AERG stock
Applied Energetics (AERG) short interest & short volume · 0.2% of float short
Applied Energetics official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
AERG short interest rose 2.7% to 411K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (0.2% of float, 1.3 days to cover).
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 411K
- prior 400K
- % of float
- 0.2%
- float 188.3M
- Days to cover
- 1.3
- avg vol 329K
- Change vs prior report
- +2.7%
| Report date | Shares short | $ value short | Change | % float | Days to cover | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | 411K | $329K | +2.7% | 0.2% | 1.3 | $0.80 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 400K | $368K | -24.2% | 0.2% | 1.4 | $0.92 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 528K | $386K | -7.9% | 0.3% | 1.0 | $0.73 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 574K | $545K | -2.4% | 0.3% | 3.0 | $0.95 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 588K | $735K | +5.0% | 0.3% | 2.7 | $1.25 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 560K | $717K | +2.0% | 0.3% | 6.2 | $1.28 |
Days to cover is short interest divided by FINRA's average daily volume for the period: how many average days of trading it would take shorts to buy back.
% of float uses the current float for every report (no float was stored with older reports).
Source: FINRA equity short interest (twice monthly) · Settlement Oct 15, 2026
Daily short volume
Share of each day's volume sold short · FINRA Reg SHO
No FINRA daily short volume on file for AERG yet.
Short squeeze score (model)
Price since settlement: +6.2%
Model, not a forecast: 40 pts short interest % of float (full at 30%), 25 pts days to cover (full at 10), 15 pts rise in short interest since the prior report (full at +50%), 20 pts price gain since the settlement date (full at +25%). Missing inputs score 0.
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AERG short interest FAQ
What is AERG's short interest?
Applied Energetics (AERG) had 411K shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report, 0.2% of its 188.3M-share float.
How many days to cover does AERG have?
1.3 days: 411K shares short divided by an average daily volume of 329K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is AERG short interest rising or falling?
AERG short interest rose (+2.7%) from 400K to 411K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is AERG a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores AERG 9 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: short interest % of float 0.3/40, days to cover 3.1/25, change in short interest vs prior report 0.8/15, price change since settlement date 5/20. It is a transparent model of how crowded the short side is, not a forecast that a squeeze will happen.
What is AERG's latest revenue?
Latest cached Applied Energetics (AERG) revenue for Dec 31, 2025 was $461.7K.
Where is AERG short volume listed?
Cached FINRA short volume for Applied Energetics (AERG) is listed at https://lician.com/short-interest/aerg.
Not investment advice. Figures as filed or reported, not a live feed.