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Ardelyx, Inc.

ARDX
Exchange
Nasdaq
Industry
Pharmaceutical Preparations
SEC CIK
0001437402

In the last 90 days, Ardelyx, Inc. insiders filed 0 open-market purchases and 8 sales; 251 institutions reported holding it in 13F filings for Q2 2026, worth $906.4M in total; no superinvestor holds it.

Four kinds of short-selling data, each measuring something different:

  • Short interest: shares sold short and not yet bought back, as of a settlement date. FINRA publishes it twice a month, about eight business days after the settlement date.
  • Daily short volume: shares sold short each day in off-exchange trades reported to FINRA. It counts trades, not open positions, and is published the next day.
  • Fails-to-deliver: shares not delivered by the settlement date. The SEC publishes them twice a month, about two weeks late.
  • ATS (dark pool) volume: weekly volume on alternative trading systems and other off-exchange venues. FINRA publishes it two to four weeks after the week.

More in the glossary.

Short interest

Shares sold short and not yet bought back, from FINRA, on every settlement date in the last two years.

Short interest
29.2M
Shares, settlement Oct 30, 2026
Change
−1.03M
−3.4% vs. Oct 15, 2026
Days to cover
7.53
Short interest ÷ average daily volume
Average daily volume
3.88M
Shares, as reported by FINRA
Short interest by settlement date
Oct 31, 2024: 24,055,791 sharesNov 15, 2024: 23,308,546 sharesNov 29, 2024: 24,318,985 sharesDec 13, 2024: 23,821,129 sharesDec 31, 2024: 24,275,733 sharesJan 15, 2025: 23,623,052 sharesJan 31, 2025: 26,625,362 sharesFeb 14, 2025: 27,897,008 sharesFeb 28, 2025: 29,821,609 sharesMar 14, 2025: 30,360,340 sharesMar 31, 2025: 30,644,481 sharesApr 15, 2025: 30,189,042 sharesApr 30, 2025: 29,824,489 sharesMay 15, 2025: 27,769,893 sharesMay 30, 2025: 29,048,525 sharesJun 13, 2025: 27,283,637 sharesJun 30, 2025: 27,723,305 sharesJul 15, 2025: 27,588,838 sharesJul 31, 2025: 26,241,983 sharesAug 15, 2025: 23,638,622 sharesAug 29, 2025: 21,451,493 sharesSep 15, 2025: 19,764,866 sharesSep 30, 2025: 19,480,138 sharesOct 15, 2025: 19,112,230 sharesOct 31, 2025: 20,225,907 sharesNov 14, 2025: 18,568,868 sharesNov 28, 2025: 20,101,736 sharesDec 15, 2025: 20,664,408 sharesDec 31, 2025: 24,541,228 sharesJan 15, 2026: 21,833,586 sharesJan 30, 2026: 18,557,299 sharesFeb 13, 2026: 20,520,612 sharesFeb 27, 2026: 21,868,223 sharesMar 13, 2026: 21,701,321 sharesMar 31, 2026: 24,462,758 sharesApr 15, 2026: 24,018,325 sharesApr 30, 2026: 23,569,074 sharesMay 15, 2026: 23,857,367 sharesMay 29, 2026: 24,776,898 sharesJun 15, 2026: 26,942,503 sharesJun 30, 2026: 25,366,491 sharesJul 15, 2026: 26,248,733 sharesJul 31, 2026: 26,239,226 sharesAug 14, 2026: 22,433,157 sharesAug 31, 2026: 22,716,201 sharesSep 15, 2026: 25,602,541 sharesSep 30, 2026: 27,676,626 sharesOct 15, 2026: 30,237,216 sharesOct 30, 2026: 29,205,209 shares
Short interest in ARDX by settlement date
Settlement dateShort interestChangeChange %Avg. daily volumeDays to cover
Oct 30, 202629.2M−1.03M−3.4%3.88M7.53
Oct 15, 202630.2M+2.56M+9.3%4.67M6.48
Sep 30, 202627.7M+2.07M+8.1%4.19M6.60
Sep 15, 202625.6M+2.89M+12.7%4.04M6.34
Aug 31, 202622.7M+283.0K+1.3%3.70M6.14
Aug 14, 202622.4M−3.81M−14.5%6.77M3.32
Jul 31, 202626.2M−9.51K0.0%2.38M11.00
Jul 15, 202626.2M+882.2K+3.5%3.26M8.06
Jun 30, 202625.4M−1.58M−5.9%6.28M4.04
Jun 15, 202626.9M+2.17M+8.7%3.14M8.58
May 29, 202624.8M+919.5K+3.9%2.56M9.67
May 15, 202623.9M+288.3K+1.2%5.25M4.55
Apr 30, 202623.6M−449.3K−1.9%3.23M7.30
Apr 15, 202624.0M−444.4K−1.8%3.13M7.68
Mar 31, 202624.5M+2.76M+12.7%3.59M6.81
Mar 13, 202621.7M−166.9K−0.8%2.90M7.49
Feb 27, 202621.9M+1.35M+6.6%5.35M4.09
Feb 13, 202620.5M+1.96M+10.6%3.07M6.68
Jan 30, 202618.6M−3.28M−15.0%4.97M3.74
Jan 15, 202621.8M−2.71M−11.0%8.08M2.70
Dec 31, 202524.5M+3.88M+18.8%2.78M8.84
Dec 15, 202520.7M+562.7K+2.8%2.77M7.45
Nov 28, 202520.1M+1.53M+8.3%2.66M7.57
Nov 14, 202518.6M−1.66M−8.2%3.63M5.12
Oct 31, 202520.2M+1.11M+5.8%4.56M4.44
Oct 15, 202519.1M−367.9K−1.9%3.48M5.50
Sep 30, 202519.5M−284.7K−1.4%3.15M6.18
Sep 15, 202519.8M−1.69M−7.9%3.27M6.05
Aug 29, 202521.5M−2.19M−9.3%3.22M6.65
Aug 15, 202523.6M−2.60M−9.9%5.49M4.31
Jul 31, 202526.2M−1.35M−4.9%3.12M8.41
Jul 15, 202527.6M−134.5K−0.5%5.37M5.14
Jun 30, 202527.7M+439.7K+1.6%3.68M7.53
Jun 13, 202527.3M−1.76M−6.1%5.50M4.96
May 30, 202529.0M+1.28M+4.6%4.63M6.27
May 15, 202527.8M−2.05M−6.9%7.98M3.48
Apr 30, 202529.8M−364.6K−1.2%4.52M6.59
Apr 15, 202530.2M−455.4K−1.5%6.05M4.99
Mar 31, 202530.6M+284.1K+0.9%4.84M6.33
Mar 14, 202530.4M+538.7K+1.8%2.89M10.52
Feb 28, 202529.8M+1.92M+6.9%4.39M6.79
Feb 14, 202527.9M+1.27M+4.8%2.87M9.73
Jan 31, 202526.6M+3.00M+12.7%4.56M5.84
Jan 15, 202523.6M−652.7K−2.7%5.33M4.43
Dec 31, 202424.3M+454.6K+1.9%5.06M4.79
Dec 13, 202423.8M−497.9K−2.1%3.23M7.38
Nov 29, 202424.3M+1.01M+4.3%3.97M6.12
Nov 15, 202423.3M−747.2K−3.1%7.44M3.13
Oct 31, 202424.1M+1.17M+5.1%2.84M8.48

Fails-to-deliver

Shares that weren't delivered by the settlement date, from the SEC, for the last 30 dates with fails. The price is the previous day's closing price published by the SEC.

Fails-to-deliver in ARDX by settlement date
Settlement dateSharesPriceValue
Oct 9, 202654$3.27$176.58
Sep 25, 202673$3.45$251.85
Sep 10, 20261,778$3.80$6.76K
Sep 8, 202654$3.78$204.12
Aug 13, 202619,315$3.97$76.7K
Jul 22, 2026757$5.09$3.85K
Jul 21, 202610,122$5.09$51.5K
Jul 17, 2026300$5.13$1.54K
Jul 2, 20261,990$5.16$10.3K
Jun 18, 20266,258$5.84$36.5K
Jun 8, 202665,616$5.56$364.8K
Jun 3, 20261,357$5.52$7.49K
May 22, 20261,789$6.35$11.4K
May 19, 20263,656$6.11$22.3K
May 18, 202675$6.23$467.25
May 13, 202616,357$6.61$108.1K
May 4, 20262,755$6.88$19.0K
Apr 15, 20262,490$6.33$15.8K
Apr 2, 20261,811$6.11$11.1K
Mar 30, 2026487$5.48$2.67K
Mar 27, 2026328$5.69$1.87K
Mar 25, 2026711,463$5.35$3.81M
Mar 20, 202643,291$5.50$238.1K
Mar 19, 2026334$5.55$1.85K
Mar 13, 20265,147$5.66$29.1K
Feb 25, 20263,009$6.56$19.7K
Feb 24, 20265,861$5.75$33.7K
Feb 17, 20262,839$6.87$19.5K
Feb 13, 20262,903$7.01$20.4K
Feb 9, 202656$7.32$409.92

Daily short volume

Off-exchange short-sale volume, not short interest: shares sold short each day in trades reported to FINRA, for the last 30 trading days.

The short volume ratio isn't a sentiment gauge: market makers sell short to fill buy orders and to hedge, so short sales are usually about half of off-exchange volume.

Off-exchange short volume in ARDX by trade date
Trade dateShort volumeShort exemptOff-exchange volumeShort volume ratio
Nov 10, 20261,080,82222,0722,105,11351.3%
Nov 9, 20261,765,9254,4643,092,28357.1%
Nov 6, 20261,069,36180,0572,223,39448.1%
Nov 5, 20261,585,22655,2683,871,58840.9%
Nov 4, 20261,752,50113,4793,622,94548.4%
Nov 3, 2026707,5432,3112,175,85032.5%
Nov 2, 2026943,23601,849,46351.0%
Oct 30, 2026611,1591,5101,649,55337.0%
Oct 29, 2026483,3517,9681,171,78541.2%
Oct 28, 2026560,0739,9971,423,54639.3%
Oct 27, 20261,033,3181,2001,939,85253.3%
Oct 26, 2026800,7536,7682,016,08539.7%
Oct 23, 20261,259,2381,3611,945,57164.7%
Oct 22, 2026476,44501,160,28341.1%
Oct 21, 2026858,5822,8331,508,77356.9%
Oct 20, 2026866,07917,5241,882,23946.0%
Oct 19, 2026504,7722,4061,140,93344.2%
Oct 16, 20261,169,4151112,066,29456.6%
Oct 15, 20261,007,81384,1341,989,77150.6%
Oct 14, 20261,251,44114,4082,611,46747.9%
Oct 13, 20261,827,7223,2543,270,39855.9%
Oct 12, 2026998,19701,569,99863.6%
Oct 9, 2026578,74401,026,22356.4%
Oct 8, 2026950,4853412,001,88147.5%
Oct 7, 20261,083,7049551,669,59164.9%
Oct 6, 20261,267,96913,6132,171,00358.4%
Oct 5, 2026941,29625,5871,782,25252.8%
Oct 2, 2026815,4911031,449,19356.3%
Oct 1, 2026957,26820,8991,807,74753.0%
Sep 30, 2026617,6523,3371,411,75743.8%

ATS (dark pool) volume

Weekly volume on alternative trading systems (ATS) and other off-exchange (OTC) venues, from FINRA, for the last 12 weeks. ATS share is ATS volume ÷ (ATS + OTC volume), not a share of all trading.

Weekly ATS and OTC volume in ARDX
Week ofTierATS sharesATS tradesOther OTC sharesOther OTC tradesATS share
Oct 5, 2026T24,881,20137,2234,524,0278,87451.9%
Sep 28, 2026T24,601,46131,4543,672,6628,30855.6%
Sep 21, 2026T24,139,26136,2913,245,64319,25356.1%
Sep 14, 2026T24,606,23133,3855,640,26013,99245.0%
Sep 7, 2026T23,272,90027,1673,648,72712,47247.3%
Aug 31, 2026T23,241,90830,3394,568,67213,65241.5%
Aug 24, 2026T23,330,91130,7436,234,21815,48534.8%
Aug 17, 2026T23,568,55832,9234,050,82213,48846.8%
Aug 10, 2026T26,834,90744,1429,118,16316,44742.8%
Aug 3, 2026T27,000,54548,7329,621,47319,66742.1%
Jul 27, 2026T22,170,45924,7012,033,9619,95651.6%
Jul 20, 2026T22,196,76625,7502,428,05512,33447.5%