Code Snippets
curl "https://financialdata.net/api/v1/short-interest?identifier=XEL&key=API_KEY"import requests
url = 'https://financialdata.net/api/v1/short-interest?identifier=XEL&key=API_KEY'
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())
const url = 'https://financialdata.net/api/v1/short-interest?identifier=XEL&key=API_KEY';
const response = await fetch(url);
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);
Sample Response
[
{
"trading_symbol": "XEL",
"title_of_security": "Xcel Energy Inc. Common Stock",
"market_code": "NNM",
"settlement_date": "2026-09-30",
"shorted_securities": 49237277,
"previous_shorted_securities": 41392983,
"change_in_shorted_securities": 7844294,
"percentage_change_in_shorted_securities": 18.95,
"average_daily_volume": 6126840,
"days_to_cover": 8.04,
"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
XCEL ENERGY INC
NASDAQ: XEL- Market Cap:$40.26B
- ISIN:US98389B1008
- Fiscal Year End:12/31
- CEO:Robert C. Frenzel
- Employees:11380
Xcel Energy Inc. is a U.S. regulated electric utility and natural gas delivery company based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, serving approximately 3.9 million electricity customers and 2.2 million natural gas customers across parts of eight states as of mid-2025. It consists of four operating subsidiaries: Northern States Power-Minnesota, Northern States Power-Wisconsin, Public Service Company of Colorado, and Southwestern Public Service Co.