Galectin Therapeutics (GALT) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $2.54 +0.02 (+0.79%) As of 08:37 AM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsFDA EventsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock Galectin Therapeutics Short Interest OverviewAs of April 30, 2026, Galectin Therapeutics (GALT) had a short interest of 7.39 million shares sold short, representing 23.68% of the public float. This marks a -0.98% decrease in short interest since the prior report. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 24.7, meaning it would take 24.7 days of the average trading volume of 337,086 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest7,388,749 sharesPrevious Short Interest7,462,075 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month-0.98%Dollar Volume Sold Short$16.77 millionShort Interest Ratio24.7 Days to CoverLast Record DateApril 30, 2026Outstanding Shares65,857,000 sharesShort Percent of Float23.68%Today's Trading Volume784 sharesAverage Trading Volume337,086 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average0% Short Selling Galectin Therapeutics? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for Galectin Therapeutics and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Get Report View SMS TermsSMS is currently available in Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States. By 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. 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Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartGALT Short Interest Over TimeGALT Days to Cover Over TimeGALT Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Galectin Therapeutics Tesla Short Interest History & Recent Changes ExportReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 4/30/20267,388,749 shares $16.77 million -1.0%23.7%24.71 $2.27 4/15/20267,462,075 shares $19.10 million +9.7%23.9%18.64 $2.56 3/31/20266,801,737 shares $18.98 million +3.6%21.8%29.29 $2.79 3/13/20266,567,660 shares $20.29 million +27.1%21.5%13.69 $3.09 2/27/20265,169,383 shares $15.40 million +1.5%16.9%26.67 $2.98 2/13/20265,093,508 shares $14.06 million +6.2%16.7%18.28 $2.76 1/30/20264,797,622 shares $13.58 million +1.0%15.7%15.18 $2.83 1/15/20264,749,085 shares $14.96 million -3.1%15.5%9.31 $3.15 12/31/20254,902,530 shares $20.39 million -17.6%16.0%5.5 $4.16 12/15/20255,950,487 shares $38.74 million -12.7%19.5%9.55 $6.51 Get the Latest News and Ratings for GALT and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Galectin Therapeutics and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 11/28/20256,816,789 shares $44.38 million +0.9%22.3%23.08 $6.51 11/14/20256,757,137 shares $37.23 million -2.1%22.1%15.52 $5.51 10/31/20256,903,772 shares $40.11 million -17.7%22.6%19.84 $5.81 10/15/20258,390,000 shares $43.54 million +2.2%19.0%28.5 $5.19 9/30/20258,210,000 shares $34.81 million +2.0%18.6%26.7 $4.24 9/15/20258,050,000 shares $36.23 million +0.8%18.3%22.8 $4.50 8/31/20257,990,000 shares $34.20 million +0.4%18.2%12.5 $4.28 8/15/20257,960,000 shares $28.42 million +3.2%18.1%12.6 $3.57 7/31/20257,710,000 shares $28.06 million +0.1%17.8%12.4 $3.64 7/15/20257,700,000 shares $21.56 million -1.2%17.7%13.1 $2.80 6/30/20257,790,000 shares $16.44 million -13.0%17.9%13.6 $2.11 6/15/20258,950,000 shares $12.26 million +0.6%20.6%16.9 $1.37 5/31/20258,900,000 shares $11.66 million +2.7%20.4%42.6 $1.31 5/15/20258,670,000 shares $11.44 million +2.4%19.8%40.6 $1.32 4/30/20258,470,000 shares $11.60 million +1.3%19.4%35.3 $1.37 4/15/20258,360,000 shares $11.20 million +6.0%19.2%33.9 $1.34 3/31/20257,890,000 shares $9.63 million -3.2%18.1%28.4 $1.22 3/15/20258,150,000 shares $13.69 million +0.4%18.9%12.8 $1.68 2/28/20258,120,000 shares $12.75 million +5.2%18.9%11.3 $1.57 2/15/20257,720,000 shares $10.89 million -3.3%18.0%10.6 $1.41 1/31/20257,980,000 shares $9.98 million -2.2%18.5%11.2 $1.25 1/15/20258,160,000 shares $10.44 million +1.5%18.9%11.8 $1.28 12/31/20248,040,000 shares $10.37 million -2.8%18.5%12.1 $1.29 12/15/20248,270,000 shares $17.45 million +41.1%19.0%16.7 $2.11 11/30/20245,860,000 shares $16.94 million +2.8%13.5%26.7 $2.89 11/15/20245,700,000 shares $15.79 million +3.3%13.1%40.3 $2.77 10/31/20245,520,000 shares $13.63 million +1.1%12.8%42.9 $2.47 10/15/20245,460,000 shares $14.20 million +1.5%12.6%45 $2.60 9/30/20245,380,000 shares $14.80 million +2.3%12.4%43.7 $2.75 9/15/20245,260,000 shares $15.10 million +4.0%12.2%30.9 $2.87Satellite Images Spot Potential $10 Trillion Discovery (Ad)'Dark Energy': Elon Musk's Next Potential $10 Trillion Move A highly secure site in West Texas now houses an emerging potential $10 trillion technology backed by Elon Musk and Sam Altman. 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With 17 years of verified data behind it, Porter calls it unlike anything he has seen in nearly 30 years in the business.Watch the full investigation and decide for yourself 7/31/20222,140,000 shares $4.84 million +0.9%5.0%21.4 $2.26 7/15/20222,120,000 shares $3.50 million -2.8%5.0%22.5 $1.65 6/30/20222,180,000 shares $2.86 million -1.8%5.1%19.7 $1.31 6/15/20222,220,000 shares $2.82 million +3.7%6.5%18.9 $1.27 5/31/20222,140,000 shares $2.76 million -1.4%5.0%18.8 $1.29 5/15/20222,170,000 shares $2.95 million -9.6%5.1%19.7 $1.36 4/30/20222,400,000 shares $3.72 million +7.6%5.6%23 $1.55 4/15/20222,230,000 shares $3.88 million +9.9%5.2%19.8 $1.74 3/31/20222,030,000 shares $3.27 million +2.5%4.8%20.1 $1.61 3/15/20221,980,000 shares $3.45 million +7.0%4.6%17.6 $1.74 2/28/20221,850,000 shares $3.46 million -5.6%4.3%14.7 $1.87 2/15/20221,960,000 shares $4.06 million -1.0%4.6%14.5 $2.07 1/31/20221,980,000 shares $3.82 million No Change4.6%12.7 $1.93 1/15/20221,980,000 shares $4.00 million +4.2%4.6%12.5 $2.02 12/31/20211,900,000 shares $3.93 million -11.6%4.4%11.8 $2.07 12/15/20212,150,000 shares $4.84 million -4.4%5.0%12.4 $2.25 11/30/20212,250,000 shares $5.92 million -1.8%5.3%11.2 $2.63 11/15/20212,290,000 shares $6.55 million +5.5%5.4%9.3 $2.86 10/29/20212,170,000 shares $6.88 million -11.4%5.1%8 $3.17 10/15/20212,450,000 shares $8.26 million +3.8%5.7%6.9 $3.37 9/30/20212,360,000 shares $9.16 million -13.9%5.5%4.7 $3.88 9/15/20212,740,000 shares $10.22 million -7.4%6.4%1.3 $3.73 8/31/20212,960,000 shares $11.63 million -18.2%7.0%1.3 $3.93 8/13/20213,620,000 shares $12.24 million +17.5%8.5%1.6 $3.38 7/30/20213,080,000 shares $8.47 million -9.9%7.4%1.4 $2.75 7/15/20213,420,000 shares $8.86 million +25.7%8.2%1.3 $2.59 6/30/20212,720,000 shares $8.70 million -40.6%6.5%0.7 $3.20 6/15/20214,580,000 shares $16.03 million +11.2%11.0%1.8 $3.50 5/28/20214,120,000 shares $16.36 million -22.9%10.0%1.6 $3.97 GALT Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Galectin Therapeutics' current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Galectin Therapeutics shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of April 30th, traders have sold 7,388,749 shares of GALT short. 23.68% of Galectin Therapeutics' shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Galectin Therapeutics' current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for Galectin Therapeutics? 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. GALT shares currently have a short interest ratio of 24.7. Learn More on Galectin Therapeutics's short interest ratio. What is a good short interest percentage for Galectin Therapeutics? 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. 23.68% of Galectin Therapeutics' floating shares are currently sold short. Is Galectin Therapeutics' short interest increasing or decreasing? Galectin Therapeutics saw a drop in short interest in April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 7,388,749 shares, a drop of 1.0% from the previous total of 7,462,075 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 Galectin Therapeutics' short interest compare to its competitors? 23.68% of Galectin Therapeutics' shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "pharmaceutical products" compare to Galectin Therapeutics: EIKN (6.26%), Prime Medicine, Inc. (21.75%), Allogene Therapeutics, Inc. (17.34%), 4D Molecular Therapeutics, Inc. (24.90%), Avalo Therapeutics, Inc. (22.46%), Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings, Inc. (9.68%), Aquestive Therapeutics, Inc. (13.38%), ProKidney Corp. (10.05%), Adlai Nortye Ltd. Sponsored ADR (7.35%), Immix Biopharma, Inc. (7.96%), 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 ($86.09 billion), Invesco QQQ ($39.89 billion), iShares Russell 2000 ETF ($26.13 billion), Western Digital Corporation ($12.66 billion), Salesforce Inc. ($12.29 billion), Sandisk Corporation ($11.87 billion), SPDR S&P Biotech ETF ($9.82 billion), Lumentum Holdings Inc. ($8.51 billion), iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF ($7.76 billion), and Bloom Energy Corporation ($7.40 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short Galectin Therapeutics stock? Short selling GALT is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Galectin Therapeutics as its price is falling. GALT shares are trading up $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 Galectin Therapeutics? A short squeeze for Galectin Therapeutics 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 GALT, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Galectin Therapeutics' 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 GALT, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is April, 30 2026. What do GALT's short interest metrics mean? Understanding short interest metrics can help you assess how traders are positioning around a stock like GALT:Shares Sold Short: The total number of shares that have been sold by short sellers but have not yet been covered or closed out. A high number may indicate bearish sentiment.Short Float: The percentage of a company’s publicly available shares (or "float") that are sold short. A higher short float suggests a greater portion of the stock is being bet against.Days to Cover (Short Interest Ratio): This estimates how many days it would take short sellers to cover their positions, based on average daily trading volume. Higher values can signal potential for a short squeeze if buying pressure increases.These metrics are often used by traders to gauge sentiment, volatility risk, and the potential for price movements based on short covering activity. 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