Universal Insurance (UVE) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $24.96 +0.07 (+0.28%) As of 10:24 AM Eastern This is a fair market value price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrendsBuy This Stock Universal Insurance Short Interest DataUniversal Insurance (UVE) has a short interest of 34.83 million shares, representing 148.38% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a 10,493.07% increase in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 3.3, indicating that it would take 3.3 days of the average trading volume of 200,275 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest34,830,000 sharesPrevious Short Interest328,800 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month+10,493.07%Dollar Volume Sold Short$966.18 millionShort Interest Ratio3.3 Days to CoverLast Record DateJune 30, 2025Outstanding Shares28,150,000 sharesShort Percent of Float148.38%Today's Trading Volume6,682 sharesAverage Trading Volume200,275 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average3% Short Selling Universal Insurance? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for Universal Insurance and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartUVE Short Interest Over TimeUVE Days to Cover Over TimeUVE Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Universal Insurance Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 6/30/202534,830,000 shares $966.18 million +10,493.1%148.4%3.3 $27.74 6/15/2025328,800 shares $8.68 million -3.6%1.3%1.4 $26.39 5/31/2025341,000 shares $9.24 million +7.5%1.3%1.5 $27.11 5/15/2025317,100 shares $8.40 million -4.1%1.2%1.4 $26.49 4/30/2025330,700 shares $8.01 million +12.1%1.3%1.6 $24.22 4/15/2025295,100 shares $6.74 million -0.5%1.2%1.7 $22.85 3/31/2025296,500 shares $7.02 million -9.1%1.2%1.8 $23.69 3/15/2025326,200 shares $7.12 million +3.0%1.3%2 $21.84 2/28/2025316,700 shares $7.01 million -16.3%1.2%2.2 $22.15 2/15/2025378,200 shares $7.74 million +6.2%1.5%2.8 $20.46 Get the Latest News and Ratings for UVE and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Universal Insurance and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 1/31/2025356,200 shares $6.88 million -3.5%1.4%2.8 $19.31 1/15/2025369,200 shares $7.20 million +17.8%1.4%2.5 $19.50 12/31/2024313,500 shares $6.60 million +4.4%1.2%1.7 $21.06 12/15/2024300,400 shares $6.39 million +11.1%1.2%1.5 $21.26 11/30/2024270,400 shares $6.12 million -13.6%1.1%1.3 $22.63 11/15/2024313,000 shares $7.04 million -23.5%1.2%1.5 $22.48 10/31/2024409,300 shares $8.16 million -43.9%1.6%1.9 $19.94 10/15/2024729,400 shares $14.35 million +12.2%2.8%3.4 $19.68 9/30/2024650,200 shares $14.41 million -23.9%2.5%3.1 $22.16 9/15/2024853,900 shares $17.94 million -0.1%3.3%4.8 $21.01 8/31/2024854,700 shares $18.28 million -11.0%3.3%5 $21.39 8/15/2024959,800 shares $19.52 million +12.1%3.8%5.4 $20.34 7/31/2024856,600 shares $16.97 million +23.0%3.4%4.8 $19.81 7/15/2024696,500 shares $13.37 million +41.1%2.7%4.1 $19.20 6/30/2024493,800 shares $9.26 million +19.6%1.9%3 $18.76 6/15/2024412,800 shares $7.56 million +47.5%1.6%2.6 $18.32 5/31/2024279,800 shares $5.51 million -4.3%1.1%1.6 $19.71 5/15/2024292,300 shares $5.95 million -0.6%1.1%1.5 $20.37 4/30/2024294,000 shares $5.74 million -21.5%1.1%1.5 $19.52 4/15/2024374,700 shares $7.15 million +14.6%1.5%2 $19.08 3/31/2024327,000 shares $6.64 million -13.8%1.3%1.7 $20.32 3/15/2024379,400 shares $7.53 million +80.9%1.5%1.9 $19.86 2/29/2024209,700 shares $4.24 million -50.3%0.8%1 $20.20 2/15/2024422,000 shares $7.34 million -17.8%1.6%2 $17.39 1/31/2024513,500 shares $8.53 million +12.3%2.0%2.6 $16.61 1/15/2024457,200 shares $7.54 million -10.8%1.8%2.1 $16.49 12/31/2023512,400 shares $8.19 million -10.4%2.0%2.2 $15.98 12/15/2023571,900 shares $9.14 million +2.1%2.2%2.4 $15.98 11/30/2023560,100 shares $9.49 million -22.9%2.1%1.5 $16.94 11/15/2023726,600 shares $11.78 million +27.0%2.8%1.7 $16.21A grave, grave error. 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Here’s the full story for you. 10/31/2023572,000 shares $8.96 million -27.6%2.2%1.4 $15.66 10/15/2023789,700 shares $10.83 million -26.2%2.9%1.9 $13.72 9/30/20231,070,000 shares $15.00 million -25.2%4.3%2.7 $14.02 9/15/20231,430,000 shares $18.56 million +57.6%5.3%3.8 $12.98 8/31/2023907,400 shares $11.49 million +41.4%3.4%3.7 $12.66 8/15/2023641,600 shares $9.02 million +41.9%2.4%3.5 $14.06 7/31/2023452,200 shares $7.02 million -15.7%1.7%2.5 $15.53 7/15/2023536,400 shares $8.14 million +5.8%2.0%2.7 $15.17 6/30/2023507,200 shares $7.82 million -7.7%1.9%2.3 $15.41 6/15/2023549,200 shares $9.00 million -1.5%2.0%2.3 $16.38 5/31/2023557,600 shares $8.00 million +23.3%2.1%2.2 $14.35 5/15/2023452,300 shares $7.00 million -2.3%1.7%1.4 $15.48 4/30/2023462,700 shares $7.13 million +2.4%1.7%1.5 $15.42 4/15/2023451,700 shares $8.23 million -22.6%1.7%1.7 $18.23 3/31/2023583,200 shares $10.63 million -9.2%2.1%2.3 $18.22 3/15/2023642,200 shares $11.96 million +7.3%2.4%2.7 $18.63 2/28/2023598,600 shares $11.57 million +10.9%2.2%2.3 $19.33 2/15/2023539,700 shares $6.71 million +3.1%2.0%2.4 $12.44 1/31/2023523,400 shares $6.67 million -14.4%1.9%2.7 $12.74 1/15/2023611,500 shares $7.25 million +13.2%2.2%3 $11.86 12/30/2022540,200 shares $5.72 million -31.0%2.0%2.5 $10.59 12/15/2022782,800 shares $7.56 million +11.3%2.9%3.4 $9.66 11/30/2022703,200 shares $7.73 million -21.9%2.6%3.8 $10.99 11/15/2022899,900 shares $9.32 million -3.2%3.3%5.2 $10.36 10/31/2022929,900 shares $9.34 million -38.0%3.4%5.4 $10.04 10/15/20221,500,000 shares $14.42 million +13.6%5.4%8.9 $9.61 9/30/20221,320,000 shares $13.00 million +24.5%4.8%8.1 $9.85 9/15/20221,060,000 shares $12.49 million No Change3.9%7.3 $11.78 8/31/20221,060,000 shares $12.66 million -1.9%3.8%6.9 $11.94 8/15/20221,080,000 shares $13.66 million +15.9%3.9%6.9 $12.65 7/31/2022931,500 shares $11.78 million -1.7%3.4%5.3 $12.65 7/15/2022947,800 shares $11.70 million +5.1%3.4%5.4 $12.34 6/30/2022901,600 shares $11.75 million +6.7%3.3%4.7 $13.03 6/15/2022844,700 shares $10.48 million +20.4%3.1%4.2 $12.41 5/31/2022701,400 shares $9.05 million +22.0%2.5%3.3 $12.90 5/15/2022575,000 shares $7.01 million +5.9%2.1%2.2 $12.19 4/30/2022543,000 shares $6.82 million +3.3%1.9%1.9 $12.56 4/15/2022525,700 shares $6.59 million -7.7%1.9%1.8 $12.54 3/31/2022569,700 shares $7.69 million -6.4%2.0%1.9 $13.49 3/15/2022608,400 shares $7.57 million -5.5%2.2%2.1 $12.45 2/28/2022643,900 shares $7.44 million +2.1%2.3%2.2 $11.56 2/15/2022630,900 shares $8.06 million +15.2%2.2%2.5 $12.77 1/31/2022547,800 shares $9.44 million -5.0%2.0%2.8 $17.24 1/15/2022576,500 shares $11.17 million +40.5%2.1%3.1 $19.38 12/31/2021410,400 shares $6.98 million +16.4%1.5%2.5 $17.00 12/15/2021352,700 shares $6.02 million -0.6%1.3%2.3 $17.07 11/30/2021354,700 shares $5.35 million -7.2%1.3%2.7 $15.07 11/15/2021382,200 shares $5.87 million -11.3%1.4%3 $15.36 10/29/2021430,800 shares $6.36 million -15.9%1.5%3.3 $14.77 10/15/2021512,400 shares $6.93 million -5.8%1.8%3.9 $13.53A grave, grave error. 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Here’s the full story for you. 9/30/2021544,200 shares $7.10 million -9.5%1.9%3.9 $13.04 9/15/2021601,200 shares $7.90 million -0.1%2.1%4.1 $13.14 8/31/2021601,700 shares $8.57 million +4.9%2.1%4.1 $14.24 8/13/2021573,600 shares $8.15 million -2.2%2.0%3.7 $14.20 7/30/2021586,400 shares $8.30 million -1.0%2.1%3.6 $14.16 7/15/2021592,300 shares $8.12 million +16.2%2.1%3.5 $13.71 6/30/2021509,900 shares $7.08 million +3.0%1.8%3 $13.88 6/15/2021495,100 shares $7.11 million -13.4%1.8%2.9 $14.36 5/28/2021571,900 shares $8.06 million +3.8%2.0%3.4 $14.10 5/14/2021550,800 shares $7.93 million -1.4%2.0%3 $14.40 4/30/2021558,800 shares $7.76 million +0.8%2.0%3 $13.88 4/15/2021554,300 shares $7.72 million +27.4%2.0%2.7 $13.92 3/31/2021435,000 shares $6.32 million -5.7%1.6%2.2 $14.52 3/15/2021461,300 shares $7.52 million -15.1%1.7%2.2 $16.31 2/26/2021543,200 shares $7.54 million +4.4%1.9%2.5 $13.88 2/12/2021520,100 shares $7.57 million -16.1%1.9%2.3 $14.55 1/29/2021620,000 shares $8.58 million -45.6%2.2%2.5 $13.84 1/15/20211,140,000 shares $17.75 million -1.7%4.1%4.2 $15.57 12/31/20201,160,000 shares $17.24 million +18.4%4.1%4.6 $14.86 12/15/2020979,500 shares $14.75 million +5.3%3.5%3.7 $15.06 11/30/2020930,000 shares $13.55 million -19.8%3.3%3.5 $14.57 10/30/20201,040,000 shares $12.51 million -11.9%3.7%4.1 $12.03 10/15/20201,180,000 shares $16.54 million +6.3%4.1%5.4 $14.02 9/30/20201,110,000 shares $15.36 million No Change3.9%5 $13.84 9/15/20201,110,000 shares $18.77 million +3.7%3.9%5 $16.91 8/31/20201,070,000 shares $19.85 million +12.2%3.7%4.9 $18.55 8/14/2020953,400 shares $18.99 million -1.7%3.3%4.5 $19.92 7/31/2020969,700 shares $16.98 million -0.6%3.4%4.9 $17.51 UVE Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Universal Insurance's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Universal Insurance shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of June 30th, investors have sold 34,830,000 shares of UVE short. 148.38% of Universal Insurance's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Universal Insurance's current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for Universal Insurance? 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. UVE shares currently have a short interest ratio of 3.0. Learn More on Universal Insurance's short interest ratio. What is a good short interest percentage for Universal Insurance? 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. 148.38% of Universal Insurance's floating shares are currently sold short. Is Universal Insurance's short interest increasing or decreasing? Universal Insurance saw a increase in short interest during the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 34,830,000 shares, an increase of 10,493.1% from the previous total of 328,800 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 Universal Insurance's short interest compare to its competitors? 148.38% of Universal Insurance's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies compare to Universal Insurance: Hilltop Holdings Inc. (3.26%), Stewart Information Services Corporation (1.91%), HCI Group, Inc. (4.49%), ProAssurance Corporation (5.99%), Safety Insurance Group, Inc. (0.85%), Employers Holdings Inc (1.74%), AMERISAFE, Inc. (0.78%), United Fire Group, Inc (0.02%), Donegal Group, Inc. (3.03%), Global Indemnity Group, LLC (0.12%), 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 Universal Insurance stock? Short selling UVE is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Universal Insurance as its price is falling. UVE shares are trading up $0.74 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 Universal Insurance? A short squeeze for Universal Insurance 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 UVE, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Universal Insurance'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 UVE, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is June, 30 2025. 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