National Presto Industries (NPK) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $75.55 +0.10 (+0.13%) (As of 11/20/2024 ET) Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrends National Presto Industries Short Interest DataNational Presto Industries (NPK) has a short interest of 102,800 shares, representing 2.02% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a 37.07% increase in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 3.0, indicating that it would take 3.0 days of the average trading volume of 33,989 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest102,800 sharesPrevious Short Interest75,000 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month+37.07%Dollar Volume Sold Short$7.41 millionShort Interest Ratio3.0 Days to CoverLast Record DateOctober 31, 2024Outstanding Shares7,100,000 sharesFloat Size5,090,000 sharesShort Percent of Float2.02%Today's Trading Volume26,729 sharesAverage Trading Volume33,989 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average79% Short Selling National Presto Industries? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for National Presto 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 ChartNPK Short Interest Over TimeNPK Days to Cover Over TimeNPK Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Ad Wyatt Investment ResearchMy #1 Pre IPO Trade for 2025 – NAME and TICKEROne tiny company... Could quickly become "the next SpaceX." It plans to go public on the NASDAQ. And today you can buy Pre-IPO shares for less than $4.00. Get urgent details inside this free report...The Next SpaceX Pre-IPO National Presto 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 10/31/2024102,800 shares $7.41 million +37.1%2.0%3 $72.04 10/15/202475,000 shares $5.50 million +7.9%1.5%2.3 $73.33 9/30/202469,500 shares $5.22 million -26.9%1.4%2.1 $75.14 9/15/202495,100 shares $7.29 million -24.8%1.9%2.5 $76.69 8/31/2024126,500 shares $9.90 million +43.6%2.5%2.9 $78.29 8/15/202488,100 shares $6.40 million -17.2%1.7%1.9 $72.60 Get the Latest News and Ratings for NPK and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for National Presto Industries and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 7/31/2024106,400 shares $8.14 million +1.8%2.1%2.2 $76.47 7/15/2024104,500 shares $7.79 million +11.9%2.1%2.2 $74.54 6/30/202493,400 shares $7.02 million -53.4%1.8%2 $75.13 6/15/2024200,300 shares $14.87 million +26.6%3.9%4.3 $74.23 5/31/2024158,200 shares $11.78 million +132.7%3.1%4.3 $74.48 5/15/202468,000 shares $5.53 million -3.7%1.3%1.6 $81.31 4/30/202470,600 shares $5.79 million -3.0%1.4%1.7 $81.99 4/15/202472,800 shares $5.78 million -27.1%1.4%1.8 $79.34 3/31/202499,800 shares $8.36 million +6.2%2.0%2.6 $83.80 3/15/202494,000 shares $7.15 million -15.8%1.9%2.6 $76.06 2/29/2024111,600 shares $8.63 million +25.7%2.2%3.4 $77.33 2/15/202488,800 shares $6.96 million -5.2%1.8%3.4 $78.41 1/31/202493,700 shares $7.42 million -13.6%1.8%4.5 $79.17 1/15/2024108,400 shares $8.84 million +7.2%2.1%5.7 $81.56 12/31/2023101,100 shares $8.12 million -24.3%2.0%5.2 $80.28 12/15/2023133,500 shares $10.75 million +23.7%2.6%6.7 $80.51 11/30/2023107,900 shares $8.06 million -1.9%2.1%4.8 $74.72 11/15/2023110,000 shares $8.79 million +3.3%2.2%4.9 $79.88 10/31/2023106,500 shares $7.97 million +7.5%2.1%4.7 $74.88 10/15/202399,100 shares $7.34 million -7.9%2.0%4.5 $74.04 9/30/2023107,600 shares $7.80 million +7.2%2.1%5 $72.46 9/15/2023100,400 shares $7.54 million -1.0%2.0%4.8 $75.07 8/31/2023101,400 shares $7.59 million -6.3%2.0%5.9 $74.85 8/15/2023108,200 shares $8.36 million +9.4%2.1%6.2 $77.31 7/31/202398,900 shares $7.74 million -4.3%2.0%5.3 $78.31 7/15/2023103,300 shares $8.00 million +1.2%2.0%5.3 $77.42 6/30/2023102,100 shares $7.47 million -10.8%2.0%4.7 $73.20 6/15/2023114,400 shares $9.09 million -1.9%2.2%4.6 $79.42 5/31/2023116,600 shares $8.69 million -11.6%2.2%3.8 $74.54 5/15/2023131,900 shares $9.67 million +7.2%2.5%3.4 $73.33 4/30/2023123,000 shares $8.37 million -0.7%2.4%3.2 $68.02 4/15/2023123,800 shares $8.82 million +4.8%2.4%3.2 $71.21 3/31/2023118,100 shares $8.51 million +0.7%2.3%3.1 $72.09 3/15/2023117,300 shares $8.74 million -12.5%2.3%3.3 $74.48JD Vance Predicts: Wall Street vs. Trump & Your Money (Ad)Trump's back in the White House, but Wall Street is pissed. Here's the deal: Wall Street's about to purposely crash the bond market to sabotage Trump's comeback.Get your free guide NOW before it's too late. 2/28/2023134,000 shares $9.20 million +18.4%2.6%4.2 $68.63 2/15/2023113,200 shares $8.54 million -2.4%2.2%4.3 $75.40 1/31/2023116,000 shares $8.89 million +1.5%2.2%5.3 $76.61 1/15/2023114,300 shares $8.21 million +9.5%2.2%5.4 $71.85 12/30/2022104,400 shares $7.15 million +15.6%2.0%4.9 $68.46 12/15/202290,300 shares $6.16 million +5.6%1.7%4 $68.25 11/30/202285,500 shares $5.91 million -20.2%1.6%3.7 $69.12 11/15/2022107,200 shares $7.33 million -4.5%2.1%4.5 $68.36 10/31/2022112,200 shares $7.91 million -16.1%2.2%4.6 $70.49 10/15/2022133,800 shares $8.61 million +1.7%2.6%5.3 $64.33 9/30/2022131,600 shares $8.56 million -15.3%2.5%5.1 $65.05 9/15/2022155,400 shares $10.15 million -2.8%3.0%6 $65.30 8/31/2022159,900 shares $10.91 million +4.2%3.1%6.3 $68.22 8/15/2022153,400 shares $11.83 million +5.2%3.0%5.9 $77.11 7/31/2022145,800 shares $10.38 million +3.5%3.0%4.7 $71.20 7/15/2022140,900 shares $9.41 million +0.7%2.9%4.3 $66.78 6/30/2022139,900 shares $9.18 million +0.1%2.9%4 $65.64 6/15/2022139,800 shares $8.73 million +3.8%2.9%3.7 $62.45 5/31/2022134,700 shares $9.10 million +26.8%2.6%3.2 $67.59 5/15/2022106,200 shares $7.44 million -0.9%2.0%2 $70.06 4/30/2022107,200 shares $7.63 million +3.4%2.1%2 $71.13 4/15/2022103,700 shares $8.04 million -3.6%2.0%2 $77.50 3/31/2022107,600 shares $8.28 million -1.1%2.1%2.1 $76.95 3/15/2022108,800 shares $8.66 million -22.0%2.1%2.2 $79.62 2/28/2022139,500 shares $11.09 million +19.2%2.7%2.9 $79.50 2/15/2022117,000 shares $9.60 million -5.0%2.3%2.8 $82.01 1/31/2022123,100 shares $10.12 million +4.7%2.4%3.6 $82.25 1/15/2022117,600 shares $10.30 million +25.1%2.3%3.6 $87.55 12/31/202194,000 shares $7.71 million -16.7%1.8%3.1 $82.03 12/15/2021112,800 shares $9.34 million +14.2%2.2%3.9 $82.84 11/30/202198,800 shares $8.08 million -12.7%2.0%3.6 $81.78 11/15/2021113,200 shares $10.01 million -10.2%2.2%4.5 $88.46 10/29/2021126,100 shares $10.49 million +7.7%2.5%5.8 $83.15 10/15/2021117,100 shares $9.72 million -0.3%2.3%5.9 $83.00 9/30/2021117,500 shares $9.64 million -18.6%2.3%6.6 $82.08 9/15/2021144,400 shares $11.93 million +9.5%2.9%8.5 $82.61 8/31/2021131,900 shares $11.02 million -5.2%2.6%9.4 $83.54 8/13/2021139,100 shares $12.57 million -3.3%2.8%9.9 $90.37 7/30/2021143,900 shares $13.88 million -3.0%2.9%9.7 $96.48 7/15/2021148,400 shares $14.38 million -0.1%2.9%9.6 $96.88 6/30/2021148,500 shares $15.10 million -5.6%2.9%8.9 $101.65 6/15/2021157,300 shares $16.14 million -5.9%3.1%7.8 $102.59 5/28/2021167,200 shares $16.96 million +3.0%3.3%7.7 $101.42 5/14/2021162,300 shares $17.28 million -0.8%3.2%5.6 $106.50 4/30/2021163,600 shares $17.23 million -8.3%3.2%5.3 $105.31 4/15/2021178,400 shares $19.12 million -8.0%3.5%5.7 $107.18 3/31/2021193,900 shares $19.76 million -4.3%3.9%6.2 $101.92 3/15/2021202,600 shares $21.30 million +13.2%4.0%6.9 $105.12 2/26/2021179,000 shares $20.27 million +20.6%3.6%6.5 $113.22 2/12/2021148,400 shares $14.33 million -12.5%2.9%6.2 $96.55JD Vance Predicts: Wall Street vs. Trump & Your Money (Ad)Trump's back in the White House, but Wall Street is pissed. Here's the deal: Wall Street's about to purposely crash the bond market to sabotage Trump's comeback.Get your free guide NOW before it's too late. 1/29/2021169,600 shares $15.61 million +14.1%3.4%7.9 $92.03 1/15/2021148,600 shares $13.98 million -0.3%3.0%7.2 $94.08 12/31/2020149,000 shares $13.04 million -4.6%3.0%7.5 $87.55 12/15/2020156,100 shares $13.97 million +1.3%3.1%7.6 $89.50 11/30/2020154,100 shares $13.79 million +21.8%3.1%6.5 $89.50 11/15/2020126,500 shares $11.01 million -12.5%2.5%5.3 $87.01 10/30/2020144,600 shares $11.91 million +13.6%2.9%6.3 $82.34 10/15/2020127,300 shares $10.52 million -2.6%2.5%5.3 $82.66 9/30/2020130,700 shares $10.70 million -14.8%2.6%5 $81.86 9/15/2020153,400 shares $13.01 million +9.3%3.0%5.5 $84.79 8/31/2020140,300 shares $12.62 million -2.4%2.8%5.2 $89.93 8/14/2020143,700 shares $13.45 million -11.4%2.9%4.7 $93.62 7/31/2020162,100 shares $13.84 million -3.7%3.2%4.2 $85.39 7/15/2020168,400 shares $14.48 million -2.0%3.4%4 $85.96 6/30/2020171,800 shares $14.69 million +4.6%3.4%3.9 $85.53 6/15/2020164,200 shares $14.28 million -13.0%3.3%3.2 $86.94 5/29/2020188,700 shares $16.98 million -24.0%3.7%3.1 $89.99 5/15/2020248,400 shares $19.74 million +4.2%4.9%3.8 $79.47 4/30/2020238,500 shares $19.39 million -5.0%4.7%3.9 $81.31 4/15/2020251,100 shares $21.70 million -23.2%5.0%4.2 $86.42 3/31/2020326,800 shares $29.26 million -42.8%6.6%5.4 $89.55 3/13/2020571,400 shares $47.20 million -25.4%11.6%10.5 $82.60 2/28/2020766,400 shares $61.30 million -7.8%15.6%14.1 $79.98 2/14/2020831,300 shares $67.89 million -10.5%16.9%16.6 $81.67 1/31/2020928,800 shares $79.59 million -2.3%18.8%19.5 $85.69 1/15/2020950,800 shares $87.93 million +1.5%19.3%21.5 $92.48 12/31/2019937,100 shares $81.51 million -2.7%19.1%21.6 $86.98 NPK Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is National Presto Industries' current short interest? Short interest is the volume of National Presto Industries shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of October 31st, investors have sold 102,800 shares of NPK short. 2.02% of National Presto Industries' shares are currently sold short. Learn More on National Presto Industries' current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for National Presto 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. NPK shares currently have a short interest ratio of 3.0. Learn More on National Presto Industries's short interest ratio. What is a good short interest percentage for National Presto 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. 2.02% of National Presto Industries' floating shares are currently sold short. Is National Presto Industries' short interest increasing or decreasing? National Presto Industries saw a increase in short interest in October. As of October 31st, there was short interest totaling 102,800 shares, an increase of 37.1% from the previous total of 75,000 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 National Presto Industries' float size? National Presto Industries currently has issued a total of 7,100,000 shares. Some of National Presto 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. National Presto Industries currently has a public float of 5,090,000 shares. How does National Presto Industries' short interest compare to its competitors? 2.02% of National Presto Industries' shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies compare to National Presto Industries: Triumph Group, Inc. (11.28%), Astronics Co. (1.22%), Sypris Solutions, Inc. (5.05%), Honeywell International Inc. (1.43%), Lockheed Martin Co. (0.97%), The Boeing Company (3.06%), General Dynamics Co. (1.13%), TransDigm Group Incorporated (1.62%), Northrop Grumman Co. (0.99%), HEICO Co. (4.63%), 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 National Presto Industries stock? Short selling NPK is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from National Presto Industries as its price is falling. NPK shares are trading up $0.10 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 National Presto Industries? A short squeeze for National Presto Industries 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 NPK, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is National Presto 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 NPK, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is October, 31 2024. More Short Interest Resources from MarketBeat Related Companies TGI Short Squeeze ATRO Short Squeeze SYPR Short Squeeze HON Short Squeeze LMT Short Squeeze BA Short Squeeze GD Short Squeeze NOC Short Squeeze TDG Short Squeeze HEI Short Squeeze Short Interest Tools Stocks to Short Largest Short Interest Positions Short Interest Increases Short Interest Decreases Short Interest Reporting Dates This page (NYSE:NPK) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersThe Crypto That’s Making Wall Street SweatThe Crypto Wall Street Is Desperate to Hide It's happening now, right under everyone's radar. Big tech gian...Crypto 101 Media | SponsoredMissed Nvidia? 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