Associated British Foods (ASBFY) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $30.10 +0.53 (+1.79%) As of 11:44 AM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartDividendHeadlinesShort InterestBuy This Stock Associated British Foods Short Interest DataAssociated British Foods (ASBFY) has a short interest of 72,900 shares. This marks a -8.19% 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 56,241 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest72,900 sharesPrevious Short Interest79,400 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month-8.19%Dollar Volume Sold Short$2.27 millionShort Interest Ratio3.2 Days to CoverLast Record DateAugust 15, 2025Outstanding Shares717,731,000 sharesPercentage of Shares Shorted0.01%Today's Trading Volume3,765 sharesAverage Trading Volume56,241 sharesToday's Volume Vs. 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Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartASBFY Short Interest Over TimeASBFY Days to Cover Over TimeASBFY Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Associated British Foods Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 8/15/202572,900 shares $2.27 million -8.2%N/A3.2 $31.18 7/31/202579,400 shares $2.34 million +0.5%0.0%0.5 $29.42 7/15/202579,000 shares $2.26 million -1.1%N/A3.3 $28.62 6/30/202579,900 shares $2.30 million +1,326.8%0.0%0.2 $28.80 6/15/20255,600 shares $157.30 thousand +7.7%0.0%0.1 $28.09 5/31/20255,200 shares $146.22 thousand -63.9%0.0%0 $28.12 5/15/202514,400 shares $402.77 thousand +80.0%0.0%0.7 $27.97 4/30/20258,000 shares $220.88 thousand -85.8%N/A0 $27.61 4/15/202556,300 shares $1.59 million +923.6%0.0%0.3 $28.24 3/31/20255,500 shares $137.57 thousand +292.9%0.0%0.3 $25.01 Get the Latest News and Ratings for ASBFY and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Associated British Foods and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 3/15/20251,400 shares $33.85 thousand -61.1%0.0%0 $24.18 2/28/20253,600 shares $86.29 thousand +56.5%0.0%0.1 $23.97 2/15/20252,300 shares $55.80 thousand -92.9%0.0%0 $24.26 1/31/202532,300 shares $757.44 thousand -37.4%N/A0.7 $23.45 1/15/202551,600 shares $1.25 million +17.8%N/A0.9 $24.28 12/31/202443,800 shares $1.12 million -44.9%N/A1.1 $25.52 12/15/202479,500 shares $2.16 million +113.1%N/A1.3 $27.12 11/30/202437,300 shares $1.06 million +34.7%N/A1.2 $28.50 11/15/202427,700 shares $760.09 thousand +76.4%N/A1 $27.44 10/31/202415,700 shares $449.18 thousand +34.2%N/A1 $28.61 10/15/202411,700 shares $360.13 thousand -6.4%N/A0.7 $30.78 9/30/202412,500 shares $389.48 thousand +400.0%N/A0.6 $31.16 9/15/20242,500 shares $71.78 thousand -51.9%N/A0.2 $28.71 8/31/20245,200 shares $171.08 thousand -16.1%N/A0.5 $32.90 8/15/20246,200 shares $203.05 thousand -19.5%N/A0.4 $32.75 7/31/20247,700 shares $246.40 thousand -58.6%N/A0.6 $32.00 7/15/202418,600 shares $597.43 thousand +141.6%N/A1 $32.12 6/30/20247,700 shares $237.08 thousand -41.2%N/A0.5 $30.79 6/15/202413,100 shares $419.59 thousand +138.2%N/A0.9 $32.03 5/31/20245,500 shares $178.48 thousand +161.9%N/A0.3 $32.45 5/15/20242,100 shares $71.86 thousand -46.2%N/A0.3 $34.22 4/30/20243,900 shares $127.84 thousand +225.0%N/A0 $32.78 4/15/20241,200 shares $35.70 thousand -42.9%N/A0.1 $29.75 3/31/20242,100 shares $66.21 thousand +110.0%N/A0.2 $31.53 3/15/20241,000 shares $30.32 thousand +233.3%N/A0.1 $30.32 2/29/2024300 shares $8.62 thousand +50.0%N/A0 $28.73 2/15/2024200 shares $5.74 thousand -88.9%N/A0 $28.68 1/15/20243,400 shares $98.80 thousand +3,300.0%N/A0.3 $29.06 12/31/2023100 shares $3.03 thousand No ChangeN/A0 $30.30 12/15/2023100 shares $2.99 thousand -98.0%N/A0 $29.91Turn $1K into 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$49.22 thousand +566.7%N/A0.1 $24.61 5/31/2023300 shares $6.82 thousand -95.5%N/A0 $22.72 5/15/20236,600 shares $157.61 thousand +6,500.0%N/A0.9 $23.88 4/30/2023100 shares $2.46 thousand -99.5%N/A0 $24.57 4/15/202319,200 shares $483.26 thousand +6.7%N/A1.6 $25.17 3/31/202318,000 shares $433.98 thousand -54.2%N/A0.9 $24.11 3/15/202339,300 shares $904.29 thousand -17.6%N/A2.1 $23.01 2/28/202347,700 shares $1.15 million +31.4%N/A0.2 $24.14 2/15/202336,300 shares $845.79 thousand +6.8%N/A2.7 $23.30 1/31/202334,000 shares $787.10 thousand +0.3%N/A1.6 $23.15 1/15/202333,900 shares $755.29 thousand -23.0%N/A0.4 $22.28 12/30/202244,000 shares $842.60 thousand -51.5%N/A0.5 $19.15 12/15/202290,800 shares $1.76 million -8.8%N/A0.7 $19.40 11/30/202299,600 shares $1.92 million +10.1%N/A0.8 $19.26 11/15/202290,500 shares $1.70 million -46.2%N/A0.5 $18.78 10/31/2022168,300 shares $2.64 million +13.3%N/A0.8 $15.70 10/15/2022148,500 shares $2.18 million +21.0%N/A0.4 $14.68 9/30/2022122,700 shares $1.73 million +617.5%N/A0.5 $14.11 9/15/202217,100 shares $260.95 thousand +2,342.9%N/A0.1 $15.26 8/31/2022700 shares $12.33 thousand -90.5%N/A0 $17.62 8/15/20227,400 shares $148.07 thousand +174.1%N/A0.3 $20.01 7/31/20222,700 shares $55.03 thousand +575.0%N/A0.1 $20.38 7/15/2022400 shares $7.57 thousand -94.0%N/A0 $18.93 6/30/20226,700 shares $129.04 thousand -77.5%N/A0.1 $19.26 6/15/202229,800 shares $591.23 thousand -42.6%N/A0.3 $19.84 5/31/202251,900 shares $1.15 million +424.2%N/A0.7 $22.10 5/15/20229,900 shares $203.15 thousand +9,800.0%N/A0 $20.52 4/30/2022100 shares $1.99 thousand -66.7%N/A0 $19.93 4/15/2022300 shares $6.36 thousand +200.0%N/A0 $21.20 3/31/2022100 shares $2.17 thousand No ChangeN/A0 $21.72 2/28/2022200 shares $5.12 thousand No ChangeN/A0 $25.59 1/31/202231,200 shares $832.42 thousand -35.0%N/A0.3 $26.68 1/15/202248,000 shares $1.42 million +143.7%N/A0.6 $29.53 12/31/202119,700 shares $540.96 thousand +9,750.0%N/A0.3 $27.46 12/15/2021200 shares $5.08 thousand -98.9%N/A0 $25.39 11/30/202118,200 shares $470.70 thousand -60.5%N/A0.2 $25.86 11/15/202146,100 shares $1.27 million +141.4%N/A0.5 $27.51 10/29/202119,100 shares $474.64 thousand +377.5%N/A0.1 $24.85 10/15/20214,000 shares $101.20 thousand +25.0%N/A0 $25.30Turn $1K into $50K with This DeFi Gem (Ad)Bitcoin grabs headlines, but smart money likes this token My research team has identified the token positioned at the absolute center of this incoming capital flood— a project so fundamentally essential to the crypto ecosystem that institutional investors simply cannot ignore it.Click here to get all the details 9/30/20213,200 shares $80.22 thousand -80.8%N/A0.1 $25.07 9/15/202116,700 shares $435.54 thousand -9.2%N/A0.1 $26.08 8/31/202118,400 shares $509.04 thousand +76.9%N/A0.4 $27.67 8/13/202110,400 shares $304.24 thousand +36.8%N/A0.3 $29.25 7/30/20217,600 shares $213.71 thousand -13.6%N/A0.2 $28.12 7/15/20218,800 shares $250.71 thousand +151.4%N/A0.3 $28.49 6/30/20213,500 shares $109.06 thousand -43.6%N/A0 $31.16 6/15/20216,200 shares $209.87 thousand -25.3%N/A0 $33.85 5/28/20218,300 shares $273.07 thousand +6.4%N/A1.1 $32.90 5/14/20217,800 shares $251.00 thousand +500.0%N/A1.1 $32.18 4/30/20211,300 shares $42.35 thousand -82.9%N/A0.1 $32.58 4/15/20217,600 shares $254.68 thousand +20.6%N/A0.3 $33.51 3/31/20216,300 shares $209.66 thousand -31.5%N/A0.6 $33.28 3/15/20219,200 shares $312.98 thousand -4.2%N/A0.6 $34.02 2/26/20219,600 shares $325.25 thousand -32.9%N/A1 $33.88 2/12/202114,300 shares $439.58 thousand +266.7%N/A2.1 $30.74 1/29/20213,900 shares $117.23 thousand +254.6%N/A0.4 $30.06 1/15/20212,000 shares $61.48 thousand -78.5%N/A0 $30.74 12/31/20207,200 shares $225.65 thousand +260.0%N/A0.7 $31.34 12/15/20202,000 shares $60.60 thousand -78.5%N/A0 $30.30 11/30/20209,300 shares $262.63 thousand +9,200.0%N/A0.8 $28.24 11/15/2020100 shares $2.62 thousand -83.3%N/A0 $26.16 10/30/2020600 shares $12.72 thousand -70.0%N/A0 $21.20 10/15/20202,000 shares $46.60 thousand -63.6%N/A0.1 $23.30 9/30/20205,500 shares $133.05 thousand -58.0%N/A0.3 $24.19 9/15/202013,100 shares $334.97 thousand -7.1%N/A0.8 $25.57 ASBFY Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Associated British Foods' current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Associated British Foods shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of August 15th, investors have sold 72,900 shares of ASBFY short. Learn More on Associated British Foods' current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for Associated British Foods? 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. ASBFY shares currently have a short interest ratio of 3.0. Learn More on Associated British Foods's short interest ratio. Is Associated British Foods' short interest increasing or decreasing? Associated British Foods saw a decrease in short interest in the month of August. As of August 15th, there was short interest totaling 72,900 shares, a decrease of 8.2% from the previous total of 79,400 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 Associated British Foods' short interest compare to its competitors? Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "personal services" compare to Associated British Foods: Vinci SA (0.00%), Atlas Copco AB (0.00%), Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (0.62%), Compass Group PLC (0.00%), Japan Tob (0.00%), DHL Group Sponsored ADR (0.01%), Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. (0.00%), Mitsubishi Electric Co. (0.10%), Mitsubishi Electric Co. (0.01%), Commerzbank AG (0.00%), 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 Associated British Foods stock? Short selling ASBFY is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Associated British Foods as its price is falling. ASBFY shares are trading up $0.53 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 Associated British Foods? A short squeeze for Associated British Foods 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 ASBFY, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Associated British Foods' 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 ASBFY, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is August, 15 2025. 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