Code Snippets
curl "https://financialdata.net/api/v1/short-interest?identifier=VLO&key=API_KEY"import requests
url = 'https://financialdata.net/api/v1/short-interest?identifier=VLO&key=API_KEY'
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())
const url = 'https://financialdata.net/api/v1/short-interest?identifier=VLO&key=API_KEY';
const response = await fetch(url);
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);
Sample Response
[
{
"trading_symbol": "VLO",
"title_of_security": "Valero Energy Corporation",
"market_code": "NYSE",
"settlement_date": "2026-09-30",
"shorted_securities": 8999474,
"previous_shorted_securities": 9700070,
"change_in_shorted_securities": -700596,
"percentage_change_in_shorted_securities": -7.22,
"average_daily_volume": 4619975,
"days_to_cover": 1.95,
"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
VALERO ENERGY CORP/TX
NYSE: VLO- Market Cap:$41.80B
- ISIN:US91913Y1001
- Fiscal Year End:12/31
- CEO:Lane Riggs
- Employees:9922
Valero Energy Corporation is an American-based fuels producer mostly involved in manufacturing and marketing transportation fuels and other related products. It is headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, United States. Throughout the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom, the company owns and operates 14 refineries with a combined throughput capacity of approximately 3.2 million barrels per day, two renewable diesel plants that produce approximately 1.2 billion gallons per year, and 12 ethanol plants with a combined production capacity of 1.6 billion gallons as its subsidiaries.