/202412,360,000 shares $102.09 million +1.4%N/A8.9 $8.26 5/31/202412,190,000 shares $101.18 million +8.9%N/A8.8 $8.30 5/15/202411,190,000 shares $97.24 million +7.6%N/A7.6 $8.69 4/30/202410,400,000 shares $88.61 million +0.7%N/A7.1 $8.52 4/15/202410,330,000 shares $86.72 million -4.9%N/A7.1 $8.40 3/31/202410,860,000 shares $99.15 million +15.3%N/A7.8 $9.13 3/15/20249,420,000 shares $83.56 million +0.3%N/A6.4 $8.87 2/29/20249,390,000 shares $82.96 million -7.2%N/A6.1 $8.84 2/15/202410,120,000 shares $93.96 million +22.8%N/A7.3 $9.29 1/31/20248,240,000 shares $77.21 million +24.1%N/A6.3 $9.37 1/15/20246,640,000 shares $67.13 million -10.8%N/A5.4 $10.11 12/31/20237,440,000 shares $76.26 million +4.5%N/A6.3 $10.25 12/15/20237,120,000 shares $77.54 million +16.9%N/A6.4 $10.89 11/30/20236,090,000 shares $62.24 million +8.4%N/A5.7 $10.22 11/15/20235,620,000 shares $58.50 million -19.1%N/A5.4 $10.41 10/31/20236,950,000 shares $65.54 million -2.8%N/A6.7 $9.43 10/15/20237,150,000 shares $72.43 million -4.4%N/A6.6 $10.13 9/30/20237,480,000 shares $75.62 million +23.4%N/A6.9 $10.11 9/15/20236,060,000 shares $66.45 million -13.2%N/A5.7 $10.97 8/31/20236,980,000 shares $76.22 million +12.6%N/A6 $10.92 8/15/20236,200,000 shares $66.12 million -13.5%N/A3.6 $10.67 7/31/20237,170,000 shares $82.92 million -5.2%N/A4.1 $11.57 7/15/20237,560,000 shares $86.86 million -9.7%N/A4.3 $11.49 6/30/20238,370,000 shares $94.41 million -7.2%N/A4.7 $11.28 6/15/20239,020,000 shares $102.29 million +1.6%N/A4.9 $11.34 5/31/20238,880,000 shares $89.78 million +2.1%N/A4.6 $10.11 5/15/20238,700,000 shares $90.83 million +12.0%N/A5.5 $10.44 4/30/20237,770,000 shares $83.37 million +2.8%N/A5.4 $10.73 4/15/20237,560,000 shares $76.43 million -7.4%N/A5.7 $10.11 3/31/20238,160,000 shares $82.99 million +15.3%N/A6.2 $10.17 3/15/20237,080,000 shares $69.60 million +71.4%N/A5.8 $9.83 2/28/20234,130,000 shares $46.50 million +1.5%N/A4.4 $11.26 2/15/20234,070,000 shares $54.05 million -4.5%N/A5.4 $13.28 1/31/20234,260,000 shares $56.36 million +15.1%N/A5.3 $13.23 1/15/20233,700,000 shares $45.40 million -21.3%N/A4.4 $12.27 12/30/20224,700,000 shares $52.36 million +13.0%N/A5 $11.14 12/15/20224,160,000 shares $51.25 million -9.0%N/A3.6 $12.32 11/30/20224,570,000 shares $61.24 million -7.9%N/A3.6 $13.40 11/15/20224,960,000 shares $66.36 million -7.5%N/A3.8 $13.38 10/31/20225,360,000 shares $64.96 million -10.4%N/A4.1 $12.12 10/15/20225,980,000 shares $62.43 million +3.6%N/A4.6 $10.44 9/30/20225,770,000 shares $58.51 million +129.0%N/A4.5 $10.14 9/15/20222,520,000 shares $32.21 million +4.1%N/A2.3 $12.78 8/31/20222,420,000 shares $31.70 million -18.5%N/A2.2 $13.10 8/15/20222,970,000 shares $41.61 million +2.1%N/A2.6 $14.01 7/31/20222,910,000 shares $40.48 million +31.7%N/A2.4 $13.91 7/15/20222,210,000 shares $27.40 million -39.5%7.1%1.8 $12.40 6/30/20223,650,000 shares $43.51 million +55.3%11.7%3 $11.92 6/15/20222,350,000 shares $27.42 million -25.2%7.5%1.9 $11.67 5/31/20223,140,000 shares $46.10 million +1.0%N/A3 $14.68 5/15/20223,110,000 shares $44.85 million No ChangeN/A3 $14.42 4/30/20223,110,000 shares $45.31 million -3.4%N/A3.2 $14.57 4/15/20223,220,000 shares $49.33 million -4.7%N/A3.2 $15.32 3/31/20223,380,000 shares $50.90 million +25.2%N/A3 $15.06 3/15/20222,700,000 shares $41.01 million +0.4%N/A2.5 $15.19 2/28/20222,690,000 shares $39.95 million -8.2%N/A2.6 $14.85 2/15/20222,930,000 shares $42.66 million -3.9%N/A2.9 $14.56 1/31/20223,050,000 shares $43.43 million +22.5%N/A3.5 $14.24 1/15/20222,490,000 shares $38.60 million -6.0%N/A3.3 $15.50 12/31/20212,650,000 shares $41.42 million +27.4%N/A5.2 $15.63 12/15/20212,080,000 shares $32.53 million +9.5%N/A4.3 $15.64 11/30/20211,900,000 shares $29.18 million -5.0%N/A4.7 $15.36 11/15/20212,000,000 shares $31.72 million +3.1%N/A5.4 $15.86 10/29/20211,940,000 shares $30.01 million +2.7%2.8%5.1 $15.47 10/15/20211,890,000 shares $28.48 million -10.4%2.7%5 $15.07 9/30/20212,110,000 shares $30.45 million +7.1%3.0%5.2 $14.43 9/15/20211,970,000 shares $29.79 million -10.1%2.8%4.7 $15.12 8/31/20212,190,000 shares $33.53 million +12.9%3.1%5.3 $15.31 8/13/20211,940,000 shares $29.18 million +19.0%2.8%4.7 $15.04 7/30/20211,630,000 shares $24.65 million +0.6%2.3%3.7 $15.12 7/15/20211,620,000 shares $24.35 million -8.5%2.3%3.7 $15.03 6/30/20211,770,000 shares $28.09 million +9.3%2.5%4 $15.87 6/15/20211,620,000 shares $26.07 million -9.0%2.3%3.5 $16.09 5/28/20211,780,000 shares $27.09 million +2.9%2.5%2.8 $15.22 5/14/20211,730,000 shares $23.77 million +24.5%N/A2.7 $13.74 4/30/20211,390,000 shares $20.22 million -6.7%N/A2.2 $14.55 4/15/20211,490,000 shares $20.77 million +24.2%N/A2.2 $13.94 3/31/20211,200,000 shares $16.40 million -54.2%N/A1.8 $13.67 3/15/20212,620,000 shares $39.14 million -7.1%N/A4.2 $14.94 2/26/20212,820,000 shares $36.60 million +11.9%N/A5.8 $12.98 2/12/20212,520,000 shares $32.23 million +8.6%N/A5.7 $12.79 1/29/20212,320,000 shares $27.65 million +17.8%N/A5.3 $11.92 1/15/20211,970,000 shares $23.27 million +3.7%N/A5 $11.81 12/31/20201,900,000 shares $23.43 million +48.4%N/A5.1 $12.33 12/15/20201,280,000 shares $15.22 million +111.4%N/A3.3 $11.89 11/30/2020605,500 shares $8.25 million -5.4%N/A1.6 $13.63 11/15/2020639,700 shares $8.07 million -4.4%N/A1.8 $12.61 10/30/2020669,400 shares $7.64 million -3.8%N/A1.9 $11.42 10/15/2020696,100 shares $8.17 million -19.5%N/A1.9 $11.73 RC Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Ready Capital's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Ready Capital shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of September 15th, traders have sold 26,250,000 shares of RC short. Learn More on Ready Capital's current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for Ready Capital? 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. RC shares currently have a short interest ratio of 12.0. Learn More on Ready Capital's short interest ratio. Which institutional investors are shorting Ready Capital? As of the most recent reporting period, the following institutional investors, funds, and major shareholders have reported short positions of Ready Capital: Group One Trading LLC, Simplex Trading LLC, and Wolverine Asset Management LLC. These positions are disclosed in Form 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Is Ready Capital's short interest increasing or decreasing? Ready Capital saw a decrease in short interest during the month of September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 26,250,000 shares, a decrease of 8.0% from the previous total of 28,520,000 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 Ready Capital's short interest compare to its competitors? Here is how the short interest of companies in the sector of "finance" compare to Ready Capital: Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation (3.11%), Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance (2.60%), Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc. (4.58%), Chimera Investment Corporation (1.66%), Ellington Financial Inc. (5.28%), Franklin BSP Realty Trust, Inc. (2.62%), Ladder Capital Corp (1.40%), MFA Financial, Inc. (2.11%), Annaly Capital Management Inc (2.21%), Starwood Property Trust, Inc. (3.64%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: AppLovin Corporation ($8.81 billion), Canadian Natural Resources Limited ($5.82 billion), Reddit Inc. ($5.19 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($4.52 billion), Robinhood Markets, Inc. ($4.30 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.75 billion), CoreWeave Inc. ($3.66 billion), Seagate Technology Holdings PLC ($3.57 billion), Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. ($3.33 billion), and Rocket Lab Corporation ($3.26 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short Ready Capital stock? Short selling RC is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Ready Capital as its price is falling. RC shares are trading up $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 Ready Capital? A short squeeze for Ready Capital 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 RC, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Ready Capital'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 RC, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is September, 15 2025. 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