On Aug 31, the top shorted US stocks on the last trading day are as follows:
$Nu Holdings (NU.US)$ had the largest short volume and the largest change in short volume, with an increase of 244.16 million shares in short sale volume and a total short volume of 253.04 million shares, which is an increase of 2747.84% compared to the previous trading day. The short volume ratio reached 45.04%.
$Aflac Inc (AFL.US)$ had the highest short sale ratio, with an increase of 1.35 million shares in short sale volume and a total short volume of 1.78 million shares, which is an increase of 315.54% compared to the previous trading day. The short volume ratio reached 46.95%.
For more short sale data on individual stocks, please refer to the chart below:
Note:
Daily short sale tracking filters US stocks with a total market cap of more than $5 billion and a short sale volume of more than 500,000 on the day. All market data is sourced from National level 1 quotes data.
Stocks in the image are sorted by short volume change.
Short volume ratio = total short volume / trading volume of the day