Esquire Financial (ESQ) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $82.92 -1.45 (-1.72%) As of 04/30/2025 04:00 PM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock Esquire Financial Short Interest DataEsquire Financial (ESQ) has a short interest of 545,800 shares, representing 7.74% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a 11.07% increase in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 6.9, indicating that it would take 6.9 days of the average trading volume of 46,933 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest545,800 sharesPrevious Short Interest491,400 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month+11.07%Dollar Volume Sold Short$43.03 millionShort Interest Ratio6.9 Days to CoverLast Record DateApril 15, 2025Outstanding Shares8,432,000 sharesFloat Size7,050,000 sharesShort Percent of Float7.74%Today's Trading Volume68,046 sharesAverage Trading Volume46,933 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average145% Short Selling Esquire Financial? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for Esquire Financial and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartESQ Short Interest Over TimeESQ Days to Cover Over TimeESQ Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Esquire Financial Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 4/15/2025545,800 shares $43.03 million +11.1%7.7%6.9 $78.84 3/31/2025491,400 shares $37.04 million +14.4%7.0%6.1 $75.38 3/15/2025429,600 shares $31.40 million -1.1%6.1%5.3 $73.10 2/28/2025434,300 shares $33.50 million -26.3%6.2%5.7 $77.13 2/15/2025589,000 shares $49.35 million +34.0%8.5%8.1 $83.78 1/31/2025439,600 shares $39.29 million +35.7%6.3%6.3 $89.37 1/15/2025323,900 shares $26.96 million +9.5%4.7%6.5 $83.24 12/31/2024295,800 shares $23.52 million +23.7%4.2%7.4 $79.50 12/15/2024239,200 shares $18.46 million -0.7%3.4%6.5 $77.17 11/30/2024240,800 shares $18.71 million -1.0%3.5%8.1 $77.69 Get the Latest News and Ratings for ESQ and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Esquire Financial and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 11/15/2024243,300 shares $17.46 million +0.0%3.5%9.3 $71.76 10/31/2024243,200 shares $16.19 million -2.9%3.5%9.8 $66.58 10/15/2024250,400 shares $16.35 million +4.9%3.6%8.6 $65.29 9/30/2024238,800 shares $15.57 million +9.7%3.4%7.7 $65.21 9/15/2024217,600 shares $13.28 million -3.7%3.1%6.9 $61.05 8/31/2024226,000 shares $13.91 million +4.1%3.2%7.1 $61.53 8/15/2024217,200 shares $12.31 million +23.7%3.1%6.7 $56.66 7/31/2024175,600 shares $10.83 million +7.4%2.5%5.5 $61.67 7/15/2024163,500 shares $8.91 million -2.2%2.3%5.5 $54.52 6/30/2024167,200 shares $7.96 million +3.3%2.4%4.8 $47.60 6/15/2024161,900 shares $7.38 million +2.0%2.3%4.5 $45.60 5/31/2024158,700 shares $7.26 million -10.7%2.3%4.3 $45.77 5/15/2024177,700 shares $8.73 million -11.9%2.6%4.7 $49.10 4/30/2024201,700 shares $9.49 million -9.4%2.9%4.9 $47.06 4/15/2024222,700 shares $10.09 million -9.5%3.2%4.7 $45.30 3/31/2024246,000 shares $11.68 million +2.0%3.6%6 $47.47 3/15/2024241,300 shares $11.43 million +3.4%3.5%6.8 $47.35 2/29/2024233,400 shares $11.85 million +3.6%3.4%7.1 $50.78 2/15/2024225,200 shares $11.37 million +23.1%3.3%7.1 $50.51 1/31/2024183,000 shares $9.12 million -10.0%2.7%6.1 $49.86 1/15/2024203,400 shares $9.55 million -1.7%3.0%10.9 $46.95 12/31/2023207,000 shares $10.34 million +4.2%3.1%10.5 $49.96 12/15/2023198,600 shares $9.60 million +4.8%2.9%9.5 $48.32 11/30/2023189,500 shares $8.83 million -8.9%2.8%9.3 $46.57 11/15/2023208,000 shares $9.95 million +1.8%3.1%10.3 $47.84 10/31/2023204,400 shares $9.36 million -7.3%3.0%10.6 $45.80 10/15/2023220,400 shares $10.06 million +3.1%3.2%10.2 $45.64 9/30/2023213,700 shares $9.76 million +4.0%3.1%9.3 $45.69 9/15/2023205,500 shares $9.49 million -0.1%3.0%8.6 $46.16 8/31/2023205,700 shares $9.62 million -4.8%3.0%7.9 $46.76The Worst Year in American Financial History? 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Only one investigative journalist is telling the story here.Learn the #1 move to protect your wealth now 8/15/2023216,000 shares $10.38 million +2.2%3.2%8 $48.06 7/31/2023211,300 shares $10.55 million +1.2%3.1%7 $49.95 7/15/2023208,800 shares $9.66 million -3.8%3.1%7 $46.27 6/30/2023217,000 shares $9.93 million +2.2%3.2%7.6 $45.74 6/15/2023212,300 shares $9.63 million -8.9%3.1%6.1 $45.34 5/31/2023233,000 shares $9.86 million -9.4%3.4%6.5 $42.33 5/15/2023257,200 shares $10.32 million No Change3.8%7.2 $40.11 10/31/2022172,700 shares $7.80 million -7.4%2.6%5.9 $45.18 10/15/2022186,400 shares $7.16 million -14.7%2.8%6.6 $38.42 9/30/2022218,400 shares $8.20 million -1.2%3.3%8.5 $37.55 9/15/2022221,100 shares $8.58 million +6.0%3.3%4.8 $38.79 8/31/2022208,600 shares $7.80 million -19.2%3.1%4 $37.38 8/15/2022258,100 shares $10.39 million +52.2%3.9%4.7 $40.25 7/31/2022169,600 shares $6.14 million +15.1%2.5%3.1 $36.22 7/15/2022147,300 shares $5.00 million -7.1%2.1%2.5 $33.96 6/30/2022158,600 shares $5.28 million +146.7%2.3%2.8 $33.30 6/15/202264,300 shares $2.20 million -0.3%0.9%1.3 $34.15 5/31/202264,500 shares $2.46 million +7.3%0.9%2.5 $38.18 5/15/202260,100 shares $2.12 million +20.4%0.9%2.7 $35.20 4/30/202249,900 shares $1.80 million +29.3%0.7%2.6 $36.00 4/15/202238,600 shares $1.32 million +27.0%0.6%2.6 $34.18 3/31/202230,400 shares $1.02 million -16.7%N/A2.3 $33.61 3/15/202236,500 shares $1.19 million +17.7%0.5%2.4 $32.51 2/28/202231,000 shares $1.05 million +0.7%0.5%1.6 $33.75 2/15/202230,800 shares $1.07 million -15.2%0.5%1.5 $34.71 1/31/202236,300 shares $1.25 million +4.9%0.6%1.7 $34.47 1/15/202234,600 shares $1.19 million +17.3%N/A1.4 $34.46 12/31/202129,500 shares $929,250.00 +8.1%0.4%1.2 $31.50 12/15/202127,300 shares $820,638.00 -37.4%0.4%1.1 $30.06 11/30/202143,600 shares $1.44 million -7.0%0.7%1.7 $33.01 11/15/202146,900 shares $1.73 million -12.3%0.7%1.8 $36.98 10/29/202153,500 shares $1.71 million -7.0%0.8%2 $31.98 10/15/202157,500 shares $1.86 million +29.2%0.9%2.6 $32.43 9/30/202144,500 shares $1.28 million -6.1%0.7%2 $28.66 9/15/202147,400 shares $1.28 million +59.6%0.7%1.2 $27.08 8/31/202129,700 shares $772,200.00 +18.3%0.4%0.8 $26.00 8/13/202125,100 shares $646,074.00 -16.3%0.4%0.7 $25.74 7/30/202130,000 shares $723,900.00 -12.3%0.5%0.8 $24.13 7/15/202134,200 shares $818,064.00 +29.6%0.5%0.9 $23.92 6/30/202126,400 shares $625,680.00 -86.4%0.4%0.7 $23.70 6/15/2021193,900 shares $4.73 million +3.9%2.9%10.1 $24.40 5/28/2021186,700 shares $4.60 million +5.9%2.8%9.8 $24.63 5/14/2021176,300 shares $4.15 million +47.2%2.6%9.5 $23.53 4/30/2021119,800 shares $2.76 million +21.3%1.8%6.7 $23.04 4/15/202198,800 shares $2.26 million +5.0%1.5%5.1 $22.88 3/31/202194,100 shares $2.15 million -2.7%1.4%4.4 $22.85 3/15/202196,700 shares $2.49 million +3.0%1.5%4.6 $25.70 2/26/202193,900 shares $2.09 million +8.4%1.4%4.6 $22.25 2/12/202186,600 shares $2.00 million +4.8%1.3%3.8 $23.11 1/29/202182,600 shares $1.84 million +6.2%1.2%3.7 $22.31The Worst Year in American Financial History? 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Only one investigative journalist is telling the story here.Learn the #1 move to protect your wealth now 1/15/202177,800 shares $1.63 million +3.5%1.2%3.4 $20.96 12/31/202075,200 shares $1.46 million -2.3%1.2%4.2 $19.41 12/15/202077,000 shares $1.53 million +31.6%1.2%4.2 $19.89 11/30/202058,500 shares $1.07 million +39.0%0.9%3.1 $18.30 11/15/202042,100 shares $723,278.00 -3.2%0.6%2.8 $17.18 10/30/202043,500 shares $691,650.00 -28.9%0.7%2.6 $15.90 10/15/202061,200 shares $1.02 million -17.5%0.9%3.8 $16.64 9/30/202074,200 shares $1.11 million -10.7%1.1%4.3 $15.00 9/15/202083,100 shares $1.33 million -5.1%1.3%4.6 $15.98 8/31/202087,600 shares $1.45 million -5.8%1.3%4.9 $16.50 8/14/202093,000 shares $1.58 million +1.8%1.4%4.3 $16.99 7/31/202091,400 shares $1.42 million -4.5%1.4%2.9 $15.55 7/15/202095,700 shares $1.46 million -7.6%1.4%2.8 $15.23 6/30/2020103,600 shares $1.74 million +48.9%1.6%2.8 $16.81 6/15/202069,600 shares $1.14 million -8.5%1.1%1.9 $16.40 5/29/202076,100 shares $1.30 million +36.1%1.1%1.8 $17.13 5/15/202055,900 shares $804,401.00 +207.1%0.8%1.4 $14.39 ESQ Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Esquire Financial's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Esquire Financial shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of April 15th, traders have sold 545,800 shares of ESQ short. 7.74% of Esquire Financial's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Esquire Financial's current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for Esquire Financial? 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. ESQ shares currently have a short interest ratio of 7.0. Learn More on Esquire Financial's short interest ratio. What is a good short interest percentage for Esquire Financial? 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. 7.74% of Esquire Financial's floating shares are currently sold short. Is Esquire Financial's short interest increasing or decreasing? Esquire Financial saw a increase in short interest in the month of April. As of April 15th, there was short interest totaling 545,800 shares, an increase of 11.1% from the previous total of 491,400 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 Esquire Financial's float size? Esquire Financial currently has issued a total of 8,432,000 shares. Some of Esquire Financial'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. Esquire Financial currently has a public float of 7,050,000 shares. How does Esquire Financial's short interest compare to its competitors? 7.74% of Esquire Financial's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "banking" compare to Esquire Financial: Riot Platforms, Inc. (26.34%), Lufax Holding Ltd (1.29%), Enova International, Inc. (7.92%), Core Scientific, Inc. (18.45%), CleanSpark, Inc. (33.18%), Bread Financial Holdings, Inc. (6.58%), FinVolution Group (1.37%), Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc. (1.71%), FB Financial Co. (2.47%), The Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son Limited (0.57%), 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 Esquire Financial stock? Short selling ESQ is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Esquire Financial as its price is falling. ESQ shares are trading down $1.45 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 Esquire Financial? A short squeeze for Esquire Financial 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 ESQ, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Esquire Financial'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 ESQ, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is April, 15 2025. More Short Interest Resources from MarketBeat Related Companies Riot Platforms Short Interest Data Lufax Short Interest Data Enova International Short Interest Data Core Scientific Short Interest Data CleanSpark Short Interest Data Bread Financial Short Interest Data FinVolution Group Short Interest Data Pacific Premier Bancorp Short Interest Data FB Financial Short Interest Data Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son 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:ESQ) was last updated on 5/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersHow to invest in Elon Musk’s Optimus before its launchElon Musk is set to completely take over the AI industry with Optimus… A breakthrough AI-powered robot that El...InvestorPlace | SponsoredIs he more powerful than Trump? 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