GAIN Short Interest
Gladstone Investment Corporation (GAIN) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management industry, with a market capitalization near $626.8M, listed on NASDAQ, employing roughly 70 people, carrying a beta of 0.79 to the broader market. Gladstone Investment Corporation is business development company, specializes in lower middle market, mature stage, buyouts; refinancing existing debt; senior debt securities such as senior loans, senior term loans, lines of credit, and senior notes; senior subordinated debt securities such as senior subordinated loans and senior subordinated notes; junior subordinated debt securities such as subordinated notes and mezzanine loans; limited liability company interests, and warrants or options. Led by David A. R. Dullum, public since 2005-06-23.
Short interest is the total number of shares currently sold short and not yet covered, reported bi-monthly by FINRA. Days to cover (short interest divided by average daily volume) indicates how long it would take short sellers to close positions, with higher values signaling greater squeeze potential.
- Settlement Date
- 2026-04-30
- Short Interest
- 607.6K
- Previous Short Interest
- 1.2M
- Change
- -51.08%
- Days to Cover
- 1.45
- Avg Daily Volume
- 418.0K
- Avg Days to Cover (24 reports)
- 13.83
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Frequently asked GAIN short interest questions
- What is the current GAIN short interest?
- As of the Apr 30, 2026 settlement, Gladstone Investment Corporation (GAIN) short interest is 607.6K shares, a -51.08% change from the prior period. FINRA publishes short interest twice monthly on the 15th and last business day of each month under Rule 4560.
- What is the GAIN days-to-cover ratio?
- Days-to-cover is 1.45, calculated as short interest divided by average daily volume. It estimates how many trading days closing all short positions would consume given typical liquidity. Values above 5 days are commonly cited as elevated; values above 10 days are squeeze-relevant.
- How does GAIN short interest affect options pricing?
- High short interest changes options pricing through three mechanics: borrow-rebate effects (synthetic long stock trades below frictionless put-call parity by approximately the borrow rebate when shares are hard-to-borrow), gamma-squeeze setup risk (if dealers are short gamma against retail call buying, dealer hedge flow can amplify upward moves), and elevated event-vol pricing on names with squeeze potential. See the canonical short-interest documentation for the full mechanism.