United States Cellular (USM) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $69.94 +2.36 (+3.48%) Closing price 03:58 PM EasternExtended Trading$69.97 +0.03 (+0.05%) As of 04:04 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 ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock United States Cellular Short Interest DataUnited States Cellular (USM) has a short interest of 441,900 shares, representing 4.15% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a -58.70% decrease in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 3.2, indicating that it would take 3.2 days of the average trading volume of 177,633 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest441,900 sharesPrevious Short Interest1,070,000 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month-58.70%Dollar Volume Sold Short$28.22 millionShort Interest Ratio3.2 Days to CoverLast Record DateJune 30, 2025Outstanding Shares85,000,000 sharesFloat Size10,650,000 sharesShort Percent of Float4.15%Today's Trading Volume386,340 sharesAverage Trading Volume177,633 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average217% Short Selling United States Cellular? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for United States Cellular and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartUSM Short Interest Over TimeUSM Days to Cover Over TimeUSM Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time United States Cellular Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 6/30/2025441,900 shares $28.22 million -58.7%4.2%3.2 $63.85 6/15/20251,070,000 shares $63.87 million -7.8%7.8%4.5 $59.69 5/31/20251,160,000 shares $71.82 million +7.4%8.5%4.8 $61.91 5/15/20251,080,000 shares $65.84 million +18.5%7.9%5 $60.96 4/30/2025911,600 shares $62.51 million +7.0%6.7%4.4 $68.57 4/15/2025851,700 shares $57.69 million +10.0%6.3%5 $67.74 3/31/2025774,600 shares $53.60 million -6.4%5.6%5 $69.20 3/15/2025827,300 shares $53.95 million +2.9%6.0%6.3 $65.22 2/28/2025804,200 shares $52.84 million +12.5%5.8%6.6 $65.71 2/15/2025715,100 shares $48.35 million +3.5%5.1%6.1 $67.61 Get the Latest News and Ratings for USM and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for United States Cellular and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 1/31/2025691,200 shares $43.44 million +25.0%4.7%5.5 $62.85 1/15/2025552,900 shares $34.52 million -16.9%3.8%4 $62.44 12/31/2024665,700 shares $41.75 million +28.6%4.5%4.7 $62.72 12/15/2024517,700 shares $32.60 million -5.8%3.5%3.5 $62.97 11/30/2024549,500 shares $34.87 million -8.3%3.7%3.5 $63.46 11/15/2024599,400 shares $36.89 million +10.9%4.0%3.6 $61.54 10/31/2024540,300 shares $33.34 million -40.3%3.6%3.3 $61.70 10/15/2024904,600 shares $52.46 million +19.3%6.1%5.4 $57.99 9/30/2024758,100 shares $41.48 million +7.3%5.1%4.4 $54.72 9/15/2024706,800 shares $40.27 million -2.2%4.8%3.9 $56.97 8/31/2024722,400 shares $40.18 million -8.4%4.9%3.8 $55.62 8/15/2024788,400 shares $41.21 million -11.6%5.3%3 $52.27 7/31/2024891,900 shares $47.94 million -6.3%6.3%2.7 $53.75 7/15/2024952,100 shares $54.87 million +2.2%6.8%2.8 $57.63 6/30/2024931,500 shares $52.00 million +20.2%6.8%2.8 $55.82 6/15/2024774,800 shares $41.27 million -0.5%5.6%2.3 $53.27 5/31/2024779,000 shares $43.27 million -17.5%5.6%2.4 $55.55 5/15/2024943,800 shares $42.04 million -14.2%6.7%3.6 $44.54 4/30/20241,100,000 shares $40.00 million -9.8%7.9%4.6 $36.36 4/15/20241,220,000 shares $42.94 million -0.8%8.8%5.7 $35.20 3/31/20241,230,000 shares $44.90 million -4.7%8.8%5.7 $36.50 3/15/20241,290,000 shares $44.96 million -12.8%9.2%5.7 $34.85 2/29/20241,480,000 shares $51.64 million -10.3%10.6%6.3 $34.89 2/15/20241,650,000 shares $68.82 million +1.2%11.8%7.1 $41.71 1/31/20241,630,000 shares $72.37 million +7.2%11.6%7.8 $44.40 1/15/20241,520,000 shares $65.47 million -6.2%10.8%6.9 $43.07 12/31/20231,620,000 shares $67.29 million -12.9%11.6%6.9 $41.54 12/15/20231,860,000 shares $73.64 million -1.6%13.3%7.8 $39.59 11/30/20231,890,000 shares $85.86 million +5.0%13.3%7.7 $45.43 11/15/20231,800,000 shares $78.91 million +15.4%12.7%6.5 $43.84This Signal Only Flashes Once Every 4 Years – And It Just Triggered (Ad)This same signal has appeared twice before in the past 8 years — both times, it kicked off major moves in crypto. 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Don’t Miss This One - PLUS Claim your $10 in Bitcoin 10/31/20231,560,000 shares $65.68 million +16.4%10.9%4.3 $42.10 10/15/20231,340,000 shares $55.36 million -1.5%9.4%2.6 $41.31 9/30/20231,360,000 shares $58.44 million +7.9%9.5%2.6 $42.97 9/15/20231,260,000 shares $51.80 million -6.0%8.8%2.4 $41.11 8/31/20231,340,000 shares $61.47 million +2.3%9.7%2.3 $45.87 8/15/20231,310,000 shares $52.11 million +77.0%9.4%2.2 $39.78 7/31/2023740,000 shares $13.11 million +12.7%5.3%1.3 $17.71 7/15/2023656,800 shares $10.67 million +3.5%4.8%1.7 $16.24 6/30/2023634,600 shares $11.19 million -42.3%4.6%1.7 $17.63 6/15/20231,100,000 shares $18.17 million -17.9%8.0%3 $16.52 5/31/20231,340,000 shares $19.16 million +11.7%9.8%4.2 $14.30 5/15/20231,200,000 shares $18.22 million +4.4%8.8%4 $15.18 4/30/20231,150,000 shares $24.43 million -8.7%8.4%3.9 $21.24 4/15/20231,260,000 shares $27.95 million +13.5%9.2%4.5 $22.18 3/31/20231,110,000 shares $23.01 million +7.8%7.9%3.6 $20.73 3/15/20231,030,000 shares $21.91 million +8.8%7.3%3.3 $21.27 2/28/2023947,100 shares $22.85 million -4.9%6.6%2.9 $24.13 2/15/2023995,800 shares $21.93 million -1.4%7.0%3 $22.02 1/31/20231,010,000 shares $24.70 million +30.0%7.1%3.1 $24.46 1/15/2023777,200 shares $17.32 million 0.0%5.4%2.5 $22.29 12/30/2022777,500 shares $16.21 million -19.6%5.4%2.8 $20.85 12/15/2022966,600 shares $19.44 million +6.5%6.8%3.9 $20.11 11/30/2022908,000 shares $19.30 million +8.9%6.2%4.2 $21.26 11/15/2022834,000 shares $18.54 million +39.6%5.7%4.6 $22.23 10/31/2022597,500 shares $18.62 million -7.1%4.1%3.9 $31.17 10/15/2022643,300 shares $17.63 million +17.8%4.4%5.2 $27.41 9/30/2022546,000 shares $14.21 million -4.1%3.7%4.3 $26.03 9/15/2022569,300 shares $15.38 million -3.4%3.9%4.6 $27.02 8/31/2022589,500 shares $16.85 million -6.5%4.0%4.9 $28.59 8/15/2022630,300 shares $19.05 million -8.4%4.5%5.3 $30.23 7/31/2022687,900 shares $20.15 million +2.2%4.9%5.8 $29.29 7/15/2022673,300 shares $19.58 million +5.9%4.8%5.8 $29.08 6/30/2022635,700 shares $18.41 million +6.8%4.6%5.5 $28.96 6/15/2022595,100 shares $17.20 million +31.1%4.3%5.3 $28.90 5/31/2022454,100 shares $13.95 million +0.3%3.3%4.2 $30.71 5/15/2022452,600 shares $13.03 million +13.5%3.3%3.8 $28.79 4/30/2022398,800 shares $11.48 million +2.4%2.8%3.5 $28.78 4/15/2022389,400 shares $12.58 million -15.6%2.8%3.6 $32.31 3/31/2022461,600 shares $13.95 million -0.3%3.3%4.5 $30.23 3/15/2022462,900 shares $13.83 million -12.7%3.3%4.7 $29.88 2/28/2022530,100 shares $14.58 million +21.1%3.7%5.3 $27.51 2/15/2022437,600 shares $13.73 million +3.0%3.0%4.6 $31.38 1/31/2022424,800 shares $13.01 million No Change2.9%4.5 $30.62 1/15/2022424,800 shares $13.42 million +0.3%2.9%3.9 $31.58 12/31/2021423,600 shares $13.35 million -17.4%2.9%3.8 $31.52 12/15/2021513,000 shares $16.23 million +9.0%3.5%4.4 $31.63 11/30/2021470,700 shares $13.70 million -6.4%3.2%4 $29.11 11/15/2021502,600 shares $16.10 million -16.5%3.4%4.3 $32.03 10/29/2021602,100 shares $18.41 million -3.2%4.0%5 $30.57 10/15/2021622,200 shares $19.67 million +14.0%4.1%5.3 $31.62This Signal Only Flashes Once Every 4 Years – And It Just Triggered (Ad)This same signal has appeared twice before in the past 8 years — both times, it kicked off major moves in crypto. 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Don’t Miss This One - PLUS Claim your $10 in Bitcoin 9/30/2021545,900 shares $17.41 million +15.3%3.6%4.4 $31.89 9/15/2021473,600 shares $14.61 million -16.3%3.2%2.8 $30.84 8/31/2021565,600 shares $18.07 million -2.9%3.9%3.2 $31.95 8/13/2021582,400 shares $18.49 million -8.4%4.0%3.2 $31.75 7/30/2021635,600 shares $23.11 million -11.2%4.4%3.3 $36.36 7/15/2021715,500 shares $25.88 million +0.9%5.0%3.8 $36.17 6/30/2021709,400 shares $25.76 million +49.1%4.9%3.8 $36.31 6/15/2021475,700 shares $18.30 million +28.0%3.3%3.2 $38.46 5/28/2021371,600 shares $14.03 million -5.2%2.6%2.6 $37.75 5/14/2021392,000 shares $14.85 million -11.6%2.7%2.4 $37.89 4/30/2021443,200 shares $15.47 million -18.9%3.1%2.5 $34.90 4/15/2021546,200 shares $19.78 million +2.3%3.8%3.1 $36.21 3/31/2021534,200 shares $19.33 million -19.1%3.7%3 $36.18 3/15/2021660,500 shares $24.02 million -15.3%4.4%3.8 $36.36 2/26/2021779,500 shares $23.19 million +5.3%N/A0 $29.75 2/12/2021740,500 shares $24.29 million -4.5%4.9%4.8 $32.80 1/29/2021775,600 shares $24.71 million -4.7%5.2%5.2 $31.86 1/15/2021813,900 shares $25.92 million -6.0%5.4%5.6 $31.85 12/31/2020865,600 shares $25.91 million +20.7%5.8%6.1 $29.93 12/15/2020717,300 shares $22.13 million -6.3%4.8%5 $30.85 11/30/2020765,500 shares $24.90 million -2.6%5.1%5.3 $32.53 10/30/2020841,400 shares $24.12 million +4.0%5.6%6.3 $28.67 10/15/2020808,800 shares $24.07 million -0.5%5.4%5.9 $29.76 9/30/2020812,900 shares $24.00 million +5.4%5.4%5.5 $29.53 9/15/2020771,100 shares $25.45 million +6.2%5.2%5.1 $33.00 8/31/2020726,300 shares $26.42 million +2.2%4.9%4.7 $36.38 8/14/2020710,400 shares $26.00 million -11.1%4.9%4.3 $36.60 7/31/2020798,900 shares $23.70 million -2.7%5.5%4.9 $29.67 7/15/2020820,900 shares $26.11 million +5.7%5.7%5.1 $31.81 USM Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is United States Cellular's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of United States Cellular shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of June 30th, traders have sold 441,900 shares of USM short. 4.15% of United States Cellular's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on United States Cellular's current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for United States Cellular? 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. USM shares currently have a short interest ratio of 3.0. Learn More on United States Cellular's short interest ratio. What is a good short interest percentage for United States Cellular? 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. 4.15% of United States Cellular's floating shares are currently sold short. Is United States Cellular's short interest increasing or decreasing? United States Cellular saw a decrease in short interest during the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 441,900 shares, a decrease of 58.7% from the previous total of 1,070,000 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 United States Cellular's float size? United States Cellular currently has issued a total of 85,000,000 shares. Some of United States Cellular'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. United States Cellular currently has a public float of 10,650,000 shares. How does United States Cellular's short interest compare to its competitors? 4.15% of United States Cellular's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies compare to United States Cellular: Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc. (11.65%), Arista Networks, Inc. (1.63%), Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. (6.75%), BlackBerry Limited (6.82%), Shenandoah Telecommunications Co (4.45%), Spok Holdings, Inc. (0.85%), Crown Castle Inc. (1.33%), SBA Communications Corporation (1.87%), Gogo Inc. (28.07%), Liberty Global PLC (3.28%), 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 ($72.10 billion), Invesco QQQ ($26.89 billion), iShares Russell 2000 ETF ($19.61 billion), MicroStrategy Incorporated ($9.52 billion), iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF ($8.70 billion), WD-40 Company ($7.66 billion), Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund ($6.10 billion), Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF ($5.80 billion), Invesco S&P 500 Top 50 ETF ($5.53 billion), and Vanguard Large-Cap ETF ($5.35 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short United States Cellular stock? Short selling USM is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from United States Cellular as its price is falling. USM shares are trading up $2.36 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 United States Cellular? A short squeeze for United States Cellular 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 USM, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is United States Cellular'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 USM, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is June, 30 2025. 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