Lesaka Technologies (LSAK) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $4.20 -0.03 (-0.83%) As of 04:00 PM Eastern This is a fair market value price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock Lesaka Technologies Short Interest DataLesaka Technologies (LSAK) has a short interest of 78,200 shares, representing 0.17% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a 10.14% increase in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 2.8, indicating that it would take 2.8 days of the average trading volume of 28,015 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest78,200 sharesPrevious Short Interest71,000 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month+10.14%Dollar Volume Sold Short$362,066.00Short Interest Ratio2.8 Days to CoverLast Record DateApril 30, 2025Outstanding Shares81,249,000 sharesFloat Size45,530,000 sharesShort Percent of Float0.17%Today's Trading Volume7,578 sharesAverage Trading Volume28,015 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average27% Short Selling Lesaka Technologies? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for Lesaka 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 ChartLSAK Short Interest Over TimeLSAK Days to Cover Over TimeLSAK Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Lesaka 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 4/30/202578,200 shares $362,066.00 +10.1%0.2%2.8 $4.63 4/15/202571,000 shares $320,210.00 +10.6%0.2%2.5 $4.51 3/31/202564,200 shares $306,234.00 +16.5%0.1%2.5 $4.77 3/15/202555,100 shares $244,644.00 +4.4%0.1%2.9 $4.44 2/28/202552,800 shares $259,248.00 +8.0%0.1%2.5 $4.91 2/15/202548,900 shares $242,544.00 +9.2%0.1%2.3 $4.96 1/31/202544,800 shares $230,720.00 +0.2%0.1%1.7 $5.15 1/15/202544,700 shares $234,228.00 -10.4%0.1%1.5 $5.24 12/31/202449,900 shares $271,955.00 +9.9%0.1%1.6 $5.45 12/15/202445,400 shares $232,448.00 +0.7%0.1%1.4 $5.12 Get the Latest News and Ratings for LSAK and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Lesaka Technologies and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 11/30/202445,100 shares $243,540.00 -16.9%0.1%1.4 $5.40 11/15/202454,300 shares $272,586.00 -26.2%0.1%1.6 $5.02 10/31/202473,600 shares $402,592.00 +18.0%0.2%2.2 $5.47 10/15/202462,400 shares $308,256.00 +6.9%0.1%2.4 $4.94 9/30/202458,400 shares $292,000.00 -4.0%0.1%2.7 $5.00 9/15/202460,800 shares $262,656.00 +22.1%0.2%2.6 $4.32 8/31/202449,800 shares $233,562.00 -14.1%0.1%1.8 $4.69 8/15/202458,000 shares $276,660.00 +11.1%0.2%2 $4.77 7/31/202452,200 shares $252,126.00 -5.6%0.1%1.3 $4.83 7/15/202455,300 shares $263,781.00 -6.0%0.1%1.4 $4.77 6/30/202458,800 shares $275,184.00 +2.3%0.1%1.5 $4.68 6/15/202457,500 shares $264,500.00 -3.9%0.1%1.5 $4.60 5/31/202459,800 shares $266,708.00 -11.3%0.1%2.1 $4.46 5/15/202467,400 shares $332,956.00 -12.0%0.2%2.7 $4.94 4/30/202476,600 shares $339,338.00 +5.4%0.2%5 $4.43 4/15/202472,700 shares $300,251.00 -3.3%0.2%5.5 $4.13 3/31/202475,200 shares $282,000.00 +6.8%0.2%5.7 $3.75 3/15/202470,400 shares $263,296.00 -9.0%0.2%4.9 $3.74 2/29/202477,400 shares $275,544.00 -2.6%0.2%4.6 $3.56 2/15/202479,500 shares $293,355.00 -0.3%0.2%4.2 $3.69 1/31/202479,700 shares $269,386.00 +0.6%0.2%3.6 $3.38 1/15/202479,200 shares $283,536.00 -8.7%0.2%3.9 $3.58 12/31/202386,700 shares $280,908.00 -0.5%0.2%4.3 $3.24 12/15/202387,100 shares $283,946.00 -20.8%0.2%4.1 $3.26 11/30/2023110,000 shares $391,600.00 +20.1%0.3%5.9 $3.56 11/15/202391,600 shares $373,728.00 -11.2%0.2%4.6 $4.08 10/31/2023103,200 shares $421,056.00 -11.3%0.3%5.9 $4.08 10/15/2023116,400 shares $523,800.00 -4.1%0.3%4.9 $4.50 9/30/2023121,400 shares $473,460.00 -3.9%0.3%4.9 $3.90 9/15/2023126,300 shares $493,833.00 +5.7%0.3%4.9 $3.91Elon just did WHAT!? (Ad)As you may recall, Biden and the Fed were working on a central bank digital currency, or CBDC. Had they gotten away with it, the Fed and U.S. banks could have seized control of our financial lives forever. But Trump stopped them cold on January 23rd, 2025, when he outlawed CBDCs… Paving the way for Elon Musk's secret master plan.Click here to see how to claim your stake before they launch to avoid missing out. 8/31/2023119,500 shares $470,830.00 -12.6%0.3%3.9 $3.94 8/15/2023136,700 shares $496,221.00 -14.9%0.3%4.5 $3.63 7/31/2023160,700 shares $604,232.00 +1.6%0.4%4.2 $3.76 7/15/2023158,100 shares $569,160.00 +2.5%0.4%3.5 $3.60 6/30/2023154,200 shares $587,502.00 +78.5%0.4%3.4 $3.81 6/15/202386,400 shares $332,640.00 -13.0%0.2%1.9 $3.85 5/31/202399,300 shares $378,333.00 -29.7%0.2%1.8 $3.81 5/15/2023141,200 shares $542,208.00 +16.8%0.3%2.3 $3.84 4/30/2023120,900 shares $436,449.00 -23.8%0.3%2.2 $3.61 4/15/2023158,700 shares $652,257.00 +18.3%0.4%3.2 $4.11 3/31/2023134,100 shares $643,680.00 -20.2%0.3%3.1 $4.80 3/15/2023168,000 shares $787,920.00 +9.5%0.4%3.1 $4.69 2/28/2023153,400 shares $733,252.00 -17.4%0.4%3.1 $4.78 2/15/2023185,800 shares $843,532.00 -8.3%0.5%4.2 $4.54 1/31/2023202,600 shares $861,050.00 -8.5%0.5%3.1 $4.25 1/15/2023221,500 shares $952,450.00 +24.0%0.6%3.2 $4.30 12/30/2022178,700 shares $813,085.00 +18.8%0.5%2.5 $4.55 12/15/2022150,400 shares $568,512.00 -16.4%0.4%1.2 $3.78 11/30/2022179,800 shares $729,988.00 +11.4%0.5%1.3 $4.06 11/15/2022161,400 shares $649,635.00 -19.2%0.4%1.1 $4.03 10/31/2022199,800 shares $795,204.00 -16.5%0.5%1.6 $3.98 10/15/2022239,200 shares $961,584.00 +90.5%0.6%1.8 $4.02 9/30/2022125,600 shares $442,112.00 -23.0%0.3%1 $3.52 9/15/2022163,200 shares $639,744.00 -12.0%0.4%2.4 $3.92 8/31/2022185,400 shares $982,620.00 -5.8%0.4%2.7 $5.30 8/15/2022196,900 shares $1.17 million -3.1%0.5%3.1 $5.95 7/31/2022203,100 shares $1.12 million -1.7%0.5%3 $5.53 7/15/2022206,700 shares $1.09 million No Change0.5%3.3 $5.29 LSAK Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Lesaka Technologies' current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Lesaka Technologies shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of April 30th, investors have sold 78,200 shares of LSAK short. 0.17% of Lesaka Technologies' shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Lesaka Technologies' current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for Lesaka 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. LSAK shares currently have a short interest ratio of 3.0. Learn More on Lesaka Technologies's short interest ratio. What is a good short interest percentage for Lesaka 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. 0.17% of Lesaka Technologies' floating shares are currently sold short. Is Lesaka Technologies' short interest increasing or decreasing? Lesaka Technologies saw a increase in short interest in the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 78,200 shares, an increase of 10.1% from the previous total of 71,000 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. What is Lesaka Technologies' float size? Lesaka Technologies currently has issued a total of 81,249,000 shares. Some of Lesaka Technologies' 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. Lesaka Technologies currently has a public float of 45,530,000 shares. How does Lesaka Technologies' short interest compare to its competitors? 0.17% of Lesaka Technologies' shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "banking" compare to Lesaka Technologies: Iris Energy Limited (11.95%), Grupo Supervielle S.A. (1.89%), Triumph Financial, Inc. (10.71%), Sprott Inc. (1.04%), Veritex Holdings, Inc. (2.08%), TeraWulf Inc. (32.96%), Coastal Financial Co. (4.72%), LendingClub Co. (4.09%), CompoSecure, Inc. (22.12%), Byline Bancorp, Inc. (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: Spotify Technology S.A. ($4.67 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.58 billion), Capital One Financial Co. ($4.47 billion), The Kroger Co. ($2.56 billion), Reddit, Inc. ($2.23 billion), Rivian Automotive, Inc. ($2.16 billion), Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. ($1.90 billion), SoFi Technologies, Inc. ($1.85 billion), Zscaler, Inc. ($1.75 billion), and Omnicom Group Inc. ($1.75 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short Lesaka Technologies stock? Short selling LSAK is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Lesaka Technologies as its price is falling. LSAK shares are trading down $0.11 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 Lesaka Technologies? A short squeeze for Lesaka Technologies 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 LSAK, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Lesaka 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 LSAK, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is April, 30 2025. More Short Interest Resources from MarketBeat Related Companies Iris Energy Short Squeeze Grupo Supervielle Short Squeeze Triumph Financial Short Squeeze Sprott Short Squeeze Veritex Short Squeeze TeraWulf Short Squeeze Coastal Financial Short Squeeze LendingClub Short Squeeze CompoSecure Short Squeeze Byline Bancorp Short Squeeze Short Interest Tools Stocks to Short Largest Short Interest Positions Short Interest Increases Short Interest Decreases Short Interest Reporting Dates This page (NASDAQ:LSAK) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersEveryone’s watching Nvidia right now. Here’s why I’m excited.So, unless you’ve been living under a rock, you probably saw the news… Nvidia just signed a $7 BILLION deal...Timothy Sykes | SponsoredTrump’s Exec Order #14154 could be a “Millionaire-Maker”Former Presidential Advisor, Jim Rickards, says Trump could “rewire our economy and hand millions of Americans...Paradigm Press | SponsoredWhite House to reset Social Security?Elon Musk's parting DOGE gift looks set to shock America... A single announcement by July 22nd could soon b...Altimetry | SponsoredElon just did WHAT!?As you may recall, Biden and the Fed were working on a central bank digital currency, or CBDC. Had they got...Brownstone Research | SponsoredMan who predicted $100K Bitcoin sees a huge run coming for another coin …Sure enough, Bitcoin took off on the exact day Juan said it would. It's up more than 40% since the election...Weiss Ratings | SponsoredTrump Predicts Dollar DownfallREAD THIS VERY CAREFULLY: If you have $100,000 or more saved for retirement, this may make you VERY angry... ...Augusta Precious Metals | SponsoredThe Secret Map of America, Declassified…Locked inside a Maryland man’s private safe is a map. But not just any map, mind you… This map shows a “...Banyan Hill Publishing | SponsoredBanks aren’t ready for this altcoin—are you?While everyone's distracted by Bitcoin's moves, a stealth revolution is underway. One altcoin is quietly po...Crypto 101 Media | Sponsored Adding Choose a watchlist: Watchlist Adding You have already added five stocks to your watchlist. Upgrade to MarketBeat All Access to add more stocks to your watchlist. Adding Lesaka Technologies, Inc. Please log in to your account or sign up in order to add this asset to your watchlist. Share Lesaka Technologies With A Colleague Link copied to clipboard. Get 30 Days of MarketBeat All Access for Free Sign up for MarketBeat All Access to gain access to MarketBeat's full suite of research tools. Start Your 30-Day Trial MarketBeat All Access Features Best-in-Class Portfolio Monitoring Get personalized stock ideas. Compare portfolio to indices. Check stock news, ratings, SEC filings, and more. Stock Ideas and Recommendations See daily stock ideas from top analysts. Receive short-term trading ideas from MarketBeat. Identify trending stocks on social media. Advanced Stock Screeners and Research Tools Use our seven stock screeners to find suitable stocks. Stay informed with MarketBeat's real-time news. Export data to Excel for personal analysis. Sign in to your free account to enjoy these benefits In-depth profiles and analysis for 20,000 public companies. Real-time analyst ratings, insider transactions, earnings data, and more. Our daily ratings and market update email newsletter. Sign in to your free account to enjoy all that MarketBeat has to offer. Sign In Create Account Your Email Address: Email Address Required Your Password: Password Required Log In or Sign in with Facebook Sign in with Google Forgot your password? Your Email Address: Please enter your email address. Please enter a valid email address Choose a Password: Please enter your password. Your password must be at least 8 characters long and contain at least 1 number, 1 letter, and 1 special character. Create My Account (Free) or Sign in with Facebook Sign in with Google By creating a free account, you agree to our terms of service. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.