Alpha Teknova (TKNO) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $6.61 +0.10 (+1.54%) Closing price 05/16/2025 04:00 PM EasternExtended Trading$6.62 +0.01 (+0.15%) As of 05/16/2025 04:05 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 Alpha Teknova Short Interest DataAlpha Teknova (TKNO) has a short interest of 2.83 million shares, representing 26.65% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a 11.86% increase in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 6.5, indicating that it would take 6.5 days of the average trading volume of 388,046 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest2,830,000 sharesPrevious Short Interest2,530,000 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month+11.86%Dollar Volume Sold Short$16.50 millionShort Interest Ratio6.5 Days to CoverLast Record DateApril 15, 2025Outstanding Shares53,441,000 sharesFloat Size10,620,000 sharesShort Percent of Float26.65%Today's Trading Volume249,025 sharesAverage Trading Volume388,046 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average64% Short Selling Alpha Teknova? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for Alpha Teknova and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartTKNO Short Interest Over TimeTKNO Days to Cover Over TimeTKNO Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Alpha Teknova Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 4/15/20252,830,000 shares $16.50 million +11.9%26.7%6.5 $5.83 3/31/20252,530,000 shares $13.13 million +8.1%23.9%6.1 $5.19 3/15/20252,340,000 shares $13.06 million +41.0%22.1%6.4 $5.58 2/28/20251,660,000 shares $10.79 million +72.2%15.7%5.2 $6.50 2/15/2025964,000 shares $7.98 million +54.3%9.1%3.5 $8.28 1/31/2025624,800 shares $5.52 million -3.1%5.9%2.3 $8.84 1/15/2025644,600 shares $5.11 million +83.3%6.1%2.4 $7.92 12/31/2024351,600 shares $2.94 million +19.3%3.3%1.3 $8.35 12/15/2024294,700 shares $2.37 million +3.4%2.8%1.2 $8.03 11/30/2024285,100 shares $2.13 million +4.1%2.7%1.3 $7.47 Get the Latest News and Ratings for TKNO and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Alpha Teknova and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 11/15/2024273,800 shares $1.62 million -5.0%2.6%1.2 $5.91 10/31/2024288,200 shares $1.96 million -10.1%2.7%1.3 $6.80 10/15/2024320,600 shares $1.98 million +13.0%3.0%1.4 $6.19 9/30/2024283,700 shares $1.37 million -18.0%2.7%0.5 $4.84 9/15/2024346,100 shares $1.52 million +28.7%3.3%0.6 $4.40 8/31/2024268,900 shares $1.33 million -19.4%2.6%0.4 $4.94 8/15/2024333,800 shares $1.34 million +74.6%3.2%0.6 $4.02 7/31/2024191,200 shares $718,912.00 +131.5%0.4%0.4 $3.76 7/15/202482,600 shares $105,728.00 -41.8%0.2%0.2 $1.28 6/30/2024142,000 shares $194,540.00 +312.8%1.4%6.1 $1.37 6/15/202434,400 shares $58,480.00 +6.8%0.3%2.3 $1.70 5/31/202432,200 shares $56,672.00 -8.3%0.3%2.4 $1.76 5/15/202435,100 shares $65,988.00 -32.5%0.3%3.2 $1.88 4/30/202452,000 shares $92,560.00 +9.5%0.5%4.7 $1.78 4/15/202447,500 shares $120,650.00 +1.1%0.5%3.7 $2.54 3/31/202447,000 shares $124,550.00 -6.0%0.5%3.4 $2.65 3/15/202450,000 shares $142,500.00 -6.9%0.5%3.2 $2.85 2/29/202453,700 shares $154,119.00 +1.1%0.5%2.3 $2.87 2/15/202453,100 shares $160,362.00 -4.0%0.5%2.1 $3.02 1/31/202455,300 shares $177,513.00 -17.6%0.5%2 $3.21 1/15/202467,100 shares $218,746.00 -3.2%0.7%2.2 $3.26 12/31/202369,300 shares $258,489.00 -20.2%0.7%2 $3.73 12/15/202386,800 shares $322,896.00 -17.7%0.8%0.9 $3.72 11/30/2023105,500 shares $215,220.00 -16.9%1.0%1.1 $2.04 11/15/2023127,000 shares $271,780.00 -40.1%1.2%1.3 $2.14 10/31/2023212,000 shares $421,880.00 -5.9%2.9%2.2 $1.99 10/15/2023225,400 shares $446,292.00 -2.7%3.1%2.4 $1.98 9/30/2023231,700 shares $646,443.00 +179.5%0.8%2.6 $2.79 9/15/202382,900 shares $153,365.00 +83.8%0.3%2.3 $1.85 8/31/202345,100 shares $87,945.00 -13.4%0.7%1.2 $1.95The $100 Backdoor Into Musk’s New AI Empire (Ad)Elon Musk’s “Final Move” could change everything in AI—and while average investors can’t get a stake in it directly, there’s a surprising backdoor in. 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You can get in for as little as $100—no risky tech plays or deep industry knowledge required.He just released the name of the company and all the details. 8/15/202352,100 shares $144,838.00 -20.1%0.8%1.2 $2.78 7/31/202365,200 shares $221,028.00 -20.7%0.9%1.2 $3.39 7/15/202382,200 shares $289,344.00 +102.0%1.2%1.3 $3.52 6/30/202340,700 shares $108,669.00 -84.2%0.6%0.5 $2.67 6/15/2023258,300 shares $994,455.00 -2.0%3.7%3.4 $3.85 5/31/2023263,500 shares $1.01 million +7.2%3.8%3.8 $3.84 5/15/2023245,900 shares $484,423.00 -17.8%1.0%3.5 $1.97 4/30/2023299,100 shares $565,299.00 -0.4%1.2%4.8 $1.89 4/15/2023300,200 shares $678,452.00 -0.6%1.2%5 $2.26 3/31/2023302,100 shares $894,216.00 +55.5%1.2%6.4 $2.96 3/15/2023194,300 shares $668,392.00 +8.3%2.9%4 $3.44 2/28/2023179,400 shares $972,348.00 -9.9%2.6%4.3 $5.42 2/15/2023199,000 shares $1.16 million -4.1%2.9%4.8 $5.85 1/31/2023207,400 shares $1.24 million -5.8%3.0%4.4 $5.96 1/15/2023220,200 shares $1.31 million +5.5%3.2%4.1 $5.93 12/30/2022208,800 shares $1.18 million +6.2%3.0%3.8 $5.64 12/15/2022196,600 shares $973,170.00 -3.1%2.8%2.7 $4.95 11/30/2022202,800 shares $957,216.00 +32.1%2.9%2.5 $4.72 11/15/2022153,500 shares $822,760.00 +12.7%2.2%1.8 $5.36 10/31/2022136,200 shares $625,158.00 +3.9%2.0%1.5 $4.59 10/15/2022131,100 shares $423,453.00 -4.5%1.9%1.5 $3.23 9/30/2022137,300 shares $458,582.00 -9.1%2.0%1.5 $3.34 9/15/2022151,000 shares $641,750.00 -8.2%2.2%1.9 $4.25 8/31/2022164,500 shares $741,895.00 +16.4%2.4%2.4 $4.51 8/15/2022141,300 shares $731,934.00 -15.5%2.1%2.3 $5.18 7/31/2022167,300 shares $1.09 million -4.7%2.4%3 $6.49 7/15/2022175,600 shares $1.33 million -12.9%2.5%3.5 $7.58 6/30/2022201,700 shares $1.69 million +5.7%2.9%5.1 $8.40 6/15/2022190,900 shares $1.66 million -5.9%2.8%4.9 $8.72 5/31/2022202,900 shares $1.55 million +20.2%2.9%4.8 $7.65 5/15/2022168,800 shares $2.17 million -6.4%2.4%4.3 $12.86 4/30/2022180,400 shares $2.03 million -4.1%2.6%4.5 $11.23 4/15/2022188,100 shares $2.96 million +12.8%2.7%4.4 $15.74 3/31/2022166,700 shares $2.30 million -9.1%2.4%3.8 $13.81 3/15/2022183,300 shares $2.72 million +10.1%2.7%3.5 $14.84 2/28/2022166,500 shares $2.83 million -21.1%2.4%2.8 $17.00 2/15/2022211,100 shares $3.19 million -12.0%3.1%3.3 $15.09 1/31/2022240,000 shares $3.79 million +9.7%3.5%3.5 $15.78 1/15/2022218,800 shares $3.57 million -2.9%3.2%3.1 $16.31 12/31/2021225,400 shares $4.62 million -18.6%3.3%3.2 $20.48 12/15/2021277,000 shares $5.23 million +35.3%4.0%3.7 $18.89 11/30/2021204,800 shares $4.58 million +1.1%3.0%2.1 $22.36 11/15/2021202,600 shares $4.99 million -25.7%2.9%1.8 $24.63 10/29/2021272,800 shares $6.27 million -11.9%3.9%2.5 $22.99 10/15/2021309,600 shares $7.15 million -14.9%4.5%2.7 $23.10 9/30/2021363,700 shares $9.05 million +238.6%5.3%2.9 $24.89 9/15/2021107,400 shares $2.95 million +16.9%1.6%0.5 $27.49 8/31/202191,900 shares $1.75 million -2.1%1.3%0.5 $19.01 8/13/202193,900 shares $1.82 million No Change1.4%0.4 $19.36 TKNO Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Alpha Teknova's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Alpha Teknova shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of April 15th, traders have sold 2,830,000 shares of TKNO short. 26.65% of Alpha Teknova's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Alpha Teknova's current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for Alpha Teknova? 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. TKNO shares currently have a short interest ratio of 6.0. Learn More on Alpha Teknova's short interest ratio. What is a good short interest percentage for Alpha Teknova? 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. 26.65% of Alpha Teknova's floating shares are currently sold short. Is Alpha Teknova's short interest increasing or decreasing? Alpha Teknova saw a increase in short interest during the month of April. As of April 15th, there was short interest totaling 2,830,000 shares, an increase of 11.9% from the previous total of 2,530,000 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. What is Alpha Teknova's float size? Alpha Teknova currently has issued a total of 53,441,000 shares. Some of Alpha Teknova's 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. Alpha Teknova currently has a public float of 10,620,000 shares. How does Alpha Teknova's short interest compare to its competitors? 26.65% of Alpha Teknova's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "pharmaceutical products" compare to Alpha Teknova: Evotec SE (0.21%), Immunocore Holdings plc (16.29%), Mesoblast Limited (2.60%), Adaptive Biotechnologies Co. (6.60%), Vera Therapeutics, Inc. (12.42%), Dyne Therapeutics, Inc. (18.43%), Structure Therapeutics Inc. (16.78%), ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (10.89%), ARS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (29.37%), 89bio, Inc. (16.78%), 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 ($21.71 billion), iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF ($9.48 billion), Strategy Incorporated ($8.92 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.86 billion), Apollo Global Management, Inc. ($3.86 billion), Capital One Financial Co. ($3.72 billion), Super Micro Computer, Inc. ($3.47 billion), AppLovin Co. ($2.64 billion), VanEck Semiconductor ETF ($2.46 billion), and The Kroger Co. ($2.33 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short Alpha Teknova stock? Short selling TKNO is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Alpha Teknova as its price is falling. TKNO shares are trading up $0.10 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 Alpha Teknova? A short squeeze for Alpha Teknova 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 TKNO, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Alpha Teknova'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 TKNO, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is April, 15 2025. 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