Optical Cable (OCC) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $8.17 -0.82 (-9.12%) Closing price 09/24/2025 04:00 PM EasternExtended Trading$7.88 -0.29 (-3.49%) As of 09/24/2025 06:54 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 AnalysisChartCompetitorsEarningsHeadlinesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock Optical Cable Short Interest DataOptical Cable (OCC) has a short interest of 8,000 shares, representing 0.15% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a -1.23% decrease in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 0.0, indicating that it would take 0.0 days of the average trading volume of 109,748 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest8,000 sharesPrevious Short Interest8,100 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month-1.23%Dollar Volume Sold Short$50.72 thousandShort Interest Ratio0.0 Days to CoverLast Record DateAugust 31, 2025Outstanding Shares8,870,000 sharesFloat Size5,200,000 sharesShort Percent of Float0.15%Today's Trading Volume58,447 sharesAverage Trading Volume109,748 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average53% Short Selling Optical Cable? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for Optical Cable 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 ChartOCC Short Interest Over TimeOCC Days to Cover Over TimeOCC Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Optical Cable Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 8/31/20258,000 shares $50.72 thousand -1.2%0.2%0 $6.34 8/15/20258,100 shares $43.82 thousand +2.5%0.2%0 $5.41 7/31/20257,900 shares $35.39 thousand -94.0%0.2%0 $4.48 7/15/2025132,300 shares $727.65 thousand +2,714.9%2.6%0.5 $5.50 6/30/20254,700 shares $13.63 thousand -23.0%0.1%0 $2.90 6/15/20256,100 shares $15.98 thousand -69.8%0.1%0.3 $2.62 5/31/202520,200 shares $58.18 thousand -18.2%0.4%1 $2.88 5/15/202524,700 shares $77.81 thousand +10.8%0.4%1.2 $3.15 4/30/202522,300 shares $66.68 thousand -33.6%0.4%0.8 $2.99 4/15/202533,600 shares $96.43 thousand +128.6%0.6%0.8 $2.87 Get the Latest News and Ratings for OCC and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Optical Cable and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 3/31/202514,700 shares $41.01 thousand -39.3%0.3%0.3 $2.79 3/15/202524,200 shares $80.10 thousand -33.2%0.4%0 $3.31 2/28/202536,200 shares $146.25 thousand -38.9%0.7%0.1 $4.04 2/15/202559,200 shares $262.26 thousand -43.5%1.1%0.1 $4.43 1/31/2025104,700 shares $516.17 thousand -47.8%2.0%0.2 $4.93 1/15/2025200,500 shares $992.48 thousand -29.4%3.7%0.3 $4.95 12/31/2024284,000 shares $1.03 million +1,451.9%5.3%0.5 $3.61 12/15/202418,300 shares $39.16 thousand +84.9%0.3%0 $2.14 11/30/20249,900 shares $23.07 thousand -2.9%0.2%1.2 $2.33 11/15/202410,200 shares $23.66 thousand -38.6%0.2%1.7 $2.32 10/31/202416,600 shares $40.67 thousand -3.5%0.3%2.9 $2.45 10/15/202417,200 shares $42.83 thousand +68.6%0.3%3 $2.49 9/30/202410,200 shares $27.34 thousand -31.1%0.2%2.1 $2.68 9/15/202414,800 shares $42.03 thousand -8.6%0.3%3.4 $2.84 8/31/202416,200 shares $43.42 thousand -6.4%0.3%4.4 $2.68 8/15/202417,300 shares $48.27 thousand +6.8%0.3%4.2 $2.79 7/31/202416,200 shares $44.55 thousand +20.9%0.3%3.4 $2.75 7/15/202413,400 shares $35.51 thousand +57.7%0.3%2.9 $2.65 6/30/20248,500 shares $23.04 thousand -16.7%0.2%2.1 $2.71 6/15/202410,200 shares $28.76 thousand No Change0.2%2.5 $2.82 5/31/202410,200 shares $28.76 thousand +580.0%0.2%2 $2.82 5/15/20241,500 shares $4.22 thousand -37.5%0.0%0.3 $2.81 4/30/20242,400 shares $6.72 thousand +20.0%0.1%0.4 $2.80 4/15/20242,000 shares $5.54 thousand -59.2%0.0%0.3 $2.77 3/31/20244,900 shares $13.87 thousand -10.9%0.1%0.7 $2.83 3/15/20245,500 shares $15.79 thousand +37.5%0.1%0.8 $2.87 2/29/20244,000 shares $12.24 thousand -42.9%0.1%0.5 $3.06 2/15/20247,000 shares $19.04 thousand +100.0%0.1%1 $2.72 1/31/20243,500 shares $9.35 thousand +133.3%0.1%0.5 $2.67 1/15/20241,500 shares $4.05 thousand -79.7%0.0%0.2 $2.70 12/31/20237,400 shares $19.98 thousand +4.2%0.1%1.1 $2.70 12/15/20237,100 shares $21.09 thousand +317.7%0.1%1.1 $2.97 11/30/20231,700 shares $4.44 thousand -70.7%0.0%0.3 $2.61 11/15/20235,800 shares $14.96 thousand -13.4%0.1%1.1 $2.58 10/31/20236,700 shares $18.16 thousand -26.4%0.1%1.2 $2.71 10/15/20239,100 shares $22.66 thousand +7.1%0.2%1.5 $2.49 9/30/20238,500 shares $25.42 thousand -12.4%0.2%1.1 $2.99 9/15/20239,700 shares $33.47 thousand -22.4%0.2%1.2 $3.45 8/31/202312,500 shares $47.50 thousand No Change0.2%1.3 $3.80 8/15/202312,500 shares $45.31 thousand -7.4%0.2%1.4 $3.63 7/31/202313,500 shares $49.82 thousand +33.7%0.3%1.6 $3.69 7/15/202310,100 shares $35.15 thousand -30.3%0.2%1.2 $3.48 6/30/202314,500 shares $58.58 thousand -20.3%0.3%2.3 $4.04 6/15/202318,200 shares $77.26 thousand +27.3%0.4%2.8 $4.25 5/31/202314,300 shares $57.06 thousand -2.7%0.3%2.9 $3.99 5/15/202314,700 shares $63.50 thousand -2.7%0.3%3.2 $4.32 4/30/202315,100 shares $63.27 thousand -25.3%0.3%3 $4.19 4/15/202320,200 shares $88.68 thousand +192.8%0.4%4 $4.39 3/31/20236,900 shares $29.67 thousand +17.0%0.1%1.5 $4.30 3/15/20235,900 shares $25.08 thousand +156.5%0.1%1.2 $4.25 2/28/20232,300 shares $9.95 thousand -67.6%0.0%0.7 $4.33 2/15/20237,100 shares $29.11 thousand +34.0%0.1%2 $4.10 1/31/20235,300 shares $21.68 thousand +152.4%0.1%1.7 $4.09 1/15/20232,100 shares $8.44 thousand -58.8%0.0%0.7 $4.02 12/30/20225,100 shares $22.54 thousand -27.1%0.1%1.8 $4.42 12/15/20227,000 shares $25.90 thousand +66.7%0.1%3 $3.70 11/30/20224,200 shares $16.84 thousand +55.6%0.1%1.8 $4.01 11/15/20222,700 shares $9.64 thousand +107.7%0.1%0.9 $3.57 10/31/20221,300 shares $4.64 thousand +62.5%0.0%0.4 $3.57 10/15/2022800 shares $2.76 thousand -69.2%0.0%0.2 $3.45 9/30/20222,600 shares $8.97 thousand -33.3%0.1%0.6 $3.45 9/15/20223,900 shares $14.98 thousand +200.0%0.1%0.8 $3.84 8/31/20221,300 shares $4.85 thousand -18.8%0.0%0.2 $3.73 8/15/20221,600 shares $5.80 thousand +77.8%0.0%0.3 $3.63 7/31/2022900 shares $3.29 thousand -75.7%0.0%0.2 $3.66 7/15/20223,700 shares $12.58 thousand -58.4%0.1%0.7 $3.40 6/30/20228,900 shares $32.13 thousand +128.2%0.2%1.6 $3.61 6/15/20223,900 shares $13.30 thousand -18.8%0.1%0.5 $3.41 5/31/20224,800 shares $17.38 thousand -28.4%0.1%0.5 $3.62 5/15/20226,700 shares $24.46 thousand -11.8%0.1%0.6 $3.65 4/30/20227,600 shares $27.74 thousand -40.6%0.2%0.6 $3.65 4/15/202212,800 shares $53.89 thousand +276.5%0.3%0.9 $4.21 3/31/20223,400 shares $14.42 thousand +17.2%0.1%0.2 $4.24 3/15/20222,900 shares $12.70 thousand -79.4%0.1%0.1 $4.38 2/28/202214,100 shares $64.16 thousand -30.5%0.3%0.3 $4.55 2/15/202220,300 shares $95.82 thousand -24.8%0.4%0.5 $4.72 1/31/202227,000 shares $127.44 thousand +138.9%0.5%0.6 $4.72 1/15/202211,300 shares $48.59 thousand -30.7%0.2%0.3 $4.30 12/31/202116,300 shares $87.53 thousand -15.1%0.3%0.4 $5.37 12/15/202119,200 shares $122.88 thousand +62.7%0.4%0.5 $6.40 11/30/202111,800 shares $52.04 thousand +37.2%0.3%0.5 $4.41 11/15/20218,600 shares $35.52 thousand -25.2%0.2%0.5 $4.13 10/29/202111,500 shares $44.39 thousand -35.4%0.2%0.6 $3.86 10/15/202117,800 shares $68.00 thousand +30.9%0.4%0.9 $3.82 9/30/202113,600 shares $50.86 thousand -34.0%0.3%0.4 $3.74 9/15/202120,600 shares $71.48 thousand +488.6%0.4%0.6 $3.47 8/31/20213,500 shares $12.25 thousand -50.0%0.1%0.1 $3.50 8/13/20217,000 shares $27.23 thousand -57.8%0.2%0.2 $3.89 7/30/202116,600 shares $74.37 thousand -39.0%0.4%0.4 $4.48 7/15/202127,200 shares $109.62 thousand +86.3%0.6%0.8 $4.03 6/30/202114,600 shares $52.56 thousand -44.3%0.3%0.5 $3.60 6/15/202126,200 shares $101.66 thousand +191.1%0.5%1.6 $3.88 5/28/20219,000 shares $30.16 thousand -2.2%0.2%0.6 $3.35 5/14/20219,200 shares $29.16 thousand +1.1%0.2%0.6 $3.17 4/30/20219,100 shares $30.88 thousand -20.9%0.2%0.4 $3.39 4/15/202111,500 shares $41.29 thousand -8.0%0.2%0.1 $3.59 3/31/202112,500 shares $45.75 thousand +28.9%0.3%0.1 $3.66 3/15/20219,700 shares $35.79 thousand -52.2%0.2%0.1 $3.69 2/26/202120,300 shares $79.17 thousand -60.0%0.4%0.2 $3.90 2/12/202150,700 shares $183.53 thousand +9.3%1.1%0.4 $3.62 1/29/202146,400 shares $154.98 thousand +52.6%1.0%0.4 $3.34 1/15/202130,400 shares $103.57 thousand +178.9%0.6%0.3 $3.41 12/31/202010,900 shares $30.63 thousand +12.4%0.2%0.2 $2.81 12/15/20209,700 shares $28.71 thousand -28.7%0.2%0.3 $2.96 11/30/202013,600 shares $40.39 thousand +2.3%0.3%0.5 $2.97 11/15/202013,300 shares $38.04 thousand +34.3%0.3%0.6 $2.86 10/30/20209,900 shares $27.23 thousand +13.8%0.2%0.6 $2.75 10/15/20208,700 shares $28.01 thousand -72.9%0.2%0.5 $3.22 9/30/202032,100 shares $99.19 thousand +95.7%0.7%1.8 $3.09 OCC Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Optical Cable's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Optical Cable shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of August 31st, investors have sold 8,000 shares of OCC short. 0.15% of Optical Cable's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Optical Cable's current short interest. What is a good short interest percentage for Optical Cable? 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. 0.15% of Optical Cable's floating shares are currently sold short. Is Optical Cable's short interest increasing or decreasing? Optical Cable saw a decline in short interest in the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 8,000 shares, a decline of 1.2% from the previous total of 8,100 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 Optical Cable's float size? Optical Cable currently has issued a total of 8,870,000 shares. Some of Optical Cable's 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. Optical Cable currently has a public float of 5,200,000 shares. How does Optical Cable's short interest compare to its competitors? 0.15% of Optical Cable's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies compare to Optical Cable: HUHUTECH International Group Inc. (0.98%), Friedman Industries Inc. (2.26%), Ascent Industries Co. (2.98%), Broadwind Energy, Inc. (0.30%), Asia Pacific Wire & Cable Corporation Limited (0.08%), Inno Holdings Inc. (22.43%), Aqua Metals, Inc. (3.07%), Howmet Aerospace Inc. (3.05%), ArcelorMittal (0.26%), Tenaris S.A. (0.95%), 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 ($73.23 billion), Invesco QQQ ($29.52 billion), iShares Russell 2000 ETF ($20.82 billion), iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF ($10.76 billion), Palo Alto Networks, Inc. ($9.37 billion), Strategy Inc ($7.58 billion), Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF ($6.78 billion), SPDR S&P Biotech ETF ($6.72 billion), AppLovin Corporation ($6.37 billion), and iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF ($6.29 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short Optical Cable stock? Short selling OCC is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Optical Cable as its price is falling. OCC shares are trading down $0.82 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 Optical Cable? A short squeeze for Optical Cable 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 OCC, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Optical Cable's 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 OCC, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is August, 31 2025. 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