Code Snippets
curl "https://financialdata.net/api/v1/short-interest?identifier=MSFT&key=API_KEY"import requests
url = 'https://financialdata.net/api/v1/short-interest?identifier=MSFT&key=API_KEY'
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())
const url = 'https://financialdata.net/api/v1/short-interest?identifier=MSFT&key=API_KEY';
const response = await fetch(url);
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);
Sample Response
[
{
"trading_symbol": "MSFT",
"title_of_security": "Microsoft Corporation Common S",
"market_code": "NNM",
"settlement_date": "2026-09-30",
"shorted_securities": 61133927,
"previous_shorted_securities": 67346414,
"change_in_shorted_securities": -6212487,
"percentage_change_in_shorted_securities": -9.22,
"average_daily_volume": 23981233,
"days_to_cover": 2.55,
"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
MICROSOFT CORP
NASDAQ: MSFT- Market Cap:$3.60T
- ISIN:US5949181045
- Fiscal Year End:06/30
- CEO:Satya Nadella
- Employees:223000
Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Redmond, Washington. The company became influential in the rise of personal computers through software like Windows and has since expanded into areas such as Internet services, cloud computing, artificial intelligence, video gaming, and more. A Big Tech company, Microsoft is the largest software company by revenue, one of the most valuable public companies, and one of the most valuable brands globally.