L.B. Foster (FSTR) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume → The Overlooked Retirement Asset You Probably Don’t Own (From Crypto 101 Media) (Ad) Free FSTR Stock Alerts $29.47 -0.03 (-0.10%) (As of 12:17 PM ET) Add Compare Share Share Short InterestStock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSocial MediaSustainabilityStock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSocial MediaSustainability L.B. Foster Short Interest DataCurrent Short Interest102,400 sharesPrevious Short Interest91,800 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month+11.55%Dollar Volume Sold Short$2.38 millionShort Interest Ratio2.3 Days to CoverLast Record DateApril 30, 2024Outstanding Shares10,960,000 sharesFloat Size10,240,000 sharesShort Percent of Float1.00%Today's Trading Volume11,487 sharesAverage Trading Volume44,109 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average26% Short Selling L.B. Foster ? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for L.B. Foster and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartFSTR Short Interest Over TimeFSTR Days to Cover Over TimeFSTR Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Ad Porter & CompanyElon to Transform U.S. Economy? A radical, potentially game-changing technology that threatens to destroy the trillion-dollar, “green energy” grift of the elites. And yet, while it threatens their wealth and power, it could be transformational for both the U.S. economy and your wealth.One company holds a near-total monopoly on it. L.B. Foster Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 4/30/2024102,400 shares $2.38 million +11.6%1.0%2.3 $23.25 4/15/202491,800 shares $2.33 million -32.1%0.9%2.3 $25.38 3/31/2024135,100 shares $3.69 million +48.1%1.3%3.4 $27.31 3/15/202491,200 shares $2.17 million +7.9%0.9%2.2 $23.78 2/29/202484,500 shares $2.01 million -6.5%0.8%2.2 $23.73 2/15/202490,400 shares $2.16 million +33.7%0.9%2.5 $23.94 Get the Latest News and Ratings for FSTR and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for L.B. Foster and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 1/31/202467,600 shares $1.55 million +10.3%0.7%1.8 $22.99 1/15/202461,300 shares $1.38 million +113.6%0.6%1.8 $22.47 12/31/202328,700 shares $631,113.00 +26.4%0.3%0.9 $21.99 12/15/202322,700 shares $423,809.00 +95.7%0.2%0.8 $18.67 11/30/202311,600 shares $231,536.00 -21.6%0.1%0.4 $19.96 11/15/202314,800 shares $296,000.00 +7.3%0.1%0.6 $20.00 10/31/202313,800 shares $270,756.00 +40.8%0.1%0.5 $19.62 10/15/20239,800 shares $183,946.00 +36.1%0.1%0.4 $18.77 9/30/20237,200 shares $136,152.00 -41.0%0.1%0.3 $18.91 9/15/202312,200 shares $225,578.00 -54.7%0.1%0.5 $18.49 8/31/202326,900 shares $473,709.00 +93.5%0.3%1.1 $17.61 8/15/202313,900 shares $254,787.00 -10.3%0.1%0.5 $18.33 7/31/202315,500 shares $217,310.00 +124.6%0.2%0.6 $14.02 7/15/20236,900 shares $95,772.00 -46.5%0.1%0.3 $13.88 6/30/202312,900 shares $184,212.00 +152.9%0.1%0.6 $14.28 6/15/20235,100 shares $69,156.00 -79.4%0.1%0.3 $13.56 5/31/202324,700 shares $327,275.00 -9.9%0.2%1.3 $13.25 5/15/202327,400 shares $290,988.00 +4.6%0.3%1.5 $10.62 4/30/202326,200 shares $296,584.00 +1.6%0.3%2.5 $11.32 4/15/202325,800 shares $300,828.00 -1.9%0.3%2 $11.66 3/31/202326,300 shares $301,924.00 -24.4%0.3%1.7 $11.48 3/15/202334,800 shares $415,860.00 -10.8%0.4%1.8 $11.95 2/28/202339,000 shares $490,230.00 +14.4%0.4%1.6 $12.57 2/15/202334,100 shares $419,089.00 +3.3%0.3%1.2 $12.29 1/31/202333,000 shares $390,390.00 +38.1%0.3%1.1 $11.83 1/15/202323,900 shares $278,196.00 +14.4%0.2%0.9 $11.64 12/30/202220,900 shares $202,312.00 -3.2%0.2%0.8 $9.68 12/15/202221,600 shares $211,680.00 -2.7%0.2%0.8 $9.80 11/30/202222,200 shares $209,124.00 -31.9%0.2%0.9 $9.42 11/15/202232,600 shares $404,240.00 +59.8%0.3%1.7 $12.40 10/31/202220,400 shares $204,000.00 -24.4%0.2%1.3 $10.00 10/15/202227,000 shares $257,310.00 +12.5%0.3%1.8 $9.53 9/30/202224,000 shares $234,240.00 -22.3%0.2%1.8 $9.76 9/15/202230,900 shares $361,221.00 -20.2%0.3%2.5 $11.694 Cryptos BETTER than 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$1.21 million +59.0%N/A2.3 $15.34 12/31/202149,700 shares $683,375.00 +23.0%0.5%1.4 $13.75 12/15/202140,400 shares $561,560.00 -26.0%0.4%1.2 $13.90 11/30/202154,600 shares $827,190.00 -11.8%0.6%1.6 $15.15 11/15/202161,900 shares $1.06 million +27.4%0.6%2 $17.14 10/29/202148,600 shares $774,198.00 -39.5%0.5%1.5 $15.93 10/15/202180,300 shares $1.27 million +58.1%0.8%2.3 $15.86 9/30/202150,800 shares $786,892.00 +4.1%0.5%1.5 $15.49 9/15/202148,800 shares $734,928.00 +34.4%0.5%0.8 $15.06 8/31/202136,300 shares $618,915.00 -39.6%0.4%0.6 $17.05 8/13/202160,100 shares $1.10 million +62.9%0.6%0.8 $18.25 7/30/202136,900 shares $670,104.00 -76.9%0.4%0.5 $18.16 7/15/2021160,000 shares $2.74 million +181.7%1.6%1.8 $17.11 6/30/202156,800 shares $1.06 million -80.5%0.6%0.6 $18.64 6/15/2021291,300 shares $5.18 million +2.4%3.0%3.6 $17.78 5/28/2021284,500 shares $5.12 million +3.6%2.9%3.5 $17.99 5/14/2021274,700 shares $4.77 million +17.5%2.8%3.2 $17.35 4/30/2021233,800 shares $3.84 million +15.7%2.4%3 $16.44 4/15/2021202,100 shares $3.49 million +55.7%2.1%2.8 $17.27 3/31/2021129,800 shares $2.31 million +40.2%1.3%1.9 $17.79 3/15/202192,600 shares $1.78 million -15.2%0.9%1.6 $19.25 2/26/2021109,200 shares $1.93 million +13.2%1.1%2.2 $17.65 2/12/202196,500 shares $1.59 million +9.7%1.0%2.2 $16.43 1/29/202188,000 shares $1.33 million -74.0%0.9%2 $15.12 1/15/2021338,700 shares $5.23 million +39.2%3.4%8.1 $15.44 12/31/2020243,300 shares $3.68 million +33.0%2.5%6.3 $15.13 12/15/2020182,900 shares $2.75 million +9.2%1.9%5.4 $15.01 11/30/2020167,500 shares $2.45 million -7.7%1.7%5.4 $14.65 11/15/2020181,500 shares $2.56 million +7.3%1.8%6 $14.10 10/30/2020169,200 shares $2.32 million -0.3%1.7%5.9 $13.72 10/15/2020169,700 shares $2.49 million +3.2%1.7%6 $14.69 9/30/2020164,500 shares $2.21 million -12.8%1.7%5.7 $13.42 9/15/2020188,700 shares $2.72 million -11.4%1.9%6.5 $14.40 8/31/2020212,900 shares $3.18 million -1.6%2.2%7.1 $14.95 8/14/2020216,300 shares $3.29 million +29.2%2.2%6.8 $15.204 Cryptos BETTER than Bitcoin (Ad)Former Wall Street Insider and Professional Money Manager Reveals 4 Cryptos BETTER Than BitcoinClick For My #1 FREE Crypto for 2024 7/31/2020167,400 shares $2.35 million +2.7%1.7%5 $14.06 7/15/2020163,000 shares $2.06 million -0.4%1.7%4.6 $12.66 6/30/2020163,600 shares $2.11 million +9.3%1.7%4.4 $12.88 6/15/2020149,700 shares $1.96 million +6.0%1.5%3.6 $13.08 5/29/2020141,200 shares $1.73 million +1.5%1.4%3.1 $12.22 5/15/2020139,100 shares $1.39 million +49.7%1.4%3.1 $10.01 4/30/202092,900 shares $1.34 million -1.5%0.9%2.2 $14.39 4/15/202094,300 shares $1.34 million +22.5%1.0%2.4 $14.17 3/31/202077,000 shares $971,740.00 -21.2%0.8%2 $12.62 3/13/202097,700 shares $1.42 million +14.5%1.0%3.1 $14.50 2/28/202085,300 shares $919,534.00 +1.8%0.9%2.9 $10.78 2/14/202083,800 shares $1.21 million -2.9%0.9%3.1 $14.42 1/31/202086,300 shares $1.38 million +14.5%0.9%3.2 $15.95 1/15/202075,400 shares $1.36 million +82.6%0.8%2.8 $18.08 12/31/201941,300 shares $790,895.00 -32.4%0.4%1.6 $19.15 8/15/201989,100 shares $1.84 million -16.7%0.9%1.5 $20.61 FSTR Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is L.B. Foster's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of L.B. Foster shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of April 30th, investors have sold 102,400 shares of FSTR short. 1.00% of L.B. Foster's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on L.B. Foster's current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for L.B. Foster? 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. FSTR shares currently have a short interest ratio of 2.0. Learn More on L.B. Foster's short interest ratio. What is a good short interest percentage for L.B. Foster? Companies that have a short interest as a percentage of float below 10% indicates positive investor sentiment and few short sellers. Stocks with a short interest percentage above 10% is considered high, suggesting some investors are pessimistic about the stock. Companies with a short interest percentage of 20% or more indicates widespread negative sentiment. 1.00% of L.B. Foster's floating shares are currently sold short. Is L.B. Foster's short interest increasing or decreasing? L.B. Foster saw a increase in short interest in April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 102,400 shares, an increase of 11.5% from the previous total of 91,800 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. What is L.B. Foster's float size? L.B. Foster currently has issued a total of 10,960,000 shares. Some of L.B. Foster's outstanding shares are available for trading, while others are subject to various restrictions. The public float, also referred to as floating shares or "the float", are shares that publicly owned, unrestricted and available to trade on the open market. L.B. Foster currently has a public float of 10,240,000 shares. How does L.B. Foster's short interest compare to its competitors? 1.00% of L.B. Foster's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the sector of "basic materials" compare to L.B. Foster: Olympic Steel, Inc. (3.17%), Ryerson Holding Co. (2.52%), NL Industries, Inc. (1.45%), Piedmont Lithium Inc. (16.73%), Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc. (4.90%), Intrepid Potash, Inc. (4.41%), Perpetua Resources Corp. (1.79%), American Vanguard Co. (3.64%), Atlas Lithium Co. (3.61%), Tredegar Co. (0.49%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: T-Mobile US, Inc. ($3.98 billion), Occidental Petroleum Co. ($3.35 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.06 billion), General Motors ($2.88 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($2.32 billion), Tractor Supply ($2.27 billion), Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. ($2.22 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($2.18 billion), Williams-Sonoma, Inc. ($1.95 billion), and Chesapeake Energy Co. ($1.52 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short L.B. Foster stock? Short selling FSTR is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from L.B. Foster as its price is falling. FSTR shares are trading up $0.83 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 L.B. Foster? A short squeeze for L.B. Foster 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 FSTR, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is L.B. Foster's 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 FSTR, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is April, 30 2024. 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