Code Snippets
curl "https://financialdata.net/api/v1/short-interest?identifier=MCK&key=API_KEY"import requests
url = 'https://financialdata.net/api/v1/short-interest?identifier=MCK&key=API_KEY'
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())
const url = 'https://financialdata.net/api/v1/short-interest?identifier=MCK&key=API_KEY';
const response = await fetch(url);
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);
Sample Response
[
{
"trading_symbol": "MCK",
"title_of_security": "McKesson Corporation",
"market_code": "NYSE",
"settlement_date": "2026-09-30",
"shorted_securities": 2288007,
"previous_shorted_securities": 2903573,
"change_in_shorted_securities": -615566,
"percentage_change_in_shorted_securities": -21.2,
"average_daily_volume": 864124,
"days_to_cover": 2.65,
"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
MCKESSON CORP
NYSE: MCK- Market Cap:$95.30B
- ISIN:US58155Q1031
- Fiscal Year End:03/31
- CEO:Brian S. Tyler
- Employees:45000
McKesson Corporation is an American publicly traded company that distributes pharmaceuticals and provides health information technology, medical supplies, and health management tools. The company delivers a third of all pharmaceutical products used or consumed in North America and employs over 80,000 employees. With $308.9 billion in 2024 revenue, it is the ninth-largest company by revenue in the United States and the nation's largest health care company. The company is headquartered in Irving, Texas. It is a component of the S&P 500 and is listed on the New York Stock Exchange, where it is traded under the ticker symbol "MCK".