FARO Technologies (FARO) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume → Log Into Marc's $5,000 System Today (From Chaikin Analytics) (Ad) Free FARO Stock Alerts $19.08 +0.42 (+2.25%) (As of 01:55 PM ET) Add Compare Share Share Short InterestStock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrendsStock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrends FARO Technologies Short Interest DataCurrent Short Interest1,570,000 sharesPrevious Short Interest1,690,000 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month-7.10%Dollar Volume Sold Short$30.16 millionShort Interest Ratio8.0 Days to CoverLast Record DateMay 15, 2024Outstanding Shares19,206,000 sharesPercentage of Shares Shorted8.17%Today's Trading Volume29,314 sharesAverage Trading Volume193,100 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average15% 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 Chaikin AnalyticsLog Into Marc's $5,000 System TodayNew Panic Could Sweep America Mark these words in 2024. Everyone's going to cash… Wall Street legend says: "A little-known vehicle outside of banks could double… triple… or even quadruple your life savings if you know where to find it right now." We urge you to move your cash into this vehicle in 2024. More here. 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 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 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. 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 $24.35 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 $27.44Log Into Marc's $5,000 System Today (Ad)New Panic Could Sweep America Mark these words in 2024. 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More here. 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 $94.79 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 $56.50Log Into Marc's $5,000 System Today (Ad)New Panic Could Sweep America Mark these words in 2024. 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More here. 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 8/15/20191,002,500 shares $49.60 million +6.3%5.9%9.9 $49.48 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 May 15th, investors have sold 1,570,000 shares of FARO 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 8.0. Learn More on FARO Technologies's short interest ratio. Is FARO Technologies' short interest increasing or decreasing? FARO Technologies saw a drop in short interest in May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,570,000 shares, a drop of 7.1% from the previous total of 1,690,000 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. How does FARO Technologies' short interest compare to its competitors? Here is how the short interest of companies compare to FARO Technologies: Quantum-Si incorporated (7.26%), NETGEAR, Inc. (3.01%), NVE Co. (4.56%), Jiayin Group Inc. (0.03%), CS Disco, Inc. (2.90%), BigBear.ai Holdings, Inc. (16.19%), MiX Telematics Limited (0.04%), Star Group, L.P. (0.83%), Innodata Inc. (9.25%), American Software, Inc. (1.15%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: T-Mobile US, Inc. ($3.81 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.30 billion), Occidental Petroleum Co. ($3.10 billion), General Motors ($2.84 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($2.77 billion), AppLovin Co. ($2.22 billion), Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. ($2.22 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($2.16 billion), Tractor Supply ($2.12 billion), and Williams-Sonoma, Inc. ($2.12 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 $0.42 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 appreciates 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 May, 15 2024. 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