Merck KGaA (MKKGY) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $26.45 +0.67 (+2.60%) As of 10/17/2025 03:59 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 61,200 shares. This marks a -9.87% decrease in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 0.2, indicating that it would take 0.2 days of the average trading volume of 178,991 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest61,200 sharesPrevious Short Interest67,900 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month-9.87%Dollar Volume Sold Short$1.59 millionShort Interest Ratio0.2 Days to CoverLast Record DateSeptember 30, 2025Outstanding Shares646,210,000 sharesPercentage of Shares Shorted0.01%Today's Trading Volume114,269 sharesAverage Trading Volume178,991 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average64% 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 9/30/202561,200 shares $1.59 million -9.9%N/A0.2 $26.01 9/15/202567,900 shares $1.71 million -38.1%N/A0.3 $25.15 8/31/2025109,600 shares $2.79 million -4.6%0.0%0.4 $25.42 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 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. 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 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 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 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 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 September 30th, investors have sold 61,200 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 drop in short interest in the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totaling 61,200 shares, a drop of 9.9% from the previous total of 67,900 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: Zoetis Inc. (1.81%), Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. - Sponsored ADR (0.00%), Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. (0.27%), BeOne Medicines Ltd. - Sponsored ADR (1.32%), Sandoz Group AG Sponsored ADR (0.01%), United Therapeutics Corporation (5.00%), Summit Therapeutics PLC (4.84%), Shionogi & Co., Ltd. Unsponsored ADR (0.00%), Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. (4.30%), Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (7.76%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: AppLovin Corporation ($15.71 billion), Robinhood Markets, Inc. ($7.56 billion), Reddit Inc. ($4.55 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($4.53 billion), CoreWeave Inc. ($4.43 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.07 billion), Seagate Technology Holdings PLC ($3.94 billion), IonQ, Inc. ($3.78 billion), TC Energy Corporation ($3.13 billion), and Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. ($3.12 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 up $0.67 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 September, 30 2025. More Short Interest Resources from MarketBeat Related Companies Zoetis Short Interest Data Daiichi Sankyo Short Interest Data Takeda Pharmaceutical Short Interest Data BeOne Medicines Short Interest Data Sandoz Group Short Interest Data United Therapeutics Short Interest Data Summit Therapeutics Short Interest Data Shionogi & Co., Ltd. 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