Visa (V) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Visa shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of March 31st, traders have sold 30,870,000 shares of V short. 1.95% of Visa's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Visa's 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. V shares currently have a short interest ratio of 5.0. Learn More on Visa's short interest ratio.

As of the most recent reporting period, the following institutional investors, funds, and major shareholders have reported short positions of Visa: SteelPeak Wealth LLC, Revolve Wealth Partners LLC, Curated Wealth Partners LLC, HBK Investments L P, Readystate Asset Management LP, Parallax Volatility Advisers L.P., Citadel Advisors LLC, CMT Capital Markets Trading GmbH, Cubist Systematic Strategies LLC, Oribel Capital Management LP, Balyasny Asset Management L.P., Capital Fund Management S.A., PEAK6 Investments LLC, Optiver Holding B.V., Eisler Capital US LLC, Eisler Capital UK Ltd., Capstone Investment Advisors LLC, Allianz Asset Management GmbH, Hsbc Holdings PLC, Mendel Money Management, US Bancorp DE, InterOcean Capital Group LLC, IMC Chicago LLC, One River Asset Management LLC, UBS Group AG, BNP Paribas Financial Markets, Gladius Capital Management LP, Concourse Financial Group Securities Inc., CTC LLC, Genus Capital Management Inc., National Bank of Canada FI, XR Securities LLC, Wolverine Asset Management LLC, and SpiderRock Advisors LLC. These positions are disclosed in Form 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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. 1.95% of Visa's floating shares are currently sold short.

Visa saw a drop in short interest in the month of March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 30,870,000 shares, a drop of 9.0% from the previous total of 33,940,000 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.

Visa currently has issued a total of 1,836,510,000 shares. Some of Visa'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. Visa currently has a public float of 1,580,000,000 shares.

1.95% of Visa's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the sector of "business services" compare to Visa: Mastercard Incorporated (0.54%), Accenture plc (1.13%), S&P Global Inc. (0.53%), Arm Holdings plc (0.80%), Fiserv, Inc. (1.32%), Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. (2.56%), Global Payments Inc. (2.62%), Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (0.74%), FLEETCOR Technologies, Inc. (1.66%), WEX Inc. (2.04%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: TC Energy Co. ($4.49 billion), T-Mobile US, Inc. ($3.94 billion), General Motors ($3.34 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.32 billion), Occidental Petroleum Co. ($3.21 billion), Super Micro Computer, Inc. ($3.13 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($3.08 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($2.28 billion), Tractor Supply ($2.24 billion), and Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. ($2.14 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling V is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Visa as its price is falling. V shares are trading up $1.78 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 Visa 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 V, 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 V, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is March, 31 2024.