Optex Systems (OPXS) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $12.75 +0.15 (+1.19%) Closing price 10/3/2025 04:00 PM EasternExtended Trading$12.92 +0.17 (+1.36%) As of 10/3/2025 07:55 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 Optex Systems Short Interest DataOptex Systems (OPXS) has a short interest of 18,300 shares, representing 0.34% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a 137.66% increase in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 0.3, indicating that it would take 0.3 days of the average trading volume of 34,803 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest18,300 sharesPrevious Short Interest7,700 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month+137.66%Dollar Volume Sold Short$221.06 thousandShort Interest Ratio0.3 Days to CoverLast Record DateSeptember 15, 2025Outstanding Shares6,910,000 sharesFloat Size5,350,000 sharesShort Percent of Float0.34%Today's Trading Volume42,108 sharesAverage Trading Volume34,803 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average121% Short Selling Optex Systems? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for Optex 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 ChartOPXS Short Interest Over TimeOPXS Days to Cover Over TimeOPXS Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Optex 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 9/15/202518,300 shares $221.06 thousand +137.7%0.3%0.3 $12.08 8/31/20257,700 shares $84.62 thousand -70.9%0.1%0.1 $10.99 8/15/202526,500 shares $311.38 thousand +85.3%0.5%0.4 $11.75 7/31/202514,300 shares $169.03 thousand -56.5%0.3%0.2 $11.82 7/15/202532,900 shares $450.07 thousand +14.2%0.6%0.5 $13.68 6/30/202528,800 shares $330.91 thousand +56.5%0.6%0.6 $11.49 6/15/202518,400 shares $165.78 thousand +162.9%0.4%0.5 $9.01 5/31/20257,000 shares $59.50 thousand -53.3%0.1%0.3 $8.50 5/15/202515,000 shares $122.40 thousand +23.0%0.3%0.8 $8.16 4/30/202512,200 shares $77.84 thousand +269.7%0.2%0.7 $6.38 Get the Latest News and Ratings for OPXS and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Optex Systems and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 4/15/20253,300 shares $17.85 thousand -8.3%0.1%0.2 $5.41 3/31/20253,600 shares $20.45 thousand -28.0%0.1%0.2 $5.68 3/15/20255,000 shares $27.90 thousand +38.9%0.1%0.2 $5.58 2/28/20253,600 shares $20.74 thousand -20.0%0.1%0.1 $5.76 2/15/20254,500 shares $27.63 thousand +181.3%0.1%0.2 $6.14 1/31/20251,600 shares $10.69 thousand +14.3%0.0%0.1 $6.68 1/15/20251,400 shares $8.76 thousand -46.2%0.0%0 $6.26 12/31/20242,600 shares $17.84 thousand +100.0%0.1%0.1 $6.86 12/15/20241,300 shares $10.79 thousand +30.0%0.0%0.1 $8.30 11/30/20241,000 shares $8.90 thousand -28.6%0.0%0 $8.90 11/15/20241,400 shares $11.62 thousand -85.9%0.0%0.1 $8.30 10/31/20249,900 shares $81.97 thousand +86.8%0.2%0.4 $8.28 10/15/20245,300 shares $44.04 thousand -45.9%0.1%0.2 $8.31 9/30/20249,800 shares $74.77 thousand +88.5%0.2%0.4 $7.63 9/15/20245,200 shares $42.90 thousand -52.7%0.1%0.2 $8.25 8/31/202411,000 shares $87.78 thousand +35.8%0.2%0.4 $7.98 8/15/20248,100 shares $62.86 thousand +6.6%0.2%0.4 $7.76 7/31/20247,600 shares $59.66 thousand +117.1%0.2%0.3 $7.85 7/15/20243,500 shares $28.63 thousand -10.3%0.1%0.2 $8.18 6/30/20243,900 shares $28.16 thousand +18.2%0.1%0.2 $7.22 6/15/20243,300 shares $24.60 thousand No Change0.1%0.2 $7.45 5/31/20243,300 shares $25.97 thousand -29.8%0.1%0.2 $7.87 5/15/20244,700 shares $40.28 thousand +176.5%0.1%0.2 $8.57 4/30/20241,700 shares $12.05 thousand -59.5%0.0%0.1 $7.09 4/15/20244,200 shares $30.16 thousand -8.7%0.1%0.2 $7.18 3/31/20244,600 shares $35.14 thousand +27.8%0.1%0.2 $7.64 3/15/20243,600 shares $25.85 thousand -54.4%0.1%0.1 $7.18 2/29/20247,900 shares $50.56 thousand +54.9%0.2%0.2 $6.40 2/15/20245,100 shares $34.12 thousand -41.4%0.1%0.1 $6.69 1/31/20248,700 shares $47.42 thousand -79.6%0.2%0.3 $5.45 1/15/202442,700 shares $240.83 thousand -40.2%0.8%1.5 $5.64 12/31/202371,400 shares $468.00 thousand +1,486.7%1.4%2.7 $6.55 12/15/20234,500 shares $18.68 thousand -48.3%0.1%0.2 $4.15 11/30/20238,700 shares $37.06 thousand -1.1%0.2%0.8 $4.26 11/15/20238,800 shares $36.52 thousand +166.7%0.2%0.8 $4.15 10/31/20233,300 shares $12.97 thousand +73.7%0.1%0.3 $3.93 10/15/20231,900 shares $7.16 thousand -74.0%0.0%0.2 $3.77 9/30/20237,300 shares $30.33 thousand +25.9%0.1%0.7 $4.16 9/15/20235,800 shares $23.03 thousand -50.9%0.1%0.4 $3.97 8/31/202311,800 shares $46.96 thousand -55.8%0.2%0.7 $3.98 2/28/20231,600 shares $4.74 thousand -20.0%N/A0.3 $2.96 2/15/20232,000 shares $5.94 thousand -20.0%N/A0.1 $2.97 1/31/20232,500 shares $7.70 thousand -7.4%N/A0.1 $3.08 1/15/20232,700 shares $8.37 thousand No ChangeN/A0.2 $3.10 12/15/2022700 shares $2.06 thousand No ChangeN/A0.2 $2.94 11/15/2022200 shares $549.40 -95.2%N/A0 $2.75 10/31/20224,200 shares $10.21 thousand No ChangeN/A0.2 $2.43 9/30/2022700 shares $1.78 thousand -63.2%N/A0.1 $2.54 9/15/20221,900 shares $4.77 thousand -66.1%N/A0.1 $2.51 8/31/20225,600 shares $15.06 thousand No ChangeN/A0.1 $2.69 6/30/2022100 shares $194.00 No ChangeN/A0 $1.94 6/15/2022100 shares $190.00 No ChangeN/A0 $1.90 5/15/2022200 shares $382.00 No ChangeN/A0 $1.91 4/30/2022200 shares $450.00 -77.8%N/A0 $2.25 4/15/2022900 shares $1.94 thousand +50.0%N/A0.2 $2.16 3/31/2022600 shares $1.35 thousand No ChangeN/A0.1 $2.25 2/28/2022100 shares $180.00 No ChangeN/A0 $1.80 12/31/2021100 shares $187.00 No ChangeN/A0 $1.87 11/30/2021100 shares $194.00 No ChangeN/A0 $1.94 9/15/20213,000 shares $5.25 thousand +900.0%N/A0 $1.75 8/31/2021300 shares $476.40 -99.4%N/A0 $1.59 8/13/202146,000 shares $68.54 thousand -2.8%N/A0.9 $1.49 7/30/202147,300 shares $70.48 thousand -19.0%N/A1.7 $1.49 7/15/202158,400 shares $87.60 thousand -0.2%N/A4.9 $1.50 6/30/202158,500 shares $90.09 thousand -2.2%N/A0.7 $1.54 6/15/202159,800 shares $89.70 thousand -2.5%N/A3.2 $1.50 5/28/202161,300 shares $91.95 thousand -2.5%N/A4.1 $1.50 5/14/202162,900 shares $95.61 thousand -14.2%N/A2.9 $1.52 4/30/202173,300 shares $131.94 thousand +0.6%N/A4.5 $1.80 4/15/202172,900 shares $131.22 thousand -1.1%N/A4.8 $1.80 3/31/202173,700 shares $133.77 thousand +4.0%N/A3 $1.82 3/15/202170,900 shares $133.29 thousand -0.1%N/A5.5 $1.88 2/26/202171,000 shares $134.90 thousand +7.3%N/A2.3 $1.90 2/12/202166,200 shares $142.33 thousand -1.3%N/A2.1 $2.15 1/29/202167,100 shares $127.49 thousand -0.7%N/A2.1 $1.90 1/15/202179,300 shares $157.01 thousand +0.8%N/A4.7 $1.98 12/31/202067,000 shares $119.26 thousand -15.5%N/A0.7 $1.78 12/15/202079,300 shares $159.39 thousand +0.8%N/A4.7 $2.01 11/30/202078,700 shares $144.81 thousand -0.3%N/A3.8 $1.84 11/15/202078,900 shares $160.17 thousand -5.3%N/A6.1 $2.03 10/30/202083,300 shares $172.43 thousand +3.4%N/A3.4 $2.07 10/15/202080,600 shares $161.20 thousand -4.7%N/A8.1 $2.00 OPXS Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Optex Systems' current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Optex Systems shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of September 15th, investors have sold 18,300 shares of OPXS short. 0.34% of Optex Systems' shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Optex Systems' current short interest. What is a good short interest percentage for Optex 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. 0.34% of Optex Systems' floating shares are currently sold short. Is Optex Systems' short interest increasing or decreasing? Optex Systems saw a increase in short interest in September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 18,300 shares, an increase of 137.7% from the previous total of 7,700 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 Optex Systems' float size? Optex Systems currently has issued a total of 6,914,000 shares. Some of Optex 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. Optex Systems currently has a public float of 5,350,000 shares. How does Optex Systems' short interest compare to its competitors? 0.34% of Optex Systems' shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "measuring and control equipment" compare to Optex Systems: Senseonics Holdings, Inc. (6.07%), Frequency Electronics, Inc. (9.89%), 908 Devices Inc. (7.12%), Quantum-Si Incorporated (14.11%), Quanterix Corporation (9.58%), Prenetics Global Limited (0.46%), Rapid Micro Biosystems, Inc. (1.73%), Owlet, Inc. (3.71%), Seer, Inc. (4.84%), Kewaunee Scientific Corporation (2.28%), 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 ($8.81 billion), Canadian Natural Resources Limited ($5.82 billion), Reddit Inc. ($5.19 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($4.52 billion), Robinhood Markets, Inc. ($4.30 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.75 billion), CoreWeave Inc. ($3.66 billion), Seagate Technology Holdings PLC ($3.57 billion), Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. ($3.33 billion), and Rocket Lab Corporation ($3.26 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short Optex Systems stock? Short selling OPXS is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Optex Systems as its price is falling. OPXS shares are trading up $0.15 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 Optex Systems? A short squeeze for Optex Systems 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 OPXS, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Optex 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 OPXS, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is September, 15 2025. 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