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$0.57 +0.03 (+4.61%) At close · Sep 4
Rebalance outlook locked
Going-concern doubt — flagged Aug 12, 2026

Substantial doubt about the company's ability to continue as a going concern.

“These conditions and events raise substantial doubt about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. ... There can be no assurance of the Company's ability to realize these plans, and as a result, the Company has concluded that management's plans do not alleviate the substantial doubt about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern for at least one year from the date of issuance of these financial statements.”
View the 10-Q filed Aug 12, 2026
Market Cap
$5.36M
Shares
9.37M

Shares sold short and not yet covered, reported twice monthly. Days to cover is the reported short position divided by average daily volume.

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LESL Latest Reported Short Interest

FINRA reported 1,846,492 LESL shares sold short as of the August 14, 2026 settlement date, an increase of 647,287 shares. Days to cover was 1.00 based on FINRA's reported average daily volume.

Official FINRA short-interest data · share counts are restated for subsequent splits of this listing

LESL Short Interest Forecast

Equibles' model estimates 1,036,869 shares sold short for the August 31, 2026 settlement, -43.8% versus the latest reported position, with a likely range of 591,218 to 1,501,623 shares. This model prediction uses FINRA data through August 31, 2026; FINRA's official release is expected September 10, 2026.

Model estimate

Expected Aug 31 short interest

as of Aug 31 High confidence 87% chance it falls
1,036,869 -43.8% vs reported
Likely range 591,218 to 1,501,623 The latest estimate appears in the chart below. Official release expected Sep 10. Methodology
Short Squeeze Score
64/100
Short interest 19.7% of shares — P98 Days to cover 1.0 — P13 Price vs VWAP -78.2% — P0 Short-volume trend +18.8% — P92 Short interest change +54.0% — P92 Worst FTD 0.17% of shares — P88

Positioning score 63.9 + catalyst boost 0 (total capped at 100). This is a screening index, not a probability of a squeeze.

Method and coverage limits

Factor percentiles compare eligible primary operating-company stocks reporting short interest at the latest settlement date (2026-08-14). The weighted mean uses short interest 30%, days to cover 20%, price vs VWAP 15%, short-volume trend 15%, short-interest change 10%, and fails-to-deliver 10%. Missing factors redistribute their weight; incomplete coverage is not evidence of low risk. Price, volume, and earnings boosts add 10 each, capped at 20.

Shares outstanding are not free float. Borrow fees, utilization, lendable supply, recalls, and dealer inventory are not measured. Short-sale volume does not measure the change in open shorts; fails to deliver are not a borrow-cost measurement; price vs VWAP does not establish short sellers' entry prices. Earnings can move prices in either direction.

The weights are judgment-based, not calibrated to future squeeze outcomes. The separate options assessment below does not change this universe ranking.

Options positioning & squeeze sensitivity

Nearest expiration after today within 30 calendar days; same-day expirations and later maturities are excluded.

Open interest is incomplete, stale, or dated inconsistently; positioning totals are unavailable.

Open interest has both a buyer and a seller; it does not reveal dealer hedge direction. Gross gamma sums both calls and puts without netting and uses a local 1% price-change approximation. It measures sensitivity, not predicted buying or a squeeze probability.

Assessment prepared 2026-09-08 02:14 UTC. Options model values may come from a cached snapshot; their original computation time is not supplied. Open interest has its own effective date.

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    • Short Interest History

    Settlement Date Current Position Previous Position Change Days to Cover
    2026-09-15 Scheduled
    FINRA publishes Sep 24
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    2026-08-31 Scheduled
    FINRA publishes Sep 10
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    2026-08-14 1,846,492 1,199,205 +647,287 1.00
    2026-07-31 1,199,205 1,581,147 -381,942 1.00
    2026-07-15 1,581,147 957,205 +623,942 1.00
    2026-06-30 957,205 1,146,171 -188,966 2.64
    2026-06-15 1,146,171 1,075,973 +70,198 1.77
    2026-05-29 1,075,973 1,754,995 -679,022 2.16
    2026-05-15 1,754,995 976,622 +778,373 1.00
    2026-04-30 976,622 1,029,489 -52,867 5.25
    2026-04-15 1,029,489 981,116 +48,373 7.59
    2026-03-31 981,116 1,023,459 -42,343 8.06
    2026-03-13 1,023,459 946,839 +76,620 9.33
    2026-02-27 946,839 963,442 -16,603 4.96
    2026-02-13 963,442 915,095 +48,347 8.85
    2026-01-30 915,095 924,603 -9,508 6.98
    2026-01-15 924,603 929,762 -5,159 4.04
    2025-12-31 929,762 862,838 +66,924 3.12
    2025-12-15 862,838 674,785 +188,053 3.26
    2025-11-28 674,785 694,054 -19,269 5.15
    2025-11-14 694,054 640,969 +53,085 5.30
    2025-10-31 640,969 629,340 +11,629 4.71
    2025-10-15 629,340 715,977 -86,637 2.63
    2025-09-30 715,977 630,006 +85,971 4.14
    2025-09-15 630,006 633,897 -3,891 10.26

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