KO Short Volume

The Coca-Cola Company (KO) operates in the Consumer Defensive sector, specifically the Beverages - Non-Alcoholic industry, with a market capitalization near $355.51B, listed on NYSE, employing roughly 65,900 people, carrying a beta of 0.35 to the broader market. The Coca-Cola Company, a beverage company, manufactures and sells various nonalcoholic beverages in the United States and internationally. Led by Henrique Braun, public since 1962-01-02.

Short volume measures the number of shares sold short on a given day as reported by FINRA. Tracking short volume relative to total volume helps identify unusual bearish sentiment or short-squeeze potential.

Latest Date
2026-06-30
Short Volume
1.5M
Total Volume
5.2M
Short %
29.54%
30-Day Avg Short %
49.55%

Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for The Coca-Cola Company.

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KO most-active contracts

TypeStrikeExpirationVolumeOIIVBidAsk
CALL$83.00Jul 17, 202631.5K36218.5%$0.62$0.64

Top 1 contracts from the institutional-grade nightly options scan; ranked by volume within the broader S&P 500/400/600 + ETF universe.

Frequently asked KO short volume questions

What is the daily KO short volume?
As of Jun 30, 2026, The Coca-Cola Company (KO) short volume is 1.5M shares against 5.2M total reported volume, or 29.54% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
How is KO short volume reported?
FINRA publishes the Daily Short Sale Volume File for trades reported to FINRA TRFs and the FINRA/Nasdaq ADF on a T+1 basis. The headline figure is the count of shares that printed at the short-sale or short-exempt tick across all reporting venues for the symbol; each exchange separately publishes its own daily short-sale data file.
What does KO short volume tell options traders?
Daily short-sale flow is one input that helps disambiguate dealer-hedging activity from directional bear flow when the chain shows fresh customer call inventory. It is not a clean MM-only proxy: the headline number mixes directional shorting, options-MM delta-hedging, ETF-creation arbitrage, and convertible-arb hedging. Cross-check against gamma-exposure and OI changes for a cleaner read.