Code Snippets
curl "https://financialdata.net/api/v1/short-interest?identifier=PPG&key=API_KEY"import requests
url = 'https://financialdata.net/api/v1/short-interest?identifier=PPG&key=API_KEY'
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())
const url = 'https://financialdata.net/api/v1/short-interest?identifier=PPG&key=API_KEY';
const response = await fetch(url);
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);
Sample Response
[
{
"trading_symbol": "PPG",
"title_of_security": "PPG Industries, Inc.",
"market_code": "NYSE",
"settlement_date": "2026-09-30",
"shorted_securities": 6517391,
"previous_shorted_securities": 6492272,
"change_in_shorted_securities": 25119,
"percentage_change_in_shorted_securities": 0.39,
"average_daily_volume": 1862903,
"days_to_cover": 3.5,
"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
PPG INDUSTRIES INC
NYSE: PPG- Market Cap:$25.64B
- ISIN:US6935061076
- Fiscal Year End:12/31
- CEO:Tim Knavish
- Employees:46000
PPG Industries, Inc. is an American supplier of paints, coatings, and specialty materials based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It operates in more than 70 countries globally. A member of the Fortune 500, PPG is the second largest coatings company in the world by revenue, behind Sherwin-Williams. It is headquartered in PPG Place, an office and retail complex in downtown Pittsburgh, and is known for its glass facade designed by Postmodern architect Philip Johnson.