Friedman Industries (FRD) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $13.56 -0.46 (-3.28%) (As of 11/21/2024 ET) Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisChartDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort Interest Friedman Industries Short Interest DataFriedman Industries (FRD) has a short interest of 8,100 shares, representing 0.12% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a -2.41% decrease in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 0.7, indicating that it would take 0.7 days of the average trading volume of 17,259 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest8,100 sharesPrevious Short Interest8,300 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month-2.41%Dollar Volume Sold Short$0.00Short Interest Ratio0.7 Days to CoverLast Record DateOctober 31, 2024Outstanding Shares6,970,000 sharesFloat Size6,640,000 sharesShort Percent of Float0.12%Today's Trading Volume22,797 sharesAverage Trading Volume17,259 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average132% Short Selling Friedman Industries? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for Friedman 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 ChartFRD Short Interest Over TimeFRD Days to Cover Over TimeFRD Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Ad Desko DigitalCentral Bank Abandons USDYou know what doesn't care about elections? Gold. If you want to protect your savings & retirement from our exploding national debt, VOTE FOR GOLD! Get Your FREE Gold Investor Kit NOW! Friedman 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 10/31/20248,100 shares $0.00 -2.4%0.1%0.7 $0.00 10/15/20248,300 shares $0.00 -27.2%0.1%0.6 $0.00 9/30/202411,400 shares $0.00 +93.2%0.2%0.6 $0.00 9/15/20245,900 shares $0.00 No Change0.1%0.3 $0.00 8/31/20245,900 shares $0.00 -3.3%0.1%0.3 $0.00 8/15/20246,100 shares $0.00 -41.9%0.1%0.3 $0.00 Get the Latest News and Ratings for FRD and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Friedman Industries and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 7/31/202410,500 shares $0.00 -0.9%0.2%0.5 $0.00 7/15/202410,600 shares $0.00 +29.3%0.2%0.6 $0.00 6/30/20248,200 shares $0.00 -2.4%0.1%0.5 $0.00 6/15/20248,400 shares $0.00 -21.5%0.1%0.5 $0.00 5/31/202410,700 shares $0.00 +5.9%0.2%0.7 $0.00 5/15/202410,100 shares $0.00 -34.0%0.2%0.7 $0.00 4/30/202415,300 shares $0.00 +16.8%0.2%0.8 $0.00 4/15/202413,100 shares $0.00 +10.1%0.2%0.7 $0.00 3/31/202411,900 shares $0.00 No Change0.2%0.6 $0.00 3/15/202411,900 shares $0.00 +9.2%0.2%0.6 $0.00 2/29/202410,900 shares $0.00 -27.8%0.2%0.5 $0.00 2/15/202415,100 shares $0.00 +28.0%0.2%0.6 $0.00 1/31/202411,800 shares $0.00 -7.1%N/A0.6 $0.00 1/15/202412,700 shares $0.00 -18.1%N/A0.6 $0.00 12/31/202315,500 shares $0.00 -18.4%N/A0.7 $0.00 12/15/202319,000 shares $0.00 +104.3%N/A0.9 $0.00 11/30/20239,300 shares $0.00 -41.5%0.1%0.4 $0.00 11/15/202315,900 shares $0.00 +174.1%0.2%0.7 $0.00 10/31/20235,800 shares $0.00 -21.6%0.1%0.2 $0.00 10/15/20237,400 shares $0.00 -9.8%0.1%0.2 $0.00 9/30/20238,200 shares $0.00 -48.4%0.1%0.2 $0.00 9/15/202315,900 shares $0.00 +13.6%0.2%0.4 $0.00 8/31/202314,000 shares $0.00 -28.6%0.2%0.4 $0.00 8/15/202319,600 shares $0.00 -21.6%0.3%0.7 $0.00 7/31/202325,000 shares $0.00 +101.6%0.4%1 $0.00 7/15/202312,400 shares $164,300.00 +588.9%0.2%0.6 $13.25 6/30/20231,800 shares $0.00 +12.5%0.0%0.1 $0.00 6/15/20231,600 shares $0.00 -15.8%0.0%0.2 $0.00 5/31/20231,900 shares $0.00 -9.5%0.0%0.2 $0.00 5/15/20232,100 shares $0.00 -36.4%0.0%0.1 $0.00 4/30/20233,300 shares $0.00 +22.2%0.1%0.1 $0.00 4/15/20232,700 shares $0.00 -12.9%0.0%0.1 $0.00 3/31/20233,100 shares $0.00 -35.4%0.1%0.1 $0.00 3/15/20234,800 shares $0.00 -2.0%0.1%0.2 $0.00Central Bank Abandons USD (Ad)You know what doesn't care about elections? 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Get Your FREE Gold Investor Kit NOW! 2/28/20234,900 shares $0.00 +11.4%0.1%0.2 $0.00 2/15/20234,400 shares $0.00 -30.2%0.1%0.2 $0.00 1/31/20236,300 shares $0.00 -19.2%0.1%0.3 $0.00 1/15/20237,800 shares $0.00 -1.3%0.1%0.4 $0.00 12/30/20227,900 shares $0.00 +6.8%0.1%0.4 $0.00 12/15/20227,400 shares $0.00 -12.9%0.1%0.4 $0.00 11/30/20228,500 shares $0.00 +19.7%0.1%0.4 $0.00 11/15/20227,100 shares $0.00 -60.8%0.1%0.3 $0.00 10/31/202218,100 shares $0.00 +24.8%0.3%0.8 $0.00 10/15/202214,500 shares $0.00 -22.0%0.2%0.6 $0.00 9/30/202218,600 shares $0.00 +86.0%0.3%0.8 $0.00 9/15/202210,000 shares $0.00 -27.0%0.2%0.4 $0.00 8/31/202213,700 shares $0.00 -26.3%0.2%0.6 $0.00 8/15/202218,600 shares $0.00 -8.8%0.3%0.9 $0.00 7/31/202220,400 shares $0.00 +142.9%0.3%1.1 $0.00 7/15/20228,400 shares $0.00 -32.3%0.2%0.5 $0.00 6/30/202212,400 shares $0.00 -3.1%0.2%0.9 $0.00 6/15/202212,800 shares $0.00 -1.5%0.2%1 $0.00 5/31/202213,000 shares $0.00 -13.9%0.2%1 $0.00 5/15/202215,100 shares $0.00 -17.5%0.3%0.6 $0.00 4/30/202218,300 shares $0.00 +32.6%0.3%0.5 $0.00 4/15/202213,800 shares $0.00 +25.5%0.2%0.4 $0.00 3/31/202211,000 shares $0.00 -70.0%0.2%0.3 $0.00 3/15/202236,600 shares $0.00 +42.4%0.6%0.9 $0.00 2/28/202225,700 shares $0.00 +93.2%0.4%0.6 $0.00 2/15/202213,300 shares $0.00 -33.2%0.2%0.4 $0.00 1/31/202219,900 shares $0.00 -33.9%0.3%0.7 $0.00 1/15/202230,100 shares $0.00 -16.2%0.5%1.1 $0.00 12/31/202135,900 shares $0.00 -4.8%0.6%1.4 $0.00 12/15/202137,700 shares $0.00 -0.8%0.6%1.6 $0.00 11/30/202138,000 shares $0.00 -13.0%0.6%1.7 $0.00 11/15/202143,700 shares $0.00 -7.0%0.7%1.4 $0.00 10/29/202147,000 shares $646,720.00 -12.2%0.7%1.4 $13.76 10/15/202153,500 shares $0.00 -11.0%0.9%1.6 $0.00 9/30/202160,100 shares $0.00 -6.5%1.0%1.6 $0.00 9/15/202164,300 shares $0.00 +26.8%1.0%1.1 $0.00 8/31/202150,700 shares $0.00 -5.2%0.8%0.8 $0.00 8/13/202153,500 shares $0.00 -1.1%0.9%0.6 $0.00 7/30/202154,100 shares $0.00 -14.1%0.9%0.6 $0.00 7/15/202163,000 shares $0.00 -22.6%1.0%0.7 $0.00 6/30/202181,400 shares $0.00 +68.5%1.3%0.9 $0.00 6/15/202148,300 shares $0.00 +47.3%0.8%0.7 $0.00 5/28/202132,800 shares $0.00 +0.3%0.5%0.5 $0.00 5/14/202132,700 shares $0.00 +319.2%0.5%0.6 $0.00 4/30/20217,800 shares $0.00 +188.9%0.1%0.2 $0.00 4/15/20212,700 shares $25,488.00 -80.9%0.0%0.1 $9.44 3/31/202114,100 shares $119,004.00 +200.0%0.2%0.5 $8.44 3/15/20214,700 shares $38,963.00 -67.4%0.1%0.2 $8.29 2/26/202114,400 shares $117,216.00 +414.3%0.2%0.6 $8.14 2/12/20212,800 shares $23,576.00 -12.5%0.0%0.1 $8.42Central Bank Abandons USD (Ad)You know what doesn't care about elections? 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Get Your FREE Gold Investor Kit NOW! 1/29/20213,200 shares $27,968.00 -5.9%0.1%0.2 $8.74 1/15/20213,400 shares $24,956.00 +54.6%0.1%0.2 $7.34 12/31/20202,200 shares $15,053.94 +1,000.0%0.0%0.2 $6.84 12/15/2020200 shares $1,362.00 -81.8%N/A0 $6.81 11/30/20201,100 shares $6,864.00 -15.4%0.0%0.1 $6.24 11/15/20201,300 shares $7,527.00 -27.8%0.0%0.1 $5.79 10/30/20201,800 shares $10,197.00 +28.6%0.0%0.2 $5.67 10/15/20201,400 shares $8,361.64 -75.0%0.0%0.1 $5.97 9/30/20205,600 shares $32,480.00 -30.0%0.1%0.5 $5.80 9/15/20208,000 shares $47,120.00 +66.7%0.1%0.6 $5.89 8/31/20204,800 shares $29,520.00 +50.0%0.1%0.4 $6.15 8/14/20203,200 shares $18,976.00 -50.0%0.1%0.3 $5.93 7/31/20206,400 shares $34,496.00 +39.1%0.1%0.7 $5.39 7/15/20204,600 shares $23,092.00 -43.2%0.1%0.4 $5.02 6/30/20208,100 shares $40,338.00 +1.3%0.1%0.7 $4.98 6/15/20208,000 shares $40,720.00 +100.0%0.1%0.7 $5.09 5/29/20204,000 shares $19,760.00 -33.3%0.1%0.4 $4.94 5/15/20206,000 shares $26,760.00 -14.3%0.1%0.6 $4.46 4/30/20207,000 shares $31,080.00 -9.1%0.1%0.6 $4.44 4/15/20207,700 shares $35,805.00 -46.5%0.1%0.7 $4.65 3/31/202014,400 shares $61,776.00 +8.3%0.2%1.6 $4.29 3/13/202013,300 shares $63,840.00 +70.5%0.2%1.3 $4.80 2/28/20207,800 shares $29,562.00 +116.7%0.1%0.8 $3.79 2/14/20203,600 shares $18,936.00 -18.2%0.1%0.3 $5.26 1/31/20204,400 shares $24,640.00 -42.1%0.1%0.4 $5.60 1/15/20207,600 shares $44,916.00 -2.6%0.1%0.6 $5.91 12/31/20197,800 shares $45,708.00 +14.7%0.1%0.7 $5.86 FRD Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Friedman Industries' current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Friedman Industries shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of October 31st, investors have sold 8,100 shares of FRD short. 0.12% of Friedman Industries' shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Friedman Industries' current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for Friedman 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. FRD shares currently have a short interest ratio of 1.0. Learn More on Friedman Industries's short interest ratio. What is a good short interest percentage for Friedman 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. 0.12% of Friedman Industries' floating shares are currently sold short. Is Friedman Industries' short interest increasing or decreasing? Friedman Industries saw a drop in short interest during the month of October. As of October 31st, there was short interest totaling 8,100 shares, a drop of 2.4% from the previous total of 8,300 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 Friedman Industries' float size? Friedman Industries currently has issued a total of 6,970,000 shares. Some of Friedman 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. Friedman Industries currently has a public float of 6,640,000 shares. How does Friedman Industries' short interest compare to its competitors? 0.12% of Friedman Industries' shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies compare to Friedman Industries: Webco Industries, Inc. (0.01%), Ascent Industries Co. (0.10%), Asia Pacific Wire & Cable Co. Limited (0.04%), Broadwind, Inc. (0.59%), Optical Cable Co. (0.31%), Aqua Metals, Inc. (3.21%), Inno Holdings Inc. (0.50%), Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional (0.44%), Howmet Aerospace Inc. (1.84%), Tenaris S.A. (0.56%), 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 Friedman Industries stock? Short selling FRD is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Friedman Industries as its price is falling. FRD shares are trading down $0.46 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 Friedman Industries? A short squeeze for Friedman 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 FRD, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Friedman 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 FRD, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is October, 31 2024. More Short Interest Resources from MarketBeat Related Companies Webco Industries Short Interest Data Ascent Industries Short Interest Data Asia Pacific Wire & Cable Short Interest Data Broadwind Short Interest Data Optical Cable Short Interest Data Aqua Metals Short Interest Data Inno Short Interest Data Aperam Short Interest Data Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional Short Interest Data Howmet Aerospace 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 (NYSEAMERICAN:FRD) was last updated on 11/22/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our Partners[Urgent] Starlink Set For The Largest IPO In History?He turned PayPal from a tiny, off-the-radar startup… to a massive $64 billion giant. 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