Zhihu (ZH) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $4.80 -0.01 (-0.10%) Closing price 03:58 PM EasternExtended Trading$4.80 0.00 (0.00%) As of 07:34 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 ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock Zhihu Short Interest DataZhihu (ZH) has a short interest of 577,200 shares, representing 0.72% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a 2.52% increase in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 1.7, indicating that it would take 1.7 days of the average trading volume of 374,232 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest577,200 sharesPrevious Short Interest563,000 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month+2.52%Dollar Volume Sold Short$2.42 millionShort Interest Ratio1.7 Days to CoverLast Record DateAugust 15, 2025Outstanding Shares87,320,000 sharesFloat Size79,720,000 sharesShort Percent of Float0.72%Today's Trading Volume306,746 sharesAverage Trading Volume374,232 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average82% Short Selling Zhihu? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for Zhihu and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Get Report View SMS TermsBy entering your phone number and clicking the sign-up button, you agree to receive periodic text messages from MarketBeat at the phone number you submitted, including texts that may be sent using an automatic telephone dialing system. 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Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartZH Short Interest Over TimeZH Days to Cover Over TimeZH Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Zhihu Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 8/15/2025577,200 shares $2.42 million +2.5%0.7%1.7 $4.19 7/31/2025563,000 shares $2.38 million +2.0%0.7%2 $4.23 7/15/2025552,000 shares $2.59 million -88.3%0.7%2.1 $4.69 6/30/20254,730,000 shares $18.87 million +314.9%8.6%3.7 $3.99 6/15/20251,140,000 shares $4.34 million +18.2%1.4%3.4 $3.81 5/31/2025964,800 shares $3.69 million -13.1%1.2%2.6 $3.82 5/15/20251,110,000 shares $4.46 million -11.9%1.4%2.1 $4.02 4/30/20251,260,000 shares $4.88 million -8.0%1.6%1.5 $3.87 4/15/20251,370,000 shares $4.97 million -13.3%1.7%1.6 $3.63 3/31/20251,580,000 shares $6.75 million +6.0%1.9%1.9 $4.28 Get the Latest News and Ratings for ZH and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Zhihu and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 3/15/20251,490,000 shares $7.35 million -3.3%1.8%2 $4.94 2/28/20251,540,000 shares $7.87 million -18.5%1.9%2.2 $5.11 2/15/20251,890,000 shares $10.01 million +16.7%2.3%3.1 $5.30 1/31/20251,620,000 shares $5.63 million -0.6%2.0%5.6 $3.48 1/15/20251,630,000 shares $5.35 million -12.8%2.0%6.9 $3.28 12/31/20241,870,000 shares $6.62 million +26.4%2.3%6.6 $3.54 12/15/20241,480,000 shares $5.56 million -16.4%1.8%3.4 $3.76 11/30/20241,770,000 shares $6.35 million +6.6%2.2%4.3 $3.59 11/15/20241,660,000 shares $5.76 million +31.8%1.8%4.2 $3.47 10/31/20241,260,000 shares $4.48 million -3.1%1.4%3.2 $3.56 10/15/20241,300,000 shares $4.69 million -20.3%1.4%3.3 $3.61 9/30/20241,630,000 shares $6.28 million -20.5%1.8%4.1 $3.85 9/15/20242,050,000 shares $6.77 million +30.6%2.2%7.4 $3.30 8/31/20241,570,000 shares $5.20 million -20.7%1.7%5 $3.31 8/15/20241,980,000 shares $6.06 million +13.1%2.1%5.1 $3.06 7/31/20241,750,000 shares $5.78 million +2.9%1.9%3.8 $3.30 7/15/20241,700,000 shares $5.30 million +12.6%1.9%3.8 $3.12 6/30/20241,510,000 shares $4.12 million -18.4%1.7%3.6 $2.73 6/15/20241,850,000 shares $5.55 million -9.8%2.0%4.8 $3.00 5/31/20242,050,000 shares $6.68 million +5.7%2.2%5.9 $3.26 5/15/20241,940,000 shares $7.19 million -83.5%2.1%6.9 $3.71 4/30/202411,720,000 shares $47.52 million +10.3%2.1%11 $4.05 4/15/202410,630,000 shares $7.13 million -5.4%1.9%8.7 $0.67 3/31/202411,240,000 shares $7.69 million -0.1%2.0%6.7 $0.68 3/15/202411,250,000 shares $8.89 million +18.4%2.0%6.1 $0.79 2/29/20249,500,000 shares $7.59 million -23.8%1.6%3.6 $0.80 2/15/202412,460,000 shares $9.59 million -3.5%2.1%3.7 $0.77 1/31/202412,910,000 shares $10.06 million +39.7%2.2%3.4 $0.78 1/15/20249,240,000 shares $8.06 million +6.9%1.6%2.5 $0.87 12/31/20238,640,000 shares $8.09 million +23.4%1.5%2.6 $0.942013 Bitcoin 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6/15/202312,090,000 shares $14.02 million -13.8%2.0%4.2 $1.16 5/31/202314,020,000 shares $14.02 million +45.9%2.4%4.6 $1.00 5/15/20239,610,000 shares $9.99 million -29.3%1.6%3.2 $1.04 4/30/202313,590,000 shares $14.95 million -0.4%2.3%3.2 $1.10 4/15/202313,650,000 shares $16.38 million +0.3%2.3%3.1 $1.20 3/31/202313,610,000 shares $17.28 million +21.5%2.3%3.1 $1.27 3/15/202311,200,000 shares $12.88 million -12.6%1.9%2.4 $1.15 2/28/202312,810,000 shares $18.32 million +9.6%2.1%2.1 $1.43 2/15/202311,690,000 shares $21.04 million -4.0%1.9%1.7 $1.80 1/31/202312,180,000 shares $19.85 million -4.2%2.0%1.8 $1.63 1/15/202312,710,000 shares $22.37 million +1.5%2.1%2.3 $1.76 12/30/202212,520,000 shares $16.28 million -21.5%2.1%2.3 $1.30 12/15/202215,940,000 shares $21.04 million -7.6%2.7%3.3 $1.32 11/30/202217,250,000 shares $18.29 million -14.9%2.9%4 $1.06 11/15/202220,280,000 shares $25.76 million +1.3%3.4%9.2 $1.27 10/31/202220,020,000 shares $19.80 million -10.0%3.9%11.1 $0.99 10/15/202222,240,000 shares $24.46 million -1.6%4.3%10.5 $1.10 9/30/202222,610,000 shares $23.97 million +13.3%4.4%9.4 $1.06 9/15/202219,950,000 shares $23.74 million -3.3%3.8%7.2 $1.19 8/31/202220,630,000 shares $26.61 million -3.3%4.0%6.4 $1.29 8/15/202221,340,000 shares $30.52 million +1.0%3.5%5.8 $1.43 7/31/202221,120,000 shares $26.40 million +4.0%3.5%5.1 $1.25 7/15/202220,310,000 shares $31.89 million +1.3%3.3%4.7 $1.57 6/30/202220,060,000 shares $35.91 million +2.0%3.3%4.1 $1.79 6/15/202219,670,000 shares $37.37 million +1.9%3.2%3.7 $1.90 5/31/202219,300,000 shares $29.92 million -17.1%3.2%2.8 $1.55 5/15/202223,280,000 shares $31.66 million +2.4%3.8%3.7 $1.36 4/30/202222,740,000 shares $35.25 million +5.8%3.7%3.7 $1.55 4/15/202221,490,000 shares $42.34 million +8.2%3.5%3.8 $1.97 3/31/202219,860,000 shares $48.06 million +29.3%3.6%4 $2.42 3/15/202215,360,000 shares $22.12 million -5.1%3.0%3.6 $1.44 2/28/202216,180,000 shares $54.04 million +15.7%3.1%7.1 $3.34 2/15/202213,980,000 shares $58.72 million -5.2%2.7%6.1 $4.20 1/31/202214,750,000 shares $62.98 million +1.4%N/A6.6 $4.27 1/15/202214,540,000 shares $67.03 million +11.9%N/A6.8 $4.61 12/31/202112,990,000 shares $71.96 million +15.9%N/A5.9 $5.54 12/15/202111,210,000 shares $66.36 million +11.1%N/A5 $5.92 11/30/202110,090,000 shares $73.76 million +12.6%N/A4 $7.31Everyone’s watching Nvidia right now. 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As of August 15th, traders have sold 577,200 shares of ZH short. 0.72% of Zhihu's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Zhihu's current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for Zhihu? 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. ZH shares currently have a short interest ratio of 2.0. Learn More on Zhihu's short interest ratio. Which institutional investors are shorting Zhihu? As of the most recent reporting period, the following institutional investors, funds, and major shareholders have reported short positions of Zhihu: Group One Trading LLC, Jane Street Group LLC, and Belvedere Trading LLC. These positions are disclosed in Form 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. What is a good short interest percentage for Zhihu? 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. 0.72% of Zhihu's floating shares are currently sold short. Is Zhihu's short interest increasing or decreasing? Zhihu saw a increase in short interest during the month of August. As of August 15th, there was short interest totaling 577,200 shares, an increase of 2.5% from the previous total of 563,000 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 Zhihu's float size? Zhihu currently has issued a total of 87,320,000 shares. Some of Zhihu'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. Zhihu currently has a public float of 79,720,000 shares. How does Zhihu's short interest compare to its competitors? 0.72% of Zhihu's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "business services" compare to Zhihu: Flywire Corporation (3.88%), TaskUs, Inc. (0.27%), Donnelley Financial Solutions (4.70%), NV5 Global, Inc. (2.36%), Global Blue Group Holding AG (0.03%), GoodRx Holdings, Inc. (6.62%), Upbound Group, Inc. (6.88%), Stagwell Inc. (7.54%), Playtika Holding Corp. (11.45%), Criteo S.A. (0.80%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Lucid Group, Inc. ($8.00 billion), Spotify Technology ($5.48 billion), AppLovin Corporation ($5.11 billion), Reddit Inc. ($5.02 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($3.99 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.89 billion), Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. ($3.18 billion), Seagate Technology Holdings PLC ($2.59 billion), ResMed Inc. ($2.55 billion), and Rocket Lab Corporation ($2.52 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short Zhihu stock? Short selling ZH is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Zhihu as its price is falling. ZH shares are trading down $0.03 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 Zhihu? A short squeeze for Zhihu 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 ZH, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Zhihu'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 ZH, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is August, 15 2025. 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