Code Snippets
curl "https://financialdata.net/api/v1/short-interest?identifier=ALB&key=API_KEY"import requests
url = 'https://financialdata.net/api/v1/short-interest?identifier=ALB&key=API_KEY'
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())
const url = 'https://financialdata.net/api/v1/short-interest?identifier=ALB&key=API_KEY';
const response = await fetch(url);
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);
Sample Response
[
{
"trading_symbol": "ALB",
"title_of_security": "Albemarle Corporation",
"market_code": "NYSE",
"settlement_date": "2026-09-30",
"shorted_securities": 11764871,
"previous_shorted_securities": 11113554,
"change_in_shorted_securities": 651317,
"percentage_change_in_shorted_securities": 5.86,
"average_daily_volume": 2611339,
"days_to_cover": 4.51,
"is_stock_split": false
},
...
]Query Parameters
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| identifier | string | The trading symbol for a security. (e.g., MSFT) |
| offset | integer | (Optional) The initial position of the record subset, which indicates how many records to skip. Defaults to 0. (e.g., 100) |
| format | string | (Optional) The format of the returned data, either JSON or CSV. Defaults to JSON. (e.g., json, csv) |
Endpoint Overview
Short interest represents the number of shares of a company that are currently sold short and have not yet been covered. The short interest ratio, also known as days to cover, represents the number of days it would take for all short-sold shares to be covered or repurchased in the market. Our API provides short interest data for over 15,000 securities. There is a limit of 100 records per API call.
Company Profile
ALBEMARLE CORP
NYSE: ALB- Market Cap:$7.40B
- ISIN:US0126531013
- Fiscal Year End:12/31
- CEO:Kent Masters
- Employees:7800
Albemarle Corporation is an American specialty chemicals manufacturing company based in Charlotte, North Carolina. It serves several different industries including Agriculture/Food, Automotive/EV, Aviation/Aerospace, Building/Construction, Conventional Energy, Electronics, Grid Storage, and Industrial Processes. The company reported over $5.4 Billion in revenue in 2024.