Applied DNA Sciences (APDN) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $0.89 -0.02 (-2.09%) Closing price 05/2/2025 04:00 PM EasternExtended Trading$0.89 +0.00 (+0.11%) As of 05/2/2025 07:57 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsHeadlinesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock Applied DNA Sciences Short Interest DataApplied DNA Sciences (APDN) has a short interest of 471,800 shares, representing 7.80% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a -36.37% decrease in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 0.4, indicating that it would take 0.4 days of the average trading volume of 403,204 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest471,800 sharesPrevious Short Interest741,500 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month-36.37%Dollar Volume Sold Short$399,567.42Short Interest Ratio0.4 Days to CoverLast Record DateApril 15, 2025Outstanding Shares1,104,000 sharesFloat Size6,050,000 sharesShort Percent of Float7.80%Today's Trading Volume271,361 sharesAverage Trading Volume403,204 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average67% Short Selling Applied DNA Sciences? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for Applied DNA Sciences and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartAPDN Short Interest Over TimeAPDN Days to Cover Over TimeAPDN Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Applied DNA Sciences Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 4/15/2025471,800 shares $399,567.42 -36.4%7.8%0.4 $0.85 3/31/2025741,500 shares $1.23 million +218.1%12.3%0.7 $1.66 3/15/2025233,100 shares $526,806.00 -92.2%22.6%0.3 $2.26 2/28/20253,000,000 shares $425,100.00 -46.5%5.4%0.7 $0.14 2/15/20255,610,000 shares $954,261.00 -9.1%10.2%1.1 $0.17 1/31/20256,170,000 shares $1.08 million -12.6%N/A1.2 $0.18 1/15/20257,060,000 shares $1.39 million +40.4%N/A1.2 $0.20 12/31/20245,030,000 shares $1.03 million -5.1%N/A0.8 $0.20 12/15/20245,300,000 shares $872,380.00 +199.4%N/A0.9 $0.16 11/30/20241,770,000 shares $265,500.00 +271.1%N/A0.4 $0.15 Get the Latest News and Ratings for APDN and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Applied DNA Sciences and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 11/15/2024477,000 shares $77,274.00 -21.9%N/A0.1 $0.16 10/31/2024611,100 shares $110,914.65 -28.4%N/A0.1 $0.18 10/15/2024853,200 shares $249,219.72 -51.0%N/A0.1 $0.29 9/30/20241,740,000 shares $1.13 million -20.6%N/A0.2 $0.65 9/15/20242,190,000 shares $3.00 million +2.3%N/A0.2 $1.37 8/31/20242,140,000 shares $4.09 million +23.7%N/A0.2 $1.91 8/15/20241,730,000 shares $759,989.00 +177.1%N/A0.2 $0.44 7/31/2024624,300 shares $234,736.80 +6.2%N/A0.5 $0.38 7/15/2024587,800 shares $251,754.74 -23.9%N/A0.6 $0.43 6/30/2024772,700 shares $315,570.68 -1.5%N/A0.8 $0.41 6/15/2024784,200 shares $380,885.94 +334.9%89.1%1.2 $0.49 5/31/2024180,300 shares $107,422.74 +13.5%20.5%0.4 $0.60 5/15/2024158,800 shares $470,048.00 +399.4%18.0%2.3 $2.96 4/30/202431,800 shares $127,518.00 -89.4%4.2%1.3 $4.01 4/15/2024298,700 shares $2.15 million +10.3%N/A2 $7.20 3/31/2024270,800 shares $111,028.00 +3.7%N/A2.4 $0.41 3/15/2024261,200 shares $96,121.60 -2.6%N/A2.4 $0.37 2/29/2024268,200 shares $155,904.66 -1.7%N/A2.8 $0.58 2/15/2024272,700 shares $165,228.93 +5.8%N/A3 $0.61 1/31/2024257,800 shares $148,879.50 -1.8%N/A3.6 $0.58 1/15/2024262,400 shares $157,440.00 -1.7%N/A3.9 $0.60 12/31/2023267,000 shares $164,685.60 -2.8%N/A4.2 $0.62 12/15/2023274,800 shares $170,650.80 -4.5%N/A4.4 $0.62 11/30/2023287,700 shares $253,176.00 -8.2%N/A8.6 $0.88 11/15/2023313,500 shares $250,800.00 -3.7%N/A9.5 $0.80 10/31/2023325,500 shares $244,125.00 +7.6%N/A8.1 $0.75 10/15/2023302,500 shares $311,575.00 -6.0%N/A5.9 $1.03 9/30/2023321,900 shares $389,499.00 +5.3%N/A1.8 $1.21 9/15/2023305,700 shares $434,094.00 -3.5%N/A1.7 $1.42 8/31/2023316,800 shares $405,504.00 -19.0%N/A1.8 $1.28Here’s How to Claim Your Stake in Elon’s Private Company, xAI (Ad)I predict this single breakthrough could make Elon the world’s first trillionaire — and mint more new millionaires than any tech advance in history. And for a limited time, you have the chance to claim a stake in this project, even though it’s housed inside Elon’s private company, xAI.All the details are waiting for you now — but you need to act before the May 1st funding window clos 8/15/2023391,300 shares $590,863.00 -15.8%N/A2.1 $1.51 7/31/2023464,500 shares $812,875.00 +22.7%N/A2.5 $1.75 7/15/2023378,700 shares $503,671.00 -1.3%N/A2.2 $1.33 6/30/2023383,500 shares $494,715.00 +2.7%N/A7.1 $1.29 6/15/2023373,300 shares $496,489.00 -9.6%N/A6.4 $1.33 5/31/2023412,700 shares $453,970.00 -1.1%N/A6.3 $1.10 5/15/2023417,200 shares $458,920.00 +1.9%N/A6.2 $1.10 4/30/2023409,300 shares $397,021.00 -14.8%N/A5 $0.97 4/15/2023480,200 shares $504,210.00 +0.8%N/A5.3 $1.05 3/31/2023476,600 shares $538,558.00 +5.9%N/A4.9 $1.13 3/15/2023450,000 shares $459,000.00 -7.8%N/A3.6 $1.02 2/28/2023488,300 shares $683,620.00 -14.4%N/A3.7 $1.40 2/15/2023570,500 shares $941,325.00 +9.0%N/A4.3 $1.65 1/31/2023523,300 shares $774,484.00 -26.0%N/A3.6 $1.48 1/15/2023707,500 shares $1.20 million -20.7%N/A3.6 $1.69 12/30/2022891,900 shares $1.48 million -6.7%N/A0.4 $1.66 12/15/2022955,400 shares $1.35 million +3.0%N/A0.4 $1.41 11/30/2022927,300 shares $1.26 million -6.1%N/A0.3 $1.36 11/15/2022988,000 shares $1.54 million -23.4%N/A0.3 $1.56 10/31/20221,290,000 shares $2.30 million -39.2%N/A0.3 $1.78 10/15/20222,120,000 shares $5.05 million +343.1%N/A0.2 $2.38 9/30/2022478,400 shares $540,592.00 -39.9%N/A0.1 $1.13 9/15/2022795,400 shares $1.95 million -15.1%N/A0.1 $2.45 8/31/2022937,000 shares $2.92 million -46.8%N/A0.1 $3.12 8/15/20221,760,000 shares $6.04 million +243.4%N/A0.2 $3.43 7/31/2022512,500 shares $363,670.00 +86.9%N/A0.1 $0.71 7/15/2022274,200 shares $245,409.00 +17.1%N/A1.9 $0.90 6/30/2022234,200 shares $172,886.44 -7.5%N/A2.1 $0.74 6/15/2022253,100 shares $253,100.00 +0.8%N/A4.6 $1.00 5/31/2022251,100 shares $323,919.00 -7.5%N/A3.7 $1.29 5/15/2022271,300 shares $379,820.00 -5.1%N/A4.1 $1.40 4/30/2022286,000 shares $457,600.00 -6.0%3.9%3.8 $1.60 4/15/2022304,400 shares $587,492.00 +13.0%4.2%3.4 $1.93 3/31/2022269,400 shares $576,516.00 +0.7%3.7%3 $2.14 3/15/2022267,500 shares $556,400.00 +1.3%3.7%2.4 $2.08 2/28/2022264,200 shares $676,352.00 -17.1%3.6%1.3 $2.56 2/15/2022318,500 shares $872,690.00 +0.1%4.4%0.8 $2.74 1/31/2022318,300 shares $1.05 million -8.1%4.4%0.8 $3.30 1/15/2022346,400 shares $1.40 million -10.8%4.7%0.5 $4.04 12/31/2021388,400 shares $1.56 million -29.4%5.5%0.5 $4.02 12/15/2021550,000 shares $2.87 million -8.7%8.1%0.8 $5.22 11/30/2021602,700 shares $3.48 million +1.7%8.9%1 $5.78 11/15/2021592,500 shares $3.13 million +78.5%8.7%1.3 $5.29 10/29/2021332,000 shares $1.79 million -14.7%4.9%0.7 $5.38 10/15/2021389,400 shares $2.22 million +7.5%5.7%0.6 $5.70 9/30/2021362,400 shares $1.95 million -4.0%5.3%0.4 $5.39 9/15/2021377,600 shares $1.99 million +8.3%5.5%0.4 $5.26 8/31/2021348,800 shares $2.04 million -40.9%5.1%0.4 $5.86 8/13/2021590,300 shares $3.55 million +80.3%8.7%0.7 $6.01 7/30/2021327,400 shares $1.76 million +27.4%4.8%0.3 $5.38Here’s How to Claim Your Stake in Elon’s Private Company, xAI (Ad)I predict this single breakthrough could make Elon the world’s first trillionaire — and mint more new millionaires than any tech advance in history. And for a limited time, you have the chance to claim a stake in this project, even though it’s housed inside Elon’s private company, xAI.All the details are waiting for you now — but you need to act before the May 1st funding window clos 7/15/2021257,000 shares $1.41 million -8.4%3.8%0.4 $5.47 6/30/2021280,400 shares $1.90 million -17.0%4.1%0.7 $6.79 6/15/2021337,800 shares $2.25 million -12.4%5.0%0.6 $6.66 5/28/2021385,800 shares $2.23 million -22.6%5.7%0.7 $5.79 5/14/2021498,200 shares $2.95 million +32.2%7.3%0.8 $5.93 4/30/2021376,900 shares $2.62 million -3.9%5.5%0.5 $6.94 4/15/2021392,000 shares $2.59 million +39.1%5.8%0.5 $6.61 3/31/2021281,800 shares $2.00 million -21.7%4.1%0.2 $7.10 3/15/2021360,100 shares $3.33 million +19.2%5.3%0.3 $9.26 2/26/2021302,200 shares $2.93 million -21.4%4.4%0.2 $9.69 2/12/2021384,300 shares $4.83 million +13.9%5.7%0.3 $12.57 1/29/2021337,400 shares $3.32 million +16.6%5.0%0.3 $9.85 1/15/2021289,500 shares $2.58 million -57.4%4.5%0.3 $8.91 12/31/2020678,900 shares $3.59 million +2.5%14.1%0.9 $5.29 12/15/2020662,200 shares $4.07 million +47.3%13.8%2.5 $6.15 11/30/2020449,600 shares $3.23 million +1.6%10.3%2.1 $7.18 11/15/2020442,400 shares $2.99 million +21.2%10.1%2.4 $6.76 10/30/2020365,100 shares $2.50 million +1.7%8.4%1.6 $6.85 10/15/2020359,100 shares $2.92 million -14.8%8.2%0.6 $8.12 9/30/2020421,600 shares $3.26 million -6.4%9.7%0.4 $7.73 9/15/2020450,300 shares $3.67 million -18.6%10.3%0.4 $8.16 8/31/2020553,000 shares $4.05 million -5.5%12.7%0.4 $7.33 8/14/2020585,300 shares $5.44 million +49.3%13.4%0.5 $9.29 7/31/2020392,100 shares $3.92 million -2.3%8.3%0.2 $10.00 7/15/2020401,500 shares $3.14 million +5.2%8.6%0.2 $7.81 6/30/2020381,600 shares $3.36 million +10.3%8.9%0.2 $8.80 6/15/2020346,000 shares $2.57 million +73.0%8.0%0.2 $7.42 5/29/2020200,000 shares $1.94 million -5.9%4.7%0.1 $9.72 5/15/2020212,600 shares $2.36 million +16.6%7.1%0.1 $11.11 APDN Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Applied DNA Sciences' current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Applied DNA Sciences shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of April 15th, traders have sold 471,800 shares of APDN short. 7.80% of Applied DNA Sciences' shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Applied DNA Sciences' current short interest. Which institutional investors are shorting Applied DNA Sciences? As of the most recent reporting period, the following institutional investors, funds, and major shareholders have reported short positions of Applied DNA Sciences: Concourse Financial Group Securities Inc.. These positions are disclosed in Form 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. What is a good short interest percentage for Applied DNA Sciences? 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. 7.80% of Applied DNA Sciences' floating shares are currently sold short. Is Applied DNA Sciences' short interest increasing or decreasing? Applied DNA Sciences saw a decrease in short interest during the month of April. As of April 15th, there was short interest totaling 471,800 shares, a decrease of 36.4% from the previous total of 741,500 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 Applied DNA Sciences' float size? Applied DNA Sciences currently has issued a total of 1,104,000 shares. Some of Applied DNA Sciences' 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. Applied DNA Sciences currently has a public float of 6,050,000 shares. How does Applied DNA Sciences' short interest compare to its competitors? 7.80% of Applied DNA Sciences' shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "business services" compare to Applied DNA Sciences: iSpecimen Inc. (2.70%), Baosheng Media Group Holdings Limited (8.17%), Staffing 360 Solutions, Inc. (4.68%), Treasure Global Inc. (8.00%), Lichen China Limited (4.43%), Lytus Technologies Holdings PTV. Ltd. (1.58%), TuanChe Limited (0.24%), Haoxi Health Technology Limited (2.97%), Marin Software Incorporated (2.96%), Auddia Inc. (0.98%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Invesco QQQ ($21.71 billion), iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF ($9.48 billion), Strategy Incorporated ($8.92 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.86 billion), Apollo Global Management, Inc. ($3.86 billion), Capital One Financial Co. ($3.72 billion), Super Micro Computer, Inc. ($3.47 billion), AppLovin Co. ($2.64 billion), VanEck Semiconductor ETF ($2.46 billion), and The Kroger Co. ($2.33 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short Applied DNA Sciences stock? Short selling APDN is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Applied DNA Sciences as its price is falling. APDN shares are trading down $0.02 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 Applied DNA Sciences? A short squeeze for Applied DNA Sciences 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 APDN, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Applied DNA Sciences' 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 APDN, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is April, 15 2025. More Short Interest Resources from MarketBeat Related Companies iSpecimen Short Squeeze Baosheng Media Group Short Squeeze Staffing 360 Solutions Short Squeeze Treasure Global Short Squeeze Lichen China Short Squeeze Lytus Technologies Holdings PTV. Short Squeeze TuanChe Short Squeeze Haoxi Health Technology Short Squeeze Marin Software Short Squeeze Auddia Short Squeeze Short Interest Tools Stocks to Short Largest Short Interest Positions Short Interest Increases Short Interest Decreases Short Interest Reporting Dates This page (NASDAQ:APDN) was last updated on 5/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersGold Alert: The Truth About Fort Knox Is ComingOwning physical gold isn’t the best way to profit. 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