Shell (SHEL) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $66.38 -0.24 (-0.36%) Closing price 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$66.37 -0.01 (-0.02%) As of 07:57 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 Shell Short Interest DataShell (SHEL) has a short interest of 7.51 million shares, representing 0.25% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a 1.35% increase in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 1.4, indicating that it would take 1.4 days of the average trading volume of 4.29 million shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest7,510,000 sharesPrevious Short Interest7,410,000 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month+1.35%Dollar Volume Sold Short$484.47 millionShort Interest Ratio1.4 Days to CoverLast Record DateApril 30, 2025Outstanding Shares3,008,041,000 sharesShort Percent of Float0.25%Today's Trading Volume3,101,772 sharesAverage Trading Volume4,291,764 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average72% Short Selling Shell? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for Shell and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartSHEL Short Interest Over TimeSHEL Days to Cover Over TimeSHEL Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Shell Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 4/30/20257,510,000 shares $484.47 million +1.4%0.3%1.4 $64.51 4/15/20257,410,000 shares $465.40 million -17.0%0.3%1.4 $62.81 3/31/20258,930,000 shares $654.70 million +8.8%0.3%1.8 $73.32 3/15/20258,210,000 shares $564.64 million +62.6%0.3%1.9 $68.78 2/28/20255,050,000 shares $340.45 million -18.6%0.2%1.2 $67.42 2/15/20256,200,000 shares $416.36 million -9.4%0.2%1.6 $67.16 1/31/20256,840,000 shares $450.17 million +14.8%0.2%1.6 $65.82 1/15/20255,960,000 shares $395.68 million +13.3%0.2%1.4 $66.39 12/31/20245,260,000 shares $329.54 million +2.7%0.2%1.2 $62.65 12/15/20245,120,000 shares $325.32 million -12.8%0.2%1.2 $63.54 Get the Latest News and Ratings for SHEL and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Shell and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 11/30/20245,870,000 shares $380.02 million -18.0%0.2%1.3 $64.74 11/15/20247,160,000 shares $468.84 million +66.5%0.2%1.6 $65.48 10/31/20244,300,000 shares $290.68 million -3.6%0.1%1 $67.60 10/15/20244,460,000 shares $294.72 million -16.3%0.1%1.1 $66.08 9/30/20245,330,000 shares $351.67 million -12.3%0.2%1.4 $65.98 9/15/20246,080,000 shares $410.10 million -15.9%0.2%1.7 $67.45 8/31/20247,230,000 shares $518.10 million +5.9%0.2%2 $71.66 8/15/20246,830,000 shares $499.75 million +4.0%0.2%2 $73.17 7/31/20246,570,000 shares $481.06 million -5.1%0.2%1.9 $73.22 7/15/20246,920,000 shares $504.88 million +6.0%0.2%1.9 $72.96 6/30/20246,530,000 shares $471.34 million +8.5%0.2%1.7 $72.18 6/15/20246,020,000 shares $415.38 million -9.3%0.2%1.5 $69.00 5/31/20246,640,000 shares $483.23 million -5.3%0.2%1.6 $72.78 5/15/20247,010,000 shares $513.94 million -15.5%0.2%1.7 $73.32 4/30/20248,300,000 shares $594.94 million +7.7%0.3%1.9 $71.68 4/15/20247,710,000 shares $554.66 million +30.2%0.2%1.7 $71.94 3/31/20245,920,000 shares $396.88 million +0.9%0.2%1.2 $67.04 3/15/20245,870,000 shares $386.63 million -9.3%0.2%1.3 $65.87 2/29/20246,470,000 shares $406.25 million -21.1%0.2%1.3 $62.79 2/15/20248,200,000 shares $521.19 million +22.2%0.3%1.6 $63.56 1/31/20246,710,000 shares $421.92 million +39.5%0.2%1.3 $62.88 1/15/20244,810,000 shares $306.88 million +2.3%0.2%0.9 $63.80 12/31/20234,700,000 shares $309.26 million -7.5%0.2%0.8 $65.80 12/15/20235,080,000 shares $325.55 million -32.9%0.2%0.9 $64.09 11/30/20237,570,000 shares $498.11 million -3.7%0.2%1.3 $65.80 11/15/20237,860,000 shares $518.37 million -13.6%0.2%1.5 $65.95 10/31/20239,100,000 shares $592.82 million -20.9%0.3%1.7 $65.15 10/15/202311,510,000 shares $775.54 million +7.5%0.4%2.3 $67.38 9/30/202310,710,000 shares $689.51 million +12.2%0.3%2.2 $64.38 9/15/20239,550,000 shares $617.41 million +26.0%0.3%2.2 $64.65Watch This Robotics Demo Before July 23rd (Ad)Jeff Brown, the tech legend who picked shares of Nvidia in 2016 before they jumped by more than 22,000%... 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Click here to watch the demo… 8/31/20237,580,000 shares $470.64 million +23.3%0.2%1.7 $62.09 8/15/20236,150,000 shares $374.72 million +78.8%0.2%1.3 $60.93 7/31/20233,440,000 shares $212.01 million -43.3%0.1%0.8 $61.63 7/15/20236,070,000 shares $368.33 million -4.0%0.2%1.3 $60.68 6/30/20236,320,000 shares $381.60 million +16.6%0.2%1.4 $60.38 6/15/20235,420,000 shares $328.83 million +7.8%0.2%1.2 $60.67 5/31/20235,030,000 shares $281.71 million -11.8%0.2%1 $56.01 5/15/20235,700,000 shares $347.24 million -6.7%0.2%1.2 $60.92 4/30/20236,110,000 shares $378.70 million -23.1%0.2%1.2 $61.98 4/15/20237,950,000 shares $493.38 million No Change0.2%1.6 $62.06 3/31/20237,950,000 shares $457.44 million +23.1%0.2%1.6 $57.54 3/15/20236,460,000 shares $358.85 million -4.3%0.2%1.3 $55.55 2/28/20236,750,000 shares $410.20 million -0.3%0.2%1.5 $60.77 2/15/20236,770,000 shares $422.85 million +29.2%0.2%1.5 $62.46 1/31/20235,240,000 shares $308.16 million -18.3%0.2%1.2 $58.81 1/15/20236,410,000 shares $382.10 million -17.6%0.2%1.4 $59.61 12/30/20227,780,000 shares $443.07 million -2.8%0.2%1.7 $56.95 12/15/20228,000,000 shares $449.20 million +16.5%0.2%1.6 $56.15 11/30/20226,870,000 shares $401.69 million +36.9%0.2%1.3 $58.47 11/15/20225,020,000 shares $282.53 million +0.2%0.1%1 $56.28 10/31/20225,010,000 shares $278.71 million +21.9%0.1%0.9 $55.63 10/15/20224,110,000 shares $207.68 million +0.7%0.1%0.8 $50.53 9/30/20224,080,000 shares $203.02 million -17.7%0.1%0.8 $49.76 9/15/20224,960,000 shares $263.38 million -7.5%0.1%1 $53.10 8/31/20225,360,000 shares $283.97 million +2.3%0.2%1 $52.98 8/15/20225,240,000 shares $277.88 million +1.0%0.1%1 $53.03 7/31/20225,190,000 shares $277.04 million -24.9%0.1%1 $53.38 7/15/20226,910,000 shares $328.02 million No Change0.2%1.3 $47.47 12/15/20212,490,000 shares $105.95 million -18.4%0.1%0.8 $42.55 11/30/20213,050,000 shares $129.50 million -4.7%0.2%0.9 $42.46 11/15/20213,200,000 shares $142.34 million -7.0%0.2%1 $44.48 10/29/20213,440,000 shares $162.51 million -6.0%0.2%1 $47.24 10/15/20213,660,000 shares $176.78 million +32.6%0.2%1.1 $48.30 9/30/20212,760,000 shares $121.61 million +71.4%0.2%0.8 $44.06 9/15/20211,610,000 shares $65.98 million -11.1%0.1%0.5 $40.98 8/31/20211,810,000 shares $71.26 million +4.0%0.1%0.5 $39.37 8/13/20211,740,000 shares $70.23 million No Change0.1%0.5 $40.36 12/31/20201,210,000 shares $41.62 million +44.5%0.1%0.3 $34.40 12/15/2020837,300 shares $30.01 million -51.0%0.1%0.2 $35.84 11/30/20201,710,000 shares $59.78 million +16.3%0.1%0.4 $34.96 11/15/20201,470,000 shares $43.20 million +29.0%0.1%0.4 $29.39 10/30/20201,140,000 shares $26.63 million -4.2%0.1%0.3 $23.36 10/15/20201,190,000 shares $29.40 million -16.2%0.1%0.3 $24.71 9/30/20201,420,000 shares $35.02 million +65.2%0.1%0.4 $24.66 9/15/2020859,800 shares $22.59 million +94.8%0.1%0.2 $26.27 8/31/2020441,500 shares $12.41 million -27.9%0.0%0.1 $28.10 8/14/2020611,900 shares $18.11 million +13.6%0.0%0.2 $29.59 7/31/2020538,700 shares $15.25 million -6.7%0.0%0.1 $28.30 7/15/2020577,200 shares $18.13 million -2.2%0.0%0.1 $31.41 6/30/2020590,400 shares $17.98 million -31.3%0.0%0.1 $30.45Washington Is Broke—and Eyeing Your Savings Next (Ad)Washington is running out of money…And guess where they'll look next? 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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. SHEL shares currently have a short interest ratio of 1.0. Learn More on Shell's short interest ratio. Which institutional investors are shorting Shell? As of the most recent reporting period, the following institutional investors, funds, and major shareholders have reported short positions of Shell: Jane Street Group LLC, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Parallax Volatility Advisers L.P., Millennium Management LLC, PEAK6 LLC, Jane Street Group LLC, Walleye Trading LLC, Walleye Capital LLC, Capital Fund Management S.A., Garda Capital Partners LP, Citigroup Inc., Jefferies Financial Group Inc., SG Americas Securities LLC, IMC Chicago LLC, CenterStar Asset Management LLC, and Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC. These positions are disclosed in Form 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. What is a good short interest percentage for Shell? 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. 0.25% of Shell's floating shares are currently sold short. Is Shell's short interest increasing or decreasing? Shell saw a increase in short interest in the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 7,510,000 shares, an increase of 1.3% from the previous total of 7,410,000 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 Shell's short interest compare to its competitors? 0.25% of Shell's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "petroleum and natural gas" compare to Shell: TotalEnergies SE (0.30%), BP p.l.c. (0.59%), Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras (0.36%), Canadian Natural Resources Limited (1.22%), Equinor ASA (0.80%), Eni S.p.A. (0.04%), Suncor Energy Inc. (0.67%), Woodside Energy Group Ltd (0.09%), Cenovus Energy Inc. (1.35%), Pembina Pipeline Co. (0.53%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Spotify Technology S.A. ($4.67 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.58 billion), Capital One Financial Co. ($4.47 billion), The Kroger Co. ($2.56 billion), Reddit, Inc. ($2.23 billion), Rivian Automotive, Inc. ($2.16 billion), Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. ($1.90 billion), SoFi Technologies, Inc. ($1.85 billion), Zscaler, Inc. ($1.75 billion), and Omnicom Group Inc. ($1.75 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short Shell stock? Short selling SHEL is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Shell as its price is falling. SHEL shares are trading down $0.24 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 Shell? A short squeeze for Shell 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 SHEL, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Shell'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 SHEL, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is April, 30 2025. More Short Interest Resources from MarketBeat Related Companies TotalEnergies Short Interest Data BP Short Interest Data Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras Short Interest Data Canadian Natural Resources Short Interest Data Equinor ASA Short Interest Data ENI Short Interest Data Suncor Energy Short Interest Data Woodside Energy Group Short Interest Data Cenovus Energy Short Interest Data Pembina Pipeline Short Interest Data Short Interest Tools Stocks to Short Largest Short Interest Positions Short Interest Increases Short Interest Decreases Short Interest Reporting Dates This page (NYSE:SHEL) was last updated on 5/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersMarket Panic: Trump Just Dropped a Bomb on Your Stockstock Market Panic: Trump Just Dropped a Bomb on Your Stocks The market is in freefall—and Trump's new tarif...American Alternative | SponsoredGold Hits New Highs as Global Markets SpiralWhen Trump took office in 2017, gold was just $1,100 an ounce. 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