GENK Short Volume
GEN Restaurant Group, Inc. (GENK) operates in the Consumer Cyclical sector, specifically the Restaurants industry, with a market capitalization near $66.3M, listed on NASDAQ, employing roughly 289 people, carrying a beta of 0.79 to the broader market. GEN Restaurant Group, Inc. Led by Wook Jin Kim, public since 2023-06-28.
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
- 2026-06-01
- Short Volume
- 598
- Total Volume
- 9.6K
- Short %
- 6.26%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 22.01%
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Frequently asked GENK short volume questions
- What is the daily GENK short volume?
- As of Jun 1, 2026, GEN Restaurant Group, Inc. (GENK) short volume is 598 shares against 9.6K total reported volume, or 6.26% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is GENK 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 GENK 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.