Code Snippets
curl "https://financialdata.net/api/v1/short-interest?identifier=MCD&key=API_KEY"import requests
url = 'https://financialdata.net/api/v1/short-interest?identifier=MCD&key=API_KEY'
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())
const url = 'https://financialdata.net/api/v1/short-interest?identifier=MCD&key=API_KEY';
const response = await fetch(url);
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);
Sample Response
[
{
"trading_symbol": "MCD",
"title_of_security": "McDonald's Corporation",
"market_code": "NYSE",
"settlement_date": "2026-09-30",
"shorted_securities": 13797355,
"previous_shorted_securities": 12196481,
"change_in_shorted_securities": 1600874,
"percentage_change_in_shorted_securities": 13.13,
"average_daily_volume": 7248260,
"days_to_cover": 1.9,
"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
MCDONALDS CORP
NYSE: MCD- Market Cap:$208.46B
- ISIN:US5801351017
- Fiscal Year End:12/31
- CEO:Chris Kempczinski
- Employees:150000
McDonald's Corporation is an American multinational fast food restaurant chain. Founded in 1940 as a restaurant operated by brothers Richard and Maurice McDonald in San Bernardino, California, the company has grown into one of the world's largest restaurant chains. At the end of 2025, the McDonald's system comprised 45,356 restaurants in more than 100 countries, approximately 95% of which were operated by franchisees.