Two crowding measures, six names: short interest as % of shares outstanding vs. days to cover
Answered against 22 years of US equities and 12 years of US options data and published with the query that produced it. This result is stored as of 2026-07-26, from What Is Days to Cover? Short Interest Ratio.
| ticker | shares_short_m | pct_of_shares_out | days_to_cover | share_count_as_of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GME | 55.9 | 12.45 | 10.75 | July 24, 2026 |
| MU | 31.7 | 2.8 | 1 | July 24, 2026 |
| TSLA | 79.1 | 2 | 1.72 | July 24, 2026 |
| NVDA | 310.1 | 1.28 | 1.99 | July 24, 2026 |
| MSFT | 89.1 | 1.2 | 1.47 | July 24, 2026 |
| AAPL | 140.5 | 0.96 | 1.73 | July 24, 2026 |
- Rows × columns
- 6 × 5
- Computed
- Completeness
- No missing values
- Source
- US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data
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What each column holds
| Column | Type | Range | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
ticker |
text | 6 distinct values (AAPL, GME, MSFT…) | |
shares_short_m |
number | 31.7 to 310.1 | count |
pct_of_shares_out |
number | 0.96 to 12.45 | percent |
days_to_cover |
number | 1 to 10.75 | |
share_count_as_of |
text | 1 distinct value (July 24, 2026) |
Computed from Strasmore's warehouse of US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data. Equity prices are delayed; options greeks and implied volatility are end-of-day. This result is stored, not recomputed on load — it is exactly the numbers that were returned on , and the query below is what returned them.
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WITH share_counts AS (
SELECT ticker,
argMax(market_cap / price, date) AS shares_outstanding,
argMax(date, date) AS as_of
FROM global_markets.stocks_ratios
WHERE ticker IN ('AAPL', 'MSFT', 'NVDA', 'TSLA', 'MU', 'GME')
AND market_cap > 0
AND price > 0
GROUP BY ticker
)
SELECT si.ticker AS ticker,
round(si.short_interest / 1e6, 1) AS shares_short_m,
round(si.short_interest / sc.shares_outstanding * 100, 2) AS pct_of_shares_out,
round(si.days_to_cover, 2) AS days_to_cover,
formatDateTimeInJodaSyntax(sc.as_of, 'MMMM d, yyyy') AS share_count_as_of
FROM global_markets.stocks_short_interest AS si
INNER JOIN share_counts AS sc ON sc.ticker = si.ticker
WHERE si.settlement_date = '2026-06-30'
ORDER BY pct_of_shares_out DESC
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