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Lightpath Technologies Inc. short interest

11.9M shares of Lightpath Technologies were sold short at the 15 October 2026 settlement, near the top of its range over the last year (1.5M to 12.1M). Short sellers would need 4.1 days of normal trading to buy them back.

Shares sold short11.9Mat 15 Oct 2026
Change on the settlement before-1.6%+703% over a year
Days to cover4.11at 2.9M shares a day
Of shares in issue17.04%shares short over shares outstanding
New to this? How to read this page
  1. Short interest is the number of shares investors have borrowed and sold, betting the price will fall, and not yet bought back.
  2. Days to cover is shares short over an average day's trading: how many days it would take short sellers to buy them all back. Above 5 or so is high.
  3. Rising short interest says more investors are betting against the stock. A crowded short can also rise fast if shorts rush to buy back.
  4. Brokers report it twice a month to FINRA, about ten days after each settlement date.
  5. What is short interest?

Short interest, days to cover and the price

Short interest is near the top of its range over the last year (1.5M to 12.1M), and the share price moved -14% over the last year.

Shares sold shortDays to coverShare price

Three charts on one timeline. Top: shares sold short at each settlement. Middle: days to cover, taller meaning shorts would need longer to buy back. Bottom: the share price, so you can see whether shorts added as the price fell or rose.

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    Every settlement since 29 Dec 2017 as a table
    SettlementShares shortChangeAverage daily volumeDays to cover
    15 October 202611.9M-1.6%2.9M4.11
    30 September 202612.1M+6.3%2.6M4.67
    15 September 202611.4M+12.4%3.7M3.05
    31 August 202610.1M-5.5%3.3M3.09
    14 August 202610.7M+1.7%2.5M4.32
    31 July 202610.6M+10.6%2.9M3.68
    15 July 20269.5M+18.1%2.6M3.64
    30 June 20268.1M+14.0%3.7M2.17
    15 June 20267.1M+9.1%4.1M1.72
    29 May 20266.5M+48.0%5.4M1.20
    15 May 20264.4M+21.3%3.0M1.47
    30 April 20263.6M-11.2%3.5M1.03
    15 April 20264.1M+20.0%2.1M1.93
    31 March 20263.4M-4.6%2.0M1.72
    13 March 20263.6M+4.3%1.9M1.84
    27 February 20263.4M+5.5%2.5M1.36
    13 February 20263.2M+16.7%3.1M1.05
    30 January 20262.8M+31.0%3.8M1.00
    15 January 20262.1M+0.5%3.1M1.00
    31 December 20252.1M+43.5%1.9M1.08
    15 December 20251.5M-9.7%1.5M1.00
    28 November 20251.6M-18.4%903K1.80
    14 November 20252.0M+10.9%1.7M1.20
    31 October 20251.8M+20.7%2.0M1.00
    15 October 20251.5M+49.3%2.2M1.00
    30 September 2025996K+58.6%2.2M1.00
    15 September 2025628K+10.0%1.7M1.00
    29 August 2025571K+48.6%1.4M1.00
    15 August 2025384K+38.4%328K1.17
    31 July 2025278K-9.1%205K1.35
    15 July 2025306K-7.0%141K2.17
    30 June 2025329K+22.7%155K2.12
    13 June 2025268K-7.3%179K1.50
    30 May 2025289K-10.9%204K1.42
    15 May 2025324K+1.7%123K2.65
    30 April 2025319K+19.0%100K3.19
    15 April 2025268K-8.0%130K2.06
    31 March 2025291K-7.8%100K2.91
    14 March 2025316K-6.6%159K1.99
    28 February 2025338K-22.0%316K1.07
    14 February 2025433K+349.8%436K1.00
    31 January 202596K+50.3%232K1.00
    15 January 202564K-70.5%639K1.00
    31 December 2024217K+197.8%624K1.00
    13 December 202473K+41.0%369K1.00
    29 November 202452K+6.7%137K1.00
    15 November 202448K-28.5%41K1.18
    31 October 202468K-35.8%54K1.24
    15 October 2024105K-17.5%84K1.26
    30 September 2024128K+55.0%90K1.43
    13 September 202482K+64.2%57K1.44
    30 August 202450K-9.5%38K1.32
    15 August 202455K-28.7%22K2.49
    31 July 202478K+10.3%35K2.24
    15 July 202470K-0.4%39K1.80
    28 June 202471K+19.4%29K2.40
    14 June 202459K-12.8%34K1.74
    31 May 202468K+15.9%64K1.06
    15 May 202459K-39.1%116K1.00
    30 April 202496K-1.4%52K1.84
    15 April 202498K+2.0%48K2.04
    28 March 202496K+8.8%23K4.08
    15 March 202488K-17.5%40K2.22
    29 February 2024107K-2.5%52K2.04
    15 February 2024109K+22.2%124K1.00
    31 January 202489K-5.0%27K3.33
    12 January 202494K-7.3%60K1.58
    29 December 2023101K-28.1%62K1.64
    15 December 2023141K+51.3%107K1.32
    30 November 202393K-6.4%29K3.22
    15 November 2023100K+9.6%31K3.24
    31 October 202391K+5.3%52K1.75
    13 October 202386K+3.0%25K3.39
    29 September 202384K-38.6%40K2.10
    15 September 2023137K+30.9%63K2.17
    31 August 2023104K-20.6%46K2.25
    15 August 2023131K-6.6%44K3.02
    31 July 2023141K-26.1%114K1.23
    14 July 2023190K+70.4%977K1.00
    30 June 2023112K+13.6%29K3.89
    15 June 202398K-13.3%59K1.66
    31 May 2023113K-18.9%36K3.13
    15 May 2023140K-7.5%33K4.28
    28 April 2023151K+5.1%39K3.85
    14 April 2023144K-3.2%28K5.09
    31 March 2023149K+19.1%52K2.88
    15 March 2023125K-33.8%65K1.91
    28 February 2023189K-3.8%66K2.85
    15 February 2023196K+5.3%92K2.14
    31 January 2023186K-0.7%41K4.59
    13 January 2023187K+59.1%139K1.35
    30 December 2022118K+0.1%44K2.69
    15 December 2022118K-2.2%18K6.58
    30 November 2022120K+25.3%45K2.66
    15 November 202296K+2.6%34K2.83
    31 October 202294K-4.7%25K3.76
    14 October 202298K-0.5%26K3.81
    30 September 202299K-32.8%93K1.06
    15 September 2022147K+28.8%128K1.15
    31 August 2022114K-15.6%184K1.00
    15 August 2022135K+3.2%133K1.02
    29 July 2022131K-5.1%94K1.40
    15 July 2022138K-10.5%36K3.85
    30 June 2022154K-21.0%46K3.38
    15 June 2022196K-20.1%86K2.29
    31 May 2022245K-21.1%52K4.70
    13 May 2022310K-12.3%198K1.56
    29 April 2022354K+5.4%177K2.00
    14 April 2022336K+28.3%196K1.71
    31 March 2022262K-17.7%88K2.98
    15 March 2022318K-8.7%68K4.68
    28 February 2022348K+0.5%105K3.33
    15 February 2022346K-33.4%224K1.54
    31 January 2022520K+16.7%164K3.16
    14 January 2022446K-4.4%196K2.28
    31 December 2021466K-18.9%265K1.76
    15 December 2021574K+4.9%372K1.54
    30 November 2021548K+39.1%251K2.18
    15 November 2021393K-1.2%374K1.05
    29 October 2021398K+8.7%402K1.00
    15 October 2021366K-14.7%135K2.71
    30 September 2021430K-60.5%210K2.04
    15 September 20211.1M-7.5%184K5.91
    31 August 20211.2M-8.9%360K3.26
    13 August 20211.3M-19.3%379K3.40
    30 July 20211.6M+2.2%402K3.97
    15 July 20211.6M+36.0%1.5M1.04
    30 June 20211.1M+35.1%1.1M1.01
    15 June 2021850K+24.6%5.0M1.00
    28 May 2021682K+26.0%4.9M1.00
    14 May 2021541K+3.4%280K1.94
    30 April 2021523K+3.9%226K2.31
    15 April 2021504K+5.3%174K2.89
    31 March 2021478K-40.3%369K1.30
    15 March 2021802K-15.7%438K1.83
    26 February 2021951K+75.3%1.1M1.00
    12 February 2021542K+67.4%905K1.00
    29 January 2021324K+49.8%602K1.00
    15 January 2021216K+37.4%346K1.00
    31 December 2020157K+17.1%638K1.00
    15 December 2020134K-11.5%379K1.00
    30 November 2020152K-31.0%309K1.00
    13 November 2020220K-60.4%267K1.00
    30 October 2020556K-0.1%136K4.10
    15 October 2020556K+5.4%165K3.37
    30 September 2020528K-25.6%302K1.75
    15 September 2020710K+4.4%634K1.12
    31 August 2020680K+9.0%1.0M1.00
    14 August 2020624K+239.3%2.0M1.00
    31 July 2020184K+35.0%727K1.00
    15 July 2020136K-2.0%328K1.00
    30 June 2020139K+4.6%319K1.00
    15 June 2020133K+7.2%817K1.00
    29 May 2020124K+81.9%242K1.00
    15 May 202068K-63.9%720K1.00
    30 April 2020189K+52.5%523K1.00
    15 April 2020124K+48.5%251K1.00
    31 March 202083K-55.6%137K1.00
    13 March 2020188K+26.5%897K1.00
    28 February 2020149K-53.2%282K1.00
    14 February 2020318K+106.0%1.0M1.00
    31 January 2020154K-2.3%59K2.62
    15 January 2020158K-21.6%48K3.28
    31 December 2019201K+139.3%90K2.25
    13 December 201984K-47.3%72K1.18
    29 November 2019160K-2.7%76K2.09
    15 November 2019164K+5.9%96K1.70
    31 October 2019155K-5.6%44K3.54
    15 October 2019164K-22.5%62K2.64
    30 September 2019212K+30.6%82K2.58
    13 September 2019162K-12.0%109K1.49
    30 August 2019184K-0.6%58K3.16
    15 August 2019185K-16.3%128K1.45
    31 July 2019221K-17.4%118K1.88
    15 July 2019268K-24.2%126K2.12
    28 June 2019354K-21.7%536K1.00
    14 June 2019451K+39.7%111K4.07
    31 May 2019323K-5.0%67K4.84
    15 May 2019340K-32.3%115K2.96
    30 April 2019502K-22.0%68K7.35
    15 April 2019644K-14.4%63K10.18
    29 March 2019753K-6.0%76K9.91
    15 March 2019801K-11.5%48K16.78
    28 February 2019905K-2.9%49K18.42
    15 February 2019931K-5.3%68K13.72
    31 January 2019984K-2.7%45K21.82
    15 January 20191.0M-4.4%69K14.67
    31 December 20181.1M-8.5%94K11.23
    14 December 20181.2M-9.4%101K11.40
    30 November 20181.3M-2.5%48K26.63
    15 November 20181.3M-2.8%67K19.49
    31 October 20181.3M+2.7%75K18.00
    15 October 20181.3M+2.6%183K7.18
    28 September 20181.3M+0.4%182K7.02
    14 September 20181.3M+4.0%158K8.06
    31 August 20181.2M-1.6%136K9.03
    15 August 20181.2M-7.4%221K5.66
    31 July 20181.3M-3.2%177K7.64
    13 July 20181.4M-5.3%72K19.43
    29 June 20181.5M-4.6%166K8.84
    15 June 20181.5M-4.8%127K12.14
    31 May 20181.6M-1.4%129K12.57
    15 May 20181.6M-3.9%128K12.85
    30 April 20181.7M-1.4%122K13.95
    13 April 20181.7M-5.3%108K16.06
    29 March 20181.8M+4.1%154K11.85
    15 March 20181.8M-8.9%143K12.26
    28 February 20181.9M+10.9%180K10.71
    15 February 20181.7M+21.3%217K8.00
    31 January 20181.4M+33.1%280K5.12
    12 January 20181.1M+36.8%314K3.43
    29 December 2017787K387K2.03
    Shares in millions (M) or thousands (K); hold the pointer on a figure for the exact count. FINRA publishes consolidated short interest twice a month, about ten days after each settlement.