Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. Common Stock (ASTI) short interest & short volume · 746K shares short
Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. Common Stock official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
ASTI short interest fell 11.8% to 746K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (2.1 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 43.2% of volume over the last 20 sessions, up from 42.0% the 20 sessions before, the 11th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Sep 22, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 746K
- prior 845K
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 2.1
- avg vol 346K
- Change vs prior report
- -11.8%
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.
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
- Latest (Nov 2)
- 24.1%
- 32K of 131K
- 20-day average
- 43.2%
- prior 42.0%
- Percentile vs own history
- 11th
- 233 periods since 2025
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Source: FINRA Reg SHO daily short sale volume · Latest Nov 2, 2026
Short squeeze score (model)
Price since settlement: -21.2%
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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Market-wide: most shorted stocks, biggest changes and unusual short volume · ASTI overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | 31,560 | 130,707 | 24.1% |
| 2026-10-30 | 49,268 | 113,398 | 43.5% |
| 2026-10-29 | 6,909 | 27,804 | 24.9% |
| 2026-10-28 | 24,547 | 47,727 | 51.4% |
| 2026-10-27 | 20,732 | 66,653 | 31.1% |
| 2026-10-26 | 69,893 | 107,356 | 65.1% |
| 2026-10-23 | 75,916 | 121,040 | 62.7% |
| 2026-10-22 | 50,108 | 107,987 | 46.4% |
| 2026-10-21 | 44,273 | 111,710 | 39.6% |
| 2026-10-20 | 71,818 | 134,154 | 53.5% |
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ASTI short interest FAQ
What is ASTI's short interest?
Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. Common Stock (ASTI) had 746K shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does ASTI have?
2.1 days: 746K shares short divided by an average daily volume of 346K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is ASTI short interest rising or falling?
ASTI short interest fell (-11.8%) from 845K to 746K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is ASTI a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores ASTI 5 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 5.4/25, change in short interest vs prior report 0/15, price change since settlement date 0/20. It is a transparent model of how crowded the short side is, not a forecast that a squeeze will happen.
What share of ASTI daily volume is sold short?
43.2% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 2, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 11th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was ASTI's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 2, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. Common Stock (ASTI) was 31,560 shares, 24.1% of 130,707 total volume.
How many ASTI short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. Common Stock (ASTI), from Oct 20, 2026 through Nov 2, 2026.
How did ASTI short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. Common Stock (ASTI) moved from 43.5% on Oct 30, 2026 to 24.1% on Nov 2, 2026, down 19.4 percentage points.
Not investment advice. Figures as filed or reported, not a live feed.