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 $5.46B, 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
- 2026-08-14
- Short Volume
- 346.9K
- Total Volume
- 767.6K
- Short %
- 45.19%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 53.22%
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ELF most-active contracts
| Type | Strike | Expiration | Volume | OI | IV | Bid | Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CALL | $95.00 | Sep 18, 2026 | 1.1K | 143 | 50.5% | $4.40 | $4.80 |
Top 1 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 Aug 14, 2026, e.l.f. Beauty, Inc. (ELF) short volume is 346.9K shares against 767.6K total reported volume, or 45.19% 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.