Clearfield (CLFD) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $40.81 -3.00 (-6.85%) Closing price 08/1/2025 04:00 PM EasternExtended Trading$40.82 +0.01 (+0.02%) As of 08/1/2025 04:10 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 InterestTrendsBuy This Stock Clearfield Short Interest DataClearfield (CLFD) has a short interest of 1.05 million shares, representing 9.13% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a -1.87% decrease in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 7.8, indicating that it would take 7.8 days of the average trading volume of 121,108 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest1,050,000 sharesPrevious Short Interest1,070,000 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month-1.87%Dollar Volume Sold Short$43.41 millionShort Interest Ratio7.8 Days to CoverLast Record DateJuly 15, 2025Outstanding Shares13,830,000 sharesFloat Size11,500,000 sharesShort Percent of Float9.13%Today's Trading Volume288,259 sharesAverage Trading Volume121,108 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average238% Short Selling Clearfield? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for Clearfield and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartCLFD Short Interest Over TimeCLFD Days to Cover Over TimeCLFD Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Clearfield Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 7/15/20251,050,000 shares $43.41 million -1.9%9.1%7.8 $41.34 6/30/20251,070,000 shares $46.45 million -7.0%9.3%8.2 $43.41 6/15/20251,150,000 shares $43.71 million -5.7%10.0%9 $38.01 5/31/20251,220,000 shares $45.07 million -0.8%10.6%9.3 $36.94 5/15/20251,230,000 shares $47.93 million +7.0%10.7%9.4 $38.97 4/30/20251,150,000 shares $32.97 million +2.7%9.8%9.5 $28.67 4/15/20251,120,000 shares $30.03 million -4.3%9.5%8.9 $26.81 3/31/20251,170,000 shares $34.77 million +8.3%10.0%9.1 $29.72 3/15/20251,080,000 shares $31.82 million +10.2%9.2%8.6 $29.46 2/28/2025980,000 shares $31.76 million -2.0%8.3%7.7 $32.41 Get the Latest News and Ratings for CLFD and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Clearfield and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 2/15/20251,000,000 shares $32.59 million -2.9%8.5%8.3 $32.59 1/31/20251,030,000 shares $37.58 million -4.6%8.8%7.3 $36.49 1/15/20251,080,000 shares $40.86 million -0.9%9.2%8.5 $37.83 12/31/20241,090,000 shares $33.79 million -4.4%9.2%8.9 $31.00 12/15/20241,140,000 shares $37.20 million +3.6%9.6%9.7 $32.63 11/30/20241,100,000 shares $33.66 million +1.9%9.3%9.6 $30.60 11/15/20241,080,000 shares $30.52 million -16.3%9.1%9.4 $28.26 10/31/20241,290,000 shares $46.35 million -6.5%10.9%12.7 $35.93 10/15/20241,380,000 shares $50.47 million -2.8%11.6%13.6 $36.57 9/30/20241,420,000 shares $55.32 million -7.8%12.0%13.4 $38.96 9/15/20241,540,000 shares $61.05 million +1.3%13.0%12.8 $39.64 8/31/20241,520,000 shares $56.70 million +6.3%12.8%12.4 $37.30 8/15/20241,430,000 shares $55.53 million -3.4%12.1%11.2 $38.83 7/31/20241,480,000 shares $64.23 million -12.4%12.5%10.4 $43.40 7/15/20241,690,000 shares $67.85 million -6.6%14.3%10.9 $40.15 6/30/20241,810,000 shares $69.79 million -0.6%15.3%11.4 $38.56 6/15/20241,820,000 shares $70.91 million -21.9%15.4%11.3 $38.96 5/31/20242,330,000 shares $89.15 million -1.3%19.7%12.6 $38.26 5/15/20242,360,000 shares $89.66 million +12.4%19.8%11.9 $37.99 4/30/20242,100,000 shares $63.25 million -9.5%17.0%10.5 $30.12 4/15/20242,320,000 shares $68.49 million +9.4%18.8%11.2 $29.52 3/31/20242,120,000 shares $65.38 million -2.8%17.2%9.9 $30.84 3/15/20242,180,000 shares $64.62 million -4.0%17.7%9.8 $29.64 2/29/20242,270,000 shares $68.49 million -5.8%18.3%8.2 $30.17 2/15/20242,410,000 shares $74.81 million +5.2%19.5%8.4 $31.04 1/31/20242,290,000 shares $57.69 million +4.1%18.5%7.4 $25.19 1/15/20242,200,000 shares $59.66 million +3.3%17.4%7.5 $27.12 12/31/20232,130,000 shares $61.94 million -12.7%16.6%7.2 $29.08 12/15/20232,440,000 shares $72.37 million No Change18.9%8.2 $29.66 11/30/20232,440,000 shares $62.07 million +0.8%18.9%10.1 $25.44This Social Security Shift Could Boost Benefits by 400% (Ad)If you currently collect Social Security—or plan to in the future—this may be one of the most important updates you'll ever see. 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According to renowned investor Louis Navellier, it could increase benefits by as much as 400%.Click here to watch the urgent briefing now — before this opportunity disappears. 11/15/20232,420,000 shares $64.95 million +10.0%18.8%11.5 $26.84 10/31/20232,200,000 shares $52.84 million +5.3%17.1%11.7 $24.02 10/15/20232,090,000 shares $51.33 million +0.5%16.2%11.1 $24.56 9/30/20232,080,000 shares $59.61 million +8.3%16.1%12.2 $28.66 9/15/20231,920,000 shares $59.90 million -0.5%14.8%11.3 $31.20 8/31/20231,930,000 shares $67.84 million +1.1%14.9%9.3 $35.15 8/15/20231,910,000 shares $76.55 million -7.3%14.8%8.1 $40.08 7/31/20232,060,000 shares $96.28 million +3.5%15.9%7.7 $46.74 7/15/20231,990,000 shares $93.55 million -7.0%15.4%6.2 $47.01 6/30/20232,140,000 shares $101.33 million -2.7%16.5%6.2 $47.35 6/15/20232,200,000 shares $102.83 million +12.2%17.0%6 $46.74 5/31/20231,960,000 shares $76.66 million -1.0%15.2%4.9 $39.11 5/15/20231,980,000 shares $73.85 million -15.4%15.3%4.9 $37.30 4/30/20232,340,000 shares $102.21 million +9.9%18.1%5.5 $43.68 4/15/20232,130,000 shares $96.32 million +16.4%16.5%4.7 $45.22 3/31/20231,830,000 shares $85.24 million +5.8%14.2%3.9 $46.58 3/15/20231,730,000 shares $80.93 million +7.5%13.4%3.8 $46.78 2/28/20231,610,000 shares $100.93 million +1.3%12.5%3.8 $62.69 2/15/20231,590,000 shares $100.47 million -11.7%12.3%3.7 $63.19 1/31/20231,800,000 shares $128.63 million +22.5%13.9%4 $71.46 1/15/20231,470,000 shares $120.25 million +14.8%11.4%4.2 $81.80 12/30/20221,280,000 shares $120.50 million No Change10.1%4.3 $94.14 12/15/20221,280,000 shares $128.46 million +0.8%10.1%4.1 $100.36 11/30/20221,270,000 shares $167.16 million +34.6%11.0%4.3 $131.62 11/15/2022943,400 shares $90.22 million -2.9%8.2%3.4 $95.63 10/31/2022971,800 shares $118.04 million +14.3%8.4%3.2 $121.47 10/15/2022850,000 shares $80.45 million -2.1%7.4%2.5 $94.65 9/30/2022868,500 shares $90.88 million -7.6%7.6%2.5 $104.64 9/15/2022940,200 shares $92.43 million -13.7%8.2%2.9 $98.31 8/31/20221,090,000 shares $126.56 million -15.5%9.5%3.5 $116.11 8/15/20221,290,000 shares $155.91 million +72.2%11.2%4.5 $120.86 7/31/2022749,100 shares $73.82 million +16.9%6.5%3.6 $98.55 7/15/2022641,000 shares $48.35 million +2.6%5.6%4.2 $75.43 6/30/2022625,000 shares $38.72 million +8.2%5.5%4.4 $61.95 6/15/2022577,900 shares $33.25 million +4.7%5.2%4.5 $57.53 5/31/2022551,800 shares $34.10 million -2.0%4.8%4.4 $61.80 5/15/2022562,800 shares $30.14 million +8.1%4.9%4.1 $53.56 4/30/2022520,600 shares $30.31 million +0.5%4.6%3.5 $58.23 4/15/2022518,000 shares $30.57 million -7.7%4.5%2.8 $59.02 3/31/2022561,100 shares $36.59 million -4.8%4.9%2.7 $65.22 3/15/2022589,500 shares $35.10 million +1.9%5.2%2.6 $59.54 2/28/2022578,700 shares $37.10 million +9.2%5.1%2.5 $64.11 2/15/2022530,000 shares $33.29 million +13.8%4.6%2.4 $62.81 1/31/2022465,800 shares $30.03 million +3.2%4.1%2.1 $64.47 1/15/2022451,500 shares $30.63 million -0.9%N/A2.4 $67.84 12/31/2021455,700 shares $38.47 million +46.0%4.0%3 $84.42 12/15/2021312,200 shares $22.01 million +27.8%2.7%2.3 $70.51 11/30/2021244,300 shares $15.82 million -29.4%2.1%2.2 $64.74 11/15/2021346,200 shares $22.88 million -7.5%3.0%3.3 $66.10 10/29/2021374,100 shares $21.13 million +21.3%3.3%3.9 $56.49This Social Security Shift Could Boost Benefits by 400% (Ad)If you currently collect Social Security—or plan to in the future—this may be one of the most important updates you'll ever see. A new initiative, linked to President Trump's Executive Order #14196, has the potential to do more than just protect Social Security from collapse... According to renowned investor Louis Navellier, it could increase benefits by as much as 400%.Click here to watch the urgent briefing now — before this opportunity disappears. 10/15/2021308,300 shares $16.18 million +19.3%2.7%3.6 $52.49 9/30/2021258,400 shares $11.41 million -15.0%2.3%2.6 $44.15 9/15/2021303,900 shares $13.44 million -5.2%2.7%3.4 $44.22 8/31/2021320,500 shares $14.52 million -5.5%2.8%2.9 $45.31 8/13/2021339,200 shares $13.92 million -6.9%3.0%3 $41.03 7/30/2021364,300 shares $15.85 million +9.6%3.2%3.1 $43.52 7/15/2021332,500 shares $11.71 million +6.4%2.9%2.4 $35.23 6/30/2021312,600 shares $11.71 million -2.1%2.7%2.4 $37.45 6/15/2021319,300 shares $11.13 million +1.5%2.8%2.4 $34.87 5/28/2021314,700 shares $11.90 million -1.8%2.8%2.6 $37.82 5/14/2021320,300 shares $11.00 million +7.9%2.8%2.4 $34.33 4/30/2021297,000 shares $10.81 million -17.6%2.6%1.9 $36.40 4/15/2021360,200 shares $11.04 million +19.4%3.2%2.3 $30.66 3/31/2021301,800 shares $8.84 million -1.1%2.7%1.9 $29.29 3/15/2021305,000 shares $10.63 million +10.0%2.7%2 $34.86 2/26/2021277,400 shares $9.03 million +51.7%2.5%1.8 $32.56 2/12/2021182,900 shares $6.40 million -15.1%1.6%1.3 $34.97 1/29/2021215,300 shares $7.20 million +21.2%1.9%1.6 $33.43 1/15/2021177,600 shares $4.95 million -2.5%1.6%1.5 $27.86 12/31/2020182,100 shares $4.49 million +44.5%1.6%2 $24.66 12/15/2020126,000 shares $3.33 million +20.2%1.1%1.3 $26.43 11/30/2020104,800 shares $2.47 million +10.0%0.9%1.1 $23.55 11/15/202095,300 shares $2.19 million -15.7%0.9%0.9 $23.03 10/30/2020113,000 shares $2.40 million -8.2%1.0%1.2 $21.27 10/15/2020123,100 shares $2.70 million +3.7%1.1%1.4 $21.95 9/30/2020118,700 shares $2.39 million -20.7%1.1%1.3 $20.17 9/15/2020149,700 shares $3.16 million +28.1%1.4%1.9 $21.10 8/31/2020116,900 shares $2.06 million +12.5%1.1%1.8 $17.60 8/14/2020103,900 shares $1.96 million -5.9%0.9%2.3 $18.88 CLFD Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Clearfield's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Clearfield shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of July 15th, investors have sold 1,050,000 shares of CLFD short. 9.13% of Clearfield's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Clearfield's current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for Clearfield? 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. CLFD shares currently have a short interest ratio of 8.0. Learn More on Clearfield's short interest ratio. What is a good short interest percentage for Clearfield? 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. 9.13% of Clearfield's floating shares are currently sold short. Is Clearfield's short interest increasing or decreasing? Clearfield saw a decline in short interest in July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,050,000 shares, a decline of 1.9% from the previous total of 1,070,000 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 Clearfield's float size? Clearfield currently has issued a total of 13,830,000 shares. Some of Clearfield'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. Clearfield currently has a public float of 11,500,000 shares. How does Clearfield's short interest compare to its competitors? 9.13% of Clearfield's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "electronic equipment" compare to Clearfield: Viavi Solutions Inc. (3.48%), Intuitive Machines, Inc. (17.82%), Planet Labs PBC (6.89%), NextNav Inc. (12.48%), Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. (3.38%), CommScope Holding Company, Inc. (6.99%), Himax Technologies, Inc. (3.65%), Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. (21.28%), SolarEdge Technologies, Inc. (25.07%), DAQO New Energy Corp. (6.35%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Coinbase Global, Inc. ($5.11 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.76 billion), Reddit Inc. ($2.84 billion), SoFi Technologies, Inc. ($2.79 billion), Seagate Technology Holdings PLC ($2.79 billion), Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. ($2.67 billion), Rocket Lab Corporation ($2.49 billion), AST SpaceMobile, Inc. ($2.12 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($2.09 billion), and Omnicom Group Inc. ($2.04 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short Clearfield stock? Short selling CLFD is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Clearfield as its price is falling. CLFD shares are trading down $3.00 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 Clearfield? A short squeeze for Clearfield 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 CLFD, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Clearfield'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 CLFD, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is July, 15 2025. 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