Merck KGaA (MKKGY) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $25.34 -0.08 (-0.31%) As of 03:51 PM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartDividendEarningsHeadlinesShort InterestBuy This Stock Merck KGaA Short Interest DataMerck KGaA (MKKGY) has a short interest of 114,900 shares. This marks a -15.27% decrease in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 0.3, indicating that it would take 0.3 days of the average trading volume of 141,872 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest114,900 sharesPrevious Short Interest135,600 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month-15.27%Dollar Volume Sold Short$3.04 millionShort Interest Ratio0.3 Days to CoverLast Record DateAugust 15, 2025Outstanding Shares646,210,000 sharesPercentage of Shares Shorted0.02%Today's Trading Volume150,449 sharesAverage Trading Volume141,872 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average106% Short Selling Merck KGaA? 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Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartMKKGY Short Interest Over TimeMKKGY Days to Cover Over TimeMKKGY Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Merck KGaA Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 8/15/2025114,900 shares $3.04 million -15.3%N/A0.3 $26.43 7/31/2025135,600 shares $3.41 million +8.1%0.0%0.5 $25.16 7/15/2025125,400 shares $3.20 million +26.2%N/A0.6 $25.53 6/30/202599,400 shares $2.58 million +39.0%0.0%0.3 $25.94 6/15/202571,500 shares $1.89 million -5.2%0.0%0.2 $26.38 5/31/202575,400 shares $1.98 million -25.1%0.0%0.3 $26.28 5/15/2025100,700 shares $2.63 million +38.7%0.0%0.4 $26.12 4/30/202572,600 shares $2.01 million -36.9%N/A0.3 $27.73 4/15/2025115,100 shares $3.03 million +87.5%0.0%0.3 $26.36 3/31/202561,400 shares $1.68 million +6,722.2%0.0%0.2 $27.42 Get the Latest News and Ratings for MKKGY and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Merck KGaA and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 3/15/2025900 shares $26.38 thousand -88.9%0.0%0 $29.31 2/28/20258,100 shares $228.50 thousand +710.0%0.0%0 $28.21 2/15/20251,000 shares $28.41 thousand -98.1%0.0%0 $28.41 1/31/202553,500 shares $1.62 million +13.8%N/A0.2 $30.30 1/15/202547,000 shares $1.37 million +181.4%N/A0.1 $29.23 12/31/202416,700 shares $478.12 thousand +4,075.0%N/A0.1 $28.63 12/15/2024400 shares $11.80 thousand -75.0%N/A0 $29.51 11/30/20241,600 shares $47.82 thousand -97.2%N/A0 $29.89 11/15/202456,900 shares $1.71 million +341.1%N/A0.4 $30.13 10/31/202412,900 shares $426.22 thousand +1,742.9%N/A0.1 $33.04 10/15/2024700 shares $23.79 thousand -95.3%N/A0 $33.99 9/30/202415,000 shares $530.70 thousand -33.9%N/A0.3 $35.38 9/15/202422,700 shares $843.99 thousand +48.4%N/A0.5 $37.18 8/31/202415,300 shares $597.31 thousand -43.8%N/A0.3 $39.04 8/15/202427,200 shares $1.01 million +655.6%N/A0.4 $37.29 7/31/20243,600 shares $128.92 thousand -82.3%N/A0 $35.81 7/15/202420,300 shares $670.31 thousand +52.6%N/A0.3 $33.02 6/30/202413,300 shares $441.03 thousand -27.3%N/A0.1 $33.16 6/15/202418,300 shares $672.16 thousand -28.8%N/A0.2 $36.73 5/31/202425,700 shares $933.17 thousand +542.5%N/A0.4 $36.31 5/15/20244,000 shares $144.40 thousand +263.6%N/A0.1 $36.10 4/30/20241,100 shares $34.96 thousand -35.3%N/A0 $31.78 4/15/20241,700 shares $54.43 thousand -85.8%N/A0 $32.02 3/31/202412,000 shares $422.76 thousand +215.8%N/A0.2 $35.23 3/15/20243,800 shares $129.69 thousand -83.5%N/A0 $34.13 2/29/202423,000 shares $787.06 thousand +29.2%N/A0.3 $34.22 2/15/202417,800 shares $597.55 thousand +31.9%N/A0.1 $33.57 1/15/20243,600 shares $114.95 thousand +620.0%N/A0 $31.93 12/31/2023500 shares $15.97 thousand -93.0%N/A0 $31.93 12/15/20237,100 shares $216.12 thousand -89.1%N/A0 $30.44[No Brainer Gold Play]: “Show me a better investment.” (Ad)A Historic Gold Announcement Is About to Rock Wall Street? 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Front-running Buffett has never been more urgent — and four tiny miners could be your ticket to 100X gains.Click here to get Garrett’s Top Four picks now. 11/30/202365,300 shares $2.28 million +188.9%N/A0.3 $34.93 11/15/202322,600 shares $758.91 thousand +7,433.3%N/A0.1 $33.58 10/31/2023300 shares $9.03 thousand -50.0%N/A0 $30.09 10/15/2023600 shares $18.92 thousand -64.7%N/A0 $31.53 9/30/20231,700 shares $56.70 thousand -91.2%N/A0 $33.35 9/15/202319,300 shares $681.48 thousand -40.6%N/A0.2 $35.31 8/31/202332,500 shares $1.17 million +51.9%N/A0.3 $36.05 8/15/202321,400 shares $753.07 thousand +122.9%N/A0.1 $35.19 7/31/20239,600 shares $338.88 thousand +2,300.0%N/A0.1 $35.30 7/15/2023400 shares $13.48 thousand -75.0%N/A0 $33.71 6/30/20231,600 shares $53.04 thousand -95.3%N/A0 $33.15 6/15/202334,300 shares $1.24 million +357.3%N/A0.5 $36.04 5/31/20237,500 shares $262.35 thousand +78.6%N/A0.1 $34.98 5/15/20234,200 shares $150.82 thousand +50.0%N/A0.1 $35.91 4/30/20232,800 shares $100.72 thousand +86.7%N/A0 $35.97 4/15/20231,500 shares $54.18 thousand +114.3%N/A0 $36.12 3/31/2023700 shares $26.04 thousand -36.4%N/A0 $37.20 3/15/20231,100 shares $38.78 thousand -92.6%N/A0 $35.26 2/28/202314,800 shares $560.62 thousand -7.5%N/A0.3 $37.88 2/15/202316,000 shares $640.40 thousand +1,500.0%N/A0.2 $40.03 1/31/20231,000 shares $41.64 thousand -94.1%N/A0 $41.64 1/15/202316,900 shares $725.35 thousand +14.2%N/A0.2 $42.92 12/30/202214,800 shares $570.98 thousand +228.9%N/A0.2 $38.58 12/15/20224,500 shares $173.88 thousand -75.9%N/A0 $38.64 11/30/202218,700 shares $681.24 thousand +83.3%N/A0.2 $36.43 11/15/202210,200 shares $382.91 thousand +148.8%N/A0.1 $37.54 10/31/20224,100 shares $133.41 thousand +95.2%N/A0 $32.54 10/15/20222,100 shares $68.61 thousand +200.0%N/A0 $32.67 9/30/2022700 shares $22.65 thousand -89.2%N/A0 $32.35 9/15/20226,500 shares $224.38 thousand -80.2%N/A0 $34.52 8/31/202232,800 shares $1.13 million +150.4%N/A0.3 $34.41 8/15/202213,100 shares $496.03 thousand +35.1%N/A0.1 $37.87 7/31/20229,700 shares $368.50 thousand +98.0%N/A0.1 $37.99 7/15/20224,900 shares $171.45 thousand -60.8%N/A0 $34.99 6/30/202212,500 shares $421 thousand -45.9%N/A0.1 $33.68 6/15/202223,100 shares $793.25 thousand +7,600.0%N/A0.1 $34.34 5/31/2022300 shares $11.32 thousand +200.0%N/A0 $37.72 5/15/2022100 shares $3.32 thousand -94.1%N/A0 $33.20 4/30/20221,700 shares $63.00 thousand -61.4%N/A0 $37.06 4/15/20224,400 shares $177.77 thousand -66.2%N/A0 $40.40 3/31/202213,000 shares $543.53 thousand -31.6%N/A0.1 $41.81 3/15/202219,000 shares $749.17 thousand +265.4%N/A0.1 $39.43 2/28/20225,200 shares $205.45 thousand -27.8%N/A0 $39.51 2/15/20227,200 shares $299.16 thousand +111.8%N/A0.1 $41.55 1/31/20223,400 shares $148.82 thousand +9.7%N/A0 $43.77 1/15/20223,100 shares $135.63 thousand -80.4%N/A0 $43.75 12/31/202115,800 shares $823.18 thousand -10.7%N/A0.2 $52.10 12/15/202117,700 shares $902.35 thousand +22.9%N/A0.3 $50.98 11/30/202114,400 shares $715.68 thousand +5.1%N/A0.2 $49.70 11/15/202113,700 shares $672.53 thousand -32.8%N/A0.2 $49.09[No Brainer Gold Play]: “Show me a better investment.” (Ad)A Historic Gold Announcement Is About to Rock Wall Street? 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Front-running Buffett has never been more urgent — and four tiny miners could be your ticket to 100X gains.Click here to get Garrett’s Top Four picks now. 10/29/202120,400 shares $966.76 thousand +45.7%N/A0.4 $47.39 10/15/202114,000 shares $625.24 thousand -42.9%N/A0.2 $44.66 9/30/202124,500 shares $1.07 million +665.6%N/A0.3 $43.47 9/15/20213,200 shares $149.86 thousand -68.0%N/A0 $46.83 8/31/202110,000 shares $476 thousand +163.2%N/A0.2 $47.60 8/13/20213,800 shares $174.31 thousand -53.1%N/A0.1 $45.87 7/30/20218,100 shares $332.26 thousand +58.8%N/A0.2 $41.02 7/15/20215,100 shares $206.65 thousand +218.8%N/A0.1 $40.52 6/30/20211,600 shares $61.42 thousand -74.2%N/A0 $38.39 6/15/20216,200 shares $231.88 thousand +342.9%N/A0.1 $37.40 5/28/20211,400 shares $50.30 thousand -12.5%N/A0 $35.93 5/14/20211,600 shares $53.58 thousand -78.4%N/A0 $33.49 4/30/20217,400 shares $261.37 thousand +289.5%N/A0.2 $35.32 4/15/20211,900 shares $67.13 thousand -81.6%N/A0 $35.33 3/31/202110,300 shares $351.80 thousand +56.1%N/A0.2 $34.16 3/15/20216,600 shares $209.55 thousand -83.0%N/A0 $31.75 2/26/202138,800 shares $1.29 million +19.8%N/A0.6 $33.32 2/12/202132,400 shares $1.11 million +12.9%N/A0.3 $34.21 1/29/202128,700 shares $972.36 thousand +18.6%N/A0.6 $33.88 1/15/202129,600 shares $1.07 million -43.7%N/A0.7 $36.29 12/31/202033,000 shares $1.13 million +11.5%N/A0.8 $34.37 12/15/202029,600 shares $977.39 thousand -43.7%N/A0.7 $33.02 11/30/202052,600 shares $1.68 million +1,778.6%N/A0.1 $31.94 11/15/20202,800 shares $87.47 thousand -71.4%N/A0 $31.24 10/30/20209,800 shares $305.17 thousand +188.2%N/A0 $31.14 10/15/20203,400 shares $102.14 thousand -69.4%N/A0.1 $30.04 9/30/202011,100 shares $325.45 thousand -49.8%N/A0.1 $29.32 9/15/202022,100 shares $639.80 thousand +1,600.0%N/A0.1 $28.95 MKKGY Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Merck KGaA's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Merck KGaA shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of August 15th, traders have sold 114,900 shares of MKKGY short. Learn More on Merck KGaA's current short interest. Is Merck KGaA's short interest increasing or decreasing? Merck KGaA saw a decrease in short interest during the month of August. As of August 15th, there was short interest totaling 114,900 shares, a decrease of 15.3% from the previous total of 135,600 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 Merck KGaA's short interest compare to its competitors? Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "med - drugs" compare to Merck KGaA: Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. (0.26%), Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. - Sponsored ADR (0.00%), Sandoz Group AG Sponsored ADR (0.02%), Summit Therapeutics PLC (4.01%), Shionogi & Co., Ltd. Unsponsored ADR (0.00%), United Therapeutics Corporation (6.54%), Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. (4.01%), Orion OYJ Unsponsored ADR (0.00%), IPSEN (0.00%), Madrigal Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (17.07%), 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 Merck KGaA stock? Short selling MKKGY is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Merck KGaA as its price is falling. MKKGY shares are trading down $0.08 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 Merck KGaA? A short squeeze for Merck KGaA 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 MKKGY, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Merck KGaA'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 MKKGY, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is August, 15 2025. More Short Interest Resources from MarketBeat Related Companies Takeda Pharmaceutical Short Interest Data Daiichi Sankyo Short Interest Data UCB Short Interest Data Sandoz Group Short Interest Data Summit Therapeutics Short Interest Data Astellas Pharma Short Interest Data Shionogi & Co., Ltd. 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