ESAB Short Volume
ESAB Corporation (ESAB) operates in the Industrials sector, specifically the Manufacturing - Metal Fabrication industry, with a market capitalization near $5.54B, listed on NYSE, employing roughly 8,000 people, carrying a beta of 1.20 to the broader market. ESAB Corporation formulates, develops, manufactures, and supplies consumable products and equipment for use in cutting, joining, and automated welding, as well as gas control equipment. Led by Shyam Kambeyanda, public since 2022-03-29.
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
- 97.4K
- Total Volume
- 154.0K
- Short %
- 63.24%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 63.91%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for ESAB Corporation.
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Frequently asked ESAB short volume questions
- What is the daily ESAB short volume?
- As of May 15, 2026, ESAB Corporation (ESAB) short volume is 97.4K shares against 154.0K total reported volume, or 63.24% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is ESAB 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 ESAB 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.