BIO-key International (BKYI) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $0.75 -0.01 (-1.49%) Closing price 03:58 PM EasternExtended Trading$0.76 +0.01 (+1.46%) As of 07:56 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 ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsHeadlinesInsider TradesSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock BIO-key International Short Interest DataBIO-key International (BKYI) has a short interest of 33,600 shares, representing 0.60% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a -23.46% decrease in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 0.2, indicating that it would take 0.2 days of the average trading volume of 141,122 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest33,600 sharesPrevious Short Interest43,900 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month-23.46%Dollar Volume Sold Short$26.88 thousandShort Interest Ratio0.2 Days to CoverLast Record DateSeptember 15, 2025Outstanding Shares6,860,000 sharesFloat Size5,640,000 sharesShort Percent of Float0.60%Today's Trading Volume92,238 sharesAverage Trading Volume141,122 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average65% Short Selling BIO-key International? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for BIO-key International and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. 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Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartBKYI Short Interest Over TimeBKYI Days to Cover Over TimeBKYI Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time BIO-key International Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 9/15/202533,600 shares $26.88 thousand -23.5%0.6%0.2 $0.80 8/31/202543,900 shares $32.95 thousand -44.6%1.1%0.1 $0.75 8/15/202579,200 shares $58.07 thousand +99.5%1.4%0.2 $0.73 7/31/202539,700 shares $30.57 thousand -69.0%0.9%0.1 $0.77 7/15/2025127,900 shares $104.21 thousand -48.2%2.9%0.3 $0.81 6/30/2025247,100 shares $202.00 thousand +60.3%5.6%0.6 $0.82 6/15/2025154,200 shares $120.12 thousand +303.7%4.1%0.4 $0.78 5/31/202538,200 shares $30.94 thousand -20.8%1.1%0.1 $0.81 5/15/202548,200 shares $40.92 thousand -54.2%1.3%0.2 $0.85 4/30/2025105,200 shares $84.62 thousand +93.7%2.9%0.4 $0.80 Get the Latest News and Ratings for BKYI and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for BIO-key International and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 4/15/202554,300 shares $39.14 thousand -36.3%2.7%0.2 $0.72 3/31/202585,300 shares $67.30 thousand -37.8%4.3%0 $0.79 3/15/2025137,100 shares $164.52 thousand +228.0%6.9%0 $1.20 2/28/202541,800 shares $42.22 thousand -30.9%2.1%0 $1.01 2/15/202560,500 shares $73.21 thousand +146.9%3.0%0 $1.21 1/31/202524,500 shares $32.83 thousand -75.9%1.2%0 $1.34 1/15/2025101,700 shares $231.88 thousand -66.2%5.1%0 $2.28 12/31/2024300,400 shares $513.68 thousand +295.3%12.9%0.1 $1.71 12/15/202476,000 shares $73.42 thousand +91.4%3.3%0 $0.97 11/30/202439,700 shares $35.73 thousand -74.0%1.4%0 $0.90 11/15/2024152,700 shares $143.54 thousand -82.4%5.2%0 $0.94 10/31/2024865,200 shares $1.14 million +6,659.4%30.9%0.2 $1.32 10/15/202412,800 shares $7.57 thousand -69.7%0.5%0 $0.59 9/30/202442,300 shares $40.59 thousand -84.9%2.4%0 $0.96 9/15/2024279,600 shares $430.58 thousand +1,727.5%15.7%0.1 $1.54 8/31/202415,300 shares $20.35 thousand +56.1%0.9%0 $1.33 8/15/20249,800 shares $12.25 thousand -19.0%0.6%0.8 $1.25 7/31/202412,100 shares $17.55 thousand -40.7%0.8%1.1 $1.45 7/15/202420,400 shares $38.76 thousand +40.7%1.2%1.8 $1.90 6/30/202414,500 shares $23.78 thousand +123.1%0.9%1.2 $1.64 6/15/20246,500 shares $12.09 thousand +47.7%0.4%0.4 $1.86 5/31/20244,400 shares $8.55 thousand -37.1%0.3%0.2 $1.94 5/15/20247,000 shares $11.41 thousand +32.1%0.4%0.3 $1.63 4/30/20245,300 shares $8.75 thousand -39.1%0.3%0.1 $1.65 4/15/20248,700 shares $15.66 thousand -53.7%0.5%0.1 $1.80 3/31/202418,800 shares $39.48 thousand -8.3%1.2%0.1 $2.10 3/15/202420,500 shares $40.39 thousand -39.2%2.3%0.1 $1.97 2/29/202433,700 shares $70.77 thousand +23.9%3.8%0.2 $2.10 2/15/202427,200 shares $49.78 thousand -54.4%3.0%0.1 $1.83 1/31/202459,700 shares $119.40 thousand +57.1%6.7%0.3 $2.00 1/15/202438,000 shares $77.14 thousand +84.5%2.6%0.2 $2.03 12/31/202320,600 shares $61.80 thousand -9.7%2.1%0.1 $3.00 12/15/202322,800 shares $68.09 thousand -72.8%2.7%0.3 $2.99 11/30/202383,800 shares $18.02 thousand +12.6%N/A0.1 $0.22 11/15/202374,400 shares $12.27 thousand -97.9%N/A0.1 $0.16 10/31/20233,500,000 shares $699.30 thousand +38,361.5%48.7%3.5 $0.20 10/15/20239,100 shares $4.72 thousand -35.5%0.1%0.2 $0.52 9/30/202314,100 shares $7.61 thousand -23.0%0.2%0.6 $0.54 9/15/202318,300 shares $9.53 thousand +195.2%0.2%0.7 $0.52 8/31/20236,200 shares $3.16 thousand +244.4%0.1%0.3 $0.51 8/15/20231,800 shares $1.13 thousand -77.8%0.0%0.1 $0.63 7/31/20238,100 shares $5.68 thousand -40.0%0.1%0.4 $0.70 7/15/202313,500 shares $10.53 thousand -29.3%0.2%0.9 $0.78 6/30/202319,100 shares $14.36 thousand -34.6%0.3%1.2 $0.75 6/15/202329,200 shares $21.60 thousand -7.3%0.4%1.9 $0.74 5/31/202331,500 shares $24.57 thousand +15.8%0.4%2.1 $0.78 5/15/202327,200 shares $17.68 thousand -2.2%0.4%1.8 $0.65 4/30/202327,800 shares $18.35 thousand -10.9%0.4%2.2 $0.66 4/15/202331,200 shares $25.90 thousand -6.9%0.5%2.3 $0.83 3/31/202333,500 shares $23.45 thousand -13.7%0.5%2.2 $0.70 3/15/202338,800 shares $29.88 thousand -14.7%0.6%2 $0.77 2/28/202345,500 shares $33.22 thousand -22.4%0.7%2.1 $0.73 2/15/202358,600 shares $47.89 thousand -8.7%0.8%2.8 $0.82 1/31/202364,200 shares $52.64 thousand +7.0%0.9%2.7 $0.82 1/15/202360,000 shares $44.08 thousand +15.6%0.9%2.7 $0.73 12/30/202251,900 shares $30.37 thousand -23.6%0.7%2.6 $0.59 12/15/202267,900 shares $54.32 thousand -1.6%0.9%4.3 $0.80 11/30/202269,000 shares $64.17 thousand -9.8%0.9%5.3 $0.93 11/15/202276,500 shares $91.04 thousand +10.4%1.0%6.1 $1.19 10/31/202269,300 shares $108.11 thousand -11.4%0.9%5.9 $1.56 10/15/202278,200 shares $118.68 thousand -10.3%1.0%6.2 $1.52 9/30/202287,200 shares $133.42 thousand -2.9%1.1%6.9 $1.53 9/15/202289,800 shares $151.76 thousand +2.5%1.2%6.8 $1.69 8/31/202287,600 shares $148.92 thousand +19.4%1.2%6.3 $1.70 8/15/202273,400 shares $132.12 thousand +5.0%1.0%5 $1.80 7/31/202269,900 shares $125.82 thousand +6.9%0.9%4.9 $1.80 7/15/202265,400 shares $109.87 thousand -12.0%0.9%4.1 $1.68 6/30/202274,300 shares $131.51 thousand +17.9%1.0%4.1 $1.77 6/15/202263,000 shares $103.95 thousand -19.0%0.8%2.5 $1.65 5/31/202277,800 shares $144.71 thousand -12.9%1.0%1.1 $1.86 5/15/202289,300 shares $179.49 thousand -35.7%1.2%1 $2.01 4/30/2022138,900 shares $295.86 thousand +121.9%1.8%1.6 $2.13 4/15/202262,600 shares $132.09 thousand -33.4%0.8%0.7 $2.11 3/31/202294,000 shares $225.60 thousand +35.5%1.3%1 $2.40 3/15/202269,400 shares $149.90 thousand -16.5%1.0%0.8 $2.16 2/28/202283,100 shares $183.65 thousand -7.2%1.2%1.5 $2.21 2/15/202289,500 shares $190.64 thousand -20.1%1.2%2 $2.13 1/31/2022112,000 shares $245.28 thousand +37.9%1.6%2.2 $2.19 1/15/202281,200 shares $177.83 thousand -9.4%1.1%1.5 $2.19 12/31/202189,600 shares $198.02 thousand -3.2%1.3%1.6 $2.21 12/15/202192,600 shares $205.57 thousand -33.5%1.3%1.4 $2.22 11/30/2021139,300 shares $342.68 thousand +35.0%1.9%0.3 $2.46 11/15/2021103,200 shares $319.92 thousand -10.7%1.4%0.2 $3.10 10/29/2021115,500 shares $366.14 thousand -20.0%1.6%0.3 $3.17 10/15/2021144,300 shares $466.09 thousand -41.8%2.0%0.3 $3.23 9/30/2021247,900 shares $872.61 thousand -16.3%3.5%0.5 $3.52 9/15/2021296,300 shares $954.09 thousand -5.9%4.2%0.7 $3.22 8/31/2021314,800 shares $994.77 thousand -5.1%4.5%4 $3.16 8/13/2021331,700 shares $1.03 million -6.0%4.7%3.3 $3.11 7/30/2021352,900 shares $1.13 million +15.0%5.0%3.3 $3.20 7/15/2021306,900 shares $979.01 thousand -2.7%4.4%2.6 $3.19 6/30/2021315,500 shares $1.20 million -15.3%4.5%2.3 $3.80 6/15/2021372,600 shares $1.45 million -23.5%5.3%2 $3.90 5/28/2021486,800 shares $1.96 million -14.2%6.9%1.8 $4.03 5/14/2021567,600 shares $1.76 million -21.8%8.0%1.9 $3.10 4/30/2021725,700 shares $2.55 million -10.4%10.2%2.1 $3.51 4/15/2021809,600 shares $2.74 million -19.8%11.4%2.2 $3.39 3/31/20211,010,000 shares $3.43 million +64.5%14.2%2.1 $3.40 3/15/2021613,900 shares $2.20 million +44.0%24.4%1.1 $3.59 2/26/2021426,400 shares $1.74 million -1.7%16.9%0.9 $4.08 2/12/2021433,700 shares $2.02 million -6.2%17.2%0.7 $4.65 1/29/2021462,200 shares $1.80 million +133.1%18.3%0.8 $3.90 1/15/2021198,300 shares $759.49 thousand No Change7.9%0.3 $3.83 BKYI Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is BIO-key International's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of BIO-key International shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of September 15th, traders have sold 33,600 shares of BKYI short. 0.60% of BIO-key International's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on BIO-key International's current short interest. What is a good short interest percentage for BIO-key International? 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. 0.60% of BIO-key International's floating shares are currently sold short. Is BIO-key International's short interest increasing or decreasing? BIO-key International saw a decrease in short interest during the month of September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 33,600 shares, a decrease of 23.5% from the previous total of 43,900 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 BIO-key International's float size? BIO-key International currently has issued a total of 6,860,000 shares. Some of BIO-key International'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. BIO-key International currently has a public float of 5,640,000 shares. How does BIO-key International's short interest compare to its competitors? 0.60% of BIO-key International's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "computer software" compare to BIO-key International: CXApp Inc. (5.61%), Real Messenger Corporation (0.37%), Bridgeline Digital, Inc. (1.49%), GigaMedia Limited (0.47%), Wellchange Holdings Company Limited (2.88%), Smith Micro Software, Inc. (1.66%), Datasea Inc. (0.43%), Lottery.com Inc. (2.46%), Healthcare Triangle, Inc. (17.15%), DarkIris Inc. (2.65%), 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 BIO-key International stock? Short selling BKYI is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from BIO-key International as its price is falling. BKYI shares are trading down $0.01 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 BIO-key International? A short squeeze for BIO-key International 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 BKYI, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is BIO-key International'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 BKYI, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is September, 15 2025. More Short Interest Resources from MarketBeat Related Companies CXApp Short Interest Data Real Messenger Short Interest Data Bridgeline Digital Short Interest Data GigaMedia Short Interest Data Wellchange Short Interest Data Smith Micro Software Short Interest Data Datasea Short Interest Data Lottery.com Short Interest Data Healthcare Triangle Short Interest Data DarkIris 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 (NASDAQ:BKYI) was last updated on 10/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersStunning new initiative unfolding in the White House?what I just learned about what’s unfolding in the White House is truly stunning… And you need to see it for...Paradigm Press | Sponsored$100 Trillion “AI Metal” Found in American Ghost TownJeff Brown recently traveled to a ghost town in the middle of an American desert… To investigate what could...Brownstone Research | Sponsored1 Hour Once A DayMy top income trading expert, Dave Aquino, just released a 1-hour trading strategy designed specifically to he...Base Camp Trading | SponsoredGold surges past $3,600 … but this has beat gold by 1,000xGold has surged past $3,600 an ounce — up 45% in the past year — but one veteran metals analyst says the real ...Weiss Ratings | Sponsored$15 Fund: Turn Gold Boom into Real IncomeIf you've been watching gold's historic run and wondering if it's too late… I've got good news. 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