Optex Systems (OPXS) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $5.86 -0.20 (-3.30%) Closing price 03:55 PM EasternExtended Trading$5.95 +0.09 (+1.52%) As of 04:24 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 AnalysisChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock Optex Systems Short Interest DataOptex Systems (OPXS) has a short interest of 3,600 shares, representing 0.07% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a -20.00% decrease in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 0.1, indicating that it would take 0.1 days of the average trading volume of 23,302 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest3,600 sharesPrevious Short Interest4,500 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month-20.00%Dollar Volume Sold Short$20,736.00Short Interest Ratio0.1 Days to CoverLast Record DateFebruary 28, 2025Outstanding Shares6,897,000 sharesFloat Size5,120,000 sharesShort Percent of Float0.07%Today's Trading Volume2,745 sharesAverage Trading Volume23,302 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average12% 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 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 Remove Ads 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 2/28/20253,600 shares $20,736.00 -20.0%0.1%0.1 $5.76 2/15/20254,500 shares $27,630.00 +181.3%0.1%0.2 $6.14 1/31/20251,600 shares $10,688.00 +14.3%0.0%0.1 $6.68 1/15/20251,400 shares $8,764.00 -46.2%0.0%0 $6.26 12/31/20242,600 shares $17,836.00 +100.0%0.1%0.1 $6.86 12/15/20241,300 shares $10,790.00 +30.0%0.0%0.1 $8.30 11/30/20241,000 shares $8,900.00 -28.6%0.0%0 $8.90 11/15/20241,400 shares $11,620.00 -85.9%0.0%0.1 $8.30 10/31/20249,900 shares $81,972.00 +86.8%0.2%0.4 $8.28 10/15/20245,300 shares $44,043.00 -45.9%0.1%0.2 $8.31 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. 9/30/20249,800 shares $74,774.00 +88.5%0.2%0.4 $7.63 9/15/20245,200 shares $42,900.00 -52.7%0.1%0.2 $8.25 8/31/202411,000 shares $87,780.00 +35.8%0.2%0.4 $7.98 8/15/20248,100 shares $62,856.00 +6.6%0.2%0.4 $7.76 7/31/20247,600 shares $59,660.00 +117.1%0.2%0.3 $7.85 7/15/20243,500 shares $28,630.00 -10.3%0.1%0.2 $8.18 6/30/20243,900 shares $28,158.00 +18.2%0.1%0.2 $7.22 6/15/20243,300 shares $24,597.54 No Change0.1%0.2 $7.45 5/31/20243,300 shares $25,971.00 -29.8%0.1%0.2 $7.87 5/15/20244,700 shares $40,279.00 +176.5%0.1%0.2 $8.57 4/30/20241,700 shares $12,047.73 -59.5%0.0%0.1 $7.09 4/15/20244,200 shares $30,156.00 -8.7%0.1%0.2 $7.18 3/31/20244,600 shares $35,144.00 +27.8%0.1%0.2 $7.64 3/15/20243,600 shares $25,848.00 -54.4%0.1%0.1 $7.18 2/29/20247,900 shares $50,560.00 +54.9%0.2%0.2 $6.40 2/15/20245,100 shares $34,119.00 -41.4%0.1%0.1 $6.69 1/31/20248,700 shares $47,415.00 -79.6%0.2%0.3 $5.45 1/15/202442,700 shares $240,828.00 -40.2%0.8%1.5 $5.64 12/31/202371,400 shares $467,998.44 +1,486.7%1.4%2.7 $6.55 12/15/20234,500 shares $18,675.00 -48.3%0.1%0.2 $4.15 11/30/20238,700 shares $37,062.00 -1.1%0.2%0.8 $4.26 11/15/20238,800 shares $36,520.00 +166.7%0.2%0.8 $4.15 10/31/20233,300 shares $12,969.00 +73.7%0.1%0.3 $3.93 10/15/20231,900 shares $7,163.00 -74.0%0.0%0.2 $3.77 9/30/20237,300 shares $30,331.50 +25.9%0.1%0.7 $4.16 9/15/20235,800 shares $23,026.00 -50.9%0.1%0.4 $3.97 8/31/202311,800 shares $46,964.00 -55.8%0.2%0.7 $3.98 2/28/20231,600 shares $4,736.00 -20.0%N/A0.3 $2.96 2/15/20232,000 shares $5,940.00 -20.0%N/A0.1 $2.97 1/31/20232,500 shares $7,700.00 -7.4%N/A0.1 $3.08Alert: DOGE goes live (Ad)Elon will most likely be at the helm of it all. 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See, there's one particular part of Elon and Trump's plans that you need to pay special attention to right now.Click here to learn more. 1/15/20232,700 shares $8,370.00 No ChangeN/A0.2 $3.10 12/15/2022700 shares $2,058.00 No ChangeN/A0.2 $2.94 11/15/2022200 shares $549.40 -95.2%N/A0 $2.75 10/31/20224,200 shares $10,206.00 No ChangeN/A0.2 $2.43 9/30/2022700 shares $1,778.00 -63.2%N/A0.1 $2.54 9/15/20221,900 shares $4,769.00 -66.1%N/A0.1 $2.51 8/31/20225,600 shares $15,064.00 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 $1,944.09 +50.0%N/A0.2 $2.16 3/31/2022600 shares $1,350.00 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 $5,250.00 +900.0%N/A0 $1.75 8/31/2021300 shares $476.40 -99.4%N/A0 $1.59 8/13/202146,000 shares $68,540.00 -2.8%N/A0.9 $1.49 7/30/202147,300 shares $70,477.00 -19.0%N/A1.7 $1.49 7/15/202158,400 shares $87,600.00 -0.2%N/A4.9 $1.50 6/30/202158,500 shares $90,090.00 -2.2%N/A0.7 $1.54 6/15/202159,800 shares $89,700.00 -2.5%N/A3.2 $1.50 5/28/202161,300 shares $91,950.00 -2.5%N/A4.1 $1.50 5/14/202162,900 shares $95,608.00 -14.2%N/A2.9 $1.52 4/30/202173,300 shares $131,940.00 +0.6%N/A4.5 $1.80 4/15/202172,900 shares $131,220.00 -1.1%N/A4.8 $1.80 3/31/202173,700 shares $133,765.50 +4.0%N/A3 $1.82 3/15/202170,900 shares $133,292.00 -0.1%N/A5.5 $1.88 2/26/202171,000 shares $134,900.00 +7.3%N/A2.3 $1.90 2/12/202166,200 shares $142,330.00 -1.3%N/A2.1 $2.15 1/29/202167,100 shares $127,490.00 -0.7%N/A2.1 $1.90 1/15/202179,300 shares $157,014.00 +0.8%N/A4.7 $1.98 12/31/202067,000 shares $119,260.00 -15.5%N/A0.7 $1.78 12/15/202079,300 shares $159,393.00 +0.8%N/A4.7 $2.01 11/30/202078,700 shares $144,808.00 -0.3%N/A3.8 $1.84 11/15/202078,900 shares $160,167.00 -5.3%N/A6.1 $2.03 10/30/202083,300 shares $172,431.00 +3.4%N/A3.4 $2.07 10/15/202080,600 shares $161,200.00 -4.7%N/A8.1 $2.00 9/30/202084,600 shares $156,510.00 No ChangeN/A6.6 $1.85 9/15/202084,600 shares $159,894.00 +0.8%N/A2.7 $1.89 8/31/202083,900 shares $156,893.00 -1.4%N/A4.3 $1.87 8/14/202085,100 shares $165,945.00 -0.5%N/A3.8 $1.95 7/31/202085,500 shares $171,000.00 +0.7%N/A3.9 $2.00 7/15/202084,900 shares $151,122.00 -0.1%N/A18.9 $1.78 6/30/202085,000 shares $162,350.00 +0.1%N/A8.3 $1.91 6/15/202084,900 shares $155,367.00 -1.2%N/A2.1 $1.83 5/29/202085,900 shares $150,325.00 +0.2%N/A9.9 $1.75 5/15/202085,700 shares $157,259.50 -0.4%N/A19.9 $1.84 4/30/202086,000 shares $150,500.00 +0.2%N/A11.3 $1.75Alert: DOGE goes live (Ad)Elon will most likely be at the helm of it all. And just days from now, could bring about the biggest economic transformation in American history. See, there's one particular part of Elon and Trump's plans that you need to pay special attention to right now.Click here to learn more. 4/15/202085,800 shares $154,440.00 -0.1%N/A16.8 $1.80 3/31/202085,900 shares $163,210.00 -5.9%N/A4.5 $1.90 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 February 28th, traders have sold 3,600 shares of OPXS short. 0.07% 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. 0.07% of Optex Systems' floating shares are currently sold short. Is Optex Systems' short interest increasing or decreasing? Optex Systems saw a decrease in short interest in the month of February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totaling 3,600 shares, a decrease of 20.0% from the previous total of 4,500 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 6,897,000 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 5,120,000 shares. How does Optex Systems' short interest compare to its competitors? 0.07% 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: Frequency Electronics, Inc. (0.17%), Kewaunee Scientific Co. (2.20%), Nautilus Biotechnology, Inc. (0.50%), Seer, Inc. (5.53%), Rapid Micro Biosystems, Inc. (1.99%), Akoya Biosciences, Inc. (17.43%), Owlet, Inc. (4.28%), Prenetics Global Limited (0.40%), Singular Genomics Systems, Inc. (2.91%), Syntec Optics Holdings, Inc. (0.31%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Invesco QQQ ($23.74 billion), iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF ($10.75 billion), MicroStrategy Incorporated ($6.56 billion), Apollo Global Management, Inc. ($5.40 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.57 billion), AppLovin Co. ($4.45 billion), Capital One Financial Co. ($4.33 billion), Super Micro Computer, Inc. ($4.23 billion), Schlumberger Limited ($3.22 billion), and Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. ($3.06 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 down $0.20 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 February, 28 2025. 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