FARO Technologies (FARO) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $43.90 -0.03 (-0.06%) Closing price 07/3/2025 02:58 PM EasternExtended Trading$43.90 0.00 (0.00%) As of 07/3/2025 04:39 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 ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrendsBuy This Stock FARO Technologies Short Interest DataFARO Technologies (FARO) has a short interest of 1.92 million shares, representing 10.18% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a 22.29% increase in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 2.5, indicating that it would take 2.5 days of the average trading volume of 346,156 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest1,920,000 sharesPrevious Short Interest1,570,000 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month+22.29%Dollar Volume Sold Short$81.58 millionShort Interest Ratio2.5 Days to CoverLast Record DateJune 15, 2025Outstanding Shares19,320,000 sharesShort Percent of Float10.18%Today's Trading Volume229,797 sharesAverage Trading Volume346,156 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average66% 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 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 6/15/20251,920,000 shares $81.58 million +22.3%10.2%2.5 $42.49 5/31/20251,570,000 shares $66.62 million +3.3%8.5%2.4 $42.43 5/15/20251,520,000 shares $64.20 million +36.9%8.2%2.5 $42.24 4/30/20251,110,000 shares $32.65 million -8.3%N/A2.1 $29.41 4/15/20251,210,000 shares $30.60 million +9.0%6.5%4.7 $25.29 3/31/20251,110,000 shares $30.30 million +3.7%6.0%4.3 $27.30 3/15/20251,070,000 shares $31.49 million +7.0%5.8%4.4 $29.43 2/28/20251,000,000 shares $31.96 million +9.2%5.4%4.3 $31.96 2/15/2025915,700 shares $26.04 million -5.3%4.9%4.2 $28.44 1/31/2025967,000 shares $30.67 million +7.9%N/A4.5 $31.72 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. 1/15/2025896,400 shares $26.17 million +12.0%N/A4.7 $29.20 12/31/2024800,500 shares $20.30 million -0.5%N/A5.3 $25.36 12/15/2024804,700 shares $22.01 million -7.7%N/A5.3 $27.35 11/30/2024871,500 shares $22.88 million -17.0%4.8%5.8 $26.25 11/15/20241,050,000 shares $26.31 million -2.8%5.8%6.9 $25.06 10/31/20241,080,000 shares $18.94 million -3.6%6.0%6.9 $17.54 10/15/20241,120,000 shares $20.34 million -6.7%N/A7.7 $18.16 9/30/20241,200,000 shares $22.97 million -20.0%N/A7.6 $19.14 9/15/20241,500,000 shares $26.24 million -9.1%N/A9.2 $17.49 8/31/20241,650,000 shares $29.70 million No ChangeN/A9.9 $18.00 8/15/20241,650,000 shares $25.95 million -5.2%N/A10.6 $15.73 7/31/20241,740,000 shares $29.75 million -0.6%N/A12.3 $17.10 7/15/20241,750,000 shares $30.35 million -0.6%N/A12.4 $17.34 6/30/20241,760,000 shares $28.16 million +6.7%N/A12.8 $16.00 6/15/20241,650,000 shares $27.75 million +3.1%N/A11.8 $16.82 5/31/20241,600,000 shares $29.97 million +1.9%N/A9.5 $18.73 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 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 $12.87Something very strange is happening... 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One analyst who predicted the 2008 crisis says this plan could see the dollar fall in value by 40% in months and become a national nightmare.why you need to get OUT of cash and exactly where to move your money instead. 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 $27.44 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 $65.81Something very strange is happening... 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One analyst who predicted the 2008 crisis says this plan could see the dollar fall in value by 40% in months and become a national nightmare.why you need to get OUT of cash and exactly where to move your money instead. 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 $56.50 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 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 June 15th, investors have sold 1,920,000 shares of FARO short. 10.18% of FARO Technologies' shares are currently sold 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 2.0. Learn More on FARO Technologies's short interest ratio. What is a good short interest percentage for FARO Technologies? 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. 10.18% of FARO Technologies' floating shares are currently sold short. Is FARO Technologies' short interest increasing or decreasing? FARO Technologies saw a increase in short interest in the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,920,000 shares, an increase of 22.3% from the previous total of 1,570,000 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? 10.18% of FARO Technologies' shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies compare to FARO Technologies: Daktronics, Inc. (5.11%), Mesa Laboratories, Inc. (3.54%), Vishay Precision Group, Inc. (6.52%), Coherent Corp. (4.76%), Badger Meter, Inc. (6.91%), Itron, Inc. (8.03%), Cognex Corporation (3.35%), OSI Systems, Inc. (13.45%), Agilysys, Inc. (6.72%), Silicon Motion Technology Corporation (3.21%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust ($69.26 billion), Invesco QQQ ($25.22 billion), iShares Russell 2000 ETF ($20.33 billion), iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF ($9.99 billion), MicroStrategy Incorporated ($9.12 billion), Canadian Natural Resources Limited ($6.73 billion), SPDR S&P Biotech ETF ($6.52 billion), Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF ($5.60 billion), Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund ($4.64 billion), and iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF ($4.59 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 down $0.03 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 increases 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 June, 15 2025. More Short Interest Resources from MarketBeat Related Companies Daktronics Short Interest Data Mesa Laboratories Short Interest Data Vishay Precision Group Short Interest Data Coherent Short Interest Data Badger Meter Short Interest Data Itron Short Interest Data Cognex Short Interest Data OSI Systems Short Interest Data Agilysys Short Interest Data Silicon Motion Technology 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:FARO) was last updated on 7/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersWhite House to reset Social Security?Elon Musk's parting DOGE gift looks set to shock America... 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