Code Snippets
curl "https://financialdata.net/api/v1/short-interest?identifier=EL&key=API_KEY"import requests
url = 'https://financialdata.net/api/v1/short-interest?identifier=EL&key=API_KEY'
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())
const url = 'https://financialdata.net/api/v1/short-interest?identifier=EL&key=API_KEY';
const response = await fetch(url);
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);
Sample Response
[
{
"trading_symbol": "EL",
"title_of_security": "The Estee Lauder Companies Inc",
"market_code": "NYSE",
"settlement_date": "2026-09-30",
"shorted_securities": 6664896,
"previous_shorted_securities": 7097830,
"change_in_shorted_securities": -432934,
"percentage_change_in_shorted_securities": -6.1,
"average_daily_volume": 3148452,
"days_to_cover": 2.12,
"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
ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES INC
NYSE: EL- Market Cap:$26.00B
- ISIN:US5184391044
- Fiscal Year End:06/30
- CEO:Stéphane de La Faverie
- Employees:57000
The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. (/ˈɛsteɪ ˈlɔːdər/ EST-ay LAW-dər) is an American multinational cosmetics company, a manufacturer and marketer of makeup, skincare, perfume, and hair care products, based in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. It is the second largest cosmetics company in the world after L'Oréal. The company owns a diverse portfolio of brands, including La Mer, Jo Malone London, Clinique and Tom Ford Beauty, among many more, distributed internationally through both digital commerce and retail channels.