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Willdan Group (WLDN) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

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$103.14 -0.64 (-0.62%)
Closing price 04:00 PM Eastern
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$103.76 +0.63 (+0.61%)
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Willdan Group Short Interest Data

Willdan Group (WLDN) has a short interest of 681,300 shares. This marks a 1.81% increase in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 1.8, indicating that it would take 1.8 days of the average trading volume of 550,802 shares to cover all short positions.

Current Short Interest
681,300 shares
Previous Short Interest
669,200 shares
Change Vs. Previous Month
+1.81%
Dollar Volume Sold Short
$76.99 million
Short Interest Ratio
1.8 Days to Cover
Last Record Date
August 15, 2025
Outstanding Shares
14,660,000 shares
Percentage of Shares Shorted
4.65%
Today's Trading Volume
288,599 shares
Average Trading Volume
550,802 shares
Today's Volume Vs. Average
52%
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WLDN Short Interest Over Time

WLDN Days to Cover Over Time

WLDN Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time

Willdan Group Short Interest History

Report DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date
8/15/2025681,300 shares $76.99 million +1.8%N/A1.8 $113.01
7/31/2025669,200 shares $57.08 million -5.2%5.0%2.2 $85.30
7/15/2025706,200 shares $54.01 million +284.9%N/A3.2 $76.48
6/30/2025183,500 shares $11.47 million -58.3%3.7%0.9 $62.51
6/15/2025440,300 shares $24.58 million +9.7%3.3%3.2 $55.82
5/31/2025401,300 shares $21.59 million -3.2%3.1%2.8 $53.81
5/15/2025414,400 shares $19.59 million +18.4%3.3%2.9 $47.28
4/30/2025350,000 shares $13.72 million -11.5%N/A2.6 $39.20
4/15/2025395,400 shares $15.37 million -8.3%3.1%2.9 $38.87
3/31/2025431,300 shares $17.56 million +45.8%3.4%3 $40.72
3/15/2025295,800 shares $11.94 million +14.4%2.3%2.1 $40.36
2/28/2025258,600 shares $8.46 million -6.9%2.0%2 $32.70
2/15/2025277,900 shares $9.53 million +3.6%2.2%2.4 $34.28
1/31/2025268,200 shares $9.48 million -8.9%N/A2.1 $35.35
1/15/2025294,400 shares $11.11 million -8.1%N/A2.1 $37.75
12/31/2024320,400 shares $12.20 million -19.1%N/A2 $38.09
12/15/2024396,100 shares $16.16 million -17.3%N/A2.3 $40.81
11/30/2024478,800 shares $20.93 million +15.3%N/A2.8 $43.71
11/15/2024415,300 shares $17.29 million -2.7%N/A2.4 $41.64
10/31/2024426,700 shares $20.19 million +3.2%N/A2.3 $47.31
10/15/2024413,600 shares $18.70 million +33.9%N/A2.5 $45.22
9/30/2024308,900 shares $12.65 million -2.7%N/A2.2 $40.95
9/15/2024317,400 shares $12.08 million -9.2%N/A2.6 $38.07
8/31/2024349,600 shares $13.32 million -7.8%N/A3.1 $38.11
8/15/2024379,100 shares $13.70 million -17.1%N/A3.6 $36.14
7/31/2024457,000 shares $15.48 million -8.6%N/A5.3 $33.88
7/15/2024499,700 shares $16.78 million +3.4%N/A6.4 $33.58
6/30/2024483,200 shares $13.94 million -2.3%N/A6.3 $28.85
6/15/2024494,700 shares $14.58 million +16.2%N/A6.8 $29.48
5/31/2024425,800 shares $13.83 million -2.1%N/A5.6 $32.48
5/15/2024434,700 shares $13.91 million -3.7%N/A6 $32.00
4/30/2024451,400 shares $12.72 million +20.5%N/A7 $28.19
4/15/2024374,600 shares $10.07 million +0.2%N/A7.4 $26.87
3/31/2024373,800 shares $10.84 million -1.0%N/A7.4 $28.99
3/15/2024377,500 shares $10.45 million +8.6%N/A8.7 $27.68
2/29/2024347,500 shares $7.26 million +2.8%N/A9.4 $20.88
2/15/2024338,200 shares $7.41 million -2.9%N/A10.7 $21.91
1/31/2024348,200 shares $6.66 million -1.8%N/A11.3 $19.14
1/15/2024354,400 shares $6.36 million +1.3%N/A11.9 $17.94
12/31/2023349,800 shares $7.52 million -3.8%N/A12.8 $21.50
12/15/2023363,500 shares $7.31 million -0.9%N/A13.5 $20.10
11/30/2023366,900 shares $7.34 million -1.6%N/A14.6 $20.00
11/15/2023372,800 shares $7.83 million +2.4%N/A12.8 $21.01
10/31/2023364,100 shares $6.42 million -0.9%N/A10.6 $17.64
10/15/2023367,400 shares $7.20 million -3.4%N/A8.5 $19.59
9/30/2023380,400 shares $7.77 million +0.4%N/A9.1 $20.43
9/15/2023379,000 shares $7.84 million +3.6%N/A8.6 $20.69
8/31/2023366,000 shares $8.84 million +4.3%N/A8 $24.14
8/15/2023351,000 shares $8.07 million +8.9%N/A8.1 $23.00
7/31/2023322,200 shares $6.50 million +0.8%N/A7.9 $20.18
7/15/2023319,700 shares $6.08 million +1.7%N/A9.6 $19.02
6/30/2023314,500 shares $6.03 million -5.9%2.5%8.6 $19.16
6/15/2023334,300 shares $6.26 million -2.7%2.7%9.5 $18.73
5/31/2023343,400 shares $5.72 million -3.4%2.8%8.9 $16.66
5/15/2023355,400 shares $6.49 million +2.3%2.9%8.6 $18.25
4/30/2023347,400 shares $5.09 million +1.6%2.8%8.5 $14.65
4/15/2023342,100 shares $5.24 million -2.2%2.8%6.6 $15.32
3/31/2023349,800 shares $5.46 million -4.2%2.8%6.8 $15.62
3/15/2023365,100 shares $6.10 million +4.1%3.0%7.1 $16.70
2/28/2023350,600 shares $6.33 million -0.9%2.8%6.7 $18.06
2/15/2023353,600 shares $7.10 million -14.6%2.8%6.7 $20.09
1/31/2023414,000 shares $7.88 million +0.5%3.3%7.5 $19.04
1/15/2023411,800 shares $7.96 million +7.7%3.3%8.9 $19.32
12/30/2022382,200 shares $6.82 million +11.8%3.1%7.5 $17.85
12/15/2022341,800 shares $5.93 million -2.0%2.8%5.9 $17.35
11/30/2022348,800 shares $6.12 million -5.7%2.9%5.9 $17.54
11/15/2022369,800 shares $6.35 million -1.3%3.0%6.8 $17.17
10/31/2022374,700 shares $5.18 million -3.7%3.1%6.9 $13.82
10/15/2022389,100 shares $4.51 million -17.8%3.2%7.2 $11.59
9/30/2022473,500 shares $7.01 million -14.1%3.9%9.9 $14.81
9/15/2022551,300 shares $9.81 million -5.6%4.5%11.8 $17.79
8/31/2022583,700 shares $13.29 million -4.5%4.8%14.6 $22.76
8/15/2022611,200 shares $17.25 million +3.2%5.0%15.4 $28.23
7/31/2022592,400 shares $16.12 million -3.1%5.8%14 $27.21
7/15/2022611,100 shares $15.67 million -1.8%6.0%14.7 $25.65
6/30/2022622,100 shares $17.16 million -3.4%6.1%15.2 $27.58
6/15/2022643,900 shares $15.85 million +0.3%6.3%15.9 $24.61
5/31/2022642,200 shares $17.11 million +1.0%5.3%12.8 $26.64
5/15/2022636,100 shares $16.40 million -6.8%5.3%12.5 $25.78
4/30/2022682,800 shares $18.35 million +7.0%5.7%13.5 $26.88
4/15/2022638,100 shares $17.97 million +1.0%5.4%9.8 $28.16
3/31/2022631,700 shares $19.39 million +12.5%5.4%9.1 $30.69
3/15/2022561,400 shares $14.99 million -1.1%4.8%4.7 $26.70
2/28/2022567,800 shares $18.34 million -1.9%4.8%5.1 $32.30
2/15/2022578,600 shares $18.13 million +2.2%4.9%5.2 $31.34
1/31/2022566,400 shares $17.82 million +11.0%4.8%5.1 $31.46
1/15/2022510,100 shares $16.10 million -34.1%4.3%4.9 $31.57
12/31/2021773,500 shares $27.23 million -13.6%6.6%8.2 $35.20
12/15/2021895,100 shares $36.70 million -2.0%7.6%14.4 $41.00
11/30/2021913,100 shares $36.53 million +1.9%7.8%19 $40.01
11/15/2021896,200 shares $36.72 million -2.0%7.6%18.2 $40.97
10/29/2021914,900 shares $30.59 million +22.8%7.8%18.3 $33.43
10/15/2021744,900 shares $25.04 million -5.0%6.4%15.3 $33.62
9/30/2021783,700 shares $27.89 million +3.4%6.7%16.9 $35.59
9/15/2021757,700 shares $26.05 million -2.2%6.5%15.9 $34.38
8/31/2021774,500 shares $29.28 million -12.2%6.6%14.8 $37.81
8/13/2021882,100 shares $32.66 million -4.0%7.5%16.8 $37.03
7/30/2021918,700 shares $37.90 million -9.0%7.9%16.4 $41.25
7/15/20211,010,000 shares $39.31 million +2.3%8.8%16.3 $38.92
6/30/2021987,800 shares $37.18 million -6.8%8.6%15 $37.64
6/15/20211,060,000 shares $42.27 million No Change9.2%12.6 $39.88
5/28/20211,060,000 shares $38.54 million +1.9%9.8%12.1 $36.36
5/14/20211,040,000 shares $38.30 million +2.0%9.6%11.1 $36.83
4/30/20211,020,000 shares $38.62 million -1.0%9.5%10.6 $37.86
4/15/20211,030,000 shares $41.69 million +8.3%9.8%10.6 $40.48
3/31/2021950,900 shares $36.98 million +1.4%9.0%9.3 $38.89
3/15/2021938,200 shares $45.18 million +12.2%8.9%9.6 $48.16
2/26/2021836,000 shares $35.32 million +25.4%8.0%10 $42.25
2/12/2021666,800 shares $33.16 million +8.7%6.3%8.4 $49.73
1/29/2021613,300 shares $28.98 million -11.3%5.8%7.6 $47.25
1/15/2021691,100 shares $33.71 million -1.1%6.5%9.1 $48.78
12/31/2020698,700 shares $28.60 million +8.1%6.6%10 $40.94
12/15/2020646,500 shares $24.41 million +5.3%6.1%11.5 $37.76
11/30/2020613,900 shares $23.43 million +6.4%5.8%11.7 $38.17
10/30/2020582,100 shares $16.47 million -10.9%5.5%13.3 $28.29
10/15/2020653,500 shares $19.73 million -12.6%6.1%15.4 $30.19
9/30/2020747,600 shares $19.07 million +14.9%7.0%16.8 $25.51
9/15/2020650,800 shares $17.98 million -0.8%6.1%14.9 $27.63

WLDN Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions

What is Willdan Group's current short interest?

Short interest is the volume of Willdan Group shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of August 15th, traders have sold 681,300 shares of WLDN short. Learn More on Willdan Group's current short interest.

What is a good short interest ratio for Willdan Group?

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. WLDN shares currently have a short interest ratio of 2.0. Learn More on Willdan Group's short interest ratio.

Which institutional investors are shorting Willdan Group?

As of the most recent reporting period, the following institutional investors, funds, and major shareholders have reported short positions of Willdan Group: Group One Trading LLC. These positions are disclosed in Form 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Is Willdan Group's short interest increasing or decreasing?

Willdan Group saw a increase in short interest during the month of August. As of August 15th, there was short interest totaling 681,300 shares, an increase of 1.8% from the previous total of 669,200 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.

How does Willdan Group's short interest compare to its competitors?

Here is how the short interest of companies compare to Willdan Group: Sterling Infrastructure, Inc. (7.76%), M-tron Industries, Inc. (5.89%), Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc. (28.29%), Wpp Plc (0.68%), D-Wave Quantum Inc. (18.32%), Etsy, Inc. (16.89%), StoneCo Ltd. (6.84%), Frontdoor Inc. (2.28%), WillScot Holdings Corporation (7.68%), Herc Holdings Inc. (7.46%),

Which stocks are the most shorted right now?

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Lucid Group, Inc. ($8.00 billion), Spotify Technology ($5.48 billion), AppLovin Corporation ($5.11 billion), Reddit Inc. ($5.02 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($3.99 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.89 billion), Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. ($3.18 billion), Seagate Technology Holdings PLC ($2.59 billion), ResMed Inc. ($2.55 billion), and Rocket Lab Corporation ($2.52 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

What does it mean to sell short Willdan Group stock?

Short selling WLDN is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Willdan Group as its price is falling. WLDN shares are trading down $0.64 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 Willdan Group?

A short squeeze for Willdan Group 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 WLDN, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further.

How often is Willdan Group'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 WLDN, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is August, 15 2025.




This page (NASDAQ:WLDN) was last updated on 9/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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