FARO Technologies (FARO) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $26.07 +0.44 (+1.72%) (As of 12/20/2024 05:45 PM ET) Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrends FARO Technologies Short Interest DataFARO Technologies (FARO) has a short interest of 871,500 shares, representing 4.80% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a -17.00% decrease in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 5.8, indicating that it would take 5.8 days of the average trading volume of 173,561 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest871,500 sharesPrevious Short Interest1,050,000 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month-17.00%Dollar Volume Sold Short$22.88 millionShort Interest Ratio5.8 Days to CoverLast Record DateNovember 30, 2024Outstanding Shares18,917,000 sharesFloat Size18,140,000 sharesShort Percent of Float4.80%Today's Trading Volume476,795 sharesAverage Trading Volume173,561 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average275% Short Selling FARO Technologies? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for FARO Technologies and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartFARO Short Interest Over TimeFARO Days to Cover Over TimeFARO Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Ad Crypto 101 MediaThis Crypto Is Set to Explode in DecemberIt's a groundbreaking opportunity that could be poised for extraordinary gains. The catalyst behind this surge is a massive new blockchain development…YES, I WANT THE #1 CRYPTO NOW FARO Technologies Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 11/30/2024871,500 shares $22.88 million -17.0%4.8%5.8 $26.25 11/15/20241,050,000 shares $26.31 million -2.8%5.8%6.9 $25.06 10/31/20241,080,000 shares $18.94 million -3.6%6.0%6.9 $17.54 10/15/20241,120,000 shares $20.34 million -6.7%N/A7.7 $18.16 9/30/20241,200,000 shares $22.97 million -20.0%N/A7.6 $19.14 9/15/20241,500,000 shares $26.24 million -9.1%N/A9.2 $17.49 Get the Latest News and Ratings for FARO and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for FARO Technologies and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 8/31/20241,650,000 shares $29.70 million No ChangeN/A9.9 $18.00 8/15/20241,650,000 shares $25.95 million -5.2%N/A10.6 $15.73 7/31/20241,740,000 shares $29.75 million -0.6%N/A12.3 $17.10 7/15/20241,750,000 shares $30.35 million -0.6%N/A12.4 $17.34 6/30/20241,760,000 shares $28.16 million +6.7%N/A12.8 $16.00 6/15/20241,650,000 shares $27.75 million +3.1%N/A11.8 $16.82 5/31/20241,600,000 shares $29.97 million +1.9%N/A9.5 $18.73 5/15/20241,570,000 shares $30.16 million -7.1%N/A8 $19.21 4/30/20241,690,000 shares $31.69 million No ChangeN/A8 $18.75 4/15/20241,690,000 shares $32.70 million -1.7%N/A7.9 $19.35 3/31/20241,720,000 shares $37.00 million -1.2%N/A7.5 $21.51 3/15/20241,740,000 shares $34.99 million +13.0%N/A7.4 $20.11 2/29/20241,540,000 shares $34.48 million +7.7%N/A6.5 $22.39 2/15/20241,430,000 shares $32.78 million No ChangeN/A6.1 $22.92 1/31/20241,430,000 shares $32.38 million +33.6%N/A6.2 $22.64 1/15/20241,070,000 shares $23.18 million -3.6%N/A4.4 $21.66 12/31/20231,110,000 shares $25.01 million -10.5%N/A4.7 $22.53 12/15/20231,240,000 shares $26.20 million +13.8%N/A5.5 $21.13 11/30/20231,090,000 shares $20.02 million +42.1%N/A5.1 $18.37 11/15/2023767,200 shares $14.36 million +12.9%N/A4.1 $18.72 10/31/2023679,400 shares $8.74 million -5.4%N/A3.8 $12.87 10/15/2023718,100 shares $9.82 million -4.3%N/A3.9 $13.68 9/30/2023750,700 shares $11.43 million -6.9%N/A4 $15.23 9/15/2023806,300 shares $12.85 million -7.4%N/A4 $15.94 8/31/2023870,300 shares $13.80 million +0.7%N/A3 $15.86 8/15/2023864,200 shares $14.81 million +24.3%N/A2.6 $17.14 7/31/2023695,300 shares $11.54 million +7.1%N/A1.8 $16.59 7/15/2023649,000 shares $10.13 million -0.2%N/A1.6 $15.61 6/30/2023650,200 shares $10.53 million -46.7%N/A1.7 $16.20 6/15/20231,220,000 shares $18.59 million +38.1%N/A3.3 $15.24 5/31/2023883,200 shares $13.33 million +29.4%N/A3.3 $15.09 5/15/2023682,300 shares $7.51 million -0.4%N/A3.2 $11.00 4/30/2023685,200 shares $16.00 million -15.9%N/A4.2 $23.35 4/15/2023814,300 shares $19.83 million -0.3%N/A5.1 $24.35This Crypto Is Set to Explode in December (Ad)It's a groundbreaking opportunity that could be poised for extraordinary gains. The catalyst behind this surge is a massive new blockchain development…YES, I WANT THE #1 CRYPTO NOW 3/31/2023816,500 shares $20.09 million -2.3%N/A4.6 $24.61 3/15/2023835,800 shares $20.58 million +1.3%N/A4.8 $24.62 2/28/2023825,300 shares $22.45 million -1.1%N/A4.9 $27.20 2/15/2023834,400 shares $24.49 million +21.6%N/A4.9 $29.35 1/31/2023686,400 shares $18.86 million +76.1%N/A4.3 $27.48 1/15/2023389,900 shares $13.52 million -2.5%N/A2.9 $34.67 12/30/2022399,700 shares $11.76 million +9.3%N/A3.9 $29.41 12/15/2022365,600 shares $10.94 million +0.3%N/A3.3 $29.91 11/30/2022364,400 shares $10.90 million -6.1%N/A3.4 $29.92 11/15/2022387,900 shares $13.23 million -20.2%N/A3.6 $34.11 10/31/2022486,100 shares $14.20 million -6.9%N/A4.5 $29.21 10/15/2022522,300 shares $13.46 million +4.5%N/A4.6 $25.77 9/30/2022499,800 shares $13.71 million -5.9%N/A4.5 $27.44 9/15/2022530,900 shares $16.85 million -9.8%2.9%4.4 $31.74 8/31/2022588,400 shares $19.74 million -9.0%3.3%4.5 $33.55 8/15/2022646,900 shares $25.31 million +1.1%3.6%4.6 $39.12 7/31/2022640,100 shares $20.82 million -8.7%3.5%4.4 $32.52 7/15/2022700,700 shares $21.39 million -2.3%3.9%4.4 $30.52 6/30/2022717,500 shares $22.12 million +13.5%4.0%4.5 $30.83 6/15/2022632,000 shares $19.16 million +8.8%3.5%4.3 $30.32 5/31/2022580,900 shares $18.72 million +18.7%3.2%4.6 $32.22 5/15/2022489,300 shares $16.46 million +18.1%2.7%4.1 $33.64 4/30/2022414,400 shares $14.21 million +14.8%2.3%3.6 $34.29 4/15/2022360,900 shares $16.16 million +11.6%2.0%3.7 $44.78 3/31/2022323,500 shares $16.80 million -13.6%1.8%3.5 $51.92 3/15/2022374,600 shares $19.03 million +16.6%2.1%4.3 $50.81 2/28/2022321,400 shares $17.59 million +16.0%1.8%3.5 $54.74 2/15/2022277,200 shares $15.44 million -3.3%1.5%3.1 $55.70 1/31/2022286,500 shares $15.56 million +26.2%1.6%3.7 $54.31 1/15/2022227,000 shares $14.04 million +13.2%N/A0 $61.85 12/31/2021200,600 shares $14.05 million -33.6%1.1%3.3 $70.02 12/15/2021302,100 shares $21.75 million +21.3%1.7%4.7 $71.99 11/30/2021249,000 shares $17.30 million +2.3%1.4%4 $69.46 11/15/2021243,400 shares $18.96 million +16.7%1.4%4.2 $77.90 10/29/2021208,600 shares $15.35 million -11.8%1.2%3.6 $73.57 10/15/2021236,600 shares $16.60 million +6.4%1.3%4.1 $70.15 9/30/2021222,400 shares $14.64 million +1.0%1.2%3.6 $65.81 9/15/2021220,300 shares $14.81 million -0.6%1.2%3.1 $67.23 8/31/2021221,600 shares $15.28 million -8.6%1.2%3.3 $68.94 8/13/2021242,400 shares $16.66 million -5.5%1.3%3.2 $68.73 7/30/2021256,500 shares $18.70 million -14.9%1.4%3 $72.89 7/15/2021301,300 shares $22.21 million -12.9%1.7%3.3 $73.73 6/30/2021345,800 shares $26.89 million +8.5%1.9%3.8 $77.77 6/15/2021318,800 shares $24.34 million -4.9%1.8%3.7 $76.36 5/28/2021335,200 shares $25.36 million -1.6%1.9%3.7 $75.65 5/14/2021340,800 shares $24.04 million +4.8%N/A3.4 $70.53 4/30/2021325,200 shares $26.48 million -3.5%N/A2.9 $81.42 4/15/2021337,000 shares $28.85 million -11.6%N/A3.1 $85.60 3/31/2021381,300 shares $32.66 million -16.9%N/A3.4 $85.66 3/15/2021459,000 shares $43.51 million +3.6%N/A3.9 $94.79This Crypto Is Set to Explode in December (Ad)It's a groundbreaking opportunity that could be poised for extraordinary gains. The catalyst behind this surge is a massive new blockchain development…YES, I WANT THE #1 CRYPTO NOW 2/26/2021443,200 shares $40.91 million +3.3%N/A4 $92.30 2/12/2021429,200 shares $34.01 million -0.9%N/A4 $79.25 1/29/2021433,100 shares $30.83 million -0.4%N/A5 $71.18 1/15/2021434,600 shares $31.95 million -15.0%N/A5.2 $73.51 12/31/2020511,400 shares $35.66 million +0.6%N/A6.6 $69.73 12/15/2020508,600 shares $35.90 million -6.4%N/A7 $70.58 11/30/2020543,300 shares $36.30 million +0.6%N/A7.1 $66.81 11/15/2020540,100 shares $34.87 million -2.7%N/A6.9 $64.56 10/30/2020555,200 shares $34.16 million -2.1%N/A6.6 $61.52 10/15/2020567,200 shares $35.20 million -12.4%N/A5.9 $62.06 9/30/2020647,700 shares $39.50 million +3.1%N/A6.3 $60.98 9/15/2020628,200 shares $36.86 million -1.4%N/A5.5 $58.68 8/31/2020637,000 shares $35.99 million -1.6%N/A5.3 $56.50 8/14/2020647,500 shares $39.81 million +11.0%N/A5.2 $61.49 7/31/2020583,200 shares $34.89 million +7.3%N/A4.9 $59.83 7/15/2020543,300 shares $28.54 million -5.0%N/A4.8 $52.53 6/30/2020571,900 shares $30.61 million -4.8%N/A5.1 $53.52 6/15/2020601,000 shares $33.21 million +1.1%N/A5.3 $55.25 5/29/2020594,300 shares $33.51 million -1.9%N/A5.1 $56.38 5/15/2020605,900 shares $30.73 million +0.9%N/A5 $50.71 4/30/2020600,300 shares $32.95 million +0.5%N/A4.5 $54.89 4/15/2020597,500 shares $26.58 million +0.8%N/A4.8 $44.49 3/31/2020592,600 shares $29.40 million -16.9%3.4%4.9 $49.62 3/13/2020712,900 shares $33.04 million +1.6%4.1%6.6 $46.35 2/28/2020701,400 shares $26.36 million -13.4%4.1%6.1 $37.58 2/14/2020810,200 shares $43.38 million +1.4%4.7%7.4 $53.54 1/31/2020799,200 shares $46.48 million +2.9%4.7%8.5 $58.16 1/15/2020776,400 shares $43.04 million -0.5%4.5%7 $55.43 12/31/2019780,200 shares $41.41 million -5.4%4.6%6.6 $53.08 FARO Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is FARO Technologies' current short interest? Short interest is the volume of FARO Technologies shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of November 30th, investors have sold 871,500 shares of FARO short. 4.80% of FARO Technologies' shares are currently sold short. Learn More on FARO Technologies' current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for FARO Technologies? 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. FARO shares currently have a short interest ratio of 6.0. Learn More on FARO Technologies's short interest ratio. What is a good short interest percentage for FARO Technologies? 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. 4.80% of FARO Technologies' floating shares are currently sold short. Is FARO Technologies' short interest increasing or decreasing? FARO Technologies saw a drop in short interest in the month of November. As of November 30th, there was short interest totaling 871,500 shares, a drop of 17.0% from the previous total of 1,050,000 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 FARO Technologies' float size? FARO Technologies currently has issued a total of 18,917,000 shares. Some of FARO Technologies' 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. FARO Technologies currently has a public float of 18,140,000 shares. How does FARO Technologies' short interest compare to its competitors? 4.80% of FARO Technologies' shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies compare to FARO Technologies: Daktronics, Inc. (4.17%), Mesa Laboratories, Inc. (2.73%), Vishay Precision Group, Inc. (1.40%), Coherent Corp. (3.51%), Badger Meter, Inc. (3.21%), Cognex Co. (2.01%), Itron, Inc. (7.56%), OSI Systems, Inc. (13.79%), Quantum-Si incorporated (9.32%), Geospace Technologies Co. (3.21%), 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. ($5.70 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.55 billion), Spotify Technology S.A. ($3.84 billion), Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. ($3.07 billion), International Paper ($3.00 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($2.93 billion), Cencora, Inc. ($2.54 billion), Paychex, Inc. ($2.53 billion), SoFi Technologies, Inc. ($2.24 billion), and Reddit, Inc. ($2.00 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short FARO Technologies stock? Short selling FARO is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from FARO Technologies as its price is falling. FARO shares are trading up $0.44 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 FARO Technologies? A short squeeze for FARO Technologies 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 FARO, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is FARO Technologies' 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 FARO, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is November, 30 2024. More Short Interest Resources from MarketBeat Related Companies Daktronics Short Interest Data Mesa Laboratories Short Interest Data Vishay Precision Group Short Interest Data Coherent Short Interest Data Badger Meter Short Interest Data Cognex Short Interest Data Itron Short Interest Data OSI Systems Short Interest Data Quantum-Si Short Interest Data Geospace Technologies Short Interest Data Short Interest Tools Stocks to Short Largest Short Interest Positions Short Interest Increases Short Interest Decreases Short Interest Reporting Dates This page (NASDAQ:FARO) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersAmazon coin set to soar 25X – starting December 16th?This tiny 3-cent crypto just partnered with one of the biggest companies in the world… Amazon. And one team...True Market Insiders | SponsoredDid You See Trump’s Bombshell Exec. Order 001?Biden broke it... Now Trump is going to fix it. 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