QSEP · QS Energy, Inc. · Short Interest
Substantial doubt about the company's ability to continue as a going concern.
“As reflected in the accompanying consolidated financial statements, during the six-months ended June 30, 2026, the Company incurred a net loss of $2,944,000, used cash in operations of $1,228,000 and had a stockholders' deficit of $5,498,000 as of June 30, 2026. In addition, as of June 30, 2026, 46 notes payable with an aggregate balance of $1,201,000, license agreement payables of $3,167,000 and certain obligations to a former officer are past due. These factors raise substantial doubt about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern.”View the 10-Q filed Aug 14, 2026
Shares sold short and not yet covered, reported twice monthly. Days to cover is the reported short position divided by average daily volume.
QSEP Latest Reported Short Interest
FINRA reported 48,988 QSEP shares sold short as of the August 14, 2026 settlement date, a decrease of 3,608 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
Options positioning & squeeze sensitivity
Nearest expiration after today within 30 calendar days; same-day expirations and later maturities are excluded.
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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 2026-10-06 04:54 UTC. Options model values may come from a cached snapshot; their original computation time is not supplied. Open interest has its own effective date.
Short Interest History
| Settlement Date | Current Position | Previous Position | Change | Days to Cover |
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2026-10-15
Scheduled
FINRA publishes Oct 26
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2026-09-30
Scheduled
FINRA publishes Oct 9
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| 2026-08-14 | 48,988 | 52,596 | -3,608 | 1.00 |
| 2026-07-31 | 52,596 | 51,636 | +960 | 1.00 |
| 2026-07-15 | 51,636 | 159,353 | -107,717 | 1.00 |
| 2026-06-30 | 159,353 | 13,870 | +145,483 | 1.00 |
| 2026-06-15 | 13,870 | 11,462 | +2,408 | 1.00 |
| 2026-05-29 | 11,462 | 11,462 | 0 | 1.00 |
| 2026-05-15 | 11,462 | 15,713 | -4,251 | 1.00 |
| 2026-04-30 | 15,713 | 26,458 | -10,745 | 1.00 |
| 2026-04-15 | 26,458 | 1,467 | +24,991 | 1.00 |
| 2026-03-31 | 1,467 | 15,374 | -13,907 | 1.00 |
| 2026-03-13 | 15,374 | 545 | +14,829 | 1.00 |
| 2026-02-27 | 545 | 5,381 | -4,836 | 1.00 |
| 2026-02-13 | 5,381 | 8,181 | -2,800 | 1.00 |
| 2026-01-30 | 8,181 | 2,710 | +5,471 | 1.00 |
| 2026-01-15 | 2,710 | 6,800 | -4,090 | 1.00 |
| 2025-12-31 | 6,800 | 681 | +6,119 | 1.00 |
| 2025-12-15 | 681 | 5,403 | -4,722 | 1.00 |
| 2025-11-28 | 5,403 | 30,440 | -25,037 | 1.00 |
| 2025-11-14 | 30,440 | 25,103 | +5,337 | 1.00 |
| 2025-10-31 | 25,103 | 14,210 | +10,893 | 1.00 |
| 2025-10-15 | 14,210 | 7,155 | +7,055 | 1.00 |
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