NATR Short Volume
Nature's Sunshine Products, Inc. (NATR) operates in the Consumer Defensive sector, specifically the Packaged Foods industry, with a market capitalization near $392.7M, listed on NASDAQ, employing roughly 819 people, carrying a beta of 0.95 to the broader market. Nature's Sunshine Products, Inc. Led by Kenneth G. Romanzi, public since 2009-06-25.
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
- 20.1K
- Total Volume
- 27.6K
- Short %
- 72.82%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 51.68%
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Frequently asked NATR short volume questions
- What is the daily NATR short volume?
- As of May 15, 2026, Nature's Sunshine Products, Inc. (NATR) short volume is 20.1K shares against 27.6K total reported volume, or 72.82% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is NATR 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 NATR 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.