ELF Short Volume
e.l.f. Beauty, Inc. (ELF) operates in the Consumer Defensive sector, specifically the Household & Personal Products industry, with a market capitalization near $5.95B, listed on NYSE, employing roughly 849 people, carrying a beta of 2.39 to the broader market. e. Led by Tarang Amin, public since 2016-09-22.
Short volume measures the number of shares sold short on a given day as reported by FINRA. Tracking short volume relative to total volume helps identify unusual bearish sentiment or short-squeeze potential.
- Latest Date
- 2026-09-30
- Short Volume
- 273.1K
- Total Volume
- 522.4K
- Short %
- 52.27%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 45.35%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for e.l.f. Beauty, Inc..
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ELF most-active contracts
| Type | Strike | Expiration | Volume | OI | IV | Bid | Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CALL | $100.00 | Oct 16, 2026 | 13 | 3.3K | 52.6% | $5.00 | $5.65 |
| CALL | $105.00 | Oct 16, 2026 | 1.1K | 3.1K | 52.8% | $3.00 | $3.40 |
Top 2 contracts from the institutional-grade nightly options scan; ranked by volume within the broader S&P 500/400/600 + ETF universe.
Frequently asked ELF short volume questions
- What is the daily ELF short volume?
- As of Sep 30, 2026, e.l.f. Beauty, Inc. (ELF) short volume is 273.1K shares against 522.4K total reported volume, or 52.27% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is ELF short volume reported?
- FINRA publishes the Daily Short Sale Volume File for trades reported to FINRA TRFs and the FINRA/Nasdaq ADF on a T+1 basis. The headline figure is the count of shares that printed at the short-sale or short-exempt tick across all reporting venues for the symbol; each exchange separately publishes its own daily short-sale data file.
- What does ELF short volume tell options traders?
- Daily short-sale flow is one input that helps disambiguate dealer-hedging activity from directional bear flow when the chain shows fresh customer call inventory. It is not a clean MM-only proxy: the headline number mixes directional shorting, options-MM delta-hedging, ETF-creation arbitrage, and convertible-arb hedging. Cross-check against gamma-exposure and OI changes for a cleaner read.