Novartis (NVS) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $109.34 +0.88 (+0.81%) As of 02:27 PM Eastern This is a fair market value price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock Novartis Short Interest DataNovartis (NVS) has a short interest of 4.60 million shares, representing 0.24% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a 2.00% increase in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 1.9, indicating that it would take 1.9 days of the average trading volume of 1.58 million shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest4,600,000 sharesPrevious Short Interest4,510,000 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month+2.00%Dollar Volume Sold Short$521.00 millionShort Interest Ratio1.9 Days to CoverLast Record DateApril 30, 2025Outstanding Shares2,112,422,000 sharesFloat Size1,900,000,000 sharesShort Percent of Float0.24%Today's Trading Volume600,737 sharesAverage Trading Volume1,575,452 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average38% Short Selling Novartis? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for Novartis and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartNVS Short Interest Over TimeNVS Days to Cover Over TimeNVS Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Novartis Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 4/30/20254,600,000 shares $521.00 million +2.0%0.2%1.9 $113.26 4/15/20254,510,000 shares $495.38 million +39.6%0.2%1.8 $109.84 3/31/20253,230,000 shares $360.09 million -19.7%0.2%1.4 $111.48 3/15/20254,020,000 shares $438.77 million -20.2%0.2%2 $109.15 2/28/20255,040,000 shares $549.64 million +26.3%0.3%2.8 $109.06 2/15/20253,990,000 shares $420.66 million -2.2%0.2%2.4 $105.43 1/31/20254,080,000 shares $426.98 million -7.7%0.2%2.8 $104.65 1/15/20254,420,000 shares $437.80 million +9.1%0.2%3.4 $99.05 12/31/20244,050,000 shares $394.11 million -3.8%0.2%3.5 $97.31 12/15/20244,210,000 shares $414.10 million -6.2%0.2%3.7 $98.36 Get the Latest News and Ratings for NVS and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Novartis and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 11/30/20244,490,000 shares $474.91 million -6.3%0.2%4 $105.77 11/15/20244,790,000 shares $493.66 million +0.6%0.2%4.2 $103.06 10/31/20244,760,000 shares $515.89 million -0.6%0.2%4.5 $108.38 10/15/20244,790,000 shares $556.79 million -16.0%0.2%4.7 $116.24 9/30/20245,700,000 shares $655.67 million +7.1%0.3%4.9 $115.03 9/15/20245,320,000 shares $615.31 million -6.7%0.3%4.4 $115.66 8/31/20245,700,000 shares $689.07 million -2.9%0.3%4.5 $120.89 8/15/20245,870,000 shares $665.25 million +4.6%0.3%4.5 $113.33 7/31/20245,610,000 shares $625.46 million -10.0%0.3%4.2 $111.49 7/15/20246,230,000 shares $687.36 million -0.2%0.3%4.2 $110.33 6/30/20246,240,000 shares $664.31 million -0.6%0.3%4.3 $106.46 6/15/20246,280,000 shares $663.92 million +60.2%0.3%4.1 $105.72 5/31/20243,920,000 shares $404.27 million -23.6%0.2%2.6 $103.13 5/15/20245,130,000 shares $529.52 million +21.6%0.3%3.3 $103.22 4/30/20244,220,000 shares $409.89 million +10.8%0.2%2.7 $97.13 4/15/20243,810,000 shares $359.66 million -9.5%0.2%2.4 $94.40 3/31/20244,210,000 shares $407.23 million +1.5%0.2%2.9 $96.73 3/15/20244,150,000 shares $403.71 million -8.4%0.2%3 $97.28 2/29/20244,530,000 shares $457.17 million +10.0%0.2%3.1 $100.92 2/15/20244,120,000 shares $410.39 million +5.9%0.2%2.8 $99.61 1/31/20243,890,000 shares $402.58 million -10.4%0.2%2.7 $103.49 1/15/20244,340,000 shares $466.33 million +15.1%0.2%2.8 $107.45 12/31/20233,770,000 shares $380.66 million +5.9%0.2%2.3 $100.97 12/15/20233,560,000 shares $346.74 million +4.7%0.2%2.2 $97.40 11/30/20233,400,000 shares $332.83 million -11.5%0.2%2.2 $97.89 11/15/20233,840,000 shares $360.19 million +5.2%0.2%2.6 $93.80 10/31/20233,650,000 shares $341.57 million +13.4%0.2%2.7 $93.58 10/15/20233,220,000 shares $313.11 million -19.1%0.2%2.6 $97.24 9/30/20233,980,000 shares $405.40 million +2.1%0.2%3.2 $101.86 9/15/20233,900,000 shares $400.26 million -2.5%0.2%3 $102.63Is President Trump Lying To You With This? 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So is this opportunity.Protect your IRA—Trump’s warning was real 8/31/20234,000,000 shares $401.92 million +2.8%0.2%2.8 $100.48 8/15/20233,890,000 shares $399.08 million +2.6%0.2%2.2 $102.59 7/31/20233,790,000 shares $397.57 million +1.3%0.2%2 $104.90 7/15/20233,740,000 shares $369.62 million -2.6%0.2%1.9 $98.83 6/30/20233,840,000 shares $387.42 million -7.0%0.2%1.9 $100.89 6/15/20234,130,000 shares $418.70 million -5.7%0.2%2 $101.38 5/31/20234,380,000 shares $421.53 million +2.3%0.2%1.9 $96.24 5/15/20234,280,000 shares $441.35 million -10.5%0.2%2.1 $103.12 4/30/20234,780,000 shares $490.28 million -13.1%0.2%2.3 $102.57 4/15/20235,500,000 shares $538.34 million -13.1%0.3%2.5 $97.88 3/31/20236,330,000 shares $582.36 million No Change0.3%2.8 $92.00 3/15/20236,330,000 shares $519.69 million -4.1%0.3%3.1 $82.10 2/28/20236,600,000 shares $555.19 million +2.5%0.3%3.4 $84.12 2/15/20236,440,000 shares $561.44 million +16.9%0.3%3.3 $87.18 1/31/20235,510,000 shares $499.32 million +3.6%0.3%2.7 $90.62 1/15/20235,320,000 shares $484.44 million +11.1%0.2%2.6 $91.06 12/30/20224,790,000 shares $434.55 million -10.6%0.2%2.4 $90.72 12/15/20225,360,000 shares $487.17 million +1.3%0.2%2.5 $90.89 11/30/20225,290,000 shares $473.77 million +0.6%0.2%2.4 $89.56 11/15/20225,260,000 shares $440.95 million -14.1%0.2%2.1 $83.83 10/31/20226,120,000 shares $496.52 million +0.7%0.3%2.6 $81.13 10/15/20226,080,000 shares $459.47 million +6.3%0.3%2.6 $75.57 9/30/20225,720,000 shares $434.78 million +2.3%0.3%2.4 $76.01 9/15/20225,590,000 shares $451.34 million -1.2%0.3%2.6 $80.74 8/31/20225,660,000 shares $455.74 million -10.7%0.3%2.6 $80.52 8/15/20226,340,000 shares $541.31 million +4.1%0.3%3.2 $85.38 7/31/20226,090,000 shares $522.70 million +1.2%0.3%2.7 $85.83 7/15/20226,020,000 shares $509.53 million +0.5%N/A2.6 $84.64 6/30/20225,990,000 shares $506.33 million -4.0%N/A2.5 $84.53 6/15/20226,240,000 shares $507.69 million +4.5%N/A2.6 $81.36 5/31/20225,970,000 shares $542.91 million -15.7%0.3%2.4 $90.94 5/15/20227,080,000 shares $607.61 million +10.8%0.3%2.7 $85.82 4/30/20226,390,000 shares $562.51 million -2.6%0.3%2.4 $88.03 4/15/20226,560,000 shares $606.93 million +6.7%0.3%2.4 $92.52 3/31/20226,150,000 shares $539.66 million -2.2%0.3%2.3 $87.75 3/15/20226,290,000 shares $532.95 million +10.7%0.3%2.3 $84.73 2/28/20225,680,000 shares $496.77 million +4.0%0.3%2 $87.46 2/15/20225,460,000 shares $471.85 million -25.9%0.2%2 $86.42 1/31/20227,370,000 shares $640.53 million +12.7%0.3%2.9 $86.91 1/15/20226,540,000 shares $592.20 million -11.4%0.3%2.6 $90.55 12/31/20217,380,000 shares $645.53 million +39.0%0.3%3.1 $87.47 12/15/20215,310,000 shares $432.87 million -20.5%0.2%2.2 $81.52 11/30/20216,680,000 shares $532.40 million +8.6%0.3%3.1 $79.70 11/15/20216,150,000 shares $506.02 million +3.7%0.3%2.9 $82.28 10/29/20215,930,000 shares $490.77 million +8.2%0.3%2.8 $82.76 10/15/20215,480,000 shares $456.65 million -3.0%0.3%2.8 $83.33 9/30/20215,650,000 shares $462.06 million +0.9%0.3%2.9 $81.78 9/15/20215,600,000 shares $476.45 million +16.7%0.3%3.1 $85.08 8/31/20214,800,000 shares $443.47 million +4.1%0.2%2.8 $92.39 8/13/20214,610,000 shares $432.56 million +0.2%0.2%2.7 $93.83Is President Trump Lying To You With This? 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So is this opportunity.Protect your IRA—Trump’s warning was real 7/30/20214,600,000 shares $424.99 million -19.6%0.2%2.7 $92.39 7/15/20215,720,000 shares $521.95 million -13.9%0.3%3.2 $91.25 6/30/20216,640,000 shares $605.83 million +0.5%0.3%3.7 $91.24 6/15/20216,610,000 shares $620.75 million +0.9%0.3%3.5 $93.91 5/28/20216,550,000 shares $578.89 million +3.3%0.3%3.5 $88.38 5/14/20216,340,000 shares $560.46 million +2.6%0.3%3.5 $88.40 4/30/20216,180,000 shares $531.67 million -11.2%0.3%3.3 $86.03 4/15/20216,960,000 shares $603.78 million +6.9%0.3%3.5 $86.75 3/31/20216,510,000 shares $566.50 million +0.3%0.3%3.2 $87.02 3/15/20216,490,000 shares $546.00 million -3.1%0.3%3.3 $84.13 2/26/20216,700,000 shares $580.96 million +29.1%0.3%3.4 $86.71 2/12/20215,190,000 shares $478.47 million -3.0%0.2%2.5 $92.19 1/29/20215,350,000 shares $496.69 million -16.1%0.2%2.6 $92.84 1/15/20216,380,000 shares $603.68 million +44.0%0.3%3.1 $94.62 12/31/20204,430,000 shares $418.01 million +0.9%0.2%2.4 $94.36 12/15/20204,390,000 shares $397.51 million +10.6%0.2%2.3 $90.55 11/30/20203,970,000 shares $356.35 million +22.5%0.2%2.1 $89.76 11/15/20203,240,000 shares $278.96 million -23.0%0.2%1.7 $86.10 10/30/20204,210,000 shares $328.67 million +29.9%0.2%2.3 $78.07 10/15/20203,240,000 shares $283.27 million +39.7%0.2%1.9 $87.43 9/30/20202,320,000 shares $201.75 million -6.1%0.1%1.3 $86.96 9/15/20202,470,000 shares $224.77 million +14.9%0.1%1.5 $91.00 8/31/20202,150,000 shares $185.03 million +3.4%0.1%1.3 $86.06 8/14/20202,080,000 shares $176.07 million +18.2%0.1%1.2 $84.65 7/31/20201,760,000 shares $144.57 million -12.0%0.1%1 $82.14 7/15/20202,000,000 shares $174.94 million -3.9%0.1%1.1 $87.47 6/30/20202,080,000 shares $181.67 million +28.4%0.1%1.1 $87.34 6/15/20201,620,000 shares $137.96 million -36.7%0.1%0.8 $85.16 5/29/20202,560,000 shares $223.82 million +6.7%0.1%1 $87.43 NVS Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Novartis' current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Novartis shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of April 30th, traders have sold 4,600,000 shares of NVS short. 0.24% of Novartis' shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Novartis' current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for Novartis? The short interest ratio, also known as the "days to cover ratio", is calculated by dividing the number of shares of a stock sold short divided by its average trading volume. A short interest ratio ranging between 1 and 4 generally indicates strong positive sentiment about a stock and a lack of short sellers. A short interest ratio of 10 or greater indicates strong pessimism about a stock. NVS shares currently have a short interest ratio of 2.0. Learn More on Novartis's short interest ratio. Which institutional investors are shorting Novartis? As of the most recent reporting period, the following institutional investors, funds, and major shareholders have reported short positions of Novartis: ADAR1 Capital Management LLC, DRW Securities LLC, Jane Street Group LLC, Walleye Trading LLC, Walleye Capital LLC, Capital Fund Management S.A., Arrowpoint Investment Partners Singapore Pte. Ltd., Wolverine Trading LLC, Squarepoint Ops LLC, Millennium Management LLC, Group One Trading LLC, D. E. Shaw & Co. Inc., and Citadel Advisors LLC. These positions are disclosed in Form 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. What is a good short interest percentage for Novartis? Companies that have a short interest as a percentage of float below 10% indicates positive investor sentiment and few short sellers. Stocks with a short interest percentage above 10% is considered high, suggesting some investors are pessimistic about the stock. Companies with a short interest percentage of 20% or more indicates widespread negative sentiment. 0.24% of Novartis' floating shares are currently sold short. Is Novartis' short interest increasing or decreasing? Novartis saw a increase in short interest in April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 4,600,000 shares, an increase of 2.0% from the previous total of 4,510,000 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. What is Novartis' float size? Novartis currently has issued a total of 2,112,422,000 shares. Some of Novartis' outstanding shares are available for trading, while others are subject to various restrictions. The public float, also referred to as floating shares or "the float", are shares that publicly owned, unrestricted and available to trade on the open market. Novartis currently has a public float of 1,900,000,000 shares. How does Novartis' short interest compare to its competitors? 0.24% of Novartis' shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "pharmaceutical products" compare to Novartis: Novo Nordisk A/S (0.56%), AstraZeneca PLC (0.16%), Sanofi (0.16%), GSK plc (0.86%), Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (0.16%), argenx SE (3.86%), BioNTech SE (1.96%), Summit Therapeutics Inc. (29.08%), Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited (2.69%), Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc. (2.58%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Strategy Incorporated ($10.45 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.58 billion), Capital One Financial Co. ($4.47 billion), Apollo Global Management, Inc. ($3.83 billion), The Kroger Co. ($2.56 billion), Hims & Hers Health, Inc. ($2.06 billion), Dell Technologies Inc. ($2.03 billion), Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. ($1.90 billion), Amcor plc ($1.76 billion), and Omnicom Group Inc. ($1.75 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short Novartis stock? Short selling NVS is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Novartis as its price is falling. NVS shares are trading up $3.38 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 Novartis? A short squeeze for Novartis occurs when it has a large amount of short interest and its stock appreciates in price. This forces short sellers to cover their short interest positions by buying actual shares of NVS, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Novartis' 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 NVS, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is April, 30 2025. 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