Code Snippets
curl "https://financialdata.net/api/v1/short-interest?identifier=CAT&key=API_KEY"import requests
url = 'https://financialdata.net/api/v1/short-interest?identifier=CAT&key=API_KEY'
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())
const url = 'https://financialdata.net/api/v1/short-interest?identifier=CAT&key=API_KEY';
const response = await fetch(url);
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);
Sample Response
[
{
"trading_symbol": "CAT",
"title_of_security": "Caterpillar Inc.",
"market_code": "NYSE",
"settlement_date": "2026-09-30",
"shorted_securities": 8005755,
"previous_shorted_securities": 8377107,
"change_in_shorted_securities": -371352,
"percentage_change_in_shorted_securities": -4.43,
"average_daily_volume": 2474941,
"days_to_cover": 3.23,
"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
CATERPILLAR INC
NYSE: CAT- Market Cap:$180.90B
- ISIN:US1491231015
- Fiscal Year End:12/31
- CEO:Joe Creed
- Employees:118000
Caterpillar Inc. (often shortened to CAT) is an American manufacturer of construction, mining, and other engineering equipment. The company is the world's largest manufacturer of construction equipment. In 2018, Caterpillar was ranked number 73 on the Fortune 500 list and number 265 on the Global Fortune 500 list. Caterpillar stock is a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.