Six household names at the latest settlement: shares short, percent of shares outstanding, 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 2026-10-04, from What Is FINRA Short Interest? Days to Cover.
| ticker | shares_short_m | shares_outstanding_m | shares_outstanding_m_fmt | short_pct_of_shares_out | days_to_cover |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AAPL | 128.8 | 14748 | 14,748 | 0.87 | 2.85 |
| KO | 40.6 | 4303 | 4,303 | 0.94 | 2.79 |
| MSFT | 67.3 | 7431 | 7,431 | 0.91 | 3.73 |
| NVDA | 294.2 | 24286 | 24,286 | 1.21 | 2.55 |
| TSLA | 68.9 | 3225 | 3,225 | 2.14 | 1.72 |
| GME | 39.1 | 448 | 448 | 8.73 | 4.29 |
- Rows × columns
- 6 × 6
- 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, KO…) | |
shares_short_m |
number | 39.1 to 294.2 | count |
shares_outstanding_m |
number | 448 to 24,286 | count |
shares_outstanding_m_fmt |
text | 6 distinct values (14,748, 24,286, 3,225…) | |
short_pct_of_shares_out |
number | 0.87 to 8.73 | percent |
days_to_cover |
number | 1.72 to 4.29 |
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 (SELECT max(settlement_date) FROM global_markets.stocks_short_interest) AS latest,
shares AS
(
SELECT tk AS ticker,
argMax(basic_shares_outstanding, (filing_date, period_end)) AS shares_out
FROM global_markets.stocks_income_statements
ARRAY JOIN tickers AS tk
WHERE tk IN ('AAPL', 'KO', 'MSFT', 'NVDA', 'TSLA', 'GME')
AND timeframe = 'quarterly'
AND filing_date >= today() - INTERVAL 1 YEAR
AND basic_shares_outstanding > 0
GROUP BY tk
),
si AS
(
SELECT ticker,
max(short_interest) AS shares_short,
max(days_to_cover) AS dtc
FROM global_markets.stocks_short_interest
WHERE settlement_date = latest
AND ticker IN ('AAPL', 'KO', 'MSFT', 'NVDA', 'TSLA', 'GME')
GROUP BY ticker
)
SELECT si.ticker AS ticker,
round(si.shares_short / 1e6, 1) AS shares_short_m,
round(shares.shares_out / 1e6, 0) AS shares_outstanding_m,
multiIf(shares.shares_out < 1e9, toString(toUInt64(round(shares.shares_out / 1e6, 0))),
concat(toString(intDiv(toUInt64(round(shares.shares_out / 1e6, 0)), 1000)), ',',
lpad(toString(toUInt64(round(shares.shares_out / 1e6, 0)) % 1000), 3, '0'))) AS shares_outstanding_m_fmt,
round(100.0 * si.shares_short / shares.shares_out, 2) AS short_pct_of_shares_out,
round(si.dtc, 2) AS days_to_cover
FROM si
INNER JOIN shares ON si.ticker = shares.ticker
ORDER BY indexOf(['AAPL', 'KO', 'MSFT', 'NVDA', 'TSLA', 'GME'], si.ticker)
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