BIO-key International (BKYI) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $0.81 -0.04 (-4.90%) Closing price 03/28/2025 04:00 PM EasternExtended Trading$0.81 +0.00 (+0.02%) As of 03/28/2025 07:54 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 AnalysisChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock BIO-key International Short Interest DataBIO-key International (BKYI) has a short interest of 137,100 shares, representing 6.89% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a 227.99% increase in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 0.0, indicating that it would take 0.0 days of the average trading volume of 2.23 million shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest137,100 sharesPrevious Short Interest41,800 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month+227.99%Dollar Volume Sold Short$164,520.00Short Interest Ratio0.0 Days to CoverLast Record DateMarch 15, 2025Outstanding Shares3,127,000 sharesFloat Size1,990,000 sharesShort Percent of Float6.89%Today's Trading Volume187,753 sharesAverage Trading Volume2,231,168 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average8% Short Selling BIO-key International? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for BIO-key International and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartBKYI Short Interest Over TimeBKYI Days to Cover Over TimeBKYI Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Remove Ads BIO-key International Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 3/15/2025137,100 shares $164,520.00 +228.0%6.9%0 $1.20 2/28/202541,800 shares $42,218.00 -30.9%2.1%0 $1.01 2/15/202560,500 shares $73,205.00 +146.9%3.0%0 $1.21 1/31/202524,500 shares $32,830.00 -75.9%1.2%0 $1.34 1/15/2025101,700 shares $231,876.00 -66.2%5.1%0 $2.28 12/31/2024300,400 shares $513,684.00 +295.3%12.9%0.1 $1.71 12/15/202476,000 shares $73,416.00 +91.4%3.3%0 $0.97 11/30/202439,700 shares $35,730.00 -74.0%1.4%0 $0.90 11/15/2024152,700 shares $143,538.00 -82.4%5.2%0 $0.94 10/31/2024865,200 shares $1.14 million +6,659.4%30.9%0.2 $1.32 Get the Latest News and Ratings for BKYI and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for BIO-key International and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 10/15/202412,800 shares $7,571.20 -69.7%0.5%0 $0.59 9/30/202442,300 shares $40,586.85 -84.9%2.4%0 $0.96 9/15/2024279,600 shares $430,584.00 +1,727.5%15.7%0.1 $1.54 8/31/202415,300 shares $20,349.00 +56.1%0.9%0 $1.33 8/15/20249,800 shares $12,249.02 -19.0%0.6%0.8 $1.25 7/31/202412,100 shares $17,546.21 -40.7%0.8%1.1 $1.45 7/15/202420,400 shares $38,760.00 +40.7%1.2%1.8 $1.90 6/30/202414,500 shares $23,780.00 +123.1%0.9%1.2 $1.64 6/15/20246,500 shares $12,090.00 +47.7%0.4%0.4 $1.86 5/31/20244,400 shares $8,551.40 -37.1%0.3%0.2 $1.94 5/15/20247,000 shares $11,408.60 +32.1%0.4%0.3 $1.63 4/30/20245,300 shares $8,745.00 -39.1%0.3%0.1 $1.65 4/15/20248,700 shares $15,660.00 -53.7%0.5%0.1 $1.80 3/31/202418,800 shares $39,480.00 -8.3%1.2%0.1 $2.10 3/15/202420,500 shares $40,385.00 -39.2%2.3%0.1 $1.97 2/29/202433,700 shares $70,770.00 +23.9%3.8%0.2 $2.10 2/15/202427,200 shares $49,776.00 -54.4%3.0%0.1 $1.83 1/31/202459,700 shares $119,400.00 +57.1%6.7%0.3 $2.00 1/15/202438,000 shares $77,140.00 +84.5%2.6%0.2 $2.03 12/31/202320,600 shares $61,800.00 -9.7%2.1%0.1 $3.00 12/15/202322,800 shares $68,085.36 -72.8%2.7%0.3 $2.99 11/30/202383,800 shares $18,017.00 +12.6%N/A0.1 $0.22 11/15/202374,400 shares $12,268.56 -97.9%N/A0.1 $0.16 10/31/20233,500,000 shares $699,300.00 +38,361.5%48.7%3.5 $0.20 10/15/20239,100 shares $4,722.90 -35.5%0.1%0.2 $0.52 9/30/202314,100 shares $7,612.59 -23.0%0.2%0.6 $0.54 9/15/202318,300 shares $9,534.30 +195.2%0.2%0.7 $0.52 8/31/20236,200 shares $3,162.00 +244.4%0.1%0.3 $0.51 8/15/20231,800 shares $1,126.08 -77.8%0.0%0.1 $0.63 7/31/20238,100 shares $5,678.10 -40.0%0.1%0.4 $0.70Trump’s betrayal exposed (Ad)Trump’s Final Reset Inside the shocking plot to re-engineer America’s financial system…and why you need to move your money now.Millions of Americans are about to be wiped out, while others could make a fortune… click here to ma 7/15/202313,500 shares $10,530.00 -29.3%0.2%0.9 $0.78 6/30/202319,100 shares $14,359.36 -34.6%0.3%1.2 $0.75 6/15/202329,200 shares $21,602.16 -7.3%0.4%1.9 $0.74 5/31/202331,500 shares $24,570.00 +15.8%0.4%2.1 $0.78 5/15/202327,200 shares $17,682.72 -2.2%0.4%1.8 $0.65 4/30/202327,800 shares $18,348.00 -10.9%0.4%2.2 $0.66 4/15/202331,200 shares $25,896.00 -6.9%0.5%2.3 $0.83 3/31/202333,500 shares $23,450.00 -13.7%0.5%2.2 $0.70 3/15/202338,800 shares $29,876.00 -14.7%0.6%2 $0.77 2/28/202345,500 shares $33,215.00 -22.4%0.7%2.1 $0.73 2/15/202358,600 shares $47,893.78 -8.7%0.8%2.8 $0.82 1/31/202364,200 shares $52,644.00 +7.0%0.9%2.7 $0.82 1/15/202360,000 shares $44,084.46 +15.6%0.9%2.7 $0.73 12/30/202251,900 shares $30,366.74 -23.6%0.7%2.6 $0.59 12/15/202267,900 shares $54,320.00 -1.6%0.9%4.3 $0.80 11/30/202269,000 shares $64,170.00 -9.8%0.9%5.3 $0.93 11/15/202276,500 shares $91,035.00 +10.4%1.0%6.1 $1.19 10/31/202269,300 shares $108,108.00 -11.4%0.9%5.9 $1.56 10/15/202278,200 shares $118,684.14 -10.3%1.0%6.2 $1.52 9/30/202287,200 shares $133,416.00 -2.9%1.1%6.9 $1.53 9/15/202289,800 shares $151,762.00 +2.5%1.2%6.8 $1.69 8/31/202287,600 shares $148,920.00 +19.4%1.2%6.3 $1.70 8/15/202273,400 shares $132,120.00 +5.0%1.0%5 $1.80 7/31/202269,900 shares $125,820.00 +6.9%0.9%4.9 $1.80 7/15/202265,400 shares $109,872.00 -12.0%0.9%4.1 $1.68 6/30/202274,300 shares $131,511.00 +17.9%1.0%4.1 $1.77 6/15/202263,000 shares $103,950.00 -19.0%0.8%2.5 $1.65 5/31/202277,800 shares $144,708.00 -12.9%1.0%1.1 $1.86 5/15/202289,300 shares $179,493.00 -35.7%1.2%1 $2.01 4/30/2022138,900 shares $295,857.00 +121.9%1.8%1.6 $2.13 4/15/202262,600 shares $132,086.00 -33.4%0.8%0.7 $2.11 3/31/202294,000 shares $225,600.00 +35.5%1.3%1 $2.40 3/15/202269,400 shares $149,904.00 -16.5%1.0%0.8 $2.16 2/28/202283,100 shares $183,651.00 -7.2%1.2%1.5 $2.21 2/15/202289,500 shares $190,635.00 -20.1%1.2%2 $2.13 1/31/2022112,000 shares $245,280.00 +37.9%1.6%2.2 $2.19 1/15/202281,200 shares $177,828.00 -9.4%1.1%1.5 $2.19 12/31/202189,600 shares $198,016.00 -3.2%1.3%1.6 $2.21 12/15/202192,600 shares $205,572.00 -33.5%1.3%1.4 $2.22 11/30/2021139,300 shares $342,678.00 +35.0%1.9%0.3 $2.46 11/15/2021103,200 shares $319,920.00 -10.7%1.4%0.2 $3.10 10/29/2021115,500 shares $366,135.00 -20.0%1.6%0.3 $3.17 10/15/2021144,300 shares $466,089.00 -41.8%2.0%0.3 $3.23 9/30/2021247,900 shares $872,608.00 -16.3%3.5%0.5 $3.52 9/15/2021296,300 shares $954,086.00 -5.9%4.2%0.7 $3.22 8/31/2021314,800 shares $994,768.00 -5.1%4.5%4 $3.16 8/13/2021331,700 shares $1.03 million -6.0%4.7%3.3 $3.11 7/30/2021352,900 shares $1.13 million +15.0%5.0%3.3 $3.20 7/15/2021306,900 shares $979,011.00 -2.7%4.4%2.6 $3.19 6/30/2021315,500 shares $1.20 million -15.3%4.5%2.3 $3.80Trump’s betrayal exposed (Ad)Trump’s Final Reset Inside the shocking plot to re-engineer America’s financial system…and why you need to move your money now.Millions of Americans are about to be wiped out, while others could make a fortune… click here to ma 6/15/2021372,600 shares $1.45 million -23.5%5.3%2 $3.90 5/28/2021486,800 shares $1.96 million -14.2%6.9%1.8 $4.03 5/14/2021567,600 shares $1.76 million -21.8%8.0%1.9 $3.10 4/30/2021725,700 shares $2.55 million -10.4%10.2%2.1 $3.51 4/15/2021809,600 shares $2.74 million -19.8%11.4%2.2 $3.39 3/31/20211,010,000 shares $3.43 million +64.5%14.2%2.1 $3.40 3/15/2021613,900 shares $2.20 million +44.0%24.4%1.1 $3.59 2/26/2021426,400 shares $1.74 million -1.7%16.9%0.9 $4.08 2/12/2021433,700 shares $2.02 million -6.2%17.2%0.7 $4.65 1/29/2021462,200 shares $1.80 million +133.1%18.3%0.8 $3.90 1/15/2021198,300 shares $759,489.00 No Change7.9%0.3 $3.83 BKYI Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is BIO-key International's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of BIO-key International shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of March 15th, investors have sold 137,100 shares of BKYI short. 6.89% of BIO-key International's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on BIO-key International's current short interest. Which institutional investors are shorting BIO-key International? As of the most recent reporting period, the following institutional investors, funds, and major shareholders have reported short positions of BIO-key International: 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 BIO-key International? 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. 6.89% of BIO-key International's floating shares are currently sold short. Is BIO-key International's short interest increasing or decreasing? BIO-key International saw a increase in short interest in March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totaling 137,100 shares, an increase of 228.0% from the previous total of 41,800 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 BIO-key International's float size? BIO-key International currently has issued a total of 3,127,000 shares. Some of BIO-key International'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. BIO-key International currently has a public float of 1,990,000 shares. How does BIO-key International's short interest compare to its competitors? 6.89% of BIO-key International's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "computer software" compare to BIO-key International: Lottery.com Inc. (10.07%), AppTech Payments Corp. (0.64%), Sound Group Inc. (0.51%), Smith Micro Software, Inc. (2.70%), Luokung Technology Corp. (0.33%), Gaxos.ai Inc. (4.42%), VerifyMe, Inc. (1.65%), Iveda Solutions, Inc. (1.01%), Abits Group Inc. (1.48%), U-BX Technology Ltd. (8.57%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Invesco QQQ ($26.28 billion), iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF ($9.53 billion), MicroStrategy Incorporated ($8.50 billion), Apollo Global Management, Inc. ($4.86 billion), Super Micro Computer, Inc. ($4.85 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.28 billion), Capital One Financial Co. ($4.08 billion), AppLovin Co. ($3.82 billion), Canadian Natural Resources Limited ($3.78 billion), and Schlumberger Limited ($2.87 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short BIO-key International stock? Short selling BKYI is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from BIO-key International as its price is falling. BKYI shares are trading down $0.04 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 BIO-key International? A short squeeze for BIO-key International 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 BKYI, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is BIO-key International'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 BKYI, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is March, 15 2025. 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