Nortech Systems (NSYS) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $9.73 -0.15 (-1.52%) Closing price 03:50 PM EasternExtended Trading$9.74 +0.01 (+0.10%) As of 04:10 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 ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock Nortech Systems Short Interest DataNortech Systems (NSYS) has a short interest of 13,200 shares, representing 1.51% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a -29.41% decrease in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 2.4, indicating that it would take 2.4 days of the average trading volume of 2,912 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest13,200 sharesPrevious Short Interest18,700 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month-29.41%Dollar Volume Sold Short$120.25 thousandShort Interest Ratio2.4 Days to CoverLast Record DateSeptember 30, 2025Outstanding Shares2,790,000 sharesFloat Size875,800 sharesShort Percent of Float1.51%Today's Trading Volume937 sharesAverage Trading Volume2,912 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average32% Short Selling Nortech Systems? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for Nortech Systems and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Get Report View SMS TermsBy 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. 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Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartNSYS Short Interest Over TimeNSYS Days to Cover Over TimeNSYS Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Nortech Systems Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 9/30/202513,200 shares $120.25 thousand -29.4%1.5%2.4 $9.11 9/15/202518,700 shares $174.85 thousand +110.1%2.1%1.6 $9.35 8/31/20258,900 shares $82.59 thousand -9.2%1.0%0.6 $9.28 8/15/20259,800 shares $86.00 thousand +44.1%1.1%0.6 $8.78 7/31/20256,800 shares $55.56 thousand -34.0%0.8%0.4 $8.17 7/15/202510,300 shares $90.80 thousand -25.9%1.2%0.4 $8.82 6/30/202513,900 shares $124.13 thousand -43.5%1.6%0.5 $8.93 6/15/202524,600 shares $225.09 thousand +83.6%2.8%1.1 $9.15 5/31/202513,400 shares $124.62 thousand +88.7%1.5%0.8 $9.30 5/15/20257,100 shares $61.06 thousand -60.8%0.8%0.4 $8.60 Get the Latest News and Ratings for NSYS and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Nortech Systems and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 4/30/202518,100 shares $170.14 thousand +154.9%2.0%1.1 $9.40 4/15/20257,100 shares $56.45 thousand +4.4%0.8%1 $7.95 3/31/20256,800 shares $64.60 thousand +83.8%0.8%1.1 $9.50 3/15/20253,700 shares $36.17 thousand -11.9%0.4%0.6 $9.78 2/28/20254,200 shares $42.29 thousand -32.3%0.5%0.7 $10.07 2/15/20256,200 shares $63.30 thousand No Change0.7%0.9 $10.21 1/31/20256,200 shares $63.12 thousand +3.3%0.7%0.9 $10.18 1/15/20256,000 shares $61.74 thousand +114.3%0.7%0.9 $10.29 12/31/20242,800 shares $28.81 thousand -56.9%0.3%0.5 $10.29 12/15/20246,500 shares $74.75 thousand -12.2%0.7%1.3 $11.50 11/30/20247,400 shares $85.84 thousand +15.6%0.8%1.4 $11.60 11/15/20246,400 shares $62.40 thousand +8.5%0.7%1.1 $9.75 10/31/20245,900 shares $67.26 thousand -3.3%0.7%1 $11.40 10/15/20246,100 shares $76.19 thousand No Change0.7%0.9 $12.49 9/30/20246,100 shares $71.43 thousand -4.7%0.7%0.8 $11.71 9/15/20246,400 shares $74.62 thousand -16.9%0.7%0.8 $11.66 8/31/20247,700 shares $94.86 thousand -40.3%0.8%0.8 $12.32 8/15/202412,900 shares $149.19 thousand +81.7%1.4%1.2 $11.57 7/31/20247,100 shares $102.67 thousand +6.0%0.8%0.6 $14.46 7/15/20246,700 shares $89.98 thousand +91.4%0.7%0.5 $13.43 6/30/20243,500 shares $47.78 thousand +34.6%0.4%0.3 $13.65 6/15/20242,600 shares $28.50 thousand +62.5%0.3%0.2 $10.96 5/31/20241,600 shares $18.66 thousand -60.0%0.2%0.1 $11.66 5/15/20244,000 shares $48.28 thousand +233.3%0.4%0.4 $12.07 4/30/20241,200 shares $20.45 thousand +71.4%0.1%0.1 $17.04 4/15/2024700 shares $11.31 thousand -72.0%0.1%0.1 $16.16 3/31/20242,500 shares $33.38 thousand +31.6%0.3%0.4 $13.35 3/15/20241,900 shares $20.62 thousand -56.8%0.2%0.4 $10.85 2/29/20244,400 shares $53.50 thousand -10.2%0.5%1.6 $12.16 2/15/20244,900 shares $58.31 thousand +157.9%0.6%1.9 $11.90 1/31/20241,900 shares $19.95 thousand +850.0%0.2%0.7 $10.50 1/15/2024200 shares $1.94 thousand +100.0%0.0%0.1 $9.70 12/31/2023100 shares $942.00 -94.4%0.0%0 $9.42 12/15/20231,800 shares $16.85 thousand +38.5%0.2%0.5 $9.36 11/30/20231,300 shares $11.31 thousand No Change0.2%0.3 $8.70 11/15/20231,300 shares $12.03 thousand +116.7%0.2%0.3 $9.25 10/31/2023600 shares $4.66 thousand -82.4%0.1%0.1 $7.77 10/15/20233,400 shares $27.61 thousand +580.0%0.4%0.6 $8.12 9/30/2023500 shares $4.63 thousand -44.4%0.1%0.1 $9.25 9/15/2023900 shares $8.61 thousand +12.5%0.1%0.2 $9.57 8/31/2023800 shares $8.35 thousand -27.3%0.1%0.1 $10.44 8/15/20231,100 shares $10.68 thousand -8.3%0.1%0.2 $9.71 7/31/20231,200 shares $11.33 thousand -42.9%0.2%0.2 $9.44 7/15/20232,100 shares $20.37 thousand +162.5%0.3%0.3 $9.70 6/30/2023800 shares $7.82 thousand -63.6%0.1%0.1 $9.78 6/15/20232,200 shares $23.08 thousand +144.4%0.3%0.3 $10.49 5/31/2023900 shares $8.60 thousand +125.0%0.1%0.1 $9.55 5/15/2023400 shares $3.76 thousand -76.5%0.1%0.1 $9.39 4/30/20231,700 shares $17 thousand +41.7%0.2%0.2 $10.00 4/15/20231,200 shares $12.65 thousand +20.0%0.1%0.2 $10.54 3/31/20231,000 shares $10.65 thousand +100.0%0.1%0.1 $10.65 3/15/2023500 shares $6.52 thousand No Change0.1%0.1 $13.03 2/28/2023500 shares $7.28 thousand -66.7%0.1%0.1 $14.56 2/15/20231,500 shares $21.90 thousand +25.0%0.2%0.2 $14.60 1/31/20231,200 shares $16.55 thousand +33.3%0.1%0.2 $13.79 1/15/2023900 shares $11.45 thousand +80.0%0.1%0.1 $12.72 12/30/2022500 shares $6.13 thousand -16.7%0.1%0.1 $12.25 12/15/2022600 shares $7.97 thousand -80.7%0.1%0.1 $13.28 11/30/20223,100 shares $48.61 thousand -64.4%0.3%0.4 $15.68 11/15/20228,700 shares $117.19 thousand +295.5%1.0%1.2 $13.47 10/31/20222,200 shares $22.22 thousand +633.3%0.2%0.3 $10.10 10/15/2022300 shares $3 thousand -62.5%0.0%0 $10.00 9/30/2022800 shares $8.43 thousand -69.2%0.1%0.1 $10.54 9/15/20222,600 shares $29.38 thousand -10.3%0.3%0.2 $11.30 8/31/20222,900 shares $35.79 thousand +3.6%0.4%0.3 $12.34 8/15/20222,800 shares $36.04 thousand +833.3%0.3%0.3 $12.87 7/31/2022300 shares $3.20 thousand -88.5%0.0%0 $10.68 7/15/20222,600 shares $40.30 thousand +160.0%0.3%0.3 $15.50 6/30/20221,000 shares $14 thousand -37.5%0.1%0.1 $14.00 6/15/20221,600 shares $17.57 thousand -5.9%0.2%0.3 $10.98 5/31/20221,700 shares $19.58 thousand -60.5%0.2%0.3 $11.52 5/15/20224,300 shares $51.39 thousand -4.4%0.5%0.7 $11.95 4/30/20224,500 shares $56.79 thousand +1,025.0%0.6%0.8 $12.62 4/15/2022400 shares $4.12 thousand +33.3%0.1%0.1 $10.29 3/31/2022300 shares $3.14 thousand -75.0%0.0%0.1 $10.48 3/15/20221,200 shares $13.33 thousand -7.7%0.1%0.3 $11.11 2/28/20221,300 shares $13.57 thousand +550.0%0.1%0.4 $10.44 2/15/2022200 shares $2.04 thousand No ChangeN/A0.1 $10.21 1/31/2022200 shares $2.02 thousand -50.0%0.0%0 $10.10 1/15/2022400 shares $4.19 thousand -85.7%0.0%0.1 $10.47 12/31/20212,800 shares $28.98 thousand -31.7%0.2%0.4 $10.35 12/15/20214,100 shares $42.23 thousand +156.3%0.4%0.6 $10.30 11/30/20211,600 shares $17.71 thousand -44.8%0.1%0.2 $11.07 11/15/20212,900 shares $28.71 thousand -50.9%0.3%0.2 $9.90 10/29/20215,900 shares $61.36 thousand +73.5%0.5%0.4 $10.40 10/15/20213,400 shares $38.39 thousand -19.1%0.3%0.2 $11.29 9/30/20214,200 shares $48.30 thousand -31.2%0.4%0.2 $11.50 9/15/20216,100 shares $68.81 thousand -7.6%0.5%0.2 $11.28 8/31/20216,600 shares $85.54 thousand -34.7%0.6%0.2 $12.96 8/13/202110,100 shares $112.51 thousand +38.4%0.9%0.3 $11.14 7/30/20217,300 shares $87.60 thousand -53.2%0.6%0.2 $12.00 7/15/202115,600 shares $148.20 thousand +67.7%1.3%0.5 $9.50 6/30/20219,300 shares $74.31 thousand -16.2%0.8%0.4 $7.99 6/15/202111,100 shares $84.36 thousand +46.1%0.9%0.7 $7.60 5/28/20217,600 shares $50.16 thousand +85.4%0.6%0.5 $6.60 5/14/20214,100 shares $23.62 thousand -34.9%0.4%0.3 $5.76 4/30/20216,300 shares $38.87 thousand No Change0.5%0.4 $6.17 4/15/20216,300 shares $41.33 thousand +28.6%0.5%0.4 $6.56 3/31/20214,900 shares $30.53 thousand -14.0%0.4%0.3 $6.23 3/15/20215,700 shares $45.03 thousand +5.6%0.5%0.2 $7.90 2/26/20215,400 shares $42.07 thousand +20.0%0.5%0.2 $7.79 2/12/20214,500 shares $35.84 thousand No Change0.4%0.1 $7.97 1/29/20214,500 shares $33.01 thousand -53.6%0.4%0.1 $7.34 1/15/20219,700 shares $81.63 thousand -21.8%0.8%0.4 $8.42 12/31/202012,400 shares $102.30 thousand +143.1%1.1%0.5 $8.25 12/15/20205,100 shares $25.50 thousand +750.0%0.4%0.8 $5.00 11/30/2020600 shares $2.65 thousand -33.3%0.1%0.1 $4.42 11/15/2020900 shares $3.93 thousand +50.0%0.1%0 $4.36 10/30/2020600 shares $2.74 thousand -50.0%0.1%0 $4.56 NSYS Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Nortech Systems' current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Nortech Systems shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of September 30th, traders have sold 13,200 shares of NSYS short. 1.51% of Nortech Systems' shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Nortech Systems' current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for Nortech Systems? 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. NSYS shares currently have a short interest ratio of 2.0. Learn More on Nortech Systems's short interest ratio. What is a good short interest percentage for Nortech Systems? 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. 1.51% of Nortech Systems' floating shares are currently sold short. Is Nortech Systems' short interest increasing or decreasing? Nortech Systems saw a decline in short interest in September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totaling 13,200 shares, a decline of 29.4% from the previous total of 18,700 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 Nortech Systems' float size? Nortech Systems currently has issued a total of 2,790,000 shares. Some of Nortech Systems' 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. Nortech Systems currently has a public float of 875,800 shares. How does Nortech Systems' short interest compare to its competitors? 1.51% of Nortech Systems' shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "electronic equipment" compare to Nortech Systems: Intchains Group Limited Unsponsored ADR (0.23%), Coda Octopus Group Inc. (1.30%), Emeren Group Ltd. Sponsored ADR (1.70%), RF Industries, Ltd. (1.44%), AmpliTech Group, Inc. (3.61%), GCT Semiconductor Holding, Inc. (5.27%), MIND Technology, Inc. (5.81%), Pixelworks, Inc. (3.02%), Eltek Ltd. (0.13%), Beam Global (6.41%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: AppLovin Corporation ($15.71 billion), Robinhood Markets, Inc. ($7.56 billion), Reddit Inc. ($4.55 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($4.53 billion), CoreWeave Inc. ($4.43 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.07 billion), Seagate Technology Holdings PLC ($3.94 billion), IonQ, Inc. ($3.78 billion), TC Energy Corporation ($3.13 billion), and Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. ($3.12 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short Nortech Systems stock? Short selling NSYS is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Nortech Systems as its price is falling. NSYS shares are trading down $0.17 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 Nortech Systems? A short squeeze for Nortech Systems 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 NSYS, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Nortech Systems' 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 NSYS, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is September, 30 2025. 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