AXT (AXTI) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $1.58 -0.71 (-31.00%) Closing price 02/21/2025 04:00 PM EasternExtended Trading$1.59 +0.01 (+0.63%) As of 02/21/2025 07:55 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrends AXT Short Interest DataAXT (AXTI) has a short interest of 578,100 shares, representing 1.39% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a -3.39% decrease in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 1.8, indicating that it would take 1.8 days of the average trading volume of 543,382 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest578,100 sharesPrevious Short Interest598,400 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month-3.39%Dollar Volume Sold Short$1.21 millionShort Interest Ratio1.8 Days to CoverLast Record DateJanuary 31, 2025Outstanding Shares44,750,000 sharesFloat Size41,680,000 sharesShort Percent of Float1.39%Today's Trading Volume6,654,761 sharesAverage Trading Volume543,382 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average1,225% Short Selling AXT? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for AXT and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartAXTI Short Interest Over TimeAXTI Days to Cover Over TimeAXTI Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time AXT Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 1/31/2025578,100 shares $1.21 million -3.4%1.4%1.8 $2.09 1/15/2025598,400 shares $1.35 million -2.8%1.4%1.7 $2.25 12/31/2024615,300 shares $1.34 million +1.0%1.5%1.7 $2.17 12/15/2024609,400 shares $1.41 million -7.2%1.5%1.6 $2.31 11/30/2024656,700 shares $1.41 million +5.6%1.6%1.7 $2.14 11/15/2024622,100 shares $1.14 million +0.3%1.5%1.9 $1.84 10/31/2024620,100 shares $1.60 million -1.5%1.5%2 $2.58 10/15/2024629,400 shares $1.50 million -5.4%1.5%2.1 $2.39 9/30/2024665,400 shares $1.61 million -21.3%1.6%2.3 $2.42 9/15/2024844,900 shares $1.99 million -3.8%2.0%3.1 $2.35 Get the Latest News and Ratings for AXTI and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for AXT and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 8/31/2024877,800 shares $2.33 million -9.2%2.1%3.3 $2.65 8/15/2024967,200 shares $2.58 million -11.3%2.3%3.1 $2.67 7/31/20241,090,000 shares $3.97 million -5.2%2.6%3.3 $3.64 7/15/20241,150,000 shares $4.30 million -3.4%2.8%2 $3.74 6/30/20241,190,000 shares $4.02 million -1.7%2.9%1.8 $3.38 6/15/20241,210,000 shares $4.39 million +7.1%2.9%1.4 $3.63 5/31/20241,130,000 shares $4.31 million +13.0%2.7%1.2 $3.81 5/15/2024999,700 shares $3.54 million +3.0%2.4%0.4 $3.54 4/30/2024971,100 shares $2.91 million -43.9%2.4%0.4 $3.00 4/15/20241,730,000 shares $5.55 million -10.4%4.3%0.7 $3.21 3/31/20241,930,000 shares $8.86 million +9.0%4.8%0.8 $4.59 3/15/20241,770,000 shares $8.62 million +121.0%4.4%0.8 $4.87 2/29/2024801,000 shares $3.44 million +124.4%2.0%0.4 $4.29 2/15/2024357,000 shares $863,940.00 -3.7%0.9%0.2 $2.42 1/31/2024370,700 shares $911,922.00 +12.9%0.9%2.4 $2.46 1/15/2024328,400 shares $863,692.00 +3.9%0.8%1.8 $2.63 12/31/2023316,200 shares $758,880.00 -6.0%0.8%1.8 $2.40 12/15/2023336,300 shares $908,010.00 -5.1%0.8%1.8 $2.70 11/30/2023354,300 shares $705,057.00 +3.9%0.9%2 $1.99 11/15/2023340,900 shares $726,117.00 -20.4%0.8%1.9 $2.13 10/31/2023428,200 shares $852,118.00 +7.7%1.1%2.1 $1.99 10/15/2023397,700 shares $926,641.00 +4.2%1.0%1.9 $2.33 9/30/2023381,800 shares $916,320.00 +4.1%0.9%1.6 $2.40 9/15/2023366,700 shares $850,744.00 +9.9%0.9%1.1 $2.32 8/31/2023333,800 shares $867,880.00 -23.0%0.8%0.8 $2.60 8/15/2023433,300 shares $1.04 million -8.2%1.1%1 $2.41 7/31/2023471,900 shares $1.47 million -15.6%1.2%1 $3.11 7/15/2023559,100 shares $1.68 million +24.2%1.4%1.2 $3.00 6/30/2023450,200 shares $1.55 million -72.2%1.1%1 $3.44 6/15/20231,620,000 shares $5.83 million +11.7%4.0%4.3 $3.60Elon Social Security shock? 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One Boston based think tank believes it could have drastic impacts on your money and life in America.Get the details here. 5/31/20231,450,000 shares $4.94 million +3.6%3.6%5.3 $3.41 5/15/20231,400,000 shares $4.44 million +18.6%3.5%5.3 $3.17 4/30/20231,180,000 shares $3.15 million +9.3%2.9%4.3 $2.67 4/15/20231,080,000 shares $3.78 million -10.0%2.7%4.8 $3.50 3/31/20231,200,000 shares $4.78 million +32.5%3.0%5.7 $3.98 3/15/2023906,000 shares $3.34 million +24.4%2.2%4.2 $3.69 2/28/2023728,600 shares $3.18 million +3.9%1.8%3.6 $4.37 2/15/2023701,600 shares $4.38 million +10.9%1.7%3.6 $6.24 1/31/2023632,500 shares $3.73 million +6.3%1.6%3.7 $5.89 1/15/2023595,000 shares $3.14 million -1.2%1.5%2.9 $5.28 12/30/2022602,100 shares $2.64 million -3.6%1.5%2.6 $4.38 12/15/2022624,800 shares $2.94 million -6.2%1.5%2.3 $4.71 11/30/2022666,400 shares $3.54 million -2.3%1.6%2.4 $5.31 11/15/2022682,200 shares $3.58 million -24.7%1.7%2.3 $5.25 10/31/2022905,900 shares $4.11 million -0.5%2.3%2.8 $4.54 10/15/2022910,800 shares $3.92 million -10.7%2.3%2.5 $4.30 9/30/20221,020,000 shares $6.83 million -5.6%2.5%3.1 $6.70 9/15/20221,080,000 shares $8.53 million +0.9%2.7%3.8 $7.90 8/31/20221,070,000 shares $9.19 million +14.2%2.7%4 $8.59 8/15/2022937,200 shares $9.01 million +6.9%2.3%3.8 $9.61 7/31/2022876,800 shares $7.69 million -7.9%2.2%3.9 $8.77 7/15/2022951,500 shares $6.20 million -4.5%2.4%6.2 $6.52 6/30/2022996,400 shares $5.84 million -1.4%2.5%6.5 $5.86 6/15/20221,010,000 shares $5.79 million -5.6%2.5%6.7 $5.73 5/31/20221,070,000 shares $6.26 million +7.0%2.7%7.3 $5.85 5/15/20221,000,000 shares $5.47 million -3.9%2.5%6.9 $5.47 4/30/20221,040,000 shares $6.14 million -1.9%2.6%7.2 $5.90 4/15/20221,060,000 shares $6.72 million +1.9%2.7%6.9 $6.34 3/31/20221,040,000 shares $7.30 million -8.8%2.6%6.2 $7.02 3/15/20221,140,000 shares $7.42 million -0.9%2.9%6.1 $6.51 2/28/20221,150,000 shares $8.57 million -0.9%2.9%5.8 $7.45 2/15/20221,160,000 shares $9.08 million +8.4%2.9%5.7 $7.83 1/31/20221,070,000 shares $8.01 million +0.9%2.7%5.1 $7.49 1/15/20221,060,000 shares $9.05 million +2.9%2.7%4.5 $8.54 12/31/20211,030,000 shares $9.07 million -8.0%2.6%4.4 $8.81 12/15/20211,120,000 shares $9.17 million +9.8%2.8%4.3 $8.19 11/30/20211,020,000 shares $8.38 million -7.3%2.6%2.3 $8.22 11/15/20211,100,000 shares $10.09 million -10.6%2.8%2.4 $9.17 10/29/20211,230,000 shares $10.05 million No Change3.1%2.7 $8.17 10/15/20211,230,000 shares $10.05 million -2.4%3.1%2.7 $8.17 9/30/20211,260,000 shares $10.50 million -25.9%3.2%2.7 $8.33 9/15/20211,700,000 shares $13.02 million +30.8%4.3%3.8 $7.66 8/31/20211,300,000 shares $12.10 million -23.5%3.3%3.8 $9.31 8/13/20211,700,000 shares $16.30 million +1.8%4.3%4.7 $9.59 7/30/20211,670,000 shares $17.03 million +11.3%4.2%4.3 $10.20 7/15/20211,500,000 shares $14.40 million -2.6%3.8%3.6 $9.60 6/30/20211,540,000 shares $16.91 million -0.7%3.9%3.5 $10.98 6/15/20211,550,000 shares $18.10 million -2.5%3.9%3.4 $11.68 5/28/20211,590,000 shares $16.19 million -1.9%4.0%3.6 $10.18 5/14/20211,620,000 shares $14.13 million +11.0%4.1%3.3 $8.72Elon Social Security shock? 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Short interest is the volume of AXT shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of January 31st, investors have sold 578,100 shares of AXTI short. 1.39% of AXT's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on AXT's current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for AXT? The short interest ratio, also known as the "days to cover ratio", is calculated by dividing the number of shares of a stock sold short divided by its average trading volume. A short interest ratio ranging between 1 and 4 generally indicates strong positive sentiment about a stock and a lack of short sellers. A short interest ratio of 10 or greater indicates strong pessimism about a stock. AXTI shares currently have a short interest ratio of 2.0. Learn More on AXT's short interest ratio. Which institutional investors are shorting AXT? As of the most recent reporting period, the following institutional investors, funds, and major shareholders have reported short positions of AXT: Citadel Advisors LLC, and 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 AXT? 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. 1.39% of AXT's floating shares are currently sold short. Is AXT's short interest increasing or decreasing? AXT saw a drop in short interest during the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totaling 578,100 shares, a drop of 3.4% from the previous total of 598,400 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 AXT's float size? AXT currently has issued a total of 44,750,000 shares. Some of AXT'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. AXT currently has a public float of 41,680,000 shares. How does AXT's short interest compare to its competitors? 1.39% of AXT's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies compare to AXT: Applied Materials, Inc. (2.48%), Lam Research Co. (2.63%), KLA Co. (2.01%), Entegris, Inc. (4.37%), Onto Innovation Inc. (2.91%), MKS Instruments, Inc. (4.44%), Amkor Technology, Inc. (4.67%), Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. (6.39%), FormFactor, Inc. (4.55%), Axcelis Technologies, Inc. (14.67%), 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 AXT stock? Short selling AXTI is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from AXT as its price is falling. AXTI shares are trading down $0.71 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 AXT? A short squeeze for AXT occurs when it has a large amount of short interest and its stock appreciates in price. This forces short sellers to cover their short interest positions by buying actual shares of AXTI, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is AXT'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 AXTI, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is January, 31 2025. More Short Interest Resources from MarketBeat Related Companies Applied Materials Short Interest Lam Research Short Interest KLA Short Interest Entegris Short Interest Onto Innovation Short Interest MKS Instruments Short Interest Amkor Technology Short Interest Advanced Energy Industries Short Interest FormFactor Short Interest Axcelis Technologies Short Interest Short Interest Tools Stocks to Short Largest Short Interest Positions Short Interest Increases Short Interest Decreases Short Interest Reporting Dates This page (NASDAQ:AXTI) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our Partners[RFK Jr CONFIRMED] Here’s why Dems are TERRIFIEDRobert F. 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