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 $3.17B, listed on NYSE, employing roughly 633 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
- 2026-05-15
- Short Volume
- 623.0K
- Total Volume
- 1.1M
- Short %
- 54.21%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 56.98%
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 | $80.00 | May 22, 2026 | 0 | 160 | 145.8% | $0.16 | $0.30 |
| CALL | $77.00 | May 22, 2026 | 236 | 114 | 144.3% | $0.23 | $0.50 |
| PUT | $45.00 | May 22, 2026 | 218 | 1.0K | 136.7% | $0.45 | $0.52 |
| CALL | $75.00 | May 22, 2026 | 44 | 309 | 136.7% | $0.30 | $0.60 |
| CALL | $54.00 | May 22, 2026 | 8 | 405 | 134.7% | $5.25 | $6.00 |
| PUT | $54.00 | May 22, 2026 | 17 | 453 | 134.7% | $2.50 | $3.25 |
| CALL | $55.00 | May 22, 2026 | 44 | 199 | 134.5% | $4.70 | $5.40 |
| PUT | $55.00 | May 22, 2026 | 63 | 344 | 134.5% | $3.10 | $3.75 |
| CALL | $67.00 | May 22, 2026 | 22 | 169 | 134.2% | $0.83 | $1.35 |
| CALL | $68.00 | May 22, 2026 | 13 | 140 | 133.7% | $0.83 | $1.26 |
Top 10 contracts from the ORATS-sourced nightly 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 May 15, 2026, e.l.f. Beauty, Inc. (ELF) short volume is 623.0K shares against 1.1M total reported volume, or 54.21% 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.