Tootsie Roll Industries (TR) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

$41.73 +0.12 (+0.29%)

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Tootsie Roll Industries Short Interest Overview

As of April 30, 2026, Tootsie Roll Industries (TR) had a short interest of 2.34 million shares sold short, representing 5.84% of the public float. This marks a -1.10% decrease in short interest since the prior report. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 21.0, meaning it would take 21.0 days of the average trading volume of 127,109 shares to cover all short positions.

Current Short Interest: 2,337,317 shares
Previous Short Interest: 2,363,229 shares
Change Vs. Previous Month: -1.10%
Dollar Volume Sold Short: $98.91 million
Short Interest Ratio: 21.0 Days to Cover
Last Record Date: April 30, 2026

Outstanding Shares: 75,171,000 shares
Short Percent of Float: 5.84%
Today's Trading Volume: 46,144 shares
Average Trading Volume: 127,109 shares
Today's Volume Vs. Average: 36%

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Report Date	Total Shares Sold Short	Dollar Volume Sold Short	Change from Previous Report	Percentage of Float Shorted	Days to Cover	Price on Report Date
4/30/2026	2,337,317 shares	$98.91 million	-1.1%	5.8%	20.98	$42.32
11/14/2025	2,383,197 shares	$93.84 million	-1.7%	8.3%	14.21	$39.38
10/31/2025	2,425,240 shares	$85.91 million	-6.1%	8.5%	10.21	$35.43
10/15/2025	2,580,000 shares	$111.50 million	-10.4%	15.5%	13.4	$43.22
9/30/2025	2,880,000 shares	$120.79 million	-1.7%	17.3%	14.5	$41.94
9/15/2025	2,930,000 shares	$120.25 million	-6.1%	17.6%	11.9	$41.04
8/31/2025	3,120,000 shares	$125.57 million	-2.2%	18.8%	13.4	$40.25
8/15/2025	3,190,000 shares	$123.23 million	+6.3%	19.2%	13.8	$38.63
7/31/2025	3,000,000 shares	$113.64 million	+4.9%	18.1%	13.2	$37.88
7/15/2025	2,860,000 shares	$99.44 million	-6.5%	17.1%	13.1	$34.77
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6/30/2025	3,060,000 shares	$102.36 million	+36.6%	18.3%	15.5	$33.45
6/15/2025	2,240,000 shares	$74.52 million	+4.7%	13.4%	16.3	$33.27
5/31/2025	2,140,000 shares	$76.33 million	-4.5%	12.8%	17.4	$35.67
5/15/2025	2,240,000 shares	$72.80 million	+10.9%	12.5%	18.2	$32.50
4/30/2025	2,020,000 shares	$64.48 million	+2.5%	11.4%	17	$31.92
4/15/2025	1,970,000 shares	$61.40 million	+0.5%	11.1%	17.8	$31.17
3/31/2025	1,960,000 shares	$61.69 million	+2.1%	11.1%	17.1	$31.48
3/15/2025	1,920,000 shares	$60.96 million	+12.9%	10.5%	16.4	$31.75
2/28/2025	1,700,000 shares	$52.65 million	+4.9%	9.3%	14.3	$30.97
2/15/2025	1,620,000 shares	$49.92 million	+13.3%	8.8%	15	$30.82
1/31/2025	1,430,000 shares	$44.39 million	-9.5%	7.8%	13.5	$31.04
1/15/2025	1,580,000 shares	$48.33 million	-1.3%	17.8%	14.6	$30.59
12/31/2024	1,600,000 shares	$51.73 million	-1.8%	11.2%	13.6	$32.33
12/15/2024	1,630,000 shares	$51.80 million	+3.2%	11.4%	9.8	$31.78
11/30/2024	1,580,000 shares	$52.30 million	+1.3%	11.0%	8.9	$33.10
11/15/2024	1,560,000 shares	$49.73 million	+3.3%	10.9%	6.8	$31.88
10/31/2024	1,510,000 shares	$44.05 million	-3.8%	10.5%	6.2	$29.17
10/15/2024	1,570,000 shares	$47.26 million	+3.3%	10.9%	6.5	$30.10
9/30/2024	1,520,000 shares	$47.14 million	-14.6%	10.6%	5.6	$31.01
9/15/2024	1,780,000 shares	$59.01 million	-3.8%	12.4%	6.5	$33.15
8/31/2024	1,850,000 shares	$54.98 million	+58.1%	12.9%	7.2	$29.72
8/15/2024	1,170,000 shares	$33.00 million	-2.5%	8.1%	5.9	$28.21
7/31/2024	1,200,000 shares	$37.03 million	-29.8%	8.4%	6.7	$30.86
7/15/2024	1,710,000 shares	$50.26 million	-3.4%	11.9%	10	$29.39
6/30/2024	1,770,000 shares	$54.11 million	+51.3%	12.3%	13.7	$30.57
6/15/2024	1,170,000 shares	$34.19 million	No Change	8.3%	9.6	$29.22
5/31/2024	1,170,000 shares	$34.18 million	+1.7%	8.3%	16.1	$29.21
5/15/2024	1,150,000 shares	$34.05 million	-1.7%	8.2%	15.4	$29.61
4/30/2024	1,170,000 shares	$34.76 million	+8.3%	8.3%	15.4	$29.71
4/15/2024	1,080,000 shares	$32.67 million	+4.9%	7.7%	14.3	$30.25
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3/31/2024	1,030,000 shares	$32.99 million	-1.9%	7.3%	14.3	$32.03
3/15/2024	1,050,000 shares	$33.40 million	+2.9%	7.4%	14.2	$31.81
2/29/2024	1,020,000 shares	$33.17 million	No Change	7.2%	13.4	$32.52
2/15/2024	1,020,000 shares	$33.96 million	-5.6%	7.4%	14.1	$33.29
1/31/2024	1,080,000 shares	$35.20 million	-2.7%	7.8%	14.8	$32.59
1/15/2024	1,110,000 shares	$39.08 million	-1.8%	8.0%	15	$35.21
12/31/2023	1,130,000 shares	$37.56 million	-1.7%	8.2%	14.4	$33.24
12/15/2023	1,150,000 shares	$38.21 million	-5.7%	8.3%	14.1	$33.23
11/30/2023	1,220,000 shares	$40.35 million	No Change	8.7%	14.1	$33.08
11/15/2023	1,220,000 shares	$39.03 million	-3.2%	8.6%	12.6	$31.99
10/31/2023	1,260,000 shares	$39.25 million	-6.7%	8.9%	13	$31.15
10/15/2023	1,350,000 shares	$41.12 million	+3.1%	9.6%	13	$30.46
9/30/2023	1,310,000 shares	$39.12 million	-3.0%	9.3%	11.9	$29.86
9/15/2023	1,350,000 shares	$40.66 million	-2.9%	9.6%	10.6	$30.12
8/31/2023	1,390,000 shares	$44.69 million	-0.7%	9.7%	7.9	$32.15
8/15/2023	1,400,000 shares	$46.55 million	-3.5%	9.7%	7.9	$33.25
7/31/2023	1,450,000 shares	$50.53 million	-7.6%	10.0%	7.9	$34.85
7/15/2023	1,570,000 shares	$53.65 million	-3.7%	10.5%	7.8	$34.17
6/30/2023	1,630,000 shares	$57.73 million	-24.2%	10.9%	8.1	$35.42
6/15/2023	2,150,000 shares	$81.58 million	+12.6%	14.4%	11.5	$37.95
5/31/2023	1,910,000 shares	$74.62 million	+1.6%	12.5%	13.5	$39.07
5/15/2023	1,880,000 shares	$69.97 million	No Change	12.3%	13.6	$37.22
4/30/2023	1,880,000 shares	$76.85 million	No Change	12.1%	14.1	$40.88
4/15/2023	1,880,000 shares	$83.75 million	-12.2%	12.1%	15	$44.55
3/31/2023	2,140,000 shares	$96.11 million	-2.7%	13.8%	17.6	$44.91
3/15/2023	2,200,000 shares	$98.10 million	+11.7%	14.2%	18.2	$44.59
2/28/2023	1,970,000 shares	$86.74 million	+5.9%	12.7%	15.6	$44.03
2/15/2023	1,860,000 shares	$81.95 million	+5.7%	12.3%	14.5	$44.06
1/31/2023	1,760,000 shares	$78.72 million	-1.7%	11.8%	13.4	$44.73
1/15/2023	1,790,000 shares	$80.69 million	+2.9%	12.0%	14.3	$45.08
12/30/2022	1,740,000 shares	$74.07 million	-12.1%	10.9%	13.8	$42.57
12/15/2022	1,980,000 shares	$86.11 million	+12.5%	12.4%	15.6	$43.49
11/30/2022	1,760,000 shares	$79.11 million	+5.4%	11.0%	15.4	$44.95
11/15/2022	1,670,000 shares	$70.82 million	+7.1%	10.4%	16.9	$42.41
10/31/2022	1,560,000 shares	$63.01 million	+4.0%	9.7%	17.9	$40.39
10/15/2022	1,500,000 shares	$54.48 million	+2.7%	9.4%	19.5	$36.32
9/30/2022	1,460,000 shares	$48.59 million	-2.0%	9.1%	19.9	$33.28
9/15/2022	1,490,000 shares	$51.26 million	-1.3%	10.0%	18.6	$34.40
8/31/2022	1,510,000 shares	$54.10 million	No Change	10.1%	17.8	$35.83
8/15/2022	1,510,000 shares	$53.74 million	-2.0%	10.1%	15.3	$35.59
7/31/2022	1,540,000 shares	$54.08 million	-7.2%	8.9%	13.2	$35.12
7/15/2022	1,660,000 shares	$58.61 million	+10.7%	9.6%	13.4	$35.31
6/30/2022	1,500,000 shares	$53.03 million	-4.5%	8.7%	11.8	$35.35
6/15/2022	1,570,000 shares	$50.63 million	-2.5%	9.1%	12.3	$32.25
5/31/2022	1,610,000 shares	$53.24 million	-5.3%	10.7%	13.3	$33.07
5/15/2022	1,700,000 shares	$56.81 million	-2.3%	11.3%	14.3	$33.42
4/30/2022	1,740,000 shares	$60.95 million	-0.6%	12.2%	16.1	$35.03
4/15/2022	1,750,000 shares	$63.72 million	No Change	12.3%	16.4	$36.41
3/31/2022	1,750,000 shares	$61.18 million	-5.4%	11.6%	15.8	$34.96
3/15/2022	1,850,000 shares	$60.90 million	-0.5%	12.3%	15.2	$32.92
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2/28/2022	1,860,000 shares	$62.78 million	+1.6%	12.4%	9.1	$33.75
2/15/2022	1,830,000 shares	$61.03 million	-6.2%	12.5%	9.1	$33.35
1/31/2022	1,950,000 shares	$66.20 million	-5.3%	13.4%	10	$33.95
1/15/2022	2,060,000 shares	$72.00 million	+1.5%	14.1%	10.4	$34.95
12/31/2021	2,030,000 shares	$73.55 million	-8.6%	13.9%	10.4	$36.23
12/15/2021	2,220,000 shares	$85.96 million	-6.7%	15.2%	11.2	$38.72
11/30/2021	2,380,000 shares	$74.85 million	+1.7%	16.1%	17.1	$31.45
11/15/2021	2,340,000 shares	$75.47 million	-3.3%	15.8%	17.1	$32.25
10/29/2021	2,420,000 shares	$76.59 million	-4.0%	16.2%	16.6	$31.65
10/15/2021	2,520,000 shares	$79.28 million	-8.0%	16.8%	17.2	$31.46
9/30/2021	2,740,000 shares	$83.38 million	-3.5%	18.3%	16.9	$30.43
9/15/2021	2,840,000 shares	$86.31 million	+4.4%	19.0%	15.7	$30.39
8/31/2021	2,720,000 shares	$86.09 million	-5.6%	18.2%	13.7	$31.65
8/13/2021	2,880,000 shares	$99.85 million	+2.5%	19.3%	13.1	$34.67
7/30/2021	2,810,000 shares	$96.64 million	-0.7%	18.7%	11	$34.39
7/15/2021	2,830,000 shares	$96.02 million	-5.0%	18.8%	10.7	$33.93
6/30/2021	2,980,000 shares	$101.05 million	-20.5%	19.8%	11.1	$33.91
6/15/2021	3,750,000 shares	$129.71 million	-2.3%	25.0%	14.2	$34.59
5/28/2021	3,840,000 shares	$120.15 million	+0.3%	25.6%	15.2	$31.29

TR Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions

Short interest is the volume of Tootsie Roll Industries shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of April 30th, investors have sold 2,337,317 shares of TR short. 5.84% of Tootsie Roll Industries' shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Tootsie Roll Industries' current short interest.

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. TR shares currently have a short interest ratio of 21.0. Learn More on Tootsie Roll Industries's short interest ratio.

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. 5.84% of Tootsie Roll Industries' floating shares are currently sold short.

Tootsie Roll Industries saw a decrease in short interest in the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 2,337,317 shares, a decrease of 1.1% from the previous total of 2,363,229 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.

5.84% of Tootsie Roll Industries' shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies compare to Tootsie Roll Industries: Hormel Foods Corporation (4.14%), The J. M. Smucker Company (4.90%), Smithfield Foods, Inc. (0.76%), Conagra Brands (9.67%), Pilgrim's Pride Corporation (13.23%), The Campbell's Company (18.56%), Post Holdings, Inc. (15.17%), Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. (13.22%), The Marzetti Company (6.47%), Flowers Foods, Inc. (15.61%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust ($86.09 billion), Invesco QQQ ($39.89 billion), iShares Russell 2000 ETF ($26.13 billion), Western Digital Corporation ($12.66 billion), Salesforce Inc. ($12.29 billion), Sandisk Corporation ($11.87 billion), SPDR S&P Biotech ETF ($9.82 billion), Lumentum Holdings Inc. ($8.51 billion), iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF ($7.76 billion), and Bloom Energy Corporation ($7.40 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling TR is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Tootsie Roll Industries as its price is falling. TR shares are trading up $0.97 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.

A short squeeze for Tootsie Roll Industries 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 TR, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further.

Short interest is typically published by a stock exchange once per month. However, NASDAQ publishes a report for U.S. stocks, including TR, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is April, 30 2026.

Understanding short interest metrics can help you assess how traders are positioning around a stock like TR:

Shares Sold Short: The total number of shares that have been sold by short sellers but have not yet been covered or closed out. A high number may indicate bearish sentiment.
Short Float: The percentage of a companyâ€™s publicly available shares (or "float") that are sold short. A higher short float suggests a greater portion of the stock is being bet against.
Days to Cover (Short Interest Ratio): This estimates how many days it would take short sellers to cover their positions, based on average daily trading volume. Higher values can signal potential for a short squeeze if buying pressure increases.

These metrics are often used by traders to gauge sentiment, volatility risk, and the potential for price movements based on short covering activity.

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This page (NYSE:TR) was last updated on 5/19/2026 by MarketBeat.com Staff.

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Tootsie Roll Industries (TR) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume