Novanta (NOVT) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $129.26 -1.91 (-1.46%) As of 04:00 PM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock Novanta Short Interest DataNovanta (NOVT) has a short interest of 1.70 million shares. This marks a 1.80% increase in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 5.4, indicating that it would take 5.4 days of the average trading volume of 208,920 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest1,700,000 sharesPrevious Short Interest1,670,000 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month+1.80%Dollar Volume Sold Short$202.06 millionShort Interest Ratio5.4 Days to CoverLast Record DateApril 30, 2025Outstanding Shares35,971,000 sharesPercentage of Shares Shorted4.73%Today's Trading Volume117,010 sharesAverage Trading Volume208,920 sharesToday's Volume Vs. 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Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartNOVT Short Interest Over TimeNOVT Days to Cover Over TimeNOVT Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Novanta Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 4/30/20251,700,000 shares $202.06 million +1.8%N/A5.4 $118.86 4/15/20251,670,000 shares $190.53 million -3.5%4.7%5.6 $114.09 3/31/20251,730,000 shares $221.22 million -3.9%4.9%6.1 $127.87 3/15/20251,800,000 shares $244.93 million +1.7%5.1%7.9 $136.07 2/28/20251,770,000 shares $256.01 million +2.3%5.0%8.1 $144.64 2/15/20251,730,000 shares $247.68 million +3.0%4.9%8 $143.17 1/31/20251,680,000 shares $251.43 million -4.6%N/A8.4 $149.66 1/15/20251,760,000 shares $262.49 million +0.6%N/A9 $149.14 12/31/20241,750,000 shares $267.35 million +5.4%N/A9.5 $152.77 12/15/20241,660,000 shares $275.89 million -0.6%N/A9.3 $166.20 Get the Latest News and Ratings for NOVT and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Novanta and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 11/30/20241,670,000 shares $278.86 million -2.9%N/A9.9 $166.98 11/15/20241,720,000 shares $289.29 million +0.6%N/A10.4 $168.19 10/31/20241,710,000 shares $291.11 million -1.7%N/A12.2 $170.24 10/15/20241,740,000 shares $307.01 million +6.8%N/A12.2 $176.44 9/30/20241,630,000 shares $291.64 million -3.6%N/A10.5 $178.92 9/15/20241,690,000 shares $289.19 million -1.2%N/A10.7 $171.12 8/31/20241,710,000 shares $313.41 million +8.9%N/A10.9 $183.28 8/15/20241,570,000 shares $283.23 million -4.3%N/A10.5 $180.40 7/31/20241,640,000 shares $297.14 million +4.5%N/A10.8 $181.18 7/15/20241,570,000 shares $271.97 million -0.6%N/A10.9 $173.23 6/30/20241,580,000 shares $257.71 million +0.6%N/A11.8 $163.11 6/15/20241,570,000 shares $253.18 million +5.4%N/A12.1 $161.26 5/31/20241,490,000 shares $241.62 million -5.1%N/A11.9 $162.16 5/15/20241,570,000 shares $263.60 million -1.3%N/A11.4 $167.90 4/30/20241,590,000 shares $248.84 million -1.2%N/A11.2 $156.50 4/15/20241,610,000 shares $259.50 million -6.4%N/A12.2 $161.18 3/31/20241,720,000 shares $300.60 million +4.2%N/A13.5 $174.77 3/15/20241,650,000 shares $285.86 million +5.8%N/A13 $173.25 2/29/20241,560,000 shares $269.79 million -0.6%N/A10.7 $172.94 2/15/20241,570,000 shares $257.28 million -4.3%N/A11 $163.87 1/31/20241,640,000 shares $253.46 million -8.9%N/A9.9 $154.55 1/15/20241,800,000 shares $280.24 million -8.2%N/A10.1 $155.69 12/31/20231,960,000 shares $330.08 million +1.0%N/A10.4 $168.41 12/15/20231,940,000 shares $326.21 million +5.4%N/A10 $168.15 11/30/20231,840,000 shares $265.77 million +7.6%N/A9.6 $144.44 11/15/20231,710,000 shares $244.68 million +12.5%N/A9.2 $143.09 10/31/20231,520,000 shares $200.73 million +3.4%N/A8.6 $132.06 10/15/20231,470,000 shares $217.02 million -2.0%N/A9.8 $147.63 9/30/20231,500,000 shares $215.16 million -6.3%N/A11.1 $143.44 9/15/20231,600,000 shares $250.54 million +1.9%N/A12.1 $156.59Elon just did WHAT!? 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million -2.0%N/A11.5 $156.91 2/15/20231,470,000 shares $247.22 million -4.6%4.2%12.2 $168.18 1/31/20231,540,000 shares $248.66 million -2.5%4.4%10.9 $161.47 1/15/20231,580,000 shares $237.81 million +2.6%4.5%10.4 $150.51 12/30/20221,540,000 shares $209.24 million -2.5%N/A9.6 $135.87 12/15/20221,580,000 shares $228.63 million -1.3%4.5%9.4 $144.70 11/30/20221,600,000 shares $252.40 million -1.8%4.5%9.2 $157.75 11/15/20221,630,000 shares $262.27 million +4.5%4.6%9.3 $160.90 10/31/20221,560,000 shares $220.58 million -1.3%4.4%9.4 $141.40 10/15/20221,580,000 shares $180.50 million +4.6%4.5%8.8 $114.24 9/30/20221,510,000 shares $174.63 million -9.6%4.4%4.9 $115.65 9/15/20221,670,000 shares $211.41 million -4.6%4.8%5.4 $126.59 8/31/20221,750,000 shares $233.96 million -12.9%5.1%5.7 $133.69 8/15/20222,010,000 shares $307.53 million -6.5%5.8%6.7 $153.00 7/31/20222,150,000 shares $331.53 million +48.3%6.2%7.2 $154.20 7/15/20221,450,000 shares $181.47 million -2.0%4.2%5.2 $125.15 6/30/20221,480,000 shares $179.48 million +5.0%4.3%11 $121.27 6/15/20221,410,000 shares $165.13 million +2.2%4.1%11 $117.11 5/31/20221,380,000 shares $169.68 million +0.7%4.0%11.1 $122.96 5/15/20221,370,000 shares $175.44 million +18.1%3.9%10.4 $128.06 4/30/20221,160,000 shares $149.29 million +3.6%3.3%8.9 $128.70 4/15/20221,120,000 shares $144.05 million -4.3%3.2%8.6 $128.62 3/31/20221,170,000 shares $166.48 million -1.7%3.4%8.9 $142.29 3/15/20221,190,000 shares $152.37 million +12.3%3.4%9 $128.04 2/28/20221,060,000 shares $144.83 million +3.9%3.1%8 $136.63 2/15/20221,020,000 shares $140.89 million +24.1%2.9%8.2 $138.13 1/31/2022821,800 shares $113.49 million -0.7%2.4%6.4 $138.10 1/15/2022827,800 shares $128.55 million -5.1%2.4%6.5 $155.29 12/31/2021872,700 shares $153.88 million -11.0%2.5%7.3 $176.33 12/15/2021980,500 shares $167.18 million +8.7%2.8%7.7 $170.50 11/30/2021902,400 shares $145.69 million +21.0%2.6%7 $161.45 11/15/2021745,800 shares $122.60 million +23.4%2.2%6 $164.39 10/29/2021604,400 shares $104.30 million +1.3%1.8%5.2 $172.56 10/15/2021596,500 shares $96.34 million -9.6%1.7%5.9 $161.51 9/30/2021659,900 shares $101.95 million +3.4%1.9%6.7 $154.50 9/15/2021638,000 shares $95.53 million +4.6%1.9%6.7 $149.73 8/31/2021610,200 shares $93.49 million +7.4%1.8%7.2 $153.22 8/13/2021568,300 shares $83.15 million +3.9%1.7%7.2 $146.32Here’s How to Claim Your Stake in Elon’s Private Company, xAI (Ad)Even though xAI is a private company, tech legend and angel investor Jeff Brown found a way for everyday folks like you… To partner with Elon on what he believes will be the biggest AI project of the century… Starting with as little as $500.Click here to see how you could take a stake in Elon’s private company… 7/30/2021546,800 shares $76.78 million -0.5%1.6%6.9 $140.41 7/15/2021549,700 shares $71.85 million +3.7%1.6%6.6 $130.70 6/30/2021529,900 shares $71.41 million -19.3%1.5%6.1 $134.76 6/15/2021656,200 shares $88.79 million -4.8%1.9%7.4 $135.31 5/28/2021688,900 shares $95.74 million +6.7%2.0%7 $138.97 5/14/2021645,600 shares $84.60 million +9.2%1.9%6.2 $131.04 4/30/2021591,000 shares $80.64 million +3.4%1.7%5.6 $136.45 4/15/2021571,400 shares $76.97 million +0.1%1.7%5.3 $134.71 3/31/2021570,600 shares $73.74 million +8.0%1.7%5.2 $129.23 3/15/2021528,200 shares $68.63 million -3.2%1.5%4.6 $129.94 2/26/2021545,500 shares $73.00 million +0.1%1.6%5.3 $133.83 2/12/2021545,200 shares $77.93 million +7.8%1.6%5.7 $142.93 1/29/2021505,800 shares $64.20 million +8.5%1.5%5 $126.93 1/15/2021466,400 shares $60.80 million +6.4%1.4%4.7 $130.37 12/31/2020438,300 shares $52.36 million -2.1%1.3%4.8 $119.47 12/15/2020447,800 shares $55.12 million +9.1%1.3%5 $123.08 11/30/2020410,500 shares $48.74 million -3.2%1.2%4.2 $118.73 11/15/2020424,100 shares $48.08 million -0.7%1.2%4 $113.36 10/30/2020427,200 shares $47.31 million +5.5%1.3%4.3 $110.74 10/15/2020404,800 shares $45.54 million +2.8%1.2%4 $112.50 9/30/2020393,800 shares $41.48 million -10.6%1.2%3.8 $105.34 9/15/2020440,300 shares $45.35 million +5.3%1.3%3.9 $103.00 8/31/2020418,300 shares $44.83 million -9.8%1.2%3.7 $107.17 8/14/2020463,800 shares $52.06 million -12.1%1.4%4 $112.25 7/31/2020527,800 shares $54.72 million -8.9%1.5%3.9 $103.68 7/15/2020579,300 shares $60.58 million -2.1%1.7%4 $104.57 6/30/2020591,700 shares $63.18 million +44.9%1.7%4 $106.77 6/15/2020408,500 shares $42.09 million -12.7%1.2%2.6 $103.04 5/29/2020468,100 shares $48.08 million +19.5%1.4%2.8 $102.71 NOVT Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Novanta's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Novanta shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of April 30th, investors have sold 1,700,000 shares of NOVT short. Learn More on Novanta's current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for Novanta? 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. NOVT shares currently have a short interest ratio of 5.0. Learn More on Novanta's short interest ratio. Which institutional investors are shorting Novanta? As of the most recent reporting period, the following institutional investors, funds, and major shareholders have reported short positions of Novanta: Twin Tree Management LP, and Walleye Trading LLC. These positions are disclosed in Form 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Is Novanta's short interest increasing or decreasing? Novanta saw a increase in short interest in the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 1,700,000 shares, an increase of 1.8% from the previous total of 1,670,000 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 Novanta's short interest compare to its competitors? Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "electrical equipment" compare to Novanta: Regal Rexnord Co. (2.58%), CAE Inc. (1.04%), Bloom Energy Co. (20.49%), Sunrun Inc. (27.13%), Atkore Inc. (6.97%), QuantumScape Co. (11.40%), Energizer Holdings, Inc. (5.12%), Enovix Co. (28.79%), Eos Energy Enterprises, Inc. (28.70%), Fluence Energy, Inc. (12.62%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Spotify Technology S.A. ($4.67 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.58 billion), Capital One Financial Co. ($4.47 billion), The Kroger Co. ($2.56 billion), Reddit, Inc. ($2.23 billion), Rivian Automotive, Inc. ($2.16 billion), Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. ($1.90 billion), SoFi Technologies, Inc. ($1.85 billion), Zscaler, Inc. ($1.75 billion), and Omnicom Group Inc. ($1.75 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short Novanta stock? Short selling NOVT is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Novanta as its price is falling. NOVT shares are trading down $1.91 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 Novanta? A short squeeze for Novanta 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 NOVT, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Novanta'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 NOVT, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is April, 30 2025. More Short Interest Resources from MarketBeat Related Companies RRX Short Interest CAE Short Interest BE Short Interest RUN Short Interest ATKR Short Interest QS Short Interest ENR Short Interest ENVX Short Interest EOSE Short Interest FLNC Short Interest Short Interest Tools Stocks to Short Largest Short Interest Positions Short Interest Increases Short Interest Decreases Short Interest Reporting Dates This page (NASDAQ:NOVT) was last updated on 5/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersMarket Panic: Trump Just Dropped a Bomb on Your Stockstock Market Panic: Trump Just Dropped a Bomb on Your Stocks The market is in freefall—and Trump's new tarif...American Alternative | SponsoredGold Hits New Highs as Global Markets SpiralWhen Trump took office in 2017, gold was just $1,100 an ounce. 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