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IES (IESC) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

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IES Short Interest Overview

As of April 30, 2026, IES (IESC) had a short interest of 796,427 shares sold short, representing 9.17% of the public float. This marks a 7.78% increase in short interest since the prior report. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 3.4, meaning it would take 3.4 days of the average trading volume of 210,182 shares to cover all short positions.

Current Short Interest
796,427 shares
Previous Short Interest
738,937 shares
Change Vs. Previous Month
7.78%
Dollar Volume Sold Short
$512.96 million
Short Interest Ratio
3.4 Days to Cover
Last Record Date
April 30, 2026
Outstanding Shares
19,930,000 shares
Short Percent of Float
9.17%
Today's Trading Volume
88,344 shares
Average Trading Volume
210,182 shares
Today's Volume Vs. Average
42%
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IES Tesla Short Interest History & Recent Changes

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Report DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date
4/30/2026796,427 shares $512.96 million +7.8%9.2%3.44 $644.08
4/15/2026738,937 shares $391.06 million -9.5%8.5%3.83 $529.22
3/31/2026816,485 shares $389.03 million +0.1%9.4%4.61 $476.47
3/13/2026815,981 shares $361.28 million -6.0%9.4%3.72 $442.76
2/27/2026868,321 shares $430.12 million -8.6%10.0%4.16 $495.35
2/13/2026949,911 shares $492.21 million +10.5%10.9%4.23 $518.16
1/30/2026860,032 shares $327.06 million +6.8%9.9%4.2 $380.29
1/15/2026804,974 shares $348.30 million +4.4%9.3%4.79 $432.68
12/31/2025771,237 shares $300.03 million -4.9%8.9%5.86 $389.02
12/15/2025810,628 shares $367.56 million -6.7%9.4%4.56 $453.43
11/28/2025869,028 shares $361.38 million -7.2%10.1%5.41 $415.85
11/14/2025935,912 shares $341.34 million +17.9%10.9%6.32 $364.71
10/31/2025794,158 shares $311.21 million -15.7%9.3%4.58 $391.88
10/15/2025942,600 shares $369.08 million +3.6%4.9%6.4 $391.55
9/30/2025910,200 shares $361.94 million +3.3%4.7%6.2 $397.65
9/15/2025881,200 shares $325.81 million +12.2%4.6%6 $369.74
8/31/2025785,100 shares $274.24 million -8.2%4.1%5.1 $349.31
8/15/2025855,600 shares $284.20 million +4.3%4.5%5.5 $332.16
7/31/2025820,400 shares $289.66 million -2.0%4.3%5.3 $353.07
7/15/2025837,500 shares $253.51 million -6.0%4.4%5.2 $302.70
6/30/2025891,000 shares $263.94 million -9.9%4.6%5.4 $296.23
6/15/2025988,600 shares $258.90 million +29.4%5.1%5.8 $261.89
5/31/2025764,300 shares $196.39 million +0.2%4.0%4.3 $256.96
5/15/2025762,700 shares $200.43 million +16.2%4.0%4.1 $262.79
4/30/2025656,300 shares $129.08 million -9.7%3.4%3.2 $196.68
4/15/2025726,400 shares $136.63 million +22.0%3.8%3.2 $188.09
3/31/2025595,400 shares $98.31 million -8.3%3.1%2.6 $165.11
3/15/2025649,600 shares $118.16 million -3.5%3.4%3 $181.89
2/28/2025673,300 shares $120.07 million +11.1%3.5%3 $178.33
2/15/2025606,000 shares $137.85 million +5.7%3.1%2.7 $227.48
1/31/2025573,500 shares $126.90 million +13.8%3.0%2.7 $221.28
1/15/2025504,000 shares $128.81 million +13.4%2.6%2.8 $255.57
12/31/2024444,400 shares $89.31 million +11.9%2.3%2.7 $200.96
12/15/2024397,200 shares $97.37 million -39.5%2.1%2.5 $245.15
11/30/2024656,100 shares $203.30 million +2.4%3.4%4.4 $309.86
11/15/2024640,500 shares $165.26 million -0.7%3.3%4.6 $258.02
10/31/2024645,000 shares $141.04 million -7.7%3.3%5 $218.67
10/15/2024698,500 shares $153.63 million -1.3%3.6%4.8 $219.94
9/30/2024707,600 shares $141.25 million -9.7%3.7%4.7 $199.62
9/15/2024783,600 shares $126.25 million +1.2%4.1%5.2 $161.11
8/31/2024774,100 shares $144.39 million +0.9%4.0%5 $186.53
8/15/2024766,900 shares $135.20 million +9.3%4.0%4.9 $176.29
7/31/2024701,700 shares $108.04 million +41.6%3.6%4.2 $153.97
7/15/2024495,500 shares $77.26 million -0.3%2.5%3 $155.92
6/30/2024497,200 shares $69.27 million +8.9%2.5%3.2 $139.33
6/15/2024456,500 shares $60.92 million +7.3%2.3%2.8 $133.45
5/31/2024425,400 shares $64.85 million +50.7%2.2%2.7 $152.45
5/15/2024282,200 shares $49.28 million -11.7%1.4%1.9 $174.64
4/30/2024319,600 shares $43.18 million +14.0%1.6%2.4 $135.12
4/15/2024280,300 shares $33.57 million +63.3%1.4%2.5 $119.75
3/31/2024171,600 shares $20.87 million +17.1%0.9%1.7 $121.64
3/15/2024146,500 shares $14.97 million +68.8%0.8%1.8 $102.21
2/29/202486,800 shares $9.54 million +11.6%0.5%1.1 $109.92
2/15/202477,800 shares $7.82 million -37.6%0.4%1.1 $100.54
1/31/2024124,700 shares $10.22 million +4.1%0.6%2.3 $81.96
1/15/2024119,800 shares $9.51 million +17.9%0.6%2.5 $79.35
12/31/2023101,600 shares $8.05 million +51.2%0.5%2.1 $79.22
12/15/202367,200 shares $5.64 million -25.5%0.4%1.4 $83.91
11/30/202390,200 shares $6.31 million +19.3%0.5%2.2 $69.97
11/15/202375,600 shares $4.94 million +6.0%0.4%1.9 $65.40
10/31/202371,300 shares $4.44 million -9.8%0.4%1.7 $62.23
10/15/202379,000 shares $4.98 million +21.9%0.4%1.8 $63.02
9/30/202364,800 shares $4.27 million +9.3%0.3%1.5 $65.87
9/15/202359,300 shares $4.02 million -7.6%0.3%1.2 $67.82
8/31/202364,200 shares $4.81 million -4.6%0.3%1.4 $74.98
8/15/202367,300 shares $4.83 million -13.8%0.4%1.5 $71.75
7/31/202378,100 shares $4.48 million -6.5%0.4%1.8 $57.32
7/15/202383,500 shares $4.80 million -7.9%0.4%1.9 $57.51
6/30/202390,700 shares $5.16 million -54.2%0.5%2.1 $56.88
6/15/2023198,000 shares $10.75 million +6.2%1.0%5 $54.27
5/31/2023186,500 shares $8.84 million +23.1%1.0%5.3 $47.42
5/15/2023151,500 shares $7.31 million +127.8%0.8%4.2 $48.25
4/30/202366,500 shares $2.87 million +33.0%0.3%2 $43.19
4/15/202350,000 shares $2.10 million -3.5%0.3%1.7 $41.91
3/31/202351,800 shares $2.23 million -7.7%0.3%1.8 $43.09
3/15/202356,100 shares $2.35 million +11.5%0.3%2.1 $41.90
2/28/202350,300 shares $2.12 million +1.6%0.3%1.4 $42.06
2/15/202349,500 shares $2.07 million -24.0%0.3%1.5 $41.89
1/31/202365,100 shares $2.59 million -15.2%0.3%2.1 $39.81
1/15/202376,800 shares $3.03 million -2.0%0.4%2.5 $39.49
12/30/202278,400 shares $2.79 million -19.1%0.4%2.4 $35.57
12/15/202296,900 shares $2.98 million -8.0%0.5%2.9 $30.71
11/30/2022105,300 shares $3.56 million -9.2%0.5%4.1 $33.82
11/15/2022115,900 shares $3.73 million -17.6%0.6%4.4 $32.22
10/31/2022140,700 shares $4.65 million -12.0%0.7%5 $33.04
10/15/2022159,900 shares $4.76 million +53.3%0.8%5.6 $29.74
9/30/2022104,300 shares $2.88 million +5.0%0.5%3.3 $27.62
9/15/202299,300 shares $2.84 million +3.0%0.5%2.9 $28.56
8/31/202296,400 shares $2.93 million -21.4%0.5%2.7 $30.39
8/15/2022122,700 shares $4.20 million -9.7%0.6%3.1 $34.26
7/31/2022135,800 shares $4.48 million -15.0%0.7%3 $33.00
7/15/2022159,700 shares $4.99 million +5.3%0.8%3.1 $31.26
6/30/2022151,700 shares $4.58 million -8.2%0.8%3.2 $30.17
6/15/2022165,300 shares $4.94 million -9.4%0.8%3.4 $29.88
5/31/2022182,500 shares $5.64 million +35.7%0.9%4.3 $30.89
5/15/2022134,500 shares $3.94 million +19.6%0.7%3.5 $29.33
4/30/2022112,500 shares $3.30 million +2.7%0.6%3 $29.30
4/15/2022109,600 shares $4.23 million -7.0%0.6%3.6 $38.64
3/31/2022117,800 shares $4.74 million -9.5%N/A3.8 $40.20
3/15/2022130,100 shares $5.62 million +51.8%0.7%4.6 $43.18
2/28/202285,700 shares $3.60 million +9.5%0.4%3 $42.04
2/15/202278,300 shares $3.57 million +39.3%0.4%2.7 $45.54
1/31/202256,200 shares $2.77 million +36.7%0.3%2.1 $49.30
1/15/202241,100 shares $2.10 million -10.3%N/A1.7 $51.19
12/31/202145,800 shares $2.32 million -42.3%0.2%2 $50.64
12/15/202179,400 shares $3.92 million -3.2%0.4%2.9 $49.40
11/30/202182,000 shares $3.94 million -4.0%0.4%1.7 $47.99
11/15/202185,400 shares $4.60 million -12.5%0.4%1.6 $53.87
10/29/202197,600 shares $4.87 million +2.3%0.5%1.8 $49.85
10/15/202195,400 shares $4.46 million -9.1%0.5%1.8 $46.79
9/30/2021105,000 shares $4.80 million -30.3%0.5%2 $45.69
9/15/2021150,700 shares $6.61 million +41.2%0.8%2.7 $43.84
8/31/2021106,700 shares $5.22 million -20.7%0.5%2.7 $48.90
8/13/2021134,600 shares $6.69 million +3.3%0.7%4 $49.73
7/30/2021130,300 shares $7.09 million -3.5%0.7%3.7 $54.41
7/15/2021135,000 shares $6.53 million +3.5%0.7%3.2 $48.35
6/30/2021130,500 shares $6.70 million -0.3%0.7%2.8 $51.36
6/15/2021130,900 shares $6.70 million +4.4%0.7%2.6 $51.15
5/28/2021125,400 shares $6.65 million +5.2%0.6%2.3 $53.06
5/14/2021119,200 shares $5.86 million +14.5%0.6%2.1 $49.18

IESC Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions

Short interest is the volume of IES shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of April 30th, traders have sold 796,427 shares of IESC short. 9.17% of IES's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on IES's current short interest.

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. IESC shares currently have a short interest ratio of 3.4. Learn More on IES's short interest ratio.

As of the most recent reporting period, the following institutional investors, funds, and major shareholders have reported short positions of IES: Walleye Trading LLC, Walleye Capital LLC, Jane Street Group LLC, Group One Trading LLC, Simplex Trading LLC, and Twin Tree Management LP. These positions are disclosed in Form 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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. 9.17% of IES's floating shares are currently sold short.

IES saw a increase in short interest during the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 796,427 shares, an increase of 7.8% from the previous total of 738,937 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.

9.17% of IES's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies compare to IES: Sterling Infrastructure, Inc. (7.92%), EMCOR Group, Inc. (2.18%), Eaton Corporation, PLC (2.06%), Comfort Systems USA, Inc. (2.19%), GE Vernova Inc. (2.90%), Primoris Services Corporation (4.88%), Quanta Services, Inc. (3.31%), Ferrovial SE (0.41%), APi Group Corporation (2.14%), Jacobs Solutions Inc. (4.16%),

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.

Short selling IESC is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from IES as its price is falling. IESC shares are trading up $18.41 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.

A short squeeze for IES 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 IESC, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further.

Short interest is typically published by a stock exchange once per month. However, NASDAQ publishes a report for U.S. stocks, including IESC, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is April, 30 2026.

Understanding short interest metrics can help you assess how traders are positioning around a stock like IESC:

  • 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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This page (NASDAQ:IESC) was last updated on 5/12/2026 by MarketBeat.com Staff.
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