Astrotech (ASTC) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $6.63 -0.10 (-1.55%) As of 02/21/2025 04:00 PM Eastern This is a fair market value price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrends Astrotech Short Interest DataAstrotech (ASTC) has a short interest of 2,200 shares, representing 0.15% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a -18.52% decrease in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 0.1, indicating that it would take 0.1 days of the average trading volume of 4,878 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest2,200 sharesPrevious Short Interest2,700 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month-18.52%Dollar Volume Sold Short$14,608.00Short Interest Ratio0.1 Days to CoverLast Record DateJanuary 31, 2025Outstanding Shares1,700,000 sharesFloat Size1,480,000 sharesShort Percent of Float0.15%Today's Trading Volume5,563 sharesAverage Trading Volume4,878 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average114% Short Selling Astrotech? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for Astrotech and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartASTC Short Interest Over TimeASTC Days to Cover Over TimeASTC Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Astrotech Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 1/31/20252,200 shares $14,608.00 -18.5%0.2%0.1 $6.64 1/15/20252,700 shares $17,685.00 +3.9%0.2%0.1 $6.55 12/31/20242,600 shares $17,472.00 -75.5%0.2%0.1 $6.72 12/15/202410,600 shares $72,610.00 +241.9%0.7%0.5 $6.85 11/30/20243,100 shares $22,010.00 -35.4%0.2%0.2 $7.10 11/15/20244,800 shares $34,464.00 -5.9%0.3%0.2 $7.18 10/31/20245,100 shares $37,077.00 -46.3%0.3%0.2 $7.27 10/15/20249,500 shares $76,950.00 +1.1%0.6%0.3 $8.10 9/30/20249,400 shares $75,106.00 +40.3%0.6%0.4 $7.99 9/15/20246,700 shares $55,074.00 -40.2%0.5%0.3 $8.22 Get the Latest News and Ratings for ASTC and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Astrotech and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 8/31/202411,200 shares $125,838.72 -11.8%0.8%0.5 $11.24 8/15/202412,700 shares $114,300.00 +5.0%0.9%0.7 $9.00 7/31/202412,100 shares $101,638.79 -9.7%0.8%2.5 $8.40 7/15/202413,400 shares $115,039.00 -11.3%0.9%2.9 $8.59 6/30/202415,100 shares $134,390.00 +11.0%1.0%3.8 $8.90 6/15/202413,600 shares $127,704.00 -5.6%0.9%3.6 $9.39 5/31/202414,400 shares $135,360.00 +28.6%1.0%4.5 $9.40 5/15/202411,200 shares $101,584.00 -17.0%0.8%3.1 $9.07 4/30/202413,500 shares $123,525.00 -15.1%0.9%3.8 $9.15 4/15/202415,900 shares $155,502.00 -8.1%1.1%4.8 $9.78 3/31/202417,300 shares $154,833.27 -8.5%1.2%4.9 $8.95 3/15/202418,900 shares $167,832.00 +2.7%1.3%5.6 $8.88 2/29/202418,400 shares $149,040.00 +21.1%1.2%5.1 $8.10 2/15/202415,200 shares $114,001.52 +0.7%1.0%4.2 $7.50 1/31/202415,100 shares $117,629.00 +2.7%1.0%3.4 $7.79 1/15/202414,700 shares $110,691.00 -17.9%1.0%3.7 $7.53 12/31/202317,900 shares $151,971.00 +39.8%1.2%4.4 $8.49 12/15/202312,800 shares $108,800.00 -2.3%0.9%3.1 $8.50 11/30/202313,100 shares $106,110.00 -23.8%0.9%3.5 $8.10 11/15/202317,200 shares $125,560.00 +16.2%1.1%4.6 $7.30 10/31/202314,800 shares $136,012.00 -0.7%1.0%4.4 $9.19 10/15/202314,900 shares $142,016.37 -3.9%1.0%4.1 $9.53 9/30/202315,500 shares $156,550.00 -13.9%1.1%4 $10.10 9/15/202318,000 shares $178,200.00 -10.0%1.2%1.5 $9.90 8/31/202320,000 shares $196,000.00 -14.5%1.3%1.7 $9.80 8/15/202323,400 shares $245,234.34 -2.5%1.6%2 $10.48 7/31/202324,000 shares $305,040.00 -4.8%1.6%2 $12.71 7/15/202325,200 shares $336,924.00 -57.2%1.7%2.1 $13.37 6/30/202358,900 shares $834,024.00 +130.1%4.0%5 $14.16 6/15/202325,600 shares $293,376.00 -4.1%1.7%6.1 $11.46Ex-CIA Advisor: Trump 2.0 Could “Send Gold to $10,000” (Ad)Experts forecast gold's price racing to $4,000… and an ex-CIA advisor predicts we'll see gold hit $10,000. 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Want to see how it works?Click here to uncover Tesla's hidden income secret. 4/30/20212,310,000 shares $2.86 million +111.9%N/A0.5 $1.24 4/15/20211,090,000 shares $1.30 million +130.2%N/A0.2 $1.19 3/31/2021473,500 shares $970,675.00 +32.1%N/A0.1 $2.05 3/15/2021358,400 shares $799,232.00 -20.8%N/A0.2 $2.23 2/26/2021452,500 shares $1.07 million -26.9%N/A0.2 $2.36 2/12/2021619,300 shares $2.22 million +128.2%N/A0.3 $3.59 1/29/2021271,400 shares $575,368.00 +155.8%N/A0.2 $2.12 1/15/2021106,100 shares $273,738.00 +23.1%N/A0.1 $2.58 12/31/202086,200 shares $159,470.00 +12.7%N/A0 $1.85 12/15/202076,500 shares $146,880.00 -2.8%N/A0 $1.92 11/30/202078,700 shares $155,039.00 -25.3%N/A0 $1.97 11/15/2020105,300 shares $199,017.00 -84.7%N/A0 $1.89 10/30/2020689,700 shares $1.39 million +22.3%N/A0.2 $2.01 10/15/2020563,800 shares $975,374.00 -6.2%N/A0.2 $1.73 9/30/2020600,800 shares $1.02 million -8.8%11.2%0.9 $1.70 9/15/2020658,700 shares $1.03 million +485.0%12.3%1 $1.57 8/31/2020112,600 shares $246,594.00 +32.9%2.1%0.2 $2.19 8/14/202084,700 shares $226,149.00 +42.6%1.6%0.3 $2.67 7/31/202059,400 shares $182,952.00 -39.2%1.1%0.2 $3.08 7/15/202097,700 shares $257,928.00 +239.2%1.9%0.3 $2.64 6/30/202028,800 shares $82,080.00 +1.1%0.6%0.1 $2.85 6/15/202028,500 shares $78,090.00 +49.2%0.6%0 $2.74 5/29/202019,100 shares $51,188.00 -70.9%0.4%0 $2.68 5/15/202065,600 shares $171,872.00 +36.4%1.3%0 $2.62 4/30/202048,100 shares $142,857.00 -70.7%1.0%0 $2.97 4/15/2020164,300 shares $486,328.00 -80.7%3.5%0.1 $2.96 3/31/2020852,800 shares $2.19 million +1,300.3%17.9%0.7 $2.57 3/13/202060,900 shares $207,669.00 -20.9%1.6%3.4 $3.41 2/28/202077,000 shares $85,470.00 -7.0%2.0%2.1 $1.11 ASTC Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Astrotech's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Astrotech shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of January 31st, investors have sold 2,200 shares of ASTC short. 0.15% of Astrotech's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Astrotech's current short interest. Which institutional investors are shorting Astrotech? As of the most recent reporting period, the following institutional investors, funds, and major shareholders have reported short positions of Astrotech: Concourse Financial Group Securities Inc.. These positions are disclosed in Form 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. What is a good short interest percentage for Astrotech? Companies that have a short interest as a percentage of float below 10% indicates positive investor sentiment and few short sellers. Stocks with a short interest percentage above 10% is considered high, suggesting some investors are pessimistic about the stock. Companies with a short interest percentage of 20% or more indicates widespread negative sentiment. 0.15% of Astrotech's floating shares are currently sold short. Is Astrotech's short interest increasing or decreasing? Astrotech saw a decrease in short interest in January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totaling 2,200 shares, a decrease of 18.5% from the previous total of 2,700 shares. Changes in short volume can be used to identify positive and negative investor sentiment. Investors that short sell a stock are betting that its price will decline in the future. An increase in short sale volume suggests bearish (negative) sentiment among investors. A decrease on short sale volume suggests bullish (positive) sentiment. What is Astrotech's float size? Astrotech currently has issued a total of 1,700,000 shares. Some of Astrotech's outstanding shares are available for trading, while others are subject to various restrictions. The public float, also referred to as floating shares or "the float", are shares that publicly owned, unrestricted and available to trade on the open market. Astrotech currently has a public float of 1,480,000 shares. How does Astrotech's short interest compare to its competitors? 0.15% of Astrotech's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "measuring and control equipment" compare to Astrotech: Optex Systems Holdings, Inc (0.03%), MultiSensor AI Holdings, Inc. (2.35%), Accelerate Diagnostics, Inc. (3.04%), Data I/O Co. (0.53%), Precipio, Inc. (1.81%), Bionano Genomics, Inc. (19.13%), Talis Biomedical Co. (1.20%), Telesis Bio, Inc. (5.67%), Trane Technologies plc (1.42%), Keysight Technologies, Inc. (1.27%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: AppLovin Co. ($5.21 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.07 billion), Reddit, Inc. ($3.33 billion), The Kroger Co. ($2.67 billion), Cencora, Inc. ($2.29 billion), Hims & Hers Health, Inc. ($2.17 billion), SoFi Technologies, Inc. ($1.99 billion), Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. ($1.87 billion), Rivian Automotive, Inc. ($1.76 billion), and Moderna, Inc. ($1.60 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short Astrotech stock? Short selling ASTC is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Astrotech as its price is falling. ASTC shares are trading down $0.16 today. To short a stock, an investor borrows shares, sells them and buys the shares back on the public market later to return it to the lender. Short sellers are betting that a stock will decline in price. If the stock does drop after selling, the short seller buys it back at a lower price and returns it to the lender. The difference between the sell price and the buy price is the trader's profit. How does a short squeeze work against Astrotech? A short squeeze for Astrotech occurs when it has a large amount of short interest and its stock increases in price. This forces short sellers to cover their short interest positions by buying actual shares of ASTC, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Astrotech's short interest reported? Short interest is typically published by a stock exchange once per month. However, NASDAQ publishes a report for U.S. stocks, including ASTC, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is January, 31 2025. 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