Research Frontiers (REFR) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $1.58 -0.01 (-0.63%) Closing price 07/11/2025 04:00 PM EasternExtended Trading$1.58 0.00 (0.00%) As of 07/11/2025 04:04 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 AnalysisChartCompetitorsEarningsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock Research Frontiers Short Interest DataResearch Frontiers (REFR) has a short interest of 300,900 shares, representing 1.07% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a -5.05% decrease in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 7.9, indicating that it would take 7.9 days of the average trading volume of 30,486 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest300,900 sharesPrevious Short Interest316,900 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month-5.05%Dollar Volume Sold Short$493.48 thousandShort Interest Ratio7.9 Days to CoverLast Record DateJune 30, 2025Outstanding Shares33,520,000 sharesFloat Size28,150,000 sharesShort Percent of Float1.07%Today's Trading Volume12,016 sharesAverage Trading Volume30,486 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average39% Short Selling Research Frontiers? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for Research Frontiers and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartREFR Short Interest Over TimeREFR Days to Cover Over TimeREFR Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Research Frontiers Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 6/30/2025300,900 shares $493.48 thousand -5.1%1.1%7.9 $1.64 6/15/2025316,900 shares $592.60 thousand +1.4%1.1%7.9 $1.87 5/31/2025312,500 shares $568.75 thousand -1.9%1.1%7.9 $1.82 5/15/2025318,400 shares $550.83 thousand +12.6%1.1%9.3 $1.73 4/30/2025282,900 shares $297.05 thousand -0.6%1.0%9 $1.05 4/15/2025284,700 shares $287.55 thousand -2.3%1.0%8.7 $1.01 3/31/2025291,400 shares $329.28 thousand -0.8%1.0%8.4 $1.13 3/15/2025293,700 shares $378.87 thousand -4.2%1.0%9.2 $1.29 2/28/2025306,500 shares $413.78 thousand +1.3%1.1%10.1 $1.35 2/15/2025302,600 shares $435.74 thousand -1.0%1.1%9.8 $1.44 Get the Latest News and Ratings for REFR and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Research Frontiers and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 1/31/2025305,600 shares $470.62 thousand -3.5%1.1%9.3 $1.54 1/15/2025316,800 shares $533.81 thousand +1.4%1.1%11 $1.69 12/31/2024312,300 shares $534.03 thousand -2.4%1.1%12.2 $1.71 12/15/2024320,000 shares $585.60 thousand -4.6%1.1%13.1 $1.83 11/30/2024335,300 shares $653.84 thousand -6.7%1.2%13.5 $1.95 11/15/2024359,300 shares $707.82 thousand -0.5%1.3%14.9 $1.97 10/31/2024361,000 shares $794.20 thousand +1.4%1.3%16.9 $2.20 10/15/2024355,900 shares $729.60 thousand -3.2%1.3%15.1 $2.05 9/30/2024367,800 shares $805.48 thousand -1.7%1.3%14.3 $2.19 9/15/2024374,100 shares $744.46 thousand -0.6%1.3%13.3 $1.99 8/31/2024376,300 shares $812.81 thousand -3.4%1.3%12.9 $2.16 8/15/2024389,400 shares $837.21 thousand -0.2%1.4%9.8 $2.15 7/31/2024390,000 shares $768.30 thousand -1.6%1.4%7.6 $1.97 7/15/2024396,300 shares $812.42 thousand -7.2%1.4%8.1 $2.05 6/30/2024427,000 shares $785.68 thousand +15.0%1.5%8.3 $1.84 6/15/2024371,200 shares $690.43 thousand +2.8%1.3%6.6 $1.86 5/31/2024361,000 shares $761.71 thousand +3.0%1.3%6.6 $2.11 5/15/2024350,400 shares $739.34 thousand -6.6%1.3%6.5 $2.11 4/30/2024375,200 shares $581.56 thousand -1.8%1.4%8.7 $1.55 4/15/2024382,100 shares $557.87 thousand -0.3%1.4%9.3 $1.46 3/31/2024383,400 shares $498.42 thousand +0.4%1.4%9.3 $1.30 3/15/2024381,900 shares $458.28 thousand -1.6%1.4%7.6 $1.20 2/29/2024387,900 shares $380.14 thousand +2.4%1.4%7.5 $0.98 2/15/2024378,700 shares $401.42 thousand -1.9%1.4%8.4 $1.06 1/31/2024386,000 shares $393.72 thousand -12.4%1.4%8.2 $1.02 1/15/2024440,500 shares $458.12 thousand -10.4%1.6%9.4 $1.04 12/31/2023491,600 shares $496.52 thousand -9.6%1.8%10.5 $1.01 12/15/2023544,000 shares $514.08 thousand -9.7%2.0%13.6 $0.95 11/30/2023602,700 shares $620.78 thousand -8.2%2.2%18.2 $1.03 11/15/2023656,800 shares $669.94 thousand -0.4%2.4%18.6 $1.02Forget Nvidia, This “Ghost Town” Company Holds the Key to the AI Boom (Ad)Cold War Discovery Could Unlock $100 Trillion in Wealth Jeff recently traveled to an American ghost town to investigate this crazy Cold War story… Because it could hold the key to the entire $100 trillion AI boom. 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Click here to see the details on what could be the biggest tech story of this decade. 9/30/2021990,200 shares $2.53 million -12.4%3.8%5.4 $2.56 9/15/20211,130,000 shares $2.77 million +21.9%4.3%4.7 $2.45 8/31/2021927,200 shares $2.12 million -9.1%3.5%4.2 $2.29 8/13/20211,020,000 shares $2.00 million No Change3.9%5.4 $1.96 7/30/20211,020,000 shares $2.60 million -1.0%3.9%5.3 $2.55 7/15/20211,030,000 shares $2.21 million -7.2%3.9%5.4 $2.15 6/30/20211,110,000 shares $2.63 million -55.1%4.2%5.4 $2.37 6/15/20212,470,000 shares $5.48 million +28.0%9.4%15.6 $2.22 5/28/20211,930,000 shares $4.59 million -2.5%7.3%12.6 $2.38 5/14/20211,980,000 shares $4.77 million -2.9%7.5%11.3 $2.41 4/30/20212,040,000 shares $5.37 million -13.2%8.4%10.5 $2.63 4/15/20212,350,000 shares $6.04 million +24.3%9.1%9.7 $2.57 3/31/20211,890,000 shares $5.12 million +8.0%7.3%6.1 $2.71 3/15/20211,750,000 shares $6.27 million +0.6%6.8%5.3 $3.58 2/26/20211,740,000 shares $7.08 million +7.4%6.8%4.5 $4.07 2/12/20211,620,000 shares $7.37 million +1.3%6.4%4.1 $4.55 1/29/20211,600,000 shares $6.22 million +16.8%6.3%4.3 $3.89 1/15/20211,370,000 shares $5.41 million -4.9%5.6%4.3 $3.95 12/31/20201,440,000 shares $4.06 million -6.5%5.9%6.5 $2.82 12/15/20201,540,000 shares $4.17 million -1.3%6.3%7.2 $2.71 11/30/20201,560,000 shares $4.38 million -7.1%6.4%9.3 $2.81 11/15/20201,680,000 shares $4.96 million -10.2%6.9%10.8 $2.95 10/30/20201,870,000 shares $5.11 million -11.8%7.7%8.9 $2.73 10/15/20202,120,000 shares $6.00 million -4.9%8.7%9.4 $2.83 9/30/20202,230,000 shares $6.02 million No Change9.1%9.4 $2.70 9/15/20202,230,000 shares $5.51 million +1.8%9.1%7 $2.47 8/31/20202,190,000 shares $5.08 million -15.8%9.0%7.2 $2.32 8/14/20202,600,000 shares $6.68 million -1.1%10.8%8.8 $2.57 7/31/20202,630,000 shares $8.89 million -2.6%11.0%10.6 $3.38 7/15/20202,700,000 shares $9.10 million -8.2%11.4%11.2 $3.37 REFR Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Research Frontiers' current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Research Frontiers shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of June 30th, traders have sold 300,900 shares of REFR short. 1.07% of Research Frontiers' shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Research Frontiers' current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for Research Frontiers? 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. REFR shares currently have a short interest ratio of 8.0. Learn More on Research Frontiers's short interest ratio. What is a good short interest percentage for Research Frontiers? 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. 1.07% of Research Frontiers' floating shares are currently sold short. Is Research Frontiers' short interest increasing or decreasing? Research Frontiers saw a drop in short interest in June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 300,900 shares, a drop of 5.0% from the previous total of 316,900 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 Research Frontiers' float size? Research Frontiers currently has issued a total of 33,520,000 shares. Some of Research Frontiers' 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. Research Frontiers currently has a public float of 28,150,000 shares. How does Research Frontiers' short interest compare to its competitors? 1.07% of Research Frontiers' shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "trading" compare to Research Frontiers: Ellington Credit Company (0.78%), Alpine Income Property Trust, Inc. (0.90%), Siebert Financial Corp. (5.06%), Spark I Acquisition Corporation (0.03%), The Joint Corp. (3.82%), Franklin Street Properties Corp. (1.41%), SK Growth Opportunities Co. (0.45%), BRAEMAR HOTELS & RESORTS INC. (1.61%), Hennessy Capital Investment Corp. VI (0.03%), Modiv Industrial, Inc. (4.59%), 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 ($72.10 billion), Invesco QQQ ($26.89 billion), iShares Russell 2000 ETF ($19.61 billion), MicroStrategy Incorporated ($9.52 billion), iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF ($8.70 billion), WD-40 Company ($7.66 billion), Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund ($6.10 billion), Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF ($5.80 billion), Invesco S&P 500 Top 50 ETF ($5.53 billion), and Vanguard Large-Cap ETF ($5.35 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short Research Frontiers stock? Short selling REFR is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Research Frontiers as its price is falling. REFR shares are trading down $0.01 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 Research Frontiers? A short squeeze for Research Frontiers 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 REFR, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Research Frontiers' 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 REFR, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is June, 30 2025. More Short Interest Resources from MarketBeat Related Companies EARN Short Interest Data PINE Short Interest Data SIEB Short Interest Data SPKL Short Interest Data JYNT Short Interest Data FSP Short Interest Data SKGR Short Interest Data BHR Short Interest Data HCVI Short Interest Data MDV Short Interest Data Short Interest Tools Stocks to Short Largest Short Interest Positions Short Interest Increases Short Interest Decreases Short Interest Reporting Dates This page (NASDAQ:REFR) was last updated on 7/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersThis Signal Only Flashes Once Every 4 Years – And It Just TriggeredThis same signal has appeared twice before in the past 8 years — both times, it kicked off major moves in cryp...Crypto Swap Profits | SponsoredI was wrong about TrumpI made a mistake. A mistake I feel very foolish about. 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