NL Industries (NL) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $7.97 +0.14 (+1.79%) (As of 11/15/2024 ET) Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrends NL Industries Short Interest DataNL Industries (NL) has a short interest of 99,300 shares, representing 1.20% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a -2.74% decrease in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 3.2, indicating that it would take 3.2 days of the average trading volume of 27,362 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest99,300 sharesPrevious Short Interest102,100 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month-2.74%Dollar Volume Sold Short$743,757.00Short Interest Ratio3.2 Days to CoverLast Record DateOctober 31, 2024Outstanding Shares48,850,000 sharesFloat Size8,300,000 sharesShort Percent of Float1.20%Today's Trading Volume35,107 sharesAverage Trading Volume27,362 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average128% Short Selling NL Industries? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for NL Industries and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartNL Short Interest Over TimeNL Days to Cover Over TimeNL Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Ad Insiders ExposedHas Trump Finally Gone Too Far?Lately, there's been a lot of buzz around a secret loophole executive insiders are using to make millions buying and selling their own stocks. 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And here's the good news.Register For The Webinar To Discover NL Industries Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 10/31/202499,300 shares $743,757.00 -2.7%1.2%3.2 $7.49 10/15/2024102,100 shares $774,939.00 +8.7%1.2%3.2 $7.59 9/30/202493,900 shares $696,738.00 +5.3%1.1%2.7 $7.42 9/15/202489,200 shares $602,100.00 -15.5%1.1%2.3 $6.75 8/31/2024105,600 shares $699,072.00 +5.0%1.3%2.7 $6.62 8/15/2024100,600 shares $669,996.00 +2.8%1.2%2.5 $6.66 Get the Latest News and Ratings for NL and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for NL Industries and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 7/31/202497,900 shares $624,602.00 -11.3%1.2%2.3 $6.38 7/15/2024110,400 shares $656,880.00 +9.0%1.3%2.5 $5.95 6/30/2024101,300 shares $610,839.00 -4.1%1.2%2.3 $6.03 6/15/2024105,600 shares $707,520.00 No Change1.3%2.5 $6.70 5/31/2024105,600 shares $776,160.00 -6.4%1.3%2.5 $7.35 5/15/2024112,800 shares $764,784.00 -6.0%1.4%2.7 $6.78 4/30/2024120,000 shares $985,200.00 +2.2%1.5%3.6 $8.21 4/15/2024117,400 shares $963,854.00 +21.5%1.4%4.2 $8.21 3/31/202496,600 shares $708,078.00 -11.8%1.2%3.9 $7.33 3/15/2024109,500 shares $727,080.00 +12.5%1.3%5.1 $6.64 2/29/202497,300 shares $496,230.00 +2.4%1.2%3.8 $5.10 2/15/202495,000 shares $504,450.00 +1.8%1.1%4.2 $5.31 1/31/202493,300 shares $489,825.00 +17.5%1.1%3.9 $5.25 1/15/202479,400 shares $416,850.00 -6.9%1.0%3.2 $5.25 12/31/202385,300 shares $478,533.00 -18.8%1.0%3.5 $5.61 12/15/2023105,000 shares $540,750.00 +17.2%1.3%4.3 $5.15 11/30/202389,600 shares $464,128.00 -17.6%1.1%4.6 $5.18 11/15/2023108,700 shares $564,696.50 -3.6%1.3%5.2 $5.20 10/31/2023112,700 shares $561,246.00 +1.8%1.4%6 $4.98 10/15/2023110,700 shares $509,220.00 -11.9%1.3%5.4 $4.60 9/30/2023125,700 shares $597,075.00 -8.7%1.5%5.9 $4.75 9/15/2023137,700 shares $658,894.50 +20.4%1.7%6.1 $4.79 8/31/2023114,400 shares $591,448.00 -3.8%1.4%4.9 $5.17 8/15/2023118,900 shares $645,627.00 +18.5%1.4%5.4 $5.43 7/31/2023100,300 shares $581,740.00 -10.5%1.2%4.4 $5.80 7/15/2023112,000 shares $638,400.00 +5.8%1.4%5.1 $5.70 6/30/2023105,900 shares $585,627.00 -14.5%1.3%5 $5.53 6/15/2023123,800 shares $719,278.00 -8.9%1.5%6.1 $5.81 5/31/2023135,900 shares $759,681.00 -7.2%1.6%6.5 $5.59 5/15/2023146,500 shares $829,190.00 +10.1%1.8%7.8 $5.66 4/30/2023133,100 shares $855,833.00 +11.0%1.6%7.4 $6.43 4/15/2023119,900 shares $786,544.00 -3.0%1.5%7 $6.56 3/31/2023123,600 shares $749,016.00 +14.0%1.5%7.5 $6.06 3/15/2023108,400 shares $667,744.00 +1.6%1.3%6.4 $6.165 Stocks that could triple in a week (Ad)Robinhood traders have piled $78 billion into this market... 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Now their next one could be here.Click here to pay just $5 for a full year of Stealth Trades 2/28/2023106,700 shares $775,709.00 -6.9%1.3%6.6 $7.27 2/15/2023114,600 shares $822,828.00 -2.0%1.4%6.7 $7.18 1/31/2023116,900 shares $825,314.00 +9.0%1.4%6.3 $7.06 1/15/2023107,300 shares $807,969.00 -5.8%1.3%5.8 $7.53 12/30/2022113,900 shares $775,659.00 +2.2%1.4%5.9 $6.81 12/15/2022111,400 shares $774,230.00 -15.0%1.3%5.7 $6.95 11/30/2022131,100 shares $891,480.00 -13.7%1.6%6.5 $6.80 11/15/2022151,900 shares $1.13 million -2.3%1.8%7.5 $7.43 10/31/2022155,400 shares $1.36 million -8.4%1.9%5.7 $8.76 10/15/2022169,600 shares $1.33 million -3.9%2.0%5.2 $7.84 9/30/2022176,500 shares $1.36 million -5.1%2.1%5 $7.73 9/15/2022185,900 shares $1.52 million +4.3%2.2%4.2 $8.19 8/31/2022178,300 shares $1.57 million +5.2%2.2%3.9 $8.81 8/15/2022169,500 shares $1.59 million -7.9%2.0%3.3 $9.40 7/31/2022184,000 shares $1.72 million +0.2%2.2%3.9 $9.33 7/15/2022183,700 shares $1.70 million -3.8%2.2%4.3 $9.25 6/30/2022191,000 shares $1.89 million +4.0%2.3%4.8 $9.87 6/15/2022183,600 shares $1.66 million +11.8%2.2%5.4 $9.03 5/31/2022164,300 shares $1.51 million -14.4%2.0%6 $9.18 5/15/2022192,000 shares $1.54 million +10.8%2.3%8 $8.00 4/30/2022173,300 shares $1.19 million +6.6%2.1%8.3 $6.88 4/15/2022162,600 shares $1.15 million +8.2%2.0%7.8 $7.05 3/31/2022150,300 shares $1.08 million -9.6%1.8%7.3 $7.19 3/15/2022166,200 shares $1.06 million +11.5%2.0%8.3 $6.39 2/28/2022149,000 shares $950,620.00 +2.8%1.8%6.1 $6.38 2/15/2022145,000 shares $861,300.00 +9.7%1.8%6 $5.94 1/31/2022132,200 shares $859,300.00 -0.4%1.6%4.8 $6.50 1/15/2022132,700 shares $952,786.00 -12.6%1.6%4.7 $7.18 12/31/2021151,800 shares $1.12 million +16.7%1.8%5.5 $7.40 12/15/2021130,100 shares $945,827.00 +16.4%1.6%4.3 $7.27 11/30/2021111,800 shares $687,570.00 -17.1%1.4%3.9 $6.15 11/15/2021134,900 shares $918,669.00 -6.1%1.6%4.6 $6.81 10/29/2021143,600 shares $828,572.00 +10.6%1.7%5.1 $5.77 10/15/2021129,900 shares $779,400.00 -21.1%1.6%4.3 $6.00 9/30/2021164,700 shares $948,672.00 -3.7%2.0%5.3 $5.76 9/15/2021171,000 shares $1.05 million +3.5%2.1%4.9 $6.14 8/31/2021165,200 shares $1.13 million +6.9%2.0%4.8 $6.84 8/13/2021154,500 shares $957,900.00 -5.6%1.9%4.5 $6.20 7/30/2021163,700 shares $987,111.00 +2.7%2.0%5.2 $6.03 7/15/2021159,400 shares $1.05 million -3.9%1.9%5.2 $6.57 6/30/2021165,800 shares $1.08 million -12.7%2.0%4.5 $6.50 6/15/2021189,900 shares $1.45 million -1.2%2.3%4.9 $7.62 5/28/2021192,100 shares $1.39 million -6.3%2.3%4.4 $7.24 5/14/2021205,000 shares $1.50 million +17.7%2.5%4 $7.32 4/30/2021174,200 shares $1.28 million +16.3%2.1%3.3 $7.34 4/15/2021149,800 shares $1.08 million +5.1%1.8%2.9 $7.21 3/31/2021142,600 shares $1.10 million -1.0%1.7%3.3 $7.72 3/15/2021144,000 shares $992,160.00 -23.4%1.7%3.9 $6.89 2/26/2021188,000 shares $1.14 million +16.3%2.3%5.7 $6.04 2/12/2021161,700 shares $823,053.00 -0.1%2.0%6 $5.095 Stocks that could triple in a week (Ad)Robinhood traders have piled $78 billion into this market... 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Now their next one could be here.Click here to pay just $5 for a full year of Stealth Trades 1/29/2021161,900 shares $752,835.00 +2.5%2.0%6.6 $4.65 1/15/2021157,900 shares $768,973.00 +31.5%1.9%7.1 $4.87 12/31/2020120,100 shares $556,063.00 +6.0%1.5%5.4 $4.63 12/15/2020113,300 shares $543,840.00 -26.7%1.4%4.8 $4.80 11/30/2020154,600 shares $766,816.00 +58.6%1.9%5.3 $4.96 11/15/202097,500 shares $452,400.00 -28.8%1.2%3.4 $4.64 10/30/2020136,900 shares $588,670.00 +33.4%1.7%4.8 $4.30 10/15/2020102,600 shares $516,078.00 -26.1%1.2%3.7 $5.03 9/30/2020138,900 shares $590,325.00 +81.8%1.7%5 $4.25 9/15/202076,400 shares $297,196.00 -1.0%0.9%2.4 $3.89 8/31/202077,200 shares $270,200.00 +2.7%0.9%2.6 $3.50 8/14/202075,200 shares $261,696.00 -2.1%0.9%2.7 $3.48 7/31/202076,800 shares $281,088.00 -15.2%0.9%2.6 $3.66 7/15/202090,600 shares $297,168.00 -35.6%1.1%2.9 $3.28 6/30/2020140,600 shares $469,604.00 +57.5%1.7%4.5 $3.34 6/15/202089,300 shares $280,402.00 +5.2%1.1%3.4 $3.14 5/29/202084,900 shares $260,643.00 -8.8%1.0%3.4 $3.07 5/15/202093,100 shares $255,094.00 +39.0%1.1%3.7 $2.74 4/30/202067,000 shares $253,260.00 +7.2%0.8%3 $3.78 4/15/202062,500 shares $175,000.00 -41.4%0.8%3.1 $2.80 3/31/2020106,600 shares $315,536.00 -13.1%1.3%5.2 $2.96 3/13/2020122,700 shares $364,419.00 +103.8%1.5%7.2 $2.97 2/28/202060,200 shares $147,490.00 -0.3%0.7%3.5 $2.45 2/14/202060,400 shares $203,548.00 +4.7%0.7%4.1 $3.37 1/31/202057,700 shares $193,872.00 -27.4%0.7%3.9 $3.36 1/15/202079,500 shares $270,300.00 -32.9%1.0%5.7 $3.40 12/31/2019118,400 shares $429,792.00 +41.5%1.4%9.5 $3.63 NL Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is NL Industries' current short interest? Short interest is the volume of NL Industries shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of October 31st, traders have sold 99,300 shares of NL short. 1.20% of NL Industries' shares are currently sold short. Learn More on NL Industries' current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for NL Industries? 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. NL shares currently have a short interest ratio of 3.0. Learn More on NL Industries's short interest ratio. What is a good short interest percentage for NL Industries? 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. 1.20% of NL Industries' floating shares are currently sold short. Is NL Industries' short interest increasing or decreasing? NL Industries saw a decline in short interest in the month of October. As of October 31st, there was short interest totaling 99,300 shares, a decline of 2.7% from the previous total of 102,100 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 NL Industries' float size? NL Industries currently has issued a total of 48,850,000 shares. Some of NL Industries' 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. NL Industries currently has a public float of 8,300,000 shares. How does NL Industries' short interest compare to its competitors? 1.20% of NL Industries' shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies compare to NL Industries: Steelcase Inc. (2.22%), Interface, Inc. (2.11%), Pitney Bowes Inc. (8.26%), ACCO Brands Co. (2.39%), ARC Document Solutions, Inc. (0.16%), Avery Dennison Co. (2.53%), MSA Safety Incorporated (0.80%), HNI Co. (1.72%), Kronos Worldwide, Inc. (4.27%), Valhi, Inc. (2.71%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.08 billion), AppLovin Co. ($3.18 billion), Paychex, Inc. ($2.64 billion), Nu Holdings Ltd. ($2.54 billion), International Paper ($2.46 billion), Cencora, Inc. ($2.27 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($1.87 billion), SoFi Technologies, Inc. ($1.81 billion), Lululemon Athletica Inc. ($1.75 billion), and Onsemi ($1.71 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short NL Industries stock? Short selling NL is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from NL Industries as its price is falling. NL shares are trading up $0.14 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 NL Industries? A short squeeze for NL Industries 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 NL, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is NL Industries' 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 NL, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is October, 31 2024. 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