> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.benzinga.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Short Interest

> Retrieves short interest data for specified securities. Includes information about shares sold short, days to cover, and short interest ratios. Supports optional FINRA report data and date range filtering.

<ResponseExample>
  ```json Response (200 OK) theme={null}
  {
    "shortInterestData": {
      "AAPL": {
        "data": [
          {
            "recordDate": "2026-01-12",
            "symbol": "AAPL",
            "company": "Apple Inc. Common Stock",
            "totalShortInterest": "112732788",
            "daysToCover": 2.71,
            "shortPercentOfFloat": 0.77,
            "shortPriorMo": "122035714",
            "percentChangeMoMo": -7.62,
            "sharesFloat": "14688854878",
            "averageDailyVolume": "41632615",
            "sharesOutstanding": "14697926000",
            "exchange": "NNM",
            "sector": "Technology",
            "industry": "Consumer Electronics",
            "exchangeReceiptDate": "2026-01-05",
            "settlementDate": "2025-12-31"
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  }
  ```
</ResponseExample>


## OpenAPI

````yaml /openapi/data-api-proxy_api.spec.yml GET /api/v1/shortinterest
openapi: 3.0.0
info:
  contact: {}
  description: >-
    This REST API provides endpoints to search for fundamentals and get
    fundamental details.
  termsOfService: http://swagger.io/terms/
  title: Data API Proxy
  version: 2.0.0
servers:
  - url: https://api.benzinga.com
    description: PROD
security: []
paths:
  /api/v1/shortinterest:
    get:
      tags:
        - Market Data
      summary: Short Interest Data
      description: >-
        Retrieves short interest data for specified securities. Includes
        information about shares sold short, days to cover, and short interest
        ratios. Supports optional FINRA report data and date range filtering.
      operationId: get-short-interest
      parameters:
        - description: >-
            Comma-separated list of stock ticker symbols (e.g., AAPL,MSFT,TSLA).
            Required.
          in: query
          name: symbols
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
        - description: 'Include FINRA short interest report data. Default: false'
          in: query
          name: finraReport
          schema:
            type: boolean
        - description: Page number for pagination. Used with pageSize parameter.
          in: query
          name: page
          schema:
            type: integer
        - description: >-
            Number of results per page. Default varies by endpoint
            configuration.
          in: query
          name: pageSize
          schema:
            type: integer
        - description: 'Start date for short interest data. Format: YYYY-MM-DD'
          in: query
          name: from
          schema:
            type: string
        - description: 'End date for short interest data. Format: YYYY-MM-DD'
          in: query
          name: to
          schema:
            type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Short interest data for requested symbols
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
        '400':
          description: Bad request - missing or invalid symbols parameter
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/bzhttp.Resp'
        '500':
          description: Internal server error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
      security:
        - ApiKeyAuth: []
components:
  schemas:
    bzhttp.Resp:
      properties:
        data:
          additionalProperties: true
          type: object
        errors:
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/bzhttp.Error'
          type: array
        ok:
          type: boolean
      type: object
    bzhttp.Error:
      properties:
        code:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/bzhttp.ErrorCode'
        id:
          type: string
        value:
          type: string
      type: object
    bzhttp.ErrorCode:
      enum:
        - unsupported_message_type
        - database_query_error
        - json_unmarshaling_error
        - no_data_found
        - no_matching_endpoint
        - bad_request
        - db_error
        - internal_server_error
        - auth_failed
        - forbidden
        - failed_dependency
        - service_unavailable
        - upstream_api_error
      type: string
      x-enum-varnames:
        - ErrorUnsupportedMessageType
        - ErrorDBQueryError
        - ErrorJSONUnmarshaling
        - ErrorNoDataFound
        - ErrorNoMatchingEndpoint
        - ErrorBadRequest
        - ErrorDBError
        - ErrorInternalServerError
        - ErrorAuthFailed
        - ErrorForbidden
        - ErrorFailedDependency
        - ErrorServiceUnavailable
        - ErrorUpstreamAPIError
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyAuth:
      in: query
      name: token
      type: apiKey

````