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Orasure Technologies Inc

OSUR
Exchange
Nasdaq
Industry
Surgical & Medical Instruments & Apparatus
SEC CIK
0001116463

No open-market purchases or sales by Orasure Technologies Inc insiders were filed in the last 90 days; 151 institutions reported holding it in 13F filings for Q2 2026, worth $227.9M 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
2.61M
Shares, settlement Oct 30, 2026
Change
−118.8K
−4.4% vs. Oct 15, 2026
Days to cover
3.64
Short interest ÷ average daily volume
Average daily volume
716.7K
Shares, as reported by FINRA
Short interest by settlement date
Oct 31, 2024: 1,069,702 sharesNov 15, 2024: 1,104,110 sharesNov 29, 2024: 1,292,318 sharesDec 13, 2024: 1,399,644 sharesDec 31, 2024: 1,495,843 sharesJan 15, 2025: 1,626,426 sharesJan 31, 2025: 1,908,500 sharesFeb 14, 2025: 2,221,109 sharesFeb 28, 2025: 2,452,294 sharesMar 14, 2025: 2,259,665 sharesMar 31, 2025: 2,137,842 sharesApr 15, 2025: 2,095,710 sharesApr 30, 2025: 2,119,242 sharesMay 15, 2025: 2,222,570 sharesMay 30, 2025: 2,513,312 sharesJun 13, 2025: 3,134,080 sharesJun 30, 2025: 3,112,912 sharesJul 15, 2025: 3,879,114 sharesJul 31, 2025: 3,917,640 sharesAug 15, 2025: 3,701,342 sharesAug 29, 2025: 3,752,209 sharesSep 15, 2025: 3,879,798 sharesSep 30, 2025: 3,704,721 sharesOct 15, 2025: 3,832,839 sharesOct 31, 2025: 3,794,225 sharesNov 14, 2025: 3,788,428 sharesNov 28, 2025: 3,744,886 sharesDec 15, 2025: 3,736,415 sharesDec 31, 2025: 3,571,056 sharesJan 15, 2026: 3,958,706 sharesJan 30, 2026: 3,886,193 sharesFeb 13, 2026: 4,020,489 sharesFeb 27, 2026: 3,823,837 sharesMar 13, 2026: 3,523,308 sharesMar 31, 2026: 3,430,538 sharesApr 15, 2026: 3,229,040 sharesApr 30, 2026: 3,013,723 sharesMay 15, 2026: 3,068,661 sharesMay 29, 2026: 2,842,884 sharesJun 15, 2026: 3,077,974 sharesJun 30, 2026: 2,973,072 sharesJul 15, 2026: 3,265,238 sharesJul 31, 2026: 2,966,832 sharesAug 14, 2026: 3,143,610 sharesAug 31, 2026: 3,130,085 sharesSep 15, 2026: 3,172,198 sharesSep 30, 2026: 2,930,877 sharesOct 15, 2026: 2,730,806 sharesOct 30, 2026: 2,611,985 shares
Short interest in OSUR by settlement date
Settlement dateShort interestChangeChange %Avg. daily volumeDays to cover
Oct 30, 20262.61M−118.8K−4.4%716.7K3.64
Oct 15, 20262.73M−200.1K−6.8%476.4K5.73
Sep 30, 20262.93M−241.3K−7.6%649.0K4.52
Sep 15, 20263.17M+42.1K+1.4%530.5K5.98
Aug 31, 20263.13M−13.5K−0.4%380.7K8.22
Aug 14, 20263.14M+176.8K+6.0%516.1K6.09
Jul 31, 20262.97M−298.4K−9.1%364.3K8.14
Jul 15, 20263.27M+292.2K+9.8%364.1K8.97
Jun 30, 20262.97M−104.9K−3.4%746.6K3.98
Jun 15, 20263.08M+235.1K+8.3%748.9K4.11
May 29, 20262.84M−225.8K−7.4%821.4K3.46
May 15, 20263.07M+54.9K+1.8%816.9K3.76
Apr 30, 20263.01M−215.3K−6.7%355.1K8.49
Apr 15, 20263.23M−201.5K−5.9%322.5K10.01
Mar 31, 20263.43M−92.8K−2.6%617.3K5.56
Mar 13, 20263.52M−300.5K−7.9%506.3K6.96
Feb 27, 20263.82M−196.7K−4.9%423.5K9.03
Feb 13, 20264.02M+134.3K+3.5%487.1K8.25
Jan 30, 20263.89M−72.5K−1.8%486.0K8.00
Jan 15, 20263.96M+387.6K+10.9%622.1K6.36
Dec 31, 20253.57M−165.4K−4.4%715.6K4.99
Dec 15, 20253.74M−8.47K−0.2%652.8K5.72
Nov 28, 20253.74M−43.5K−1.2%978.1K3.83
Nov 14, 20253.79M−5.80K−0.2%651.9K5.81
Oct 31, 20253.79M−38.6K−1.0%508.3K7.46
Oct 15, 20253.83M+128.1K+3.5%405.7K9.45
Sep 30, 20253.70M−175.1K−4.5%608.9K6.08
Sep 15, 20253.88M+127.6K+3.4%448.9K8.64
Aug 29, 20253.75M+50.9K+1.4%718.2K5.22
Aug 15, 20253.70M−216.3K−5.5%550.3K6.73
Jul 31, 20253.92M+38.5K+1.0%563.6K6.95
Jul 15, 20253.88M+766.2K+24.6%850.3K4.56
Jun 30, 20253.11M−21.2K−0.7%894.7K3.48
Jun 13, 20253.13M+620.8K+24.7%708.6K4.42
May 30, 20252.51M+290.7K+13.1%879.2K2.86
May 15, 20252.22M+103.3K+4.9%564.0K3.94
Apr 30, 20252.12M+23.5K+1.1%413.2K5.13
Apr 15, 20252.10M−42.1K−2.0%649.4K3.23
Mar 31, 20252.14M−121.8K−5.4%759.1K2.82
Mar 14, 20252.26M−192.6K−7.9%751.6K3.01
Feb 28, 20252.45M+231.2K+10.4%1.37M1.79
Feb 14, 20252.22M+312.6K+16.4%553.1K4.02
Jan 31, 20251.91M+282.1K+17.3%996.1K1.92
Jan 15, 20251.63M+130.6K+8.7%831.1K1.96
Dec 31, 20241.50M+96.2K+6.9%971.2K1.54
Dec 13, 20241.40M+107.3K+8.3%982.8K1.42
Nov 29, 20241.29M+188.2K+17.1%818.4K1.58
Nov 15, 20241.10M+34.4K+3.2%604.8K1.83
Oct 31, 20241.07M−41.2K−3.7%470.3K2.27

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 OSUR by settlement date
Settlement dateSharesPriceValue
Sep 9, 202614,635$3.39$49.6K
Sep 4, 20264,133$3.58$14.8K
Sep 2, 202688$3.53$310.64
Aug 31, 2026745$3.60$2.68K
Aug 27, 20262,431$3.71$9.02K
Aug 25, 202613$3.82$49.66
Aug 10, 20263$4.05$12.15
Aug 3, 20263$4.05$12.15
Jul 30, 20265$3.97$19.85
Jul 27, 2026504$3.97$2.00K
Jul 20, 20263,165$3.87$12.2K
Jul 15, 20261,213$4.26$5.17K
Jul 14, 20264,005$4.30$17.2K
Jul 8, 2026514$4.32$2.22K
Jun 30, 20261,117$4.50$5.03K
May 19, 2026254$3.01$764.54
Apr 30, 2026554$2.96$1.64K
Apr 16, 2026880$3.24$2.85K
Apr 10, 2026283$3.06$865.98
Apr 9, 2026220$3.08$677.6
Apr 6, 202660$3.08$184.8
Feb 27, 202618,594$3.08$57.3K
Feb 26, 202618,692$2.80$52.3K
Feb 11, 2026122$2.81$342.82
Jan 15, 202632$2.70$86.4
Jan 8, 202667$2.51$168.17
Dec 30, 20256,113$2.43$14.9K
Dec 24, 2025869$2.37$2.06K
Dec 23, 2025869$2.41$2.09K
Dec 12, 2025670$2.57$1.72K

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 OSUR by trade date
Trade dateShort volumeShort exemptOff-exchange volumeShort volume ratio
Nov 13, 202682,7040130,83563.2%
Nov 12, 2026126,4030227,27855.6%
Nov 11, 2026100,851700276,16236.5%
Nov 10, 2026171,1930299,24357.2%
Nov 9, 2026128,9520239,04953.9%
Nov 6, 202658,2810111,47152.3%
Nov 5, 202640,1910108,00037.2%
Nov 4, 202677,4360169,99945.6%
Nov 3, 202678,7183,229167,74846.9%
Nov 2, 202669,15527267,97325.8%
Oct 30, 2026105,675316200,01152.8%
Oct 29, 2026134,9870520,93325.9%
Oct 28, 202675,5660231,70232.6%
Oct 27, 202685,6040309,33627.7%
Oct 26, 2026162,5114,007418,94638.8%
Oct 23, 2026161,566800578,49927.9%
Oct 22, 2026135,2110225,16960.0%
Oct 21, 2026106,2540232,18945.8%
Oct 20, 202673,0860166,12544.0%
Oct 19, 202695,2830411,95223.1%
Oct 16, 202667,4910108,07162.5%
Oct 15, 2026104,4670272,84038.3%
Oct 14, 202650,586098,58551.3%
Oct 13, 2026124,5324,400285,72343.6%
Oct 12, 2026131,321500166,27879.0%
Oct 9, 202673,6880170,74043.2%
Oct 8, 202693,6720139,17767.3%
Oct 7, 202696,5070203,66447.4%
Oct 6, 202668,5960174,73839.3%
Oct 5, 202686,1640164,49952.4%

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 OSUR
Week ofTierATS sharesATS tradesOther OTC sharesOther OTC tradesATS share
Oct 5, 2026T2438,2647,256466,2042,50248.5%
Sep 28, 2026T2510,3926,889983,5352,59934.2%
Sep 21, 2026T2588,2949,333562,6032,30651.1%
Sep 14, 2026T2394,8969,050993,7972,11328.4%
Sep 7, 2026T2289,3816,811395,3751,96242.3%
Aug 31, 2026T2223,0987,035248,5042,09747.3%
Aug 24, 2026T2271,9738,687245,4442,23752.6%
Aug 17, 2026T2549,0178,657411,5232,13157.2%
Aug 10, 2026T2368,0468,619376,8412,07049.4%
Aug 3, 2026T2386,48412,193453,9192,14746.0%
Jul 27, 2026T2204,7156,269151,2551,68557.5%
Jul 20, 2026T2452,8758,583364,5391,98355.4%