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Days to Cover, often used interchangeably with “short interest ratio,” is the number of days necessary for all short positions to be covered, i.e. bought back by the short-seller and returned.
Days to Cover
How to Calculate Days to Cover (“Short Interest Ratio”)
The days to cover, or short interest ratio, is the number of days needed on average for all shares sold short to be covered and closed.
The days to cover metric estimates the average number of days it would take for all short-positions on a particular company’s stock to be covered.
As an indicator of short interest, days to cover can be useful for assessing the ease (or lack of) of buying shares that were sold short.
The days to cover gauges the overall market sentiment regarding specific securities and the potential for dramatic share price movements, i.e. a “short squeeze.”
Days to Cover Formula
The formula for calculating the days to cover metric (also known as the short-interest ratio) divides the number of shares currently shorted by the average daily trading volume of the security in question.
Formula
Days to Cover = Number of Shares Short / Average Daily Trading Volume
Short interest is the number of shares sold short, i.e. borrowed and sold in the open markets by a short-seller to profit from repurchasing the shares at a lower price.
For example, if the total number of shorted shares on a company is 8 million and the average daily trading volume is 2 million shares, days to cover is two days.
Days to Cover = 8 million / 2 million = 4 Days
How to Interpret the Days to Cover
Calculating the days to cover helps understand the vulnerability of a specific stock to a “short squeeze”.
Generally, competition is directly related to higher stock prices, so the higher the number of days to cover, the greater the probability of a short squeeze.
In the example above, if all of the short-sellers desired to close positions right now, it would take roughly four days in total.
High Days to Cover ? Long Time to Unwind Short-Positions
Low Days to Cover ? Short Time to Unwind Short-Positions
In the unfavorable scenario where the share price rises, a lower days to cover metric is clearly preferred because a short-seller would seek to close out the position to minimize their losses.
If a short squeeze were to occur, the lower the number of days to cover, the better off the short-sellers are (i.e. they can quickly close out short positions and exit).
If the number of days to cover is longer, the chance of incurring substantial losses from the inability to close out the short is much greater.
Short Squeeze Risk
In the case of a short squeeze, the losses will grow each day as while the share price soars, the trading volume also picks up as more outside buyers in the market attempt to purchase shares.
Thereby, a short-seller should avoid shorting securities with already high short interest and long days to cover because the risk of steep losses might outweigh the potential returns.
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