LightPath Technologies Inc (LPTH) short interest & short volume · 19.2% of float short
LightPath Technologies Inc official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
LPTH short interest fell 1.6% to 11.9M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (19.2% of float, 4.1 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 37.8% of volume over the last 20 sessions, down from 43.1% the 20 sessions before, the 42nd percentile of its own 20-day averages since Sep 23, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 11.9M
- prior 12.1M
- % of float
- 19.2%
- float 62.0M
- Days to cover
- 4.1
- avg vol 2.9M
- Change vs prior report
- -1.6%
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
- Latest (Nov 2)
- 43.7%
- 523K of 1.2M
- 20-day average
- 37.8%
- prior 43.1%
- Percentile vs own history
- 42nd
- 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: -4.8%
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 · LPTH overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | 522,862 | 1,195,683 | 43.7% |
| 2026-10-30 | 470,424 | 1,473,191 | 31.9% |
| 2026-10-29 | 330,523 | 873,513 | 37.8% |
| 2026-10-28 | 353,139 | 1,053,047 | 33.5% |
| 2026-10-27 | 640,759 | 1,308,889 | 49.0% |
| 2026-10-26 | 598,011 | 1,069,030 | 55.9% |
| 2026-10-23 | 396,616 | 1,224,921 | 32.4% |
| 2026-10-22 | 452,634 | 1,810,362 | 25.0% |
| 2026-10-21 | 653,064 | 1,123,328 | 58.1% |
| 2026-10-20 | 612,253 | 1,704,634 | 35.9% |
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LPTH short interest FAQ
What is LPTH's short interest?
LightPath Technologies Inc (LPTH) had 11.9M shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report, 19.2% of its 62.0M-share float.
How many days to cover does LPTH have?
4.1 days: 11.9M shares short divided by an average daily volume of 2.9M for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is LPTH short interest rising or falling?
LPTH short interest fell (-1.6%) from 12.1M to 11.9M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is LPTH a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores LPTH 36 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: short interest % of float 25.6/40, days to cover 10.3/25, 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 LPTH daily volume is sold short?
37.8% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 2, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 42nd percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was LPTH's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 2, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for LightPath Technologies Inc (LPTH) was 522,862 shares, 43.7% of 1,195,683 total volume.
How many LPTH short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for LightPath Technologies Inc (LPTH), from Oct 20, 2026 through Nov 2, 2026.
How did LPTH short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for LightPath Technologies Inc (LPTH) moved from 31.9% on Oct 30, 2026 to 43.7% on Nov 2, 2026, up 11.8 percentage points.
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