Applied Energetics (AERG) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $1.95 +0.05 (+2.63%) As of 03:53 PM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisChartEarningsHeadlinesSEC FilingsShort InterestBuy This Stock Applied Energetics Short Interest DataApplied Energetics (AERG) has a short interest of 645,900 shares. This marks a -12.04% decrease in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 2.8, indicating that it would take 2.8 days of the average trading volume of 151,336 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest645,900 sharesPrevious Short Interest734,300 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month-12.04%Dollar Volume Sold Short$871.97 thousandShort Interest Ratio2.8 Days to CoverLast Record DateSeptember 15, 2025Outstanding Shares219,380,000 sharesPercentage of Shares Shorted0.29%Today's Trading Volume96,362 sharesAverage Trading Volume151,336 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average64% Short Selling Applied Energetics? 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Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartAERG Short Interest Over TimeAERG Days to Cover Over TimeAERG Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Applied Energetics Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 9/15/2025645,900 shares $871.97 thousand -12.0%N/A2.8 $1.35 8/31/2025734,300 shares $1.16 million -8.9%0.4%2.6 $1.59 8/15/2025806,400 shares $1.48 million +4.2%N/A5.2 $1.83 7/31/2025774,000 shares $1.54 million -5.4%0.4%4.4 $1.99 7/15/2025818,200 shares $1.87 million +3.6%N/A3.9 $2.28 6/30/2025790,100 shares $1.66 million +3.9%0.4%3.8 $2.10 6/15/2025760,400 shares $1.49 million -9.8%0.4%1.1 $1.96 5/31/2025842,600 shares $1.72 million +13.9%0.5%1.7 $2.04 5/15/2025739,900 shares $813.89 thousand +4.0%0.4%2.8 $1.10 4/30/2025711,300 shares $554.67 thousand +0.5%N/A4 $0.78 Get the Latest News and Ratings for AERG and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Applied Energetics and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 4/15/2025707,700 shares $491.85 thousand -0.7%0.4%3.1 $0.70 3/31/2025712,700 shares $541.51 thousand +0.9%0.4%6.2 $0.76 3/15/2025706,200 shares $515.53 thousand +0.3%0.4%4.9 $0.73 2/28/2025704,100 shares $542.16 thousand -0.5%0.4%6.7 $0.77 2/15/2025707,400 shares $672.03 thousand +0.5%0.4%8.2 $0.95 1/31/2025703,900 shares $693.34 thousand +3.7%N/A2.5 $0.99 1/15/2025678,600 shares $712.53 thousand -0.2%N/A1.5 $1.05 12/31/2024679,900 shares $435.14 thousand +1.5%N/A2.8 $0.64 12/15/2024670,100 shares $462.37 thousand -0.5%N/A3.1 $0.69 11/30/2024673,700 shares $497.19 thousand -4.8%N/A3.5 $0.74 11/15/2024707,500 shares $615.60 thousand -6.8%N/A3.7 $0.87 10/31/2024759,100 shares $683.19 thousand +8.0%N/A5.1 $0.90 10/15/2024703,100 shares $646.85 thousand -5.2%N/A7.2 $0.92 9/30/2024741,500 shares $682.18 thousand +3.5%N/A2.1 $0.92 9/15/2024716,300 shares $501.36 thousand -0.7%N/A2.6 $0.70 8/31/2024721,600 shares $721.60 thousand -2.6%N/A3.1 $1.00 8/15/2024740,600 shares $770.22 thousand +8.9%N/A6.3 $1.04 7/31/2024680,200 shares $872.36 thousand +1.0%N/A10.7 $1.28 7/15/2024673,200 shares $854.96 thousand +3.7%N/A2.7 $1.27 6/30/2024649,100 shares $980.14 thousand +0.6%N/A3 $1.51 6/15/2024645,200 shares $1.14 million +1.8%N/A2.6 $1.77 5/31/2024633,800 shares $1.19 million -2.6%N/A4.3 $1.88 5/15/2024650,500 shares $1.37 million +0.9%N/A5.7 $2.10 4/30/2024644,700 shares $1.23 million +11.4%N/A6.4 $1.91 4/15/2024578,600 shares $1.10 million -4.7%N/A8.7 $1.91 3/31/2024607,300 shares $1.23 million +6.7%N/A3.4 $2.02 3/15/2024569,000 shares $1.14 million +10.3%N/A3.4 $2.00 2/29/2024516,000 shares $975.24 thousand +29.3%N/A3 $1.89 2/15/2024399,100 shares $715.59 thousand -2.1%N/A3.4 $1.79 1/15/2024401,600 shares $803.20 thousand +1.7%N/A3 $2.00 12/31/2023395,000 shares $874.93 thousand No ChangeN/A4.7 $2.22 12/15/2023395,000 shares $837.40 thousand +0.7%N/A3.5 $2.12 11/30/2023392,200 shares $819.70 thousand -3.3%N/A2.4 $2.09 11/15/2023405,600 shares $936.94 thousand -1.6%N/A5.7 $2.31 10/31/2023412,200 shares $1.01 million +3.8%N/A2.5 $2.44 10/15/2023397,200 shares $853.98 thousand -4.5%N/A3.2 $2.15 9/30/2023415,800 shares $1.03 million +5.4%N/A2.9 $2.48 9/15/2023394,700 shares $927.55 thousand -1.7%N/A2.9 $2.35 8/31/2023401,700 shares $944.00 thousand -25.7%N/A2.4 $2.35 8/15/2023540,700 shares $1.28 million -5.9%N/A4.2 $2.37 7/31/2023574,400 shares $1.30 million -2.1%N/A4.7 $2.27 7/15/2023586,600 shares $1.48 million -2.2%N/A6.3 $2.53 6/30/2023599,900 shares $1.53 million -1.0%N/A3.8 $2.55 6/15/2023605,700 shares $1.47 million -0.5%N/A4.1 $2.42 5/31/2023608,700 shares $1.59 million -3.2%N/A2.3 $2.61 5/15/2023629,000 shares $1.55 million -2.4%N/A4.2 $2.46 4/30/2023644,700 shares $1.64 million +8.0%N/A4 $2.54 4/15/2023596,800 shares $1.53 million +1.0%N/A2.4 $2.56 3/31/2023591,200 shares $1.30 million -13.4%N/A6.8 $2.19 3/15/2023682,800 shares $1.50 million -4.9%N/A7.5 $2.20 2/28/2023717,800 shares $1.69 million -0.1%N/A5.8 $2.35 2/15/2023718,200 shares $1.51 million +15.0%N/A3 $2.10 1/31/2023624,400 shares $1.28 million -0.7%N/A4.9 $2.05 1/15/2023628,800 shares $1.12 million -17.0%N/A3.1 $1.79 12/30/2022757,900 shares $1.49 million -18.6%N/A3 $1.96 12/15/2022931,200 shares $1.66 million -3.4%N/A3 $1.78 11/30/2022964,200 shares $1.93 million +6.2%N/A11.5 $2.00 11/15/2022907,600 shares $1.94 million -1.3%N/A9.7 $2.14 10/31/2022919,800 shares $2.01 million No ChangeN/A15.3 $2.19 10/15/2022919,800 shares $2.11 million -2.3%N/A9 $2.29 9/30/2022941,100 shares $2.16 million -0.6%N/A5 $2.29 9/15/2022947,200 shares $1.92 million -0.6%N/A9.1 $2.03 8/31/2022952,600 shares $1.97 million -6.5%N/A10.1 $2.07 8/15/20221,019,000 shares $2.42 million +0.4%N/A17 $2.37 7/31/20221,014,600 shares $2.42 million -1.2%N/A12 $2.39 7/15/20221,026,800 shares $2.36 million +1.5%N/A7.6 $2.30 6/30/20221,011,500 shares $2.28 million +3.5%N/A8.5 $2.25 6/15/2022977,200 shares $2.30 million +10.8%N/A1.9 $2.35 5/31/2022882,000 shares $1.87 million -1.6%N/A10.3 $2.12 5/15/2022896,200 shares $1.84 million +0.2%N/A7.9 $2.05 4/30/2022894,200 shares $1.80 million -3.0%N/A6.9 $2.01 4/15/2022922,200 shares $2.03 million -0.7%N/A4.9 $2.20 3/31/2022929,100 shares $1.94 million +0.3%N/A3.4 $2.09 3/15/2022926,500 shares $1.69 million +12.1%N/A7.2 $1.82 2/28/2022826,800 shares $1.56 million +33.3%N/A3.8 $1.89 2/15/2022620,100 shares $1.14 million +19.4%N/A1.6 $1.84 1/31/2022519,500 shares $1.00 million +0.3%N/A2.4 $1.93 1/15/2022517,900 shares $1.10 million +30.2%N/A2 $2.12 12/31/2021397,900 shares $954.96 thousand -50.5%N/A2.6 $2.40 12/15/2021803,800 shares $1.85 million +4.4%N/A5.5 $2.30 11/30/2021769,900 shares $2.18 million -7.5%N/A2.5 $2.84 11/15/2021832,600 shares $1.79 million +1.8%N/A1.5 $2.15 10/29/2021818,300 shares $2.00 million +25.9%N/A0.9 $2.45 10/15/2021650,200 shares $1.68 million -0.4%N/A1.2 $2.58 9/30/2021652,700 shares $1.18 million +2.3%N/A2.2 $1.81 9/15/2021638,300 shares $1.14 million +4.5%N/A2.2 $1.79 8/31/2021611,000 shares $1.01 million +1.8%N/A2.1 $1.65 8/13/2021600,300 shares $882.44 thousand +0.7%N/A0.7 $1.47 7/30/2021595,900 shares $446.93 thousand +0.2%N/A2.5 $0.75 7/15/2021594,800 shares $416.95 thousand -1.3%N/A2.9 $0.70 6/30/2021602,700 shares $442.98 thousand +0.1%N/A4.4 $0.74 6/15/2021602,200 shares $493.80 thousand +0.2%N/A2.4 $0.82 5/28/2021600,900 shares $453.08 thousand -0.8%N/A5.9 $0.75 5/14/2021606,000 shares $378.75 thousand +0.5%N/A3.7 $0.63 4/30/2021603,000 shares $391.53 thousand -1.8%N/A1.8 $0.65 4/15/2021614,300 shares $461.34 thousand +2.8%N/A5.7 $0.75 3/31/2021597,500 shares $480.99 thousand -0.7%N/A4.1 $0.81 3/15/2021601,400 shares $390.91 thousand -1.5%N/A1.6 $0.65 2/26/2021610,400 shares $451.70 thousand -2.9%N/A2.1 $0.74 2/12/2021628,400 shares $439.88 thousand +4.6%N/A1.1 $0.70 1/29/2021601,000 shares $252.42 thousand -0.1%N/A1.1 $0.42 1/15/2021633,700 shares $214.82 thousand -0.2%N/A6.5 $0.34 12/31/2020601,600 shares $195.52 thousand -5.1%N/A1.8 $0.33 12/15/2020633,700 shares $171.10 thousand -0.2%N/A6.5 $0.27 11/30/2020635,000 shares $203.20 thousand -1.6%N/A6.1 $0.32 11/15/2020645,000 shares $213.82 thousand +0.0%N/A8.2 $0.33 10/30/2020644,900 shares $212.82 thousand -23.3%N/A6.6 $0.33 10/15/2020841,300 shares $319.69 thousand -0.6%N/A6.1 $0.38 AERG Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Applied Energetics' current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Applied Energetics shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of September 15th, traders have sold 645,900 shares of AERG short. Learn More on Applied Energetics' current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for Applied Energetics? 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. AERG shares currently have a short interest ratio of 3.0. Learn More on Applied Energetics's short interest ratio. Is Applied Energetics' short interest increasing or decreasing? Applied Energetics saw a decrease in short interest in the month of September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 645,900 shares, a decrease of 12.0% from the previous total of 734,300 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 Applied Energetics' short interest compare to its competitors? Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "electronic equipment" compare to Applied Energetics: nLight (4.21%), NAPCO Security Technologies, Inc. (6.53%), Himax Technologies, Inc. (3.33%), Shoals Technologies Group, Inc. (13.14%), Bel Fuse Inc. (0.99%), Penguin Solutions, Inc. (11.21%), JinkoSolar Holding Company Limited (4.61%), Canadian Solar Inc. (19.25%), SkyWater Technology, Inc. (16.65%), indie Semiconductor, Inc. (29.62%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: AppLovin Corporation ($8.81 billion), Canadian Natural Resources Limited ($5.82 billion), Reddit Inc. ($5.19 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($4.52 billion), Robinhood Markets, Inc. ($4.30 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.75 billion), CoreWeave Inc. ($3.66 billion), Seagate Technology Holdings PLC ($3.57 billion), Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. ($3.33 billion), and Rocket Lab Corporation ($3.26 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short Applied Energetics stock? Short selling AERG is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Applied Energetics as its price is falling. AERG shares are trading up $0.05 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 Applied Energetics? A short squeeze for Applied Energetics 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 AERG, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Applied Energetics' 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 AERG, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is September, 15 2025. 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