AXT (AXTI) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $5.39 +0.08 (+1.49%) As of 12:13 PM Eastern This is a fair market value price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock AXT Short Interest DataAXT (AXTI) has a short interest of 880,500 shares, representing 2.09% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a 37.38% increase in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 1.2, indicating that it would take 1.2 days of the average trading volume of 680,878 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest880,500 sharesPrevious Short Interest640,900 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month+37.38%Dollar Volume Sold Short$3.50 millionShort Interest Ratio1.2 Days to CoverLast Record DateSeptember 15, 2025Outstanding Shares46,120,000 sharesFloat Size42,150,000 sharesShort Percent of Float2.09%Today's Trading Volume475,640 sharesAverage Trading Volume680,878 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average70% Short Selling AXT? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for AXT and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Get Report View SMS TermsBy entering your phone number and clicking the sign-up button, you agree to receive periodic text messages from MarketBeat at the phone number you submitted, including texts that may be sent using an automatic telephone dialing system. Message and data rates may apply. Message frequency will vary. Messages will consist of stock alerts, news stories, and partner advertisements/offers. Consent is not a condition of the purchase of any goods or services. Text HELP for help/customer support. 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Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartAXTI Short Interest Over TimeAXTI Days to Cover Over TimeAXTI Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time AXT Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 9/15/2025880,500 shares $3.50 million +37.4%2.1%1.2 $3.98 8/31/2025640,900 shares $1.86 million +13.0%1.5%1 $2.90 8/15/2025567,000 shares $1.16 million -7.3%1.4%1 $2.05 7/31/2025611,400 shares $1.27 million -24.4%1.5%1.3 $2.08 7/15/2025809,200 shares $1.91 million +38.3%1.9%1.8 $2.36 6/30/2025585,100 shares $1.22 million +2.9%1.4%1.3 $2.09 6/15/2025568,500 shares $1.23 million -30.4%1.4%1.3 $2.16 5/31/2025816,600 shares $1.23 million -7.7%2.0%2.5 $1.51 5/15/2025885,000 shares $1.28 million -12.4%2.1%1.8 $1.45 4/30/20251,010,000 shares $1.41 million -7.3%2.4%1.6 $1.40 Get the Latest News and Ratings for AXTI and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for AXT and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 4/15/20251,090,000 shares $1.28 million -0.9%2.6%1.7 $1.17 3/31/20251,100,000 shares $1.55 million +11.5%2.6%1.7 $1.41 3/15/2025986,300 shares $1.78 million -1.4%2.3%1.6 $1.80 2/28/2025999,900 shares $1.60 million +85.2%2.4%1.7 $1.60 2/15/2025540,000 shares $1.20 million -6.6%1.3%1 $2.23 1/31/2025578,100 shares $1.21 million -3.4%1.4%1.8 $2.09 1/15/2025598,400 shares $1.35 million -2.8%1.4%1.7 $2.25 12/31/2024615,300 shares $1.34 million +1.0%1.5%1.7 $2.17 12/15/2024609,400 shares $1.41 million -7.2%1.5%1.6 $2.31 11/30/2024656,700 shares $1.41 million +5.6%1.6%1.7 $2.14 11/15/2024622,100 shares $1.14 million +0.3%1.5%1.9 $1.84 10/31/2024620,100 shares $1.60 million -1.5%1.5%2 $2.58 10/15/2024629,400 shares $1.50 million -5.4%1.5%2.1 $2.39 9/30/2024665,400 shares $1.61 million -21.3%1.6%2.3 $2.42 9/15/2024844,900 shares $1.99 million -3.8%2.0%3.1 $2.35 8/31/2024877,800 shares $2.33 million -9.2%2.1%3.3 $2.65 8/15/2024967,200 shares $2.58 million -11.3%2.3%3.1 $2.67 7/31/20241,090,000 shares $3.97 million -5.2%2.6%3.3 $3.64 7/15/20241,150,000 shares $4.30 million -3.4%2.8%2 $3.74 6/30/20241,190,000 shares $4.02 million -1.7%2.9%1.8 $3.38 6/15/20241,210,000 shares $4.39 million +7.1%2.9%1.4 $3.63 5/31/20241,130,000 shares $4.31 million +13.0%2.7%1.2 $3.81 5/15/2024999,700 shares $3.54 million +3.0%2.4%0.4 $3.54 4/30/2024971,100 shares $2.91 million -43.9%2.4%0.4 $3.00 4/15/20241,730,000 shares $5.55 million -10.4%4.3%0.7 $3.21 3/31/20241,930,000 shares $8.86 million +9.0%4.8%0.8 $4.59 3/15/20241,770,000 shares $8.62 million +121.0%4.4%0.8 $4.87 2/29/2024801,000 shares $3.44 million +124.4%2.0%0.4 $4.29 2/15/2024357,000 shares $863.94 thousand -3.7%0.9%0.2 $2.42 1/31/2024370,700 shares $911.92 thousand +12.9%0.9%2.4 $2.46 1/15/2024328,400 shares $863.69 thousand +3.9%0.8%1.8 $2.63 12/31/2023316,200 shares $758.88 thousand -6.0%0.8%1.8 $2.40 12/15/2023336,300 shares $908.01 thousand -5.1%0.8%1.8 $2.70 11/30/2023354,300 shares $705.06 thousand +3.9%0.9%2 $1.99 11/15/2023340,900 shares $726.12 thousand -20.4%0.8%1.9 $2.13 10/31/2023428,200 shares $852.12 thousand +7.7%1.1%2.1 $1.99 10/15/2023397,700 shares $926.64 thousand +4.2%1.0%1.9 $2.33 9/30/2023381,800 shares $916.32 thousand +4.1%0.9%1.6 $2.40 9/15/2023366,700 shares $850.74 thousand +9.9%0.9%1.1 $2.32 8/31/2023333,800 shares $867.88 thousand -23.0%0.8%0.8 $2.60 8/15/2023433,300 shares $1.04 million -8.2%1.1%1 $2.41 7/31/2023471,900 shares $1.47 million -15.6%1.2%1 $3.11 7/15/2023559,100 shares $1.68 million +24.2%1.4%1.2 $3.00 6/30/2023450,200 shares $1.55 million -72.2%1.1%1 $3.44 6/15/20231,620,000 shares $5.83 million +11.7%4.0%4.3 $3.60 5/31/20231,450,000 shares $4.94 million +3.6%3.6%5.3 $3.41 5/15/20231,400,000 shares $4.44 million +18.6%3.5%5.3 $3.17 4/30/20231,180,000 shares $3.15 million +9.3%2.9%4.3 $2.67 4/15/20231,080,000 shares $3.78 million -10.0%2.7%4.8 $3.50 3/31/20231,200,000 shares $4.78 million +32.5%3.0%5.7 $3.98 3/15/2023906,000 shares $3.34 million +24.4%2.2%4.2 $3.69 2/28/2023728,600 shares $3.18 million +3.9%1.8%3.6 $4.37 2/15/2023701,600 shares $4.38 million +10.9%1.7%3.6 $6.24 1/31/2023632,500 shares $3.73 million +6.3%1.6%3.7 $5.89 1/15/2023595,000 shares $3.14 million -1.2%1.5%2.9 $5.28 12/30/2022602,100 shares $2.64 million -3.6%1.5%2.6 $4.38 12/15/2022624,800 shares $2.94 million -6.2%1.5%2.3 $4.71 11/30/2022666,400 shares $3.54 million -2.3%1.6%2.4 $5.31 11/15/2022682,200 shares $3.58 million -24.7%1.7%2.3 $5.25 10/31/2022905,900 shares $4.11 million -0.5%2.3%2.8 $4.54 10/15/2022910,800 shares $3.92 million -10.7%2.3%2.5 $4.30 9/30/20221,020,000 shares $6.83 million -5.6%2.5%3.1 $6.70 9/15/20221,080,000 shares $8.53 million +0.9%2.7%3.8 $7.90 8/31/20221,070,000 shares $9.19 million +14.2%2.7%4 $8.59 8/15/2022937,200 shares $9.01 million +6.9%2.3%3.8 $9.61 7/31/2022876,800 shares $7.69 million -7.9%2.2%3.9 $8.77 7/15/2022951,500 shares $6.20 million -4.5%2.4%6.2 $6.52 6/30/2022996,400 shares $5.84 million -1.4%2.5%6.5 $5.86 6/15/20221,010,000 shares $5.79 million -5.6%2.5%6.7 $5.73 5/31/20221,070,000 shares $6.26 million +7.0%2.7%7.3 $5.85 5/15/20221,000,000 shares $5.47 million -3.9%2.5%6.9 $5.47 4/30/20221,040,000 shares $6.14 million -1.9%2.6%7.2 $5.90 4/15/20221,060,000 shares $6.72 million +1.9%2.7%6.9 $6.34 3/31/20221,040,000 shares $7.30 million -8.8%2.6%6.2 $7.02 3/15/20221,140,000 shares $7.42 million -0.9%2.9%6.1 $6.51 2/28/20221,150,000 shares $8.57 million -0.9%2.9%5.8 $7.45 2/15/20221,160,000 shares $9.08 million +8.4%2.9%5.7 $7.83 1/31/20221,070,000 shares $8.01 million +0.9%2.7%5.1 $7.49 1/15/20221,060,000 shares $9.05 million +2.9%2.7%4.5 $8.54 12/31/20211,030,000 shares $9.07 million -8.0%2.6%4.4 $8.81 12/15/20211,120,000 shares $9.17 million +9.8%2.8%4.3 $8.19 11/30/20211,020,000 shares $8.38 million -7.3%2.6%2.3 $8.22 11/15/20211,100,000 shares $10.09 million -10.6%2.8%2.4 $9.17 10/29/20211,230,000 shares $10.05 million No Change3.1%2.7 $8.17 10/15/20211,230,000 shares $10.05 million -2.4%3.1%2.7 $8.17 9/30/20211,260,000 shares $10.50 million -25.9%3.2%2.7 $8.33 9/15/20211,700,000 shares $13.02 million +30.8%4.3%3.8 $7.66 8/31/20211,300,000 shares $12.10 million -23.5%3.3%3.8 $9.31 8/13/20211,700,000 shares $16.30 million +1.8%4.3%4.7 $9.59 7/30/20211,670,000 shares $17.03 million +11.3%4.2%4.3 $10.20 7/15/20211,500,000 shares $14.40 million -2.6%3.8%3.6 $9.60 6/30/20211,540,000 shares $16.91 million -0.7%3.9%3.5 $10.98 6/15/20211,550,000 shares $18.10 million -2.5%3.9%3.4 $11.68 5/28/20211,590,000 shares $16.19 million -1.9%4.0%3.6 $10.18 5/14/20211,620,000 shares $14.13 million +11.0%4.1%3.3 $8.72 4/30/20211,460,000 shares $15.40 million +5.8%3.7%2.7 $10.55 4/15/20211,380,000 shares $15.53 million -5.5%3.5%2.6 $11.25 3/31/20211,460,000 shares $16.16 million -7.0%3.7%2.7 $11.07 3/15/20211,570,000 shares $21.78 million +22.7%4.0%2.7 $13.87 2/26/20211,280,000 shares $16.29 million -9.9%3.3%2.1 $12.73 2/12/20211,420,000 shares $17.31 million +9.2%3.7%2.2 $12.19 1/29/20211,300,000 shares $14.13 million -11.6%3.4%1.9 $10.87 1/15/20211,470,000 shares $18.15 million -3.9%3.8%2.1 $12.35 12/31/20201,530,000 shares $14.96 million +11.7%4.0%2.1 $9.78 12/15/20201,370,000 shares $13.16 million -9.3%3.6%1.6 $9.61 11/30/20201,510,000 shares $15.05 million -35.5%3.9%1.8 $9.97 11/15/20202,340,000 shares $18.01 million -22.0%6.1%2.7 $7.70 10/30/20203,000,000 shares $18.21 million +20.0%7.8%4.3 $6.07 10/15/20202,500,000 shares $16.83 million +15.7%6.6%3.7 $6.73 AXTI Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is AXT's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of AXT shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of September 15th, traders have sold 880,500 shares of AXTI short. 2.09% of AXT's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on AXT's current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for AXT? 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. AXTI shares currently have a short interest ratio of 1.0. Learn More on AXT's short interest ratio. What is a good short interest percentage for AXT? 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. 2.09% of AXT's floating shares are currently sold short. Is AXT's short interest increasing or decreasing? AXT saw a increase in short interest during the month of September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 880,500 shares, an increase of 37.4% from the previous total of 640,900 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 AXT's float size? AXT currently has issued a total of 46,120,000 shares. Some of AXT's 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. AXT currently has a public float of 42,150,000 shares. How does AXT's short interest compare to its competitors? 2.09% of AXT's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies compare to AXT: Cohu, Inc. (2.75%), Xperi Inc. (4.37%), Rubicon Technology, Inc. (0.50%), Lam Research Corporation (2.47%), Applied Materials, Inc. (2.51%), KLA Corporation (2.83%), Entegris, Inc. (7.63%), MKS Inc. (7.01%), Amkor Technology, Inc. (5.31%), Onto Innovation Inc. (4.52%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: AppLovin Corporation ($8.81 billion), Canadian Natural Resources Limited ($5.82 billion), Reddit Inc. ($5.19 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($4.52 billion), Robinhood Markets, Inc. ($4.30 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.75 billion), CoreWeave Inc. ($3.66 billion), Seagate Technology Holdings PLC ($3.57 billion), Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. ($3.33 billion), and Rocket Lab Corporation ($3.26 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short AXT stock? Short selling AXTI is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from AXT as its price is falling. AXTI shares are trading down $0.09 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 AXT? A short squeeze for AXT 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 AXTI, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is AXT's 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 AXTI, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is September, 15 2025. 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